Searching for the Spark - Steve Hillage

Searching for the Spark

Other by Steve Hillage

Released October 2016

ambient electronic psychedelic rock

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CD 1: Arzachel by Uriel
1
Garden of Earthly Delights
Uriel
2:48
2
Azathoth
Uriel
4:25
3
Soul Thing
Uriel
4:31
4
Leg
Uriel
5:49
5
Clean Innocent Fun
Uriel
10:34
6
Metempsychosis
Uriel
16:55
CD 2: Space Shanty
1
Space Shanty
Khan
9:02
2
Stranded
Khan
6:35
4.0 ★
3
Mixed Up Man of the Mountains
Khan
7:14
4
Driving to Amsterdam
Khan
9:23
5
Stargazers
Khan
5:33
6
Hollow Stone
Khan
8:20
7
Break the Chains
Khan
3:26
8
Mixed Up Man of the Mountains (first version)
Khan
4:26
CD 3: Fish Rising
1
Solar Musick Suite: a. Sun Song (I Love Its Holy Mystery) / b. Canterbury Sunrise / c. Hiram Afterglid Meets the Dervish / d. Sun Song (reprise)
16:53
2
Fish
1:22
3
Meditation of the Snake
3:16
4
The Salmon Song: a. Salmon Pool / b. Solomon’s Atlantis Salmon / c. Swimming With the Salmon / d. King of the Fishes
8:28
5
Aftaglid: a. Sun Moon Surfing / b. The Great Wave and the Boat of Hermes / c. The Silver Ladder / d. Astral Meadows / e. The Lafta Yoga Song / f. Glidding / g. The Golden Vibe/Outglid
14:43
6
Pentagrammaspin (2006 remix)
7:40
7
Aftaglid (power trio backing track)
13:01
CD 4: L
1
Hurdy Gurdy Man
6:33
2
Hurdy Gurdy Glissando
9:00
3
Electrick Gypsies
6:21
4
Om Nama Shivaya
3:34
5
Lunar Musick Suite
11:58
6
It’s All Too Much
6:34
7
Eight Miles High (backing track)
4:30
8
Maui (early version of ‘Palm Trees’)
4:41
9
Shimmer
3:48
CD 5: Motivation Radio
1
Hello Dawn
2:49
2
Motivation
4:10
3
Light in the Sky
4:11
4
Radio
6:14
5
Wait One Moment
3:19
6
Saucer Surfing
4:20
7
Searching for the Spark
5:31
8
Octave Doctors
3:33
9
Not Fade Away (Glide Forever)
3:33
10
Leylines to Glassdom (T.O.N.T.O. version)
2:49
11
The Salmon Song (power trio backing track)
9:05
12
The Golden Vibe (alternate mix)
3:30
CD 6: Green
1
Sea Nature
6:42
2
Ether Ships
5:07
3
Musik of the Trees
4:53
4
Palm Trees (Love Guitar)
5:21
5
Unidentified (Flying Being)
4:30
6
U.F.O. Over Paris
3:10
7
Leylines to Glassdom
4:07
8
Crystal City
3:35
9
Activation Meditation
1:03
10
The Glorious Om Riff
7:53
11
Unidentified (Flying Being)
4:53
12
Not Fade Away (Glide Forever)
7:28
13
Octave Doctors
3:40
14
Meditation of the Snake (alternative mix)
3:16
CD 7: Live Herald
1
The Salmon Song
7:43
2
The Dervish Riff
4:18
3
Castle in the Clouds / Hurdy Gurdy Man
7:04
4
Light in the Sky
5:17
5
Searching for the Spark
11:14
6
Electrick Gypsies
5:59
7
Radiom / Lunar Musick Suite / Meditation of the Dragon
15:24
8
It’s All Too Much / The Golden Vibe
7:23
9
Solar Music Suite
14:37
CD 8: Rainbow Dome Musick
1
Garden of Paradise
23:14
2
Four Ever Rainbow
20:35
CD 9: Open
1
Talking to the Sun
6:00
2
1988 Aktivator
2:28
3
New Age Synthesis (Unzipping the Zype)
8:52
4
Healing Feeling
6:07
5
Earthrise
8:35
6
Open
5:17
7
Definite Activity
4:43
8
Getting Better
2:59
9
Day After Day
6:19
10
Getting in Tune
3:15
11
Don’t Dither Do It
5:05
12
The Fire Inside
6:18
13
Don’t Dither Do It (1974 power trio backing track)
4:46
14
