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  • Long Nights of Summer: The Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera Anthology - 1
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Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera

Long Nights of Summer: The Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera Anthology

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Released: 22nd July 2022. Box set featuring mono and stereo versions of Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera's much-loved 1968 debut album, plus their post-Elmer follow-up LP, several studio out-takes and numerous BBC radio session tracks.

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  • Details

    Released:
    22nd July 2022
    Category:
    Rock & Pop
    Format:
    CD Box Set
    Barcode:
    5013929191327

  • Description

    Box set featuring mono and stereo versions of Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera's much-loved 1968 debut album, plus their post-Elmer follow-up LP, several studio out-takes and numerous BBC radio session tracks.

  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Intro
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    2.Mother Writes
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    3.Mary Jane
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    4.I Was Cool
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    5.Walter Sly Meets Bill Bailey
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    6.Air
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    7.Lookin' for a Happy Life
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    8.Flames
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    9.What's the Point of Leaving
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    10.Long Nights of Summer
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    11.Dream Starts
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    12.Reactions of a Young Man
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    13.Now She's Gone
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    14.Flames (Single Version)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    15.Salisbury Plain (Single Version)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    16.Mary Jane (Single Version)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    17.Dreamy
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    18.Volcano
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    19.A Quick 'B'
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    20.Talk of the Devil
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    21.And I Remember
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    22.To Be With You
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    23.Salisbury Plain (Extended Demo Version)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    24.Flames
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera

    Disc 2

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Intro
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    2.Mother Writes
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    3.Mary Jane
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    4.I Was Cool
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    5.Walter Sly Meets Bill Bailey
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    6.Air
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    7.Lookin' for a Happy Life
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    8.Flames
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    9.What's the Point of Leaving
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    10.Long Nights of Summer
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    11.Dream Starts
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    12.Reactions of a Young Man
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    13.Now She's Gone
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    14.Dream Starts (BBC Radio One Top Gear Session, Recorded 3 November 1967, Transmitted 26 November 1967)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    15.Reactions of a Young Man (BBC Radio One Top Gear Session, Recorded 3 November 1967, Transmitted 26 November 1967)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    16.Flames (BBC Radio One Top Gear Session, Recorded 3 November 1967, Transmitted 26 November 1967)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    17.Mother Writes (BBC Radio One Top Gear Session, Recorded 3 November 1967, Transmitted 26 November 1967)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    18.Mary Jane (BBC Radio One Saturday Club Session, Recorded 16 January 1968, Transmitted 27 January 1968)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    19.Flames (BBC Radio One Saturday Club Session, Recorded 16 January 1968, Transmitted 27 January 1968)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    20.I Feel Like I'm Fixing to Die Rag (BBC Radio One Top Gear Session, Recorded 22 April 1968, Transmitted 19 May 1968)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    21.Mary Jane (BBC Radio One Top Gear Session, Recorded 22 April 1968, Transmitted 19 May 1968)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    22.Dreamy (BBC Radio One Top Gear Session, Recorded 22 April 1968, Transmitted 19 May 1968)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    23.Air (BBC Radio One Top Gear Session, Recorded 22 April 1968, Transmitted 19 May 1968)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    24.All Along the Watchtower (BBC Top of the Pops Radio Show Transcription Disc #188, Recorded May 1968, Transmitted 5 July 1968)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    25.Mary Jane (BBC Top of the Pops Radio Show Transcription Disc #188, Recorded May 1968, Transmitted 5 July 1968)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    26.Something Else (BBC Top of the Pops Radio Show Transcription Disc #188, Recorded May 1968, Transmitted 5 July 1968)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    27.Flames (BBC Radio One Saturday Club Session, Mid-1968)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    28.All Along the Watchtower (BBC Radio One Saturday Club Session, Mid-1968)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera

    Disc 3

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Ride a Hustler's Dream
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    2.Statesboro Blues
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    3.Money By
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    4.Black Jack Davy
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    5.Raise the Light
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    6.Raga
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    7.Anna Dance Square
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    8.Depression
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    9.Don't You Realize
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    10.Warm Day in July
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    11.Eleanor Rigby
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    12.Anna Dance Square (Single Version)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    13.Don't You Realise (Single Version)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    14.She Keeps Giving Me These Feelings
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    15.There's a Hole in My Pocket
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    16.Statesboro Blues (BBC Radio One David Symonds Show, Recorded 21 May 1970, Transmitted 8 June 1970)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    17.Water Wheel (BBC Radio One David Symonds Show, Recorded 21 May 1970, Transmitted 8 June 1970)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
    18.She Keeps Giving Me These Feelings (BBC Radio One Club, Recorded 24 November 1970, Transmitted 4 January 1971)
    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera

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