Order the double album Happiness is the Road in the Deluxe Campaign 2CD Edition or standard Jewel Case editions from Racket Records - the EMI European retail release is also available through this website.
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!
H NATURAL SHOW CANCELLED
Unfortunately 'Good Music' has informed us that the H Natural concert in Poznan, on June 18th, has been cancelled by the promoter.
If you have already bought tickets for this show we would like to take this opportunity to apologise for any inconvenience caused, however.
All tickets bought for this show are valid for any of the two other shows on the tour - in Warsaw (June 19th) and Krakow (June 20th).
You are also entitled to return your ticket and get your money back.
Any person wishing to return tickets bought via the Good Music website can do so by sending an email to: justyna@goodmusic.com.pl along with your Full Name & Bank Details.
If you wish to exchange your ticket for one of the other dates please send an email with the ticket number (on the back of your ticket) to: justyna@goodmusic.com.pl by June 17th at latest.
TRANSATLANTIC, the progressive rock "supergroup" comprised of Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Pete Trewavas (Marillion), Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings) and Neal Morse (ex-Spock's Beard), have reunited after a 7 year hiatus to begin work on a brand new studio album.
The band began work on the album in early April in Nashville and are expected to have it released by year's end if all goes as planned.
TRANSATLANTIC have previously released two studio albums to tremendous critical and fan acclaim: 2000's SMPTe and 2001's Bridge Across Forever. The band toured on the heels of each release with an American Tour in 2000 and a European Tour in 2001 and released subsequent Live DVD's/CD's from both tours before going their separate ways for an indefinite hiatus which lasted almost the entire decade.
Happiness on the Road Live Series
The Happiness On The Road Live Series sees a new project at Racket Records - to record and release every show on every tour within days of taking place. The 2008 Happiness on the Road downloads proved so successful that we will continue the series for the remainder of 2009 dates.
The new Wishing Tree album Ostara is at last finished! Its available to buy through Racket Records.
The song Hollow Hills and further sound clips are available as free downloads from ReverbNation
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.
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.
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