Past Present & Future (Expanded)

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Item Details

Genre

Rock & Pop

Catalogue Number

ECLEC2515

Number of Discs

Label

Esoteric Records

Release Country

Format

Other

Remaster,Import

Product Description

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the classic 1972 album by acclaimed singer/songwriter Al Stewart. Past, Present & Future was the 1973 break-through album for Al. He had already released four albums and had become a popular attraction on the UK live music scene. Past, Present & Future would see Stewart focus lyrically on various historical themes in the compositions on the record, including 'Old Admirals', 'Warren Harding', 'Roads to Moscow' and 'Nostradamus'. Past, Present & Future became Al Stewart's first US hit album and firmly established his career as one of the finest and most imaginative songwriters of his generation. Featuring such guests as Rick Wakeman, Tim Renwick, Bruce Thomas, Dave Swarbrick, Francis Monkman and Roger Taylor, the album is now regarded as one of Stewart's finest, with the epic tracks 'Roads to Moscow' and 'Nostradamus' and classics 'Soho (Needless to Say)' forming a part of his concert sets to this. This classic album has been newly remastered from the original CBS master tapes and includes three bonus tracks taken from singles issued during the period, including both sides of the 'Swallow Wind' single. This Esoteric Recordings reissue includes a booklet, which fully restores the original album artwork and a new essay.