Collector's Item (Twelfth Night album)

Collector's Item
Compilation album by Twelfth Night
Released	1991, reissued 2001
Recorded	1981-1988
Genre	Neo-progressive
Length	78.11 / 77.07
Label	Twelfth Night
Producer	Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night chronology
Twelfth Night XII Collector's Item Voices In The Night

Collector's Item is a compilation album released by UK neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 1991 as a CD and double album, and re-released on CD only with some different tracks in 2001.

Details

The album came about after the Geoff Mann-fronted lineup of the band reunited briefly to record a definitive version of "The Collector", an epic from the early 1980s which they felt they had never managed to produce a definitive version of; at the same time, a new recording of "Love Song" was made. The band decided that the best way to bring the recordings to light was as part of a compilation of their work, which ultimately saw the light of day in 1991. The LP release was a double album, and therefore could accommodate three extra songs.

In 2001, Cyclops Records - the band's publishers at the time, who were producing a series of reissues - rereleased the CD version of the album with some alterations. The version of "Sequences" was removed, since at the time "Live and Let Live" was readily available; in its place were three different songs.

Track listing

All songs written by Twelfth Night.

1991 CD release	1991 LP release	2001 CD release
	The Ceiling Speaks (8.20, from Live And Let Live)
	The Creepshow (11:55, from Fact and Fiction)
	Fur Helene part 1 (6:55, from Live At The Target
		The Ceiling Speaks (6.35, previously unreleased demo)
		Deep In The Heartland (3:50, previously unreleased demo)
We Are Sane (10:20, from Fact and Fiction)	We Are Sane (10:20, from Fact and Fiction)	We Are Sane (10:20, from Fact and Fiction)
Sequences (16:21, from Live And Let Live)	Sequences (16:21, from Live And Let Live)
Art And Illusion (4:32, from Art And Illusion)	Art And Illusion (4:32, from Art And Illusion)	Art And Illusion (4:32, from Art And Illusion)
First New Day (5:51, from Art And Illusion)	First New Day (5:51, from Art And Illusion)	First New Day (5:51, from Art And Illusion)
	Last Song (4:23, from Twelfth Night XII)	Last Song (4:23, from Twelfth Night XII)
Take A Look (11:29, from Twelfth Night XII)	Take A Look (11:29, from Twelfth Night XII)	Take A Look (11:29, from Twelfth Night XII)
Blondon Fair (6:02, b-side)		Blondon Fair (6:02, b-side)
The Collector (19:01, new 1988 recording)	The Collector (19:01, new 1988 recording)	The Collector (19:01, new 1988 recording)
Love Song (5:30, new 1988 recording)	Love Song (5:30, new 1988 recording)	Love Song (5:30, new 1988 recording)

Personnel

• Rick Battersby keyboards (not on We Are Sane)
• Brian Devoil drums, percussion
• Geoff Mann vocals (not on Art And Illusion, First New Day, Take A Look, Last Song, Für Helene Part I)
• Clive Mitten keyboards (on We Are Sane), bass
• Andy Revell guitar
• Andy Sears vocals (on Art And Illusion, First New Day, Take A Look, Last Song)