Artist: MARILLION
Album: THE THIEVING MAGPIE (LA GAZZA LADRA) REMASTERED (2CD)

Year: 1988/ 2009
EAN/UPS: 5099969562921
Media type: CD

1988 EMI double live album digitally mastered. Recordedduring the 1984 'Fugazi' & 1987 'Clutching At Straws' tours& named after Rossini's 'La Gaza Ladra', with which theyopen their live shows. The album reached #25 in the U.K. &features a total playing time of 112:47. Also includes a 10'x 10' double sided full color fold-out poster. 22 tracks,including 'Kayleigh', 'He Knows You Know' and 'Punch &Judy'. Double jewelcase. Double jewelcase.

The majestic THIEVING MAGPIE, a two-CD live set from 1988, acts as a sort of parting of the ways for symphonic prog-rock group Marillion and its notorious lead singer, Fish. The Peter Gabriel-esque lead singer, who ever had an undercurrent of ferocity in his melodious voice, left the heralded band on a high note. This tour guide of sorts explains the power of Fish in his element, as the vocals soar and dive to a whisper, echoing the magnificent rises and falls of the keyboard-driven hardest-of-rocking units.

TRACKLIST CD 1:

01.La Gazza Ladra [02:46]
02.Slainte Mhath [04:50]
03.He Knows You Know [05:13]
04.Chelsea Monday [08:01]
05.Freaks [04:06]
06.Jigsaw [06:24]
07.Punch And Judy [03:23]
08.Sugar Mice [06:03]
09.Fugazi [08:39]
10.Script For A Jester's Tear [08:46]
11.Incommunicado [05:23]
12.White Russian [06:14]

TRACKLIST CD 2:

“Misplaced Childhood Parts 1& 2”

01.Pseudo Silk Kimono [02:19]
02.Kayleigh [03:53]
03.Lavender [02:27]
04.Bitter Suite [07:39]
05.Heart Of Lothian [05:12]
06.Waterhole (Espresso Bongo) [02:17]
07.Lords Of The Backstage [06:08]
08.Blind Curve [05:35]
09.Childhood's End? [02:48]
10.White Feather [04:23]

LINE-UP:

Fish (vocals)
Steve Rothery (guitar)
Mark Kelly (keyboards)
Pete Trewavas (bass, vocals)
Ian Mosley (drums, percussion)