Friday, December 01, 2006

Colour pictures from another world

Christmas has come early for Bill Nelson fans. Bill's 1986 album Getting The Holy Ghost Across has just been freed from the Sony vaults and released for the first time ever on CD. It's been worth the wait.

For the uninitiated, GTHGA originally appeared in several guises; Firstly there was the 10 track UK vinyl release and a cassette version that had an additional 7 tracks. These extra tracks were then issued on vinyl as the Living For The Spangled Moment EP. However, for censorship reasons the U.S. vinyl version was renamed On A Blue Wing and given different artwork - apparently some Christian fundamentalist groups objected to the album's title and the esoteric symbolism and occult, masonic scripts on the cover. To confuse the issue further the U.S. album also had a slightly different set of tracks to the UK version!

Now, 20 years later, everything has been put right at last. The new fabulously sounding remastered CD is called Getting The Holy Ghost Across (On A Blue Wing). It has a newly designed cover that is in the spirit of the original and most importantly it contains the full set of 17 tracks + an additional b side track for good measure.

'This could something, who can tell, a week of wonders, a year of hell'
Track List
1. Suvasini, 2. Contemplation, 3. Theology, 4. Wildest Dreams, 5. Lost In Your Mystery, 6. Rise Like A Fountain, 7. Age Of Reason, 8. The Hidden Flame, 9. Because Of You, 10. Pansophia. Bonus Tracks: 11. Heart And Soul, 12. Living For The Spangled Moment, 13. Feast Of Lanterns, 14. Illusions Of You, 15. Word For Word, 16. Finks And Stooges Of The Spirit, 17. Nightbirds, 18. The Yo-Yo Dyne.

Get the Holy Ghost now from www.billnelson.com (samples) and all good online retailers.

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