Warchild: Theatre Edition

Originally released in 1974, 'WarChild' features one of the group's most prolific lineups and includes Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Evans, Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond and Barrie Barlow. Unlike its predecessors - 'Thick as a Brick' (1972) and 'A Passion Play' (1973) - which featured 40-odd minutes of continuous music, 'WarChild' marked a return to songs of a more conventional length, including the FM-radio staple, 'Bungle in the Jungle'. The 'Theatre Edition' unearths a trio of unreleased recordings: 'Tomorrow Was Today', 'Good Godmother', and a different arrangement of 'WarChild' recorded after the version on the final album. Fans intrigued by the appearance of 'WarChild Waltz' on the 2002 reissue of 'WarChild' will finally get the chance to hear the rest of the mostly orchestral music the band recorded for the soundtrack album. About 30 minutes was recorded during sessions in 1973 and 1974. Soon after, the music was consigned to the archives for 40 years - until now.

Disc 1
1: Warchild
2: Queen and Country
3: Ladies
4: Back-door Angels
5: Sealion
6: Skating Away On the Thin Ice of the New Day
7: Bungle in the Jungle
8: Only Solitaire
9: The Third Hoorah
10: Two Fingers

Disc 2
1: Paradise Steakhouse
2: Saturation
3: Good Godmother
4: Sealion 2
5: Quartet
6: Warchild II
7: Tomorrow Was Today
8: Glory Row
9: March, the Mad Scientist
10: Rainbow Blues
11: Pan Dance
12: The Orchestral Warchild Theme
13: The Third Hoorah (Orchestral Version)
14: Mime Sequence
15: Field Dance (Conway Hall Version)
16: Waltz of the Angels (Conway Hall Version)
17: The Beach (Part I) (Morgan Master Recording)
18: The Beach (Part II) (Morgan Master Recording)
19: Waltz of the Angels (Morgan Demo Recording)
20: The Beach (Morgan Demo Recording)
21: Field Dance (Morgan Demo Recording)

Disc 3
1: Warchild (Audio & Video)

Disc 4
1: Warchild (Audio)

Number of Discs: 4

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