At A Point Between Fate And Destiny - The Complete Recordings

One minute The Action were the ultimate mod cult band, belting out exuberant Anglicised approximations of Tamla/soul material in clubs across the country, the next they'd shed singer Reggie King and mutated into questing countercultural adventurers Mighty Baby. Under the leadership of guitarist Martin Stone, they would become increasingly insular as four of the five band members converted to Islam and they moved slowly towards a more improvised sound. By the end of 1971, fasting for Ramadan had left them almost too weak to perform onstage, at which juncture they came to the reluctant conclusion that rock'n'roll and the Muslim faith were incompatible. Over the previous three years, however, they made some magical, mystical music that is now collected under one roof for the first time. The band-authorised 6-CD set At A Point Between Fate And Destiny features all surviving recordings, with much-loved studio albums 'Mighty Baby' and 'A Jug Of Love' joined by rehearsal sessions, a complete and previously unissued alternative version of the first album, audio from the band's only TV appearance and other studio outtakes. The set also features three hours of 1971 live material, with a ninety-minute chunk of their legendary appearance at Glastonbury that includes previously unreleased versions of Mighty Baby favourites 'Virgin Spring', 'Goin' Down To Mongoli', 'Woe Is Me', 'Devil's Whisper' and, most thrillingly of all, the hitherto-presumed-lost full 36 minute version of 'A Blanket I

Tracks

1~1~A Friend You Know But Never See
1~2~I?Ve Been Down So Long
1~3~Same Way From The Sun
1~4~House Without Windows
1~5~Trials Of A City
1~6~I?M From The Country
1~7~At A Point Between Fate And Destiny
1~8~I?Ve Been Down So Long
1~9~Trials Of A City
1~10~House Without Windows
1~11~A Friend You Know But Never See
1~12~Messages
1~13~Ancient Traveller
1~14~Same Way From The Sun
1~15~Jug Of Love
1~16~The Happiest Man In The Carnival
1~17~Keep On Juggin?
1~18~Virgin Spring
1~19~Tasting The Life
1~20~Slipstreams
1~21~Devil?S Whisper
1~22~Virgin Spring (Alternative Version)
1~23~Only Dreaming
1~24~Dustbin Full Of Rubbish
1~25~An Understanding Love
1~26~My Favourite Day
1~27~A Saying For Today
1~28~Jug Of Love
1~29~The Happiest Man In The Carnival I
1~30~The Happest Man In The Carnival Ii

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Mighty Baby
Release Date: 25 October 2019
Genre: Rock
Label: GRAPEFRUIT
Distributor: Rocket Group