Four Ever Rainbow (part 3 alternative mix)
8:55
CD 10: For To Next / And Not Or
1
These Uncharted Lands
5:38
2
Kamikaze Eyes
4:50
3
Alone
5:21
4
Anthems for the Blind
4:30
5
Bright Future
5:08
6
Frame by Frame
5:52
7
Waiting
5:24
8
Glory
6:28
9
Before the Storm
7:06
10
Red Admiral
6:11
11
Serotonin
5:37
12
And Not Or
6:27
13
Knights Templar
4:32
14
Still Golden
5:54
CD 11: System 7
1
Sunburst
System 7
7:25
3.0 ★
2
Freedom Fighters
System 7
5:21
3.0 ★
3
Habibi
System 7
6:09
3.0 ★
4
Altitude
System 7
5:58
5
Bon Humeur
System 7
7:27
2.0 ★
6
Fractal Liaison
System 7
2:09
7
Dog
System 7
5:52
8
Thunderdog
System 7
2:26
9
Listen
System 7
6:23
10
Strange Quotations
System 7
6:36
11
Miracle
System 7
7:08
12
Over and Out
System 7
3:29
CD 12: BBC Radio 1 In Concert 1976
1
The Salmon Song
9:15
2
Hurdy Gurdy Glissando
12:30
3
Meditation of the Dragon
7:40
4
It’s All Too Much
9:52
5
Encore: Not Fade Away (Glid Forever)
10:09
6
Aftaglid
6:40
7
Electrick Gypsies
5:59
8
Not Fade Away (Glid Forever)
8:05
CD 13: BBC Radio 1 In Concert 1979
1
Electrick Gypsies
6:04
2
New Age Synthesis (Unzipping the Zype)
8:33
3
Light in the Sky
5:11
4
Unidentified (Flying Being)
7:56
5
Radio
10:14
6
1988 Aktivator
2:31
7
Crystal City
4:31
8
The Glorious Om Riff
7:03
9
It’s All Too Much
7:04
CD 14: Deeply Vale
1
Saucer Surfing
7:53
2
Searching for the Spark
10:27
3
Octave Doctors
4:19
4
The Salmon Song
10:22
5
Crystal City
5:00
6
Radio
7:19
7
Palm Trees
5:38
8
Light in the Sky
5:00
9
Hurdy Gurdy Man
7:25
10
Lunar Musick Suite
3:58
11
Sun Song (reprise)
1:29
12
Activation Meditation
4:11
13
The Glorious Om Riff
4:52
CD 15: Live at Brighton Dome
1
Octave Doctors
4:07
2
It’s All Too Much
6:29
3
Light in the Sky
4:27
4
Radio
7:00
5
Aftaglid
5:06
6
Electrick Gypsies
5:47
7
The Salmon Song
3:07
8
Solar Musick Suite (part 2)
6:40
9
Motivation
6:47
10
Saucer Surfing
7:38
11
Searching for the Spark
14:43
12
Hurdy Gurdy Man
5:28
CD 16: Live at Schwabinger Bräu, Munich
1
The Salmon Song
6:28
2
New Age Synthesis (Unzipping the Zype)
8:28
3
Hurdy Gurdy Glissando
9:34
4
Unidentified (Flying Being)
9:15
5
The Dervish Riff
3:23
6
Hurdy Gurdy Man
6:23
7
Motivation
5:38
8
1988 Aktivator
2:28
9
Crystal City
3:18
10
Activation Meditation
1:31
11
The Glorious Om Riff
6:09
12
Meditation of the Dragon
2:43
13
It’s All Too Much
7:07
14
Encore: Electrick Gypsies
5:23
CD 17: Live at The Odeon, Hammersmith, London
1
The Fire Inside
5:35
2
1988 Aktivator
2:23
3
Crystal City
3:14
4
Activation Meditation
0:43
5
The Glorious Om Riff
6:08
6
Day After Day
6:13
7
Getting in Tune
3:41
8
Palm Trees
4:51
9
New Age Synthesis (Unzipping the Zype)
8:30
10
Healing Feeling
2:14
11
Open
7:16
12
Saucer Surfing
6:50
13
Searching for the Spark
6:16
14
It’s All Too Much
5:47
15
Encore: The Salmon Song
6:38
CD 18: Live at the Gong Family Unconvention
1
Hello Dawn
The Steve Hillage Band
3:46
2
It’s All Too Much
The Steve Hillage Band
5:56
3
Aftaglid
The Steve Hillage Band
8:44
4
Solar Musick Suite Part 1
The Steve Hillage Band
11:52
5
The Salmon Song
The Steve Hillage Band
7:41
6
These Uncharted Lands
The Steve Hillage Band
10:56
7
Palm Trees
4:52
8
