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Released | February 1993 | |||
Recorded | Helsinki, Finland | |||
Genre | Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, acid rock | |||
Length | 62:36 | |||
Label | Trinity 1993 (Finland) Zero 1995 (Japan) Zen Garden 1998 (Finland) | |||
Producer | Pedro Cucaracha | |||
Kingston Wall chronology | ||||
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II is the second studio album from the Finnish group Kingston Wall.
This album was originally released under the band's own record label, Trinity, in February 1993. It was also licensed and released in Japan by Japanese Zero record label. Both of these prints have been sold-out in the 1990s and are considered somewhat collector's items. The Japanese print included English lyrics in the jewel case insert booklet as well as Japanese translations of the lyrics.
In 1998, Finnish record label Zen Garden (later SonyBMG Finland) re-released the whole Kingston Wall discography as remastered versions along with a 2-disc limited print-version of each album which included a Bonus CD featuring rare/unreleased studio and live material. These 2-disc versions have also been sold-out and are considered collectibles. The album is still available as a remastered 1-disc version from Zen Garden (2006).
Tracks 1 & 2 have been originally released on the "We Cannot Move" single.
Track 3 is a live recording from Henry's Pub on Kuopio on September 30, 1993 by Robert Palomäki.
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