And Now Everybody to the Stage...

• Artist: Pendragon
• Rating:
• Release Date: October 31, 2006
• Type: Video
• Genre: Rock

Review

This very classy limited-edition triple-disc box entitled And Now Everybody to the Stage... features an 18-song, 15-track DVD with bonus material to boot -- 240 minutes total running time along with two audio discs containing 146 minutes (of the same material). Filmed and recorded on May 22, 2006, at the Wyspianski Theatre in Katowice, Poland, this music from the Believe 2006 tour finds the band rocking out with a harder edge. For a group that is a cult favorite, And Now Everybody to the Stage... is an enormous package usually reserved for more commercial acts, the set including a four-page booklet and eight-panel fold-out box. The slick textured presentation is a follow-up to the 2002 DVD Live...At Last and More, taking things a step further. Drummer Fudge Smith is replaced here by Joe Crabtree, but few if any non-fans will notice, as the music is as pristine and exotic as ever, culminating in a tremendous version of "Am I Really Losing You?" The song is so sublime here that it screams out FM radio hit, although that kind of creature is a rare bird in the new millennium. Frontman/songwriter Nick Barrett is clearly enjoying himself re-exploring titles like "Nostradamus," "As Good as Gold," "Breaking the Spell," and "Masters of Illusion," all found on the earlier DVD Live...At Last and More, only this time out the handsome and youthful Crabtree adds some new energy to the venerable but aging group. A bit heavier here in concert than on the retrospective The History: 1984-2000, this deluxe treasure contains a band history, an interview with Nick Barrett, and other extras including "The Progumentary," a home video recording. [There's also a regular DVD edition without the two audio discs.] ~ Joe Viglione, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
No Place for the Innocent [DVD]	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
As Good as Gold [DVD]	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
Guardian of My Soul [DVD]	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
Kowtow [DVD][Multimedia Track]	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
The Wishing Well [DVD]	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
The Edge of the World [DVD]	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
Nostradamus [DVD]	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
The Dance of the Seven Veils [DVD]	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
Paintbox [DVD]	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
The Last Waltz [DVD]	Nick Barrett, Peter Gee	Pendragon
Breaking the Spell [DVD]	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
Masters of Illusion [DVD]	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
The Black Knight [DVD]	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
The Lost Children/Green Eyed Angel/Sister Bluebird/The Last Man on Earth [M	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
The Am I Really Losing You? [DVD][Medley]	Nick Barrett	Pendragon
The Progumentary [DVD][*][Multimedia Track]
Interview with Nick Barrett [DVD][Multimedia Track]
Band History [DVD][Multimedia Track]
Discography [DVD]
Photo Gallery [DVD]
Desktop Images [DVD]		Pendragon

Credits

Nick Barrett (Guitar), Nick Barrett (Vocals), Nick Barrett (Mixing), Nick Barrett (Video Director), Nick Barrett (Filmmaker), Nick Barrett (Group Member), Peter Gee (Guitar (Bass)), Peter Gee (Vocals (Background)), Peter Gee (Group Member), Clive Nolan (Keyboards), Clive Nolan (Vocals (Background)), Clive Nolan (Group Member), Karl Groom (Mixing), Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (Stage Manager), Piotr Brzezinski (Mixing), Andy Palmer (Editing), Krzysztof Cibis (Photography), Tomasz Dziubinski (Executive Producer), Grzegorz Kupiec (Mixing), Justyna Szarkowska (Assistant), Artur Wojewoda (Editing), Darek Switala (Editing), Darek Switala (Interviewer), Piotr Godzina (Editing)