Marillion's new double album Happiness is the Road, out now - available only from this website!
Order the double album Happiness is the Road in the Deluxe Campaign 2CD Edition or standard Jewel Case editions from Racket Records
Also, check out the Happiness is the Road EPK video preview of the album with band interviews and sound clips on YouTube
IMPORTANT NOTE: TRACK 11 ON 'Essence' IS INTENTIONALLY BLANK!
You will notice the track list on the artwork of 'Essence' only goes up to number 10, with the occasional very-hard-to-read hints at the last track (12) called “Half Full Jam”.
The band intended this track to be a ‘hidden track’ on the album – but rather than leave 2 minutes of silence after “Happiness is the Road” and putting the music for “Hall Full Jam” on the same audio CD track, the band decided to re-create the same effect but with individual track markers. This method was specifically chosen to make the individual tracks easier to import into digital music libraries with programs such as iTunes or similar – allowing you to simply ‘skip’ or not import the silence that would have normally been part of the same audio track.
Again, this is not an error or a problem with the disc, just the band’s artistic choice to have a ‘hidden track’ and the particular way they decided to implement it.
Racket Records Online Shop
A lot has changed recently at the Racket Records Online Shop!
We're renamed the old 'Front Row Credits' to a more general 'Racket Records Credits' - and along with it made many more of our products available to purchase WITH credits.
Why? Well, we're happy to announce that we now offer Racket Records Gift Vouchers. These can be purchased in bundles of 10 Racket Records Credits, and passed on to a lucky fan to redeem against their Marillion Online Account.
For the past few months we've run a trial of our own eBay shop, selling of small numbers of promo items, or the odd poster now and again. It has proved quite a success, so we've decided to keep it going - check out more details in the 'Special Offers' section of the Shop.
Finally, due to the recent changes in UK tax legislation, we have adjusted all the prices across the entire shop to reflect the new 15% VAT rate - specifically lowering prices on all CDs, DVDs, and downloads!
Not one, but TWO Marillion Weekend fan conventions have been announced for 2009 - in both the Netherlands AND in Canada. Check out dates, details, and book tickets on the Official Marillion Weekend Website.
The Happiness On The Road Live Series will attempt to record EVERY show on the 2008 Happiness is the Road Tour and release it for download the next day! The first week of UK shows is available with more being added each day. A special on-the-night CD will also be available ONLY at the London Forum show on 19 November..
All stock of new Happiness is the Road merchandise is now on sale at Racket Records! This whole new range of merchandise (including jackets, hoodies, and t-shirts) has already been available from the start of the tour - but if you missed out at the gig, you can still get it direct from us!
As an added bonus, with the purchase of the 'Rainbow Man' shirt you'll get 50% off any remaining stock of album cover T-shirts at Racket Records!.
At last! The long-anticipated DVD of my Union Chapel h Natural show in September last year. It was a magical night, a great vibe and I think this captures it beautifully! It sounds great (I mixed it myself) and - all in all - it's a good-humoured romp! To relive the full horror of my life, there's bonus material of some classic diary monologues too. If you were there (at the gig, I mean), you can relive the experience. If you weren't and you'd like to hear some stripped-bare, intimate performances of my favourite songs, then this is for you.
Special 'Bible-packs' in both PAL and NTSC are now available - for a limited time, also get the h Natural DVD for only £5 with purchase of the 'Naked in the Chapel' special Bible Pack.
Early Stages is a 6-disc collectors box containing 6 individually packaged CDs covering a range of live shows from 1982-1987.
Recently licensed BBC recordings form the basis for this exclusive rare collection, with the addition of additional EMI archive material.
Also features extensive sleeve notes by Fish and new artwork from Mark Wilkinson
All copies of Early Stages sold at Racket Records will also receive a FREE exclusive A4 print of Mark Wilkinson's new box set cover artwork signed by Fish, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, and Ian Mosley while supplies last.
Two BRAND NEW Front Row Club releases are now available - Los Trios from September 2005, and Manchester on the Snow-where Else Tour. Both mark the first download releases available in both MP3 and FLAC through the club.
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