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Mackenzie,Billy Satellite Life: Recordings 1994-1996 CD

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Three CDs. First with The Associates and then as a solo artist, Billy Mackenzie blazed a trail with a tenor voice which can truly be described as unique. Tragically, the singer took his own life when he was only 39 years old in January 1997. A quarter century later, this new package pays tribute to a talent who left us before his time. Hailing from Dundee, Scotland, MacKenzie formed The Associates with Alan Rankine on the back of the punk scene. The band enjoyed huge critical acclaim, chart success and cult status but the pair parted company in 1983. Thereafter, Billy continued to make adventurous, charismatic, soulful records. Around 1994, Billy met Steve Aungle. The pair sparked off each other, prompting a purple patch for making new music. Sadly, little if any of these sessions were issued during Billy's lifetime. Some recordings appeared on two posthumous albums, Beyond The Sun (1997) and Eurocentric (2001). A couple more surfaced on Auchtermatic (2004). However, Steve had long felt that the recordings hadn't been presented or sequenced appropriately. Therefore, to coincide with the quarter century anniversary of Billy's passing, Steve has curated this collection, which re-assembles past recordings with several previously unreleased songs (including some collaborations with Dennis Wheatley and with Laurence Jay Cedar. Lovingly presented with hitherto unseen photos of Billy from the relevant period, with incisive sleeve-notes from Steve Aungle and other collaborators, Satellite Life captures the spirit - if that was possible - of one of the true talents in British music to have emerged since punk.

1. Sing That Song Again 2. Winter Academy 3. Wild Is the Wind 4. Blue It Is 5. The Soul That Sighs 6. Mother Earth 7. And This She Knows 8. When the World Was Young 9. Tallahatchie Pass 10. Baltimore 11. Nocturne VII 12. Beyond the Sun 13. Return to Love 14. 3 Gypsies in a Restaurant 15. Falling Out with the Future 16. Put This Right 17. Diamanda 18. Hornophobic 19. 14th Century Nightlife 20. Consenting Holograms Have More Fun 21. Fear Is My Bride 22. Here Comes the Rain Again 23. Eurocentric 24. Mysterious Lover 25. Return to Love 2 26. Give Me Time (Remix) 27. Tomorrow People 28. The Mountains That You Climb 29. McArthur's Son 30. Liberty Lounge 31. Sour Jewel 32. 14 Mirrors 33. Give Me Time 34. At the Edge of the World 35. Satellite Life 36. 14 Mirrors 2 37. Velvet 38. Your Own Fire 39. Van Hamburg

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