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Posted: Aug. 21 2012, 06:35

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There are moments in all of these pieces where I feel that I reached a musical high spot. In many cases, I reached these high spots by taking a long and sometimes tortuous route! It's a bit like climbing Mount Everest: Reaching the summit is the ultimate goal and achievement, but it takes months of effort to reach the top of the mountain and you have to steel yourself to climbing back down again! In all of the instrumental tracks and the songs presented here, I think I got as close to perfection as I could get in my eyes, even though they may or may not have been critically or commercially successful at the time. Two Sides is essentially a collection of the pieces that best represent how I feel about my music. It is a selection of work that I think is artistically relevant and is of great personal value to me.


(all sleeve notes come from conversations with Mark Powell)


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Posted: Aug. 21 2012, 07:08

I recall there was much interest in the sleeve notes (especially once we get beyond about Incantation and know less about the creation of the music in context) but not enough for many users to buy the actual compilation so I hope the replication of them here is helpful and not particularly frowned upon. I will understand if they need to be removed.

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Posted: Aug. 21 2012, 13:55

Thanks for the transcription of the notes!

It's very interesting!!

I bought all the Deluxe recordings but "Two Sides" seems to me just a compilation of songs.
I see no point in buying it only to read the notes :-)
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Posted: Aug. 21 2012, 16:06

Know that I got it just for you lot.

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