Ultimate Zero Tour - Live

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Ultimate Zero Tour - Live
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Released26 November 2010 (2010-11-26)
RecordedRegent Theatre, Boston, 19 August 2009
Kraków, Poland, 3 November 2009
Bydgoszcz, Poland, 5 November 2009
Perm, Russia, 9 November 2009
Genre Progressive rock, Jazz fusion
Length102:33
Label Seven Seas, Glo Digital
Producer Eddie Jobson
Eddie Jobson chronology
Theme of Secrets
(1985)
Ultimate Zero Tour - Live
(2010)
Four Decades
(2015)

Ultimate Zero Tour - Live is a live album by Eddie Jobson and his U-Z Project. The album is compiled from 2009 performances in Poland, Russia, and the United States by various line-ups. Musicians include John Wetton, Tony Levin, Greg Howe, Trey Gunn, Marco Minnemann and Simon Phillips. The album marks the first time Jobson and Wetton publicly collaborated since the breakup of U.K. in 1979.

Contents

Tracks include compositions originally performed by UK, including "The Sahara of Snow", a song that ended up on Bill Bruford's second solo album "One of a Kind" as well as King Crimson and Mahavishnu Orchestra covers and five solo spots.

The album was first released on 26 November 2010 in Japan. [1] The album was produced and engineered by Jobson himself. [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Eddie Jobson except as noted.

Disc U
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Alaska" 5:06
2."Presto Vivace" 0:34
3."In The Dead of Night"Jobson, John Wetton 6:40
4."Starless" David Cross, Robert Fripp, Wetton, Bill Bruford, Richard Palmer-James 11:56
5."Zero 1 (Ric)" Ric Fierabracci 3:10
6."Book of Saturday"Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James3:06
7."Zero 2 (Marco)" Marco Minnemann 4:55
8."One More Red Nightmare"Fripp, Wetton7:15
9."Caesar's Palace Blues"Jobson, Wetton4:55
10."Sahara Of Snow Pt. II"Jobson, Bruford3:48
Total length:51:25
Disc Z
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Zero 3 (Tony)" Tony Levin 3:15
2."Red"Fripp6:17
3."Zero 4 (Trey)" Trey Gunn 1:21
4."Awakening" John McLaughlin 7:34
5."Zero 5 (Eddie)
  • I. "Ice Festival"
  • II. "Theme of Secrets"
  • III. "Prelude""
 9:09
6."Carrying No Cross"Jobson, Wetton12:04
7."The Only Thing She Needs"Jobson, Wetton8:01
8."Nevermore (ending)" Allan Holdsworth, Jobson, Wetton3:27
Total length:51:08

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