tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post5788185062792045671..comments2023-06-09T08:04:57.745-04:00Comments on Bill's Prog Blog: Kansas: Two for the Show reissue/expanded edition infoBill K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15307060382874039990noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post-83916846545516420122008-06-26T15:28:00.000-04:002008-06-26T15:28:00.000-04:00On that tour Kansas actually opened with Hopelessl...On that tour Kansas actually opened with Hopelessly Human. So the preferred song order listed above is incorrect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post-16952620205643296702008-06-15T10:43:00.000-04:002008-06-15T10:43:00.000-04:00The original CD is 73 minutes and adding Closet wo...The original CD is 73 minutes and adding Closet would make it make it about 80m15s. <BR/><BR/>I still think resequencing the album would have been better. When I first heard the live version of Sparks on the Point remaster it starts with the very end of Carry on. It just seems logical (at least to me)to put the performance back in its rightful place. Even The Spider drum solo must merge into the beginning of Portrait. I never really liked that it faded in when there was obviously something played before it. <BR/><BR/>You may also note that I didn't mess with what was originally side 3 of the album. (Dust to The Wall) because I always liked the way those songs flowed together. <BR/><BR/>I can still see the point of having the original album in its usual order, but I think we all have the old CD version of this where only one song has been taken out and the order is maintained. <BR/><BR/>I can't wait for this to come out. What they need to do now is release Monolith. You all heard what they did to the Masque album. They could do it for this album as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post-86061107848517360452008-06-14T12:48:00.000-04:002008-06-14T12:48:00.000-04:00And it's funny as heck that I Google for info, inc...And it's funny as heck that I Google for info, including maybe pix of the 4 LP sides, and on the first page of Google responses is a link to this entry ;-)Bill K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15307060382874039990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post-65572021793492850082008-06-14T12:47:00.000-04:002008-06-14T12:47:00.000-04:00have to check...if it's over 80 minutes, it's just...have to check...if it's over 80 minutes, it's just barely over 80 minutes.Bill K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15307060382874039990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post-8031518065231950222008-06-14T12:14:00.000-04:002008-06-14T12:14:00.000-04:00Does it (the original track list) fall under 80 mi...Does it (the original track list) fall under 80 minutes with CC back in the lineup?Mark Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386368984625183535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post-83651657962563746262008-06-14T10:16:00.000-04:002008-06-14T10:16:00.000-04:00All things considered equal, I wish they had done ...All things considered equal, I wish they had done the first disc to recreate the original LP release of the album (re-instituting the track that was excised when released on CD), and kept the bonus tracks as they are, on a separate disc. I don't necessarily like the idea of resequencing an album that already exists. It's why I liked what EMI did with the Marillion reissues a few years back...keep the bonus tracks on a separate disc and keep the original album intact. It is, to me, the best way to do it.Bill K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15307060382874039990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post-27390726760291774532008-06-14T09:08:00.000-04:002008-06-14T09:08:00.000-04:00It's great to see this is finally being expanded. ...It's great to see this is finally being expanded. I only wish they would have resequenced the album into a more linear flow. Something like this perhaps: <BR/>Disc One<BR/>Song<BR/>Point<BR/>Paradox<BR/>Icarus<BR/>Child<BR/>Spider<BR/>Portrait<BR/>Carry<BR/>Sparks<BR/>Miracles<BR/>Lonely St.<BR/>Belexes<BR/>Journey<BR/><BR/>Disc Two<BR/>Dust<BR/>Lonely Wind<BR/>Mysteries<BR/>Lamplight<BR/>Wall<BR/>Cheyenne<BR/>Hopelessly<BR/>Closet<BR/>Down<BR/>Magnum<BR/>Bringing<BR/><BR/>This still needs a bit of readjusting but this is a good set list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post-61832971249332451692008-06-05T15:10:00.000-04:002008-06-05T15:10:00.000-04:00Umm...yes. It is.Wow.Time for more caffeine I thi...Umm...yes. It is.<BR/><BR/>Wow.<BR/><BR/>Time for more caffeine I think.Bill K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15307060382874039990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post-13423831134527991762008-06-05T14:57:00.000-04:002008-06-05T14:57:00.000-04:00Right...CC is track 8 in the tracklist above, not ...Right...CC is track 8 in the tracklist above, not track 10. :-)Mark Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386368984625183535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post-80562928599967817732008-06-05T14:16:00.000-04:002008-06-05T14:16:00.000-04:00I think the unreleased bit refers solely to CD 2, ...I think the unreleased bit refers solely to CD 2, which is all unreleased material save for Closet Chronicles.<BR/><BR/>But yes, it was a poorly worded press release from that standpoint.Bill K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15307060382874039990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post-84533389106094466772008-06-05T13:31:00.000-04:002008-06-05T13:31:00.000-04:00I realize this is a source error, and not the blog...I realize this is a source error, and not the blog author, but above should say all tracks previously unreleased except track 8 (not 10), which obviously was released on the "Best of" remaster.Mark Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386368984625183535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post-82671251206175403862008-05-28T20:59:00.000-04:002008-05-28T20:59:00.000-04:00What's with the eco-friendly, plastic free packagi...What's with the eco-friendly, plastic free packaging? Are they worried that people are gonna throw it away?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199327163012873402.post-51965376584661979472008-05-28T11:35:00.000-04:002008-05-28T11:35:00.000-04:00I wonder if the first CD on this is "digitally rem...I wonder if the first CD on this is "digitally remastered?"<BR/>A couple of comments: I've seen Kansas many times, and have been recently impressed how they survive(d) with less and less players, ever since Kerry left, too, occasionally adding the likes of Steve Morse. But at the Fraze in Kettering, OH, and in Mason, OH they were a slim band of original members aside from the bassist who has been with them now awhile.<BR/>And at Mason, they played "Rainmaker" which suprised me. They were as good as Asia that day, too, whom came on first if I recall correctly.fireflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358081259882638479noreply@blogger.com