Kansas: ascolta la nuova versione live di “Can I Tell You”

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I KANSAS, leggendaria progressive rock band americana, celebreranno nel 2023 il loro 50° anno di attività. Per la speciale occasione Inside Out Music è lieta di pubblicare “Another Fork In  The Road – 50 Years Of Kansas”. La raccolta contiene brani da tutta la discografia della band e una nuova versione di “Can I Tell You”; il brano è stato originariamente registrato e pubblicato nel loro album di debutto nel 1974 ed è stato riregistrato con la formazione attuale, fornendo una prospettiva a tutto tondo sulla lunga e continua storia della band che li ha visti pubblicare 16 album in studio e vendere oltre 30 milioni di dischi in tutto il mondo; ascoltala di seguito:

Il commento di Richard Williams:
“‘Can I Tell You’ potrebbe non essere una delle nostre più famose hit ma è sicuramente un brano molto importante nella carriera dei KANSAS. Questa canzone era presente nel primo demo che inviammo a Don Kirshner. Sentire quel demo è ciò che ha portato i KANSAS ad ottenere un contratto discografico. Dopo cinquant’anni mi sembrava opportuno chiudere il cerchio e registrarlo con la formazione attuale.”

Il commento di Phil Ehart:
“Siamo davvero onorati dall’impegno che InsideOut Music ha messo in ‘Another Fork in the Road.’ Questo è molto più di un altro album di grandi successi. ‘Another Fork in the Road’ è una rappresentazione approfondita del viaggio musicale in continua e tortuosa evoluzione dei KANSAS, per oltre 50 anni.”

“Another Fork In The Road – 50 Years Of Kansas” è disponibile nel formato 3CD Digipak, contenente note di copertina aggiuntive a cura del giornalista Jeff Wagner così come foto inedite e d’archivio, il tutto supervisionato dal membro fondatore Phil Ehart. Acquistalo a questo link: https://kansas.lnk.to/AnotherForkInTheRoad-50YearsOfKansas
Di seguito le tracklist della raccolta, a causa di restrizioni di licenza ci sono piccole differenze tra la versione europea e quella nordamericana:

Disc 1:
Can I Tell You (new 2022 version)
The Absence of Presence (The Absence of Presence, 2020)
Throwing Mountains (The Absence of Presence, 2020)
Crowded Isolation (The Prelude Implicit, 2016)
Summer (The Prelude Implicit, 2016)
The Voyage of Eight Eighteen (The Prelude Implicit, 2016)
Icarus II (Somewhere to Elsewhere, 2000)
The Coming Dawn (Thanatopsis) (Somewhere to Elsewhere, 2000)
Distant Vision (Somewhere to Elsewhere, 2000)
The Wall (Always Never the Same, 1998)
Dust in the Wind (Always Never the Same, 1998)
Desperate Times (Freaks of Nature, 1995)
Under The Knife (Freaks of Nature, 1995)

EU Version – Disc 2:
House on Fire (In the Spirit of Things, 1988)
Rainmaker (In the Spirit of Things, 1988)
Silhouettes in Disguise (Power, 1986)
Secret Service (Power, 1986)
Three Pretenders (Power, 1986)
End of the Age (Drastic Measures, 1983)
Incident on a Bridge (Drastic Measures, 1983)
Play the Game Tonight (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
Crossfire (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
Windows (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
Hold On (Audio-Visions, 1980)
Loner (Audio-Visions, 1980)
No One Together (Audio-Visions, 1980)
On The Other Side (Monolith, 1979)
How My Soul Cries Out For You (Monolith, 1979)

North America Version – Disc 2:
Fight Fire With Fire (Drastic Measures, 1983)
End of the Age (Drastic Measures, 1983)
Incident on a Bridge (Drastic Measures, 1983)
Play the Game Tonight (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
Crossfire (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
Windows (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
Hold On (Audio-Visions, 1980)
Loner (Audio-Visions, 1980)
Curtain of Iron (Audio-Visions, 1980)
No One Together (Audio-Visions, 1980)
On The Other Side (Monolith, 1979)
Angels Have Fallen (Monolith, 1979)
How My Soul Cries Out For You (Monolith, 1979)

Disc 3:
Carry On Wayward Son (Two for the Show, 1978)
Portrait (He Knew) (Point of Know Return, 1977)
Sparks of the Tempest (Point of Know Return, 1977)
Miracles Out of Nowhere (Leftoverture, 1976)
Magnum Opus (Leftoverture, 1976)
Icarus – Borne On Wings of Steel (Masque, 1975)
Child of Innocence (Mas    que, 1975)
Down The Road (Song for America, 1975)
Song For America (Song for America, 1975)
The Devil Game (Song for America, 1975)
Death of Mother Nature Suite (Kansas, 1974)
Belexes (Kansas, 1974)
Journey From Mariabronn (Kansas, 1974)

Kansas will celebrate their 50th anniversary with extensive touring in North America in 2023. The band is currently comprised of original drummer Phil Ehart, bassist/vocalist Billy Greer, vocalist/keyboardist Ronnie Platt, violinist/guitarist David Ragsdale, keyboardist/vocalist Tom Brislin, and original guitarist Richard Williams.

For a full list of upcoming dates, head to: https://www.kansasband.com/tour-dates/

With a legendary career spanning five decades, KANSAS has firmly established itself as one of America’s iconic classic rock bands. This “garage band” from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after being discovered by Wally Gold, who worked for Don Kirshner, and have gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide.

Composing a catalogue that includes sixteen studio albums and five live albums, KANSAS has produced eight gold albums, three sextuple-Platinum albums (Leftoverture, Point of Know Return, Best of KANSAS), one platinum live album (Two for the Show), one quadruple-Platinum single ‘Carry On Wayward Son,’ and another triple-Platinum single ‘Dust in the Wind.’ KANSAS appeared on the Billboard charts for over 200 weeks throughout the ‘70’s and ‘80’s and played to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe and Japan. ‘Carry On Wayward Son’ continues to be one of the top five most played songs on classic rock radio, and ‘Dust In the Wind’ has been played on the radio more than three million times!

The summer of 2020 marked the release of The Absence of Presence, KANSAS’s sixteenth studio album, which debuted at #10 on Billboard’s Top Current Albums chart.  The wide-ranging progressive rock album, released by InsideOut Music, follows-up 2016’s The Prelude Implicit, which debuted at #14 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart.

KANSAS online:
www.kansasband.com
www.facebook.com/kansasband
www.twitter.com/kansasband