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Spiral Circus

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Length
  
49:13

Release date
  
April 1994

Artist
  
Porcupine Tree

Label
  
Chromatic Records

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Released
  
Cassette: April, 1994 Vinyl: February, 1997

Recorded
  
4 December 1993 6 December 1993 7 December 1993

Spiral Circus - Live (1994)
  
Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape (1994)

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock, Space rock

Similar
  
Porcupine Tree albums, Progressive rock albums

Porcupine tree spiral circus part i


Spiral Circus is the name of the first live album by British psychedelic rock/progressive rock band Porcupine Tree from their first tour ever. The tracks were recorded directly from the mixing desk in three different locations of England during December, 1993. The first half of the album was taken from the shows in the BBC and Borderline, London, and the second half from The Nag's Head, High Wycombe.

Contents

Spiral Circus was first released in 1994 on cassette only. This tape was given away free to subscribers of the Transmission information service. It was then reissued on vinyl in 1997 limited to 500 copies. Both editions are deleted at the present.

Despite the fact that the track is not included, the album name is a reference to a section in the song "The Sky Moves Sideways Phase 1".

Porcupine tree spiral circus


Side A

  1. "Burning Sky" - BBC / Borderline, London (11:02)
  2. "Voyage 34" - Borderline, London (5:32)
  3. "Always Never" - BBC (6:28)

Side B

  1. "Radioactive Toy" - High Wycombe (9:58)
  2. "Up the Downstair" - High Wycombe (7:15)
  3. "Not Beautiful Anymore" - High Wycombe (8:58)

Personnel

  • Steven Wilson - guitar, vocals
  • Richard Barbieri - keyboards, electronics
  • Colin Edwin - bass
  • Chris Maitland - drums, backing vocals
  • Songs

    1Burning Sky11:11
    2Voyage5:36
    3Always Never6:22

    References

    Spiral Circus Wikipedia