THE MAGICIAN’S BIRTHDAY

Released in the UK 10th November 1972 UK: Bronze ILPS 9213 US: Mercury SRM-1-652 Side A 1. SUNRISE (Hensley) 4.04 2. SPIDER WOMAN (Box/Byron/Kerslake/Thain) 2.25 3. BLIND EYE (Hensley) 3.33 4. ECHOES IN THE DARK (Hensley) 4.48 5. RAIN (Hensley) 3.59 Side B 1. SWEET LORRAINE (Box/Byron/Thain) 4.13 2. TALES (Hensley) 4.09 3. THE MAGICIAN’S BIRTHDAY (Hensley/Box/Kerslake) 10.23 GARY THAIN - Bass guitar LEE KERSLAKE - Drums and Percussion MICK BOX - Guitars KEN HENSLEY - Keyboards, Guitars, Moog Synthesizer DAVID BYRON - Vocals (except 'The Magician's Birthday' DAVID BYRON & KEN HENSLEY - Vocals) B. J. COLE - pedal steel on 'Tales' Produced by GERRY BRON Engineer PETER GALLEN Assistant engineer ASHLEY HOWE Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London, September/October 1972 Cover design by ROGER DEAN Photographs by FIN COSTELLO ESSENTIAL SINGLES RELEASES: SPIDER WOMAN / SUNRISE (edit) (Germany) Island 12439 AT SUNRISE (edit) / SPIDER WOMAN (Japan) Bronze LL 2583 BZ SWEET LORRAINE (edit) / Blind Eye (U.S.) Mercury 73349 SWEET LORRAINE / RAIN (Italy) Island WIP 26138 BONUS TRACKS ON 1996 REMASTERED CD: See this page for info BONUS TRACKS ON 2003 EXPANDED DE-LUXE CD: See this page for info BONUS TRACKS ON 2017 EXPANDED 2-CD: See this page for info