Searching for the Spark

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Part of the Searching for the Spark box set by Steve Hillage

Part of the Searching for the Spark box set

Sparks Vol 3 of 4

From the Searching for the Spark box set

Full broadcast & bonus tracks
Recorded at the Paris Theatre, London 11th November 1976
Broadcast 4th December 1976

Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith, London, 17th November 1979

Full broadcast & bonus tracks
Recorded at the Paris Theatre, London 8th April 1979
Broadcast 28th April 1979

Live November 2006 at the Melkweg, Amsterdam

Live at Deeply Vale festival 25th July 1978

Annotation last modified on 2022-11-15 18:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1: Arzachel by Uriel
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Garden of Earthly Delights
Uriel2:48
2Azathoth
Uriel4:26
3Soul Thing
Uriel4:32
4Leg
Uriel5:49
5Clean Innocent Fun
Uriel10:34
6Metempsychosis
Uriel16:55
▼ CD 2: Space Shanty
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Space Shanty
producer:
Neil Slaven
bass:
Nick Greenwood
drums (drum set):
Eric Peachey
guitar:
Steve Hillage
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1972)
recording of:
Space Shanty
composer:
Steve Hillage
Khan9:02
2Stranded
producer:
Neil Slaven
bass:
Nick Greenwood
drums (drum set):
Eric Peachey
guitar:
Steve Hillage
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1972)
recording of:
Stranded / Effervescant Psychonovelty No. 5
composer:
Steve Hillage
Khan46:36
3Mixed Up Man of the Mountains
producer:
Neil Slaven
bass:
Nick Greenwood
drums (drum set):
Eric Peachey
guitar:
Steve Hillage
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1972)
recording of:
Mixed Up Man of the Mountains
composer:
Nick Greenwood and Steve Hillage
Khan7:14
4Driving to Amsterdam
producer:
Neil Slaven
bass:
Nick Greenwood
drums (drum set):
Eric Peachey
guitar:
Steve Hillage
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1972)
recording of:
Driving to Amsterdam
composer:
Steve Hillage
Khan9:23
5Stargazers
producer:
Neil Slaven
bass:
Nick Greenwood
drums (drum set):
Eric Peachey
guitar:
Steve Hillage
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1972)
recording of:
Stargazers
composer:
Steve Hillage
Khan5:34
6Hollow Stone
Khan8:20
7Break the Chains
Khan3:27
8Mixed Up Man of the Mountains (first version)
Khan4:27
▼ CD 3: Fish Rising
#TitleRatingLength
1Solar Musick Suite: a. Sun Song (I Love Its Holy Mystery) / b. Canterbury Sunrise / c. Hiram Afterglid Meets the Dervish / d. Sun Song (reprise)
recording of:
Solar Musick Suite
lyricist:
Miquette Giraudy and Steve Hillage
composer and arranger:
Steve Hillage
16:53
2Fish
recording of:
Fish
lyricist:
Miquette Giraudy and Steve Hillage
composer and arranger:
Steve Hillage
1:22
3Meditation of the Snake
recording of:
Meditation of the Snake
lyricist:
Miquette Giraudy and Steve Hillage
composer and arranger:
Steve Hillage
3:16
4The Salmon Song: a. Salmon Pool / b. Solomon’s Atlantis Salmon / c. Swimming With the Salmon / d. King of the Fishes
recording of:
The Salmon Song
lyricist:
Miquette Giraudy and Steve Hillage
composer and arranger:
Steve Hillage
8:29
5Aftaglid: a. Sun Moon Surfing / b. The Great Wave and the Boat of Hermes / c. The Silver Ladder / d. Astral Meadows / e. The Lafta Yoga Song / f. Glidding / g. The Golden Vibe/Outglid
recording of:
Aftaglid
lyricist:
Miquette Giraudy and Steve Hillage
composer and arranger:
Steve Hillage
14:44
6Pentagrammaspin (2006 remix)
7:41
7Aftaglid (power trio backing track)
13:02
▼ CD 4: L
#TitleRatingLength
1Hurdy Gurdy Man
producer:
Todd Rundgren
cover recording of:
Hurdy Gurdy Man
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
6:34
2Hurdy Gurdy Glissando
producer:
Todd Rundgren
recording of:
Hurdy Gurdy Glissando
composer:
Miquette Giraudy and Steve Hillage
9:01
