[2022-01-21] Arrival "Friends: Complete Recordings 1969-1973" 3CD set (Strawberry UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:51 pm

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LCVKKRC/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09LCVKKRC/?tag=imwan-21

Description
• A new 3-CD set boasting Arrival’s entire recorded output, revisiting and expanding an earlier double-CD set on RPM from 2012.

• Compiled with the full involvement of various band members, this new package adds the rare, Japanese-only single ‘Jun (So In Love)’.

• The third disc includes several BBC radio sessions recorded by the band during their tenure with Decca – none of these have previously been released. The triple-CD also boasts sleeve-notes from long-time fan Austin Powell.

Formed in the late 1960s, Arrival were a ten-strong, London-based close-harmony soft rock group, featuring singers originally from Liverpool, who signed to Decca Records. They duly scored two sizeable UK hits in 1970 with ‘Friends’ (No 7) and ‘I Will Survive’ (No 16). They appeared on various TV shows and performed at that year’s Isle of Wight Festival.

After a year or so with Decca, Arrival upped sticks to CBS Records, once again releasing an album (and again, self-titled) and several singles for the label. Sadly, subsequent chart success eluded them and they disbanded in late 1972. Various members joined other projects such as Kokomo, Olympic Runners and Gonzalez, and/or became session musicians or singers.

Tracklist
[CD1: Arrival (1970)]
1. Live
2. Light My Fire
3. Friends
4. No-Good Advice
5. Prove It
6. See The Lord
7. Sit Down And Float
8. Don’t Turn His Love Away
9. Take Me
10. La Virra
11. Not Right Now
12. Hard Road
Bonus Tracks:
13. I Will Survive
14. Jun (So In Love)
15. Be You
16. Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
17. Lay Down

[CD2: Arrival (1972)]
1. Glory Be
2. So It Is Written
3. Not Gonna Worry
4. You, Love And Me
5. Family Tree
6. Part Of My Dream
7. Not Preconceived
8. Have A Drink On Your Father
9. Understanding
10. Weary Sad, Weary Down
Bonus Tracks:
11. (Let My Life Be Your) Love Song
12. Out Of Desperation
13. The Theme From The Heartbreak Kid (You’re Going Far)
14. Sweet Summer
15. He’s Misstra Know-It-All

[CD3: BBC Sessions (Previously Unreleased)]
1. I Knew What You Were Up To
2. Family Tree
3. Friends
4. Light My Fire
5. World Of Darkness
6. Don’t Turn His Love Away
7. Hard Road
8. Sit Down And Float
9. Take Me
10. I Will Survive
11. Not Right Now

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Linda · **Posted:** Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:07 pm

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[2022-01-21] Arrival "Friends: Complete Recordings 1969-1973" 3CD set (Strawberry UK)

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