Real to Reel (Marillion album)

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Real to Reel
File:Real to Reel by Marillion cover.jpg
Live album by Marillion
Released November 1984[1]
Recorded 5 March 1984 at De Montfort Hall (Leicester, England) and 19–20 June 1984 at the Spectrum (Montreal, Canada)
Genre Neo-progressive rock
Length 46:48 (LP) / 52:05 (CD)
Label EMI
Producer
Marillion chronology
Fugazi
(1984)Fugazi1984		 Real to Reel
(1984)		 Misplaced Childhood
(1985)Misplaced Childhood1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[2]

Real to Reel is the first live album by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in November 1984. It was co-produced by Simon Hanhart who had mixed the first two studio albums and co-produced the studio version of "Cinderella Search".

Recording and content

Real to Reel was recorded on 5 March 1984 at De Montfort Hall in Leicester, England and 19–20 June 1984 at the Spectrum in Montreal, Canada.[3]

In addition to two songs each from the first two albums, Script for a Jester's Tear (1983) and Fugazi (1984), the original LP version[nb 1] contained two tracks previously not available on any albums, the A-side of the band's 1982 debut single "Market Square Heroes" and "Cinderella Search", the B-side of "Assassing". Recorded at the Spectrum, "Emerald Lies" from Fugazi was originally a bonus track on the CD[nb 2] and cassette versions.

Release

Critical reception

Writing for AllMusic, Eduardo Rivadavia praised Real to Reel in a three-out-of-five star retrospective review. He called the album "an excellent live document of Marillion" and "a strong case for the many fans who actually prefer the band's more refined live versions over their rather flat studio counterparts". Rivadavia also claimed 10-minute antiwar "Forgotten Sons" to be the pinnacle of the album.[2]

Commercial performance

No singles from the album were released, but nevertheless Real to Reel managed to reach number 8 in the UK Albums Chart and linger there for 22 weeks.[4] It was certified Gold by the BPI on 9 July 1985 for sales in excess of 100.000 copies.[5]

Formats and reissues

Real to Reel was initially released on LP[nb 1], 12" picture disc, cassette,[3] and CD[nb 2].[1]

In 1997, the album was re-released as a two-disc set bundled with Brief Encounter, an extended-play originally made by EMI's American label Capitol Records to promote the band's 1986 US tour. This edition was not part of the remastered series of Marillion's first eight studio albums that EMI released in 1997-1998. However, it was digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Brian Fifield.

In 2005, a Japanese mini-LP replica CD edition[nb 3] came out. This version included two additional bonus tracks, "Margaret" and "Charting the Single", both originally from the 1983 "Garden Party" single.[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Marillion. 

Original 1984 CD edition
No. Title Length
1. "Assassing"   7:29
2. "Incubus"   8:43
3. "Cinderella Search"   5:45
4. "Emerald Lies"   5:28
5. "Forgotten Sons"   10:36
6. "Garden Party"   6:32
7. "Market Square Heroes"   7:32
Total length:
 52:05
Original 1984 LP edition

Personnel

Marillion
Technical personnel

Charts

Album
Chart (1984) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 38
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 49
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 8

Certifications

Region Certification
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Gold

References

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External links
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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rivadavia, Eduardo. Marillion: "Real to Reel" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
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  6. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Marillion – Real to Reel". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Marillion – Real to Reel". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 April 2015.


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