New Age Synthesis (Unzipping the Zype)
8:13
9
Healing Feeling
2:03
10
Solar Musick Suite (early version)
Steve Hillage with Gong
8:33
CD 19: Sparks Vol 1 1970–73
1
Goblin
6:18
2
Escape of the Space Pirates
Khan
1:34
3
Hollow Stone (acoustic demo)
Khan
6:50
4
Stargazers (guitar demo)
Khan
6:03
5
Canterbury Sunrise
Khan Mk II
8:16
6
Madman’s Rap
Khan Mk II
3:59
7
Wiring Out the Ground Loosely Now
Khan Mk II
3:22
8
Five Piece
Khan Mk II
4:59
9
The Dervish Riff
1:49
10
The Golden Vibe
3:39
11
Water Trip
1:52
12
Leyline Drips
5:12
13
Pre–Glid
2:27
14
Hanging Lead
4:34
15
Melting Leadatron
4:53
CD 20: Sparks Vol 2 1974–76
1
Don’t Dither Do It
2:42
2
All the Time in the World
3:43
3
Beginning to See the Light
6:03
4
Fish
1:07
5
Light in the Sky
7:25
6
Electrick Gypsies
5:08
7
Aftaglid (tambura backing track mix)
12:42
8
Pentagrammaspin
6:22
9
Hurdy Gurdy Man (early version)
4:07
10
It’s All Too Much
5:57
11
Om Nama Shivaya
3:31
12
Electrick Gypsies
4:26
13
Hurdy Gurdy Glissando
7:59
14
Lunar Musick Suite (part 2)
8:13
CD 21: Sparks Vol 3 1976–79
1
Hurdy Gurdy Glissando (Gliss a Cappella)
1:56
2
Hurdy Gurdy Man (backing track first take)
6:19
3
Light in the Sky
3:42
4
Radio
4:09
5
Searching for the Spark
6:00
6
Saucer Surfing
3:58
7
Hello Dawn
2:53
8
Not Fade Away (Glid Forever)
5:47
9
Don’t Dither Do It
1:46
10
Sea Nature
3:07
11
Ether Ships
2:44
12
Unidentified (Om Orgoniser)
1:49
13
Leylines to Glassdom
3:45
14
Musik of the Trees
5:29
15
Beginning to See the Light
3:54
16
Healing Feeling
1:44
17
The Fire Inside
5:08
18
Getting in Tune
3:08
19
Give It Some Heft
4:03
20
The Snake Charmers Ball
2:08
CD 22: Sparks Vol 4 1980–90
1
Time Lines
6:16
2
Before the World Was Made
3:36
3
Explosion
3:57
4
Rescue Mission
4:23
5
Infomaniac
2:39
6
Forgotten Pleasure
3:34
7
No Fret
5:23
8
Never Let You Go
4:21
9
Everest
5:43
10
Congo Glide
2:46
11
Bird’s Eye View
2:25
12
Crystalline
3:10
13
The Aperture
2:16
14
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
System 7
1:35
15
Spanish Castle Magic
System 7
2:42
16
Bon Humeur (demo)
System 7
3:18
17
Strange Quotations (demo)
System 7
2:16
18
Floating World
System 7
3:21
19
Work It Out
System 7
2:52
20
Glid 7
System 7
1:58
21
Future Fifths
System 7
5:42

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Release credits

Andy Anderson
drums (drum set) [17-20]
Andy Falconer
additional [11], engineer [3, 10]
Dave Stewart
keyboard [19.5-8, 20.3-8]
Dave Stewart
guitar [17-20]
Derrick May
mix [4], producer [4, 6, 9]
Dr Alex Paterson
producer [8]
Eric Peachey
drums (drum set) [19.5-8, 2.1-5]
Greg Hunter
engineer [2, 5, 7-9, 11-12], mix [2-3, 10]
Mike Howlett
bass [3-8]
Miquette Giraudy
mix [12], producer [12]
Neil Slaven
producer [1-5]
Nick Greenwood
bass [1-5]
Nigel Griggs
bass [5-8]
Paul Francis
bass [17-20]
Pierre Moerlen
drums (drum set) [3-8]
Steve Hillage
guitar [1-5], mix [2, 12], producer [1-12]
Steve Waddington
guest [3], guitar [3], producer [3]
The Orb
mix [8]
Thrash
mix [1-3, 5, 7, 9, 11]
Todd Rundgren
producer [1-6]
Youth
mix [1], producer [1]

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Searching for the Spark
22x CD
October 2016