3Electrick Gypsies
producer:
Todd Rundgren
recording of:
Electrick Gypsies
writer:
Miquette Giraudy
composer:
Steve Hillage
6:22
4Om Nama Shivaya
producer:
Todd Rundgren
recording of:
Om Nama Shivaya
lyricist:
Uma Nanda
composer:
Kesar Singh Nariula
3:34
5Lunar Musick Suite
producer:
Todd Rundgren
recording of:
Lunar Musick Suite
composer:
Miquette Giraudy and Steve Hillage
11:59
6It’s All Too Much
producer:
Todd Rundgren
cover recording of:
It’s All Too Much
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
6:34
7Eight Miles High (backing track)
4:31
8Maui (early version of ‘Palm Trees’)
4:42
9Shimmer
3:49
▼ CD 5: Motivation Radio
#TitleRatingLength
1Hello Dawn
2:50
2Motivation
4:11
3Light in the Sky
recording of:
Light in the Sky
composer:
Miquette Giraudy and Steve Hillage
4:12
4Radio
6:15
5Wait One Moment
3:19
6Saucer Surfing
4:21
7Searching for the Spark
5:31
8Octave Doctors
3:33
9Not Fade Away (Glide Forever)
cover recording of:
Not Fade Away
writer:
Charles Hardin Holley (1950s rock & roll singer‐songwriter) and Norman Petty
publisher:
McCartney Music, Inc., Melody Lane Publications Inc., MPL Communications (publishing and company credits), MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company), Peermusic (UK) Limited and Wren Music
3:34
10Leylines to Glassdom (T.O.N.T.O. version)
2:49
11The Salmon Song (power trio backing track)
9:05
12The Golden Vibe (alternate mix)
3:30
▼ CD 6: Green
#TitleRatingLength
1Sea Nature
6:42
2Ether Ships
5:07
3Musik of the Trees
4:54
4Palm Trees (Love Guitar)
5:21
5Unidentified (Flying Being)
4:30
6U.F.O. Over Paris
3:10
7Leylines to Glassdom
4:08
8Crystal City
3:36
9Activation Meditation
1:03
10The Glorious Om Riff
recording of:
The Glorious Om Riff
writer:
Steve Hillage
7:53
11Unidentified (Flying Being)
4:54
12Not Fade Away (Glide Forever)
7:28
13Octave Doctors
3:40
14Meditation of the Snake (alternative mix)
3:17
▼ CD 7: Live Herald
#TitleRatingLength
1The Salmon Song
7:43
2The Dervish Riff
4:19
3Castle in the Clouds / Hurdy Gurdy Man
7:04
4Light in the Sky
5:18
5Searching for the Spark
11:14
6Electrick Gypsies
5:59
7Radiom / Lunar Musick Suite / Meditation of the Dragon
15:25
8It’s All Too Much / The Golden Vibe
7:23
9Solar Music Suite
14:38
▼ CD 8: Rainbow Dome Musick
#TitleRatingLength
1Garden of Paradise
23:14
2Four Ever Rainbow
20:35
▼ CD 9: Open
#TitleRatingLength
1Talking to the Sun
6:00
21988 Aktivator
2:29
3New Age Synthesis (Unzipping the Zype)
8:52
4Healing Feeling
6:07
5Earthrise
8:35
6Open
5:17
7Definite Activity
4:44
8Getting Better
cover recording of:
Getting Better
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs Ltd. (, in 1967), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
2:59
9Day After Day
6:19
10Getting in Tune
3:15
11Don’t Dither Do It
5:06
12The Fire Inside
6:18
13Don’t Dither Do It (1974 power trio backing track)
4:47
14Four Ever Rainbow (part 3 alternative mix)
8:55
▼ CD 10: For To Next / And Not Or
#TitleRatingLength
1These Uncharted Lands
5:39
2Kamikaze Eyes
4:50
3Alone
5:22
4Anthems for the Blind
4:30
5Bright Future
5:08
6Frame by Frame
5:53
7Waiting
5:24
8Glory
6:28
9Before the Storm
7:07
10Red Admiral
6:12
11Serotonin
5:37
12And Not Or
6:27
13Knights Templar
4:33
14Still Golden
5:54
▶ CD 11: System 7
▶ CD 12: BBC Radio 1 In Concert 1976
▶ CD 13: BBC Radio 1 In Concert 1979
▶ CD 14: Deeply Vale
▶ CD 15: Live at Brighton Dome
▶ CD 16: Live at Schwabinger Bräu, Munich
▶ CD 17: Live at The Odeon, Hammersmith, London
▶ CD 18: Live at the Gong Family Unconvention
▶ CD 19: Sparks Vol 1 1970–73
▶ CD 20: Sparks Vol 2 1974–76
▶ CD 21: Sparks Vol 3 1976–79
▶ CD 22: Sparks Vol 4 1980–90

Credits

Release group

includes:Arzachel by Arzachel
Fish Rising
Green
L
Live Herald
Motivation Radio
Open
Rainbow Dome Musick
Space Shanty by Khan (UK prog rock band)
System 7 by System 7 (UK electronic dance music band)