Roland, Paul - Duel CD - 157576 @ INDIEtective Mailorder

(02/10) The next reissue of Paul Roland long unavailable backcatalogue after last year's 'A Cabinet of Curiosities'/'Happy Families' is 'Duel' - for sure one of the best ever albums by PAUL ROLAND - now coming in a special '20th anniversary edition'.

Paul Roland originally planned a straight re-issue of the 'improved' Greek version from 2003, but on closer listening he 'heard' several subtle but significant improvements and additions that needed to be made while still retaining the original character of the tracks.
These included adding harmony vocals to certain songs ('Knights', 'Spring Heeled Jack', 'At The Edge Of The World') to fill out thin sounding choruses and middle 8's, plus the odd keyboard line to add an ethereal touch to tracks which sounded rather empty on the original release ('Over The Hills') and most notably adding a (subtle) choir to 'Nosferatu' which gives it a more supernatural quality.

All the live radio sessions recorded with the band shortly after the release of the 'Duel' album has been included as bonus tracks (7 songs), including the Legendary first ever single from 1983 'Blades of Battenburg', together with two early demo-versions of two songs for a total of now 20 tracks!

01 Knights
02 The Crimes Of Dr. Cream
03 Reptile House
04 Spring Heeled Jack
05 Nosferatu
06 At The Edge of the World
07 Alice's House
08 Menagerie
09 Over the Hills and far away
10 The King must die
11 The King is dead
12 Witchfinder General
13 Madame Guillotine
14 Death of Glory
15 Cairo
16 Twilights of Gods
17 Gabrielle
18 Blades of Battenburg
19 Crimes of Dr. Cream (Demo)
20 The King is Dead (Demo)

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