Kansas napovedujejo obsežno antologijsko kompilacijo “Another Fork In The Road – 50 Years Of Kansas”
Kansas, ameriške ikone progresivnega rocka, napovedujejo izid trojne CD kompilacije “Another Fork In The Road – 50 Years Of Kansas”, ki bo izšla 9. 12. 2022, pri nemški založbi InsideOut Music.
Bobnar Phil Ehart, sicer eden izmed dveh originalnih (in ustanovnih) članov današnje postave legendarnih Kansas, komentira: “Počaščeni so zavoljo odločitve založbe InsideOut Music, da pristopi k izdaji ‘Another Fork in the Road’. Je mnogo več kot album ‘največjih hitov’. Prinaša poglobljen vpogled v vihravo glasbeno pustolovščino, po kateri smo hodili 50. let.”
Zbirka bo vsebovala novo verzijo skladbe Can I Tell You, ki je bila odigrana in posneta v režiji aktualne postave. Omenjena skladba sicer izhaja iz studijskega prvenca, ki so ga Kansas izdali leta 1974. Po prvencu so Kansas izdali še šestnajst studijskih albumov, zadnjega med njimi “The Absence Of Presence”, v letu 2020 (RockLine recenzija). Kansas so izdali v karieri do tega dne osem uradnih koncertnih dokumentov.
Kansas bodo praznovanje 50. let delovanja nadaljevali tudi v prihodnjem letu, ko se odpravljajo na novo turnejo po Severni Ameriki. Trenutno zasedbo Kansas zastopajo: Phil Ehart (bobni), Billy Greer (bas kitara, spremljevalni vokal), Ronnie Platt (klaviature, vokal), David Ragsdale (violina, kitara), Tom Brislin (vokal, klaviature) in originalni kitarist Richard Williams.
Drugi CD kompilacije za ameriški trg se bo razlikoval od evropske.
Seznam materiala na kompilaciji “Another Fork In The Road – 50 Years Of Kansas” se glasi:
CD 1.:
1. Can I Tell You (new 2022 version)
2. The Absence of Presence (The Absence of Presence, 2020)
3. Throwing Mountains (The Absence of Presence, 2020)
4. Crowded Isolation (The Prelude Implicit, 2016)
5. Summer (The Prelude Implicit, 2016)
6. The Voyage of Eight Eighteen (The Prelude Implicit, 2016)
7. Icarus II (Somewhere to Elsewhere, 2000)
8. The Coming Dawn (Thanatopsis) (Somewhere to Elsewhere, 2000)
9. Distant Vision (Somewhere to Elsewhere, 2000)
10. The Wall (Always Never the Same, 1998)
11. Dust in the Wind (Always Never the Same, 1998)
12. Desperate Times (Freaks of Nature, 1995)
13. Under The Knife (Freaks of Nature, 1995)
Evropska verzija – CD2.:
1. House on Fire (In the Spirit of Things, 1988)
2. Rainmaker (In the Spirit of Things, 1988)
3. Silhouettes in Disguise (Power, 1986)
4. Secret Service (Power, 1986)
5. Three Pretenders (Power, 1986)
6. End of the Age (Drastic Measures, 1983)
7. Incident on a Bridge (Drastic Measures, 1983)
8. Play the Game Tonight (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
9. Crossfire (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
10. Windows (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
11. Hold On (Audio-Visions, 1980)
12. Loner (Audio-Visions, 1980)
13. No One Together (Audio-Visions, 1980)
14. On The Other Side (Monolith, 1979)
15. How My Soul Cries Out For You (Monolith, 1979)
Severnoameriška verzija – CD2.:
1. Fight Fire With Fire (Drastic Measures, 1983)
2. End of the Age (Drastic Measures, 1983)
3. Incident on a Bridge (Drastic Measures, 1983)
4. Play the Game Tonight (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
5. Crossfire (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
6. Windows (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
7. Hold On (Audio-Visions, 1980)
8. Loner (Audio-Visions, 1980)
9. Curtain of Iron (Audio-Visions, 1980)
10. No One Together (Audio-Visions, 1980)
11. On The Other Side (Monolith, 1979)
12. Angels Have Fallen (Monolith, 1979)
13. How My Soul Cries Out For You (Monolith, 1979)
CD3.:
1. Carry On Wayward Son (Two for the Show, 1978)
2. Portrait (He Knew) (Point of Know Return, 1977)
3. Sparks of the Tempest (Point of Know Return, 1977)
4. Miracles Out of Nowhere (Leftoverture, 1976)
5. Magnum Opus (Leftoverture, 1976)
6. Icarus – Borne On Wings of Steel (Masque, 1975)
7. Child of Innocence (Masque, 1975)
8. Down The Road (Song for America, 1975)
9. Song For America (Song for America, 1975)
10. The Devil Game (Song for America, 1975)
11. Death of Mother Nature Suite (Kansas, 1974)
12. Belexes (Kansas, 1974)
13. Journey From Mariabronn (Kansas, 1974)