Real to Reel

Real to Reel
Live album by Marillion
Released	November 1984
Recorded	5 March and 19–20 June 1984
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	52:04
Label	EMI Capitol
Producer	Marillion and Simon Hanhart
Marillion chronology
Fugazi (1984) Real to Reel (1984) Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Cover of the 1997 re-issue, also including Brief Encounter

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For other uses, see Real to Reel.

Real to Reel is Marillion's first live album, recorded at the Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, and De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England. In addition to two songs each from the first two albums, Script for a Jester's Tear (1983) and Fugazi, the original standard (vinyl) version contained two tracks not previously available on any albums, the a-side of the band's 1982 debut single "Market Square Heroes", and "Cinderella Search", the b-side of "Assassing" (1984). The track "Emerald Lies" (from Fugazi) was originally a bonus track on the CD and cassette versions. The album, from which no singles were released, reached #8 on the UK album charts^[2][3] and stayed on the charts for 22 weeks. It was produced by Marillion and Simon Hanhart, who had mixed the first two studio albums and co-produced the studio version of "Cinderella Search".

1997 re-issue

In 1997, the album was re-released as a two-disc set bundled with Brief Encounter, an EP originally released by EMI's American label Capitol Records to promote the band's 1986 U.S. tour. The 1997 edition was not part of the remastered series of Marillion's first eight studio albums that EMI released in 1997/1998. However, the two-disc set was digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Brian Fifield.

2005 re-issue (Japan)

In 2005, a "vinyl replica" CD version was released in Japan. This edition includes two additional bonus tracks, "Margaret" and "Charting the Single", both originally from the 1983 Garden Party single and its 12" version, respectively.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Assassing" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 7:29
2. "Incubus" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:43
3. "Cinderella Search" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:45

Side two

1. "Forgotten Sons" (Dick, Marillion, Rothery) – 10:36
2. "Garden Party" (Dick, Rothery) – 6:32
3. "Market Square Heroes" (Dick, Kelly, Minnitt, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 7:32

CD track listing

1. "Assassing" – 7:29
2. "Incubus" – 8:43
3. "Cinderella Search" – 5:45
4. "Emerald Lies" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:28
5. "Forgotten Sons" – 10:36
6. "Garden Party" – 6:32
7. "Market Square Heroes" – 7:32

1-4: recorded 19 & 20 June 1984, Montreal Spectrum,
5-7: recorded 5 March 1984, Leicester De Montfort Hall

Japan "vinyl replica" re-issue, 2005

8. "Charting the Single" – 6:37 (recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, 18 April 1983)
9. "Margaret" – 12:22 (recorded at Edinburgh Playhouse, 7 April 1983)

Brief Encounter (EP)

1. "Lady Nina (extended mix)" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:47
2. "Freaks (single edit)" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 4:09
3. "Kayleigh (live)" (Kelly, Rothery) – 4:11
4. "Fugazi (live)" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:32
5. "Script for a Jester's tear (live)" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:52

Personnel

• Fish – vocals
• Steve Rothery – guitars
• Mark Kelly – keyboards
• Pete Trewavas – bass
• Ian Mosley – drums
• Mick Pointer – drums on tracks 8 & 9, 2005 Japan re-issue.

Charts

Album

References

External links

• More information on the album on the band's official page