The Gillan Tapes, Vol. 3

• Artist: Gillan
• Rating:
• Release Date: 2000
• Type: Compilation (best of), Live
• Genre: Rock

Review

Another helping of alternate mixes and takes, mixed in with some live tracks. No dates are given; that would take the mystery out of the hunt, wouldn't it? Since Gillan's brand of manic, oft-silly hard rock, mixing metal and prog and overwrought vocals, wasn't so special in the first place, you'd really need to be bitten by the bug to chase this down. The eight-minute live-in-the-studio version of "Smoke in the Water," released as a B-side "in some territories" according to the liner notes, is here. Occasionally the fidelity is a little distant, but mostly the sound quality is very good. The first 5,000 pressings come with a bonus "for Gillan fans only" CD, its ten songs (no sources or dates provided) sometimes showing a more comic side of the band than you'd usually be wont to come across, as on "The Harry Lime Theme." It's one instance, though, when the addendum "for fans only" is certainly truth in advertising. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Running White Face City Boy	Colin Towns	Gillan	(3:12)
Trouble	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	Gillan	(2:38)
Sunbeam	Ian Gillan, John McCoy, Mick Underwood	Gillan	(4:13)
I'll Rip Your Spine Out	Ian Gillan, John McCoy, Mick Underwood	Gillan	(3:57)
If You Believe	Ian Gillan, John McCoy, Mick Underwood	Gillan	(9:06)
Long Gone	Ian Gillan, Colin Towns	Gillan	(4:04)
You're Sisters on My List	Ian Gillan, Colin Towns	Gillan	(4:01)
Fiji (No. 17)	Ian Gillan, John McCoy	Gillan	(2:23)
Born to Kill [Live]	Ian Gillan, Colin Towns	Gillan	(8:54)
M.A.D. [Live]	Ian Gillan, Colin Towns	Gillan	(3:53)
Ballad of the Lucitania Express- The Trilogy	Ian Gillan, John McCoy	Gillan	(5:50)
Unchain Your Brain [Live]	Ian Gillan, John McCoy	Gillan	(4:18)
No Laughing in Heaven [Live]	Ian Gillan, John McCoy, Mick Underwood	Gillan	(4:20)
So Low	John McCoy	Gillan	(1:49)
The Festivals of Spirit	Ian Gillan, John McCoy	Gillan	(4:22)
Smoke on the Water	Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice	Ian Gillan	(6:42)
La Donna Mobile [Excerpt from the Confidenté Opera]	John McCoy	Gillan	(2:27)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Higher and Higher	Ian Gillan, John McCoy	Gillan	(5:41)
Your Mother Was Right	Ian Gillan, Colin Towns	Gillan	(5:56)
Red Watch	Mick Underwood	Gillan	(3:28)
Abbey of Thelema	Ian Gillan, Colin Towns	Gillan	(6:07)
Trying to Get You	John McCoy, Charlie Singleton	Gillan	(3:20)
Come Tomorrow	John McCoy	Gillan	(3:10)
Dragons Tongue	Colin Towns	Gillan	(5:50)
Post Fade Brain Damage	Ian Gillan, John McCoy	Gillan	(4:34)
Egg Timer (Vice Versa)		Gillan	(7:10)
The Harry Lime Theme	Anton Karas	Gillan	(9:27)

Credits

Ian Gillan (Vocals), Ian Gillan (Main Performer), Bernie Tormé (Guitar), Colin Towns (Flute), Colin Towns (Keyboards), Colin Towns (Vocals (Background)), Gillan (Performer), Janick Gers (Guitar), Mick Glossop (Producer), John McCoy (Guitar), John McCoy (Guitar (Bass)), John McCoy (Producer), John McCoy (Mastering), John McCoy (Commentary), Mick Underwood (Percussion), Mick Underwood (Drums), Bob Broglia (Engineer), Arthur Guitar (Guitar), Arthur Guitar (Vocals), Arthur Guitar (Producer), Cosmo Toons (Vocals), Cosmo Toons (Producer), Kuljit Bhamra (Engineer), Nick Watson (Mastering), Steve Pearson (Liner Notes)