Earlier 1999 News

July 29th, 1999

The new album has as working title A Different Beat and is scheduled for release on September 27th through Castle Records. Remember that such information usually changes rapidly, so don't hold me to it. (Thank you Carlos for the info.) Informed sources (Hi Stephen!) report that everyone's been very tight-lipped about the style of the album.

GAZ #22 came out yesterday. Check out Ole-Johann's website.

There are only two confirmed concert dates for August:

5 August 1999 Danmarks Smukkeste Festival, Skanderborg, Denmark.
7 August 1999 Drøbak Blues Festival, Norway. (Thanks to Arve for the url)

More dates are likely to be announced after the new album is released in the Fall.

Gary Husband has an official website with a biography, a partial discography, and other goodies. Among his many projects, he has been working on Gary Moore's new album.

Japanese fans will be happy to hear there is a Gary Moore site for them, all in Japanese. Check it out.

July 9th, 1999

Those of you who read The Northern Light already know this, but I received confirmation from Virgin Records Sweden yesterday; the tracks for Blood of Emeralds - The Best of Gary Moore Part II (to be released on August 25th) are:

CD 1
1. Thunder Rising
2. Blood of Emeralds
3. Reach for the Sky
4. Listen to your Heartbeat
5. Don't Take Me for a Loser
6. Take a Little Time
7. Shapes of Things
8. The Messiah Will Come Again
9. Murder in the Skies
10. Victims of the Future
11. All Messed Up
12. Hold On to Love
13. Gonna Break my Heart Again
14. Johnny Boy
15. Sunset (live)

CD 2 (bonus disc)
1. Friday on my Mind (12" version)
2. Ready for Love (12" remix)
3. Empty Rooms (ext. version from the 1984 12")
4. The Loner (12" vers. from the Wild Frontier 2LP)
5. Wild Frontier (live 1986, from the 12" single)
6. Parisienne Walkways (live, from the 1982 bonus EP for Corridors Of Power)
7. Back on the Streets (live, from the same EP)
8. Rockin' Every Night (live 1982, from the same EP)
9. Murder in the Skies (live 1984 in Belfast, b-side of the Empty Rooms 7")
10. Run for Cover (live 1985, from the Wild Frontier 12")
11. Falling in Love with You (instrumental, b-side of the 7")

Thanks to P. Winberg for the information.

I received my copy of the new release of Don Airey's K2 today and I'm confused... Cataloguing this one in my collection might pose a problem. This thing has no reference number! The tracks are:

K2 Overture / Sea of Dreams Part I / Sea of Dreams Part II / Voice of the Mountain / Song for Al (Instrumental) / Balti Lament / Ascent to Camp 4 / Can't Make up your Mind / Summit Push / Close to the Sky / Blues for J.T. / Julie (If You Leave Me) / Death Zone - Whiteout / Song for Al (Vocal) / Take Me Home

This is exactly as previous releases, except for the bonus track (Take Me Home).

July 3rd, 1999

A few new shows to announce this time, all in Europe and Scandinavia of course.

5 July 1999 Nottingham Rock City, England.
8 July 1999 Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland.
10 July 1999 North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Holland.
5 August 1999 Danmarks Smukkeste Festival, Skanderborg, Denmark.
7 August 1999 Drøbak Blues Festival, Norway.

I could not find any internet reference to the last entry, but the info came from Norway. (For one thing, it is on the GAZ web page.) Thanks to Louise, Jeroen, Marcel, Remco, Dave, and Morten. If you hear of other gigs, please let me know.

The long-awaited Thin Lizzy box set The Vagabond King will be released in September. You read more about it (and look at a couple of images) on Squirrel's Thin Lizzy Page.

Virgin Records Sweden is at it again! According to The Northern Light, a limited-edition double CD titled Blood of Emeralds - The Very Best Of 2 is to be released on 23 August 1999.

Don Airey's K2 - Tales of Triumph and Tragedy was recently re-released. It is available exclusively from 121 Music.

June 4th, 1999

Things were pretty quiet on the Gary Moore front until I got this email today:

I dont know if it is of any interest to you or this site but Gary Moore is appearing at a 1 day festival called Chelsea Blues, in London, u.k. on Saturday 5 June. Tickets are available from the Ashburnham Community Centre, Tetcott Road, SW10. The event is happening at Tectcott Road Adventure playground from 12 noon-11pm nearest tube is Fulham Broadway.

I was not able to find any on-line confirmation. Anyone with more information (or a review of the show) is encouraged to share.

While I'm at it, I should add that Colosseum II's Strange New Flesh has been released again on CD (Essential ESM CD 710). A very short review can be found in the June issue of Record Collector.