"New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2" | ||||
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Single by Mogwai | ||||
from the album Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997) | ||||
A-side | "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1" | |||
Released | February 1997 (UK) | |||
Recorded | MCM Studios Hamilton, Scotland | |||
Genre | Post-rock | |||
Length | 2:51 | |||
Label | Wurlitzer Jukebox WJ 22 (UK, 7") | |||
Producer(s) | Andy Miller | |||
Mogwai singles chronology | ||||
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Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997) track listing | ||||
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Government Commissions:BBC Sessions 1996-2003 track listing | ||||
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"New Paths to Helicon,Pt. 2" (almost always referred to as "Helicon 2") is a song by Scottish band Mogwai. It was first released as a double A-side with "New Paths to Helicon,Pt. 1",on 7" limited to 3000 copies. [1] It was later included on the 1997 compilation album, Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997) . The single reached #2 in English radio presenter John Peel's 1997 Festive Fifty Chart. [2]
A live version of "Helicon 2" (recorded live by John Peel from a BBC Radio Session at Maida Vale on 20 January 1998) can be found on Mogwai's 2005 live compilation album, Government Commissions:BBC Sessions 1996-2003 . The last track on Ten Rapid,"End",is simply "Helicon 2" played backwards. "Helicon 2" was featured on the Scottish Association for Mental Health's 2004 compilation album,One-In-Four.
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