[2015-09-25] Billy Cobham "The Atlantic Years 1973-1978" 8CD set (Atlantic/Rhino)

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14200

Description
A definitive collection of Billy Cobham’s early career as a bandleader on Atlantic, lavishly packaged, remastered and featuring unreleased material, as well as singles.

• Clamshell Box
• Unreleased material and singles included
• Each Atlantic album in a mini-LP CD cardboard replica sleeve with spine of the original artwork
• 60-page, perfect-bound booklet, with period photos and liner notes

[tracklisting][CD1]
1. Quadrant 4
2. Searching For The Right Door
3. Spectrum
4. Anxiety
5. Taurian Matador
6. Stratus
7. To The Women In My Life
8. Le Lis
9. Snoopy's Search
10. Red Baron
11. All 4 One (Outtake)
12. Stratus - Pt. I (Mono)
13. Stratus - Pt. I (Stereo)
14. Stratus - Pt. II (Stereo)

[CD2]
1. Spanish Moss - A Sound Portrait: Spanish Moss
2. The Pleasant Pheasant
3. Heather
4. Crosswind
5. Crosswind
6. Le Lis

[CD3]
1. Solarization: Solarization / Second Phase / Crescent Sun / Voyage / Solarization - Recapitulation
2. Lunarputians
3. Total Eclipse
4. Bandits
5. Moon Germs
6. The Moon Ain't Made Of Green Cheese
7. Sea Of Tranquility
8. Last Frontier
9. Moon Germs

[CD4]
1. Shabazz (Recorded Live in Europe)
2. Taurian Matador (Live in Europe) [Revised]
3. Red Baron (Live in Europe) [Revised]
4. Tenth Pinn (Live in Europe)

[CD5]
1. Panhandler
2. Sorcery
3. A Funky Thide Of Sings
4. Thinking Of You
5. Some Skunk Funk
6. Light At The End Of The Tunnel
7. A Funky Kind Of Thing
8. Moody Modes
9. Neu Rock N' Roll (Outtake)

[CD6]
1. Life & Times
2. 29
3. Siesta / Wake Up!!! That's What I Said
4. East Bay
5. Earthlings
6. Song For A Friend, Pt. 1
7. On A Natural High
8. Song For A Friend, Pt. 2
9. Natural Essence
10. Natural Essence

[CD7]
1. Hip Pockets
2. Ivory Tattoo
3. Space Lady
4. Almustafa The Beloved
5. Do What Cha Wanna
6. Frankenstein Goes To The Disco
7. Sweet Wine
8. Juicy
9. Do What Cha Wanna
10. Hip Pockets

[CD8]
1. Inner Conflicts
2. Muffin Talks Back
3. Nickels And Dimes
4. El Barrio
5. Arroyo[/tracklisting]

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B012HPDCSW/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B012HPDCSW/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B012HPDCSW/?tag=imwan-21

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14200

The opening pre-order price at Amazon UK is about half of the American cost -- currently £20.15:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B012HPDCSW/?tag=imwan-21

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

IMO Cobham is a great fusion drummer. That said, buy Spectrum (with Tommy Bolin's best recorded work) & forget the rest.

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14200

Bump: I've updated the image in the first post to the full packshot.

The pre-order price at Amazon UK has gone up about £3, but it remains the best deal:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B012HPDCSW/?tag=imwan-21

richman666 · 15 Nov 2006

I finally got this for Christmas and it's one of the nicest Warner/Rhino box sets I've seen. The 60-page booklet is a nice inclusion (most other sets don't have them) and the quality of the LP-replica sleeves is very good. They must have sourced the "Spectrum" gatefold sleeve from a different printer because the cardboard stock is not the same as the others, Although it's a higher quality, it's also harder to get the disc out. Not a major complaint but something I wanted to let others know about. I already owned all of these albums but only two of them on CD, so it's nice to have them all in one place with bonus tracks and (I assume) remastered sound.

[2015-09-25] Billy Cobham "The Atlantic Years 1973-1978" 8CD set (Atlantic/Rhino)

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