XII ALFONSO - CHARLES DARWIN (3CD-CONCEPT/DIGI-BOOK/GUEST LIST)

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Beautiful Triple Prog Package in MIKE OLDFIELD vein - Over 3 Hours of music with guests from the worlds of Prog & Rock - Lavish 76-Page Hardback Book!

For two years prior to 2012, Progressive group XII ALFONSO have been composing, arranging, recording and mixing this amazing triple album project dedicated to the life and work of ‘Charles Darwin’. It is XII ALFONSO's 7th album, and following the time-honoured expression, this record, as all the previous ones have been, is a “concept album”, where all the titles are linked to a central idea. The album features a long list of guest players from the Prog and Rock genres, including: Mickey Simmonds (played with Mike Oldfield, CAMEL, Fish and Paul Young on keyboards), Ton Scherpenzeel (of KAYAK and some CAMEL albums on keyboards), Ian Bairnson (of the ALAN PARSONS PROJECT on guitars), David Paton (of PILOT on bass), Maggie Reilly (Mike Oldfield’s vocalist for ‘Moonlight Shadow’ and other tracks), Alistair Gordon (singer on Tony Banks’ [GENESIS] ‘Bankstatement’ album), Elliott Murphy, John A. Helliwell (of SUPERTRAMP on sax), Terry Oldfield & John Hackett (on flutes), Tim Renwick (of PINK FLOYD’s ‘live’ band on guitars), Francis Dunnery, (of IT BITES on guitars), Robin Boult (of Fish’s band on guitars) and Mickaël Manring (schooled by Jaco Pastorius of WEATHER REPORT on bass), plus many more.
‘Charles Darwin’ is an impressive, lovingly put together Triple Disc Set with an equally impressive cast of players.
Musically, on the first play-through, Mike Oldfield seems to be the most prominent influence in use over this lovingly assembled production, but there's a lot take in and I'm sure many other influential names are going to reveal themselves from each and every play. The beautifully put together Digi-Book makes for classy packaging and finishes off what is a quality piece of Progressive product in lavish style.

XII ALFONSO: CHARLES DARWIN Track List:

Disc 1 – Volume I: 1809 – 1835:
01. Collection One (1:41)
02. Earliest Recollections (4:58)
03. Stolen Fruit (3:14)
04. Physics & Hunting (3:50)
05. Silent Battle (4:38)
06. Collection Two & Three (1:47)
07. Bump of Reverence (5:32)
08. Leaving England - Part 1 (1:30)
09. Leaving England - Part 2 (3.05)
10. Letter From Henslow (3:19)
11. HMS Beagle (3:52)
12. Collection Four (0:31)
13. Captain Fitz-Roy (2:50)
14. Straits Of Magellan (5:11)
15. Tierra del Fuego (7:47)
16. Darwin’s Finches (3:54)
17. Homeward Bound (3:08)
TPT – 60:49

Track List – Disc 2 – Volume II: 1836 – 1858:
01. Collection Five (1:51)
02. So Many Years (3:43)
03. Strange Fossil (2:55)
04. Emma And Charles (5:55)
05. Coral Of Life (5:08)
06. Collection Six (1:11)
07. Down House (4:32)
08. Island Of Devil’s Riding School (4:00)
09. Annie - Part 1 (2:56)
10. Annie - Part 2 (2:03)
11. Collection Seven (2:32)
12. Beloved Cirripedia (3:56)
13. An Ordinary Day (3:55)
14. Salting The Seeds (6:23)
15. Lenny (2:36)
16. It’s Time To Write (2:30)
17. Collection Eight (0:56)
18. Missing Links (3:06)
TPT – 60:10

Track List – Disc 3 – Volume III: 1859 – 1882:
01. Collection Nine (0:53)
02. Bound Together (4:49)
03. Descent With Modification (2:36)
04. On The Origin Of Species (6:38)
05. Controverse In Oxford (1:27)
06. Collection Ten (0:56)
07. Slave Makers (4:01)
08. Last Human Common Ancestor (4:03)
09. Sombre Thoughts (5:30)
10. Collection Eleven (0:57)
11. Mysterious Illness (7:01)
12. Copley Medal (2:47)
13. Vision Of The Indian Mound (6:23)
14. Descent Of Man (4:53)
15. Collection Twelve (0:56)
16. Struggle For Existence (1:35)
17. Darwin's Burial (4:40)
TPT – 60:07