Real to Reel (Marillion album)

Real to Reel

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

Simon Hanhart
Marillion

Marillion chronology

Fugazi
(1984)

Real to Reel
(1984)

Misplaced Childhood
(1985)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[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In 1997, the album was re-released as a two-disc set bundled with Brief Encounter, an extended-play originally made by EMI's American label Capitol Records to promote the band's 1986 US tour.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 tracks written 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

Tracks 1–4 recorded at the Spectrum in Montreal, Canada on 19–20 June 1984
Tracks 5–7 recorded at De Montfort Hall in Leicester, England on 5 March 1984

2005 Japanese mini-LP replica edition bonus tracks
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
8.	"Charting the Single"	6:37
9.	"Margaret"	12:22
Total length:		71:03

"Charting the Single" recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England on 18 April 1983
"Margaret" recorded at Edinburgh Playhouse on 7 April 1983

Original 1984 LP edition

Side one
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Assassing"	7:18
2.	"Incubus"	8:31
3.	"Cinderella Search"	5:24

Side two
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Forgotten Sons"	10:11
5.	"Garden Party"	6:30
6.	"Market Square Heroes"	6:49
Total length:		46:48

Personnel

Marillion

Fish – vocals; sleeve concept
Steve Rothery – guitars
Mark Kelly – keyboards
Pete Trewavas – bass, backing vocals
Ian Mosley – drums
Mick Pointer - Drums on Japanese bonus tracks

Technical personnel

Simon Hanhart – production and mixing (The Marquee Studios, London)
Julian Cull – photography
Mark Wilkinson – sleeve
Julie Hazelwood – collage

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

Notes

1 2 EMI: EG 2603031, JEST 1
1 2 EMI, Fame: CDM 7 52021 2, CD-FA 3142
↑ Toshiba-EMI: TOCP-67792

Citations

1 2 "Real to Reel". Fish-TheCompany.Com: Official Site. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
1 2 Rivadavia, Eduardo. Marillion: "Real to Reel" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
1 2 3 "Real to Reel". The Official Marillion Website. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
↑ "Marillion – Real to Reel". Official Chart Company. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
1 2 "British album certifications – Marillion – Real to Reel". British Phonographic Industry.
↑ "Officialcharts.de – Marillion – Real to Reel". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Marillion – Real to Reel". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

External links

The Official Marillion Website

Marillion

Steve Rothery Mark Kelly Pete Trewavas Ian Mosley Steve 'h' Hogarth Mick Pointer Brian Jelliman Doug 'Rastus' Irvine Fish Diz Minnett Andy Ward John 'Martyr' Marter Jonathan Mover

Studio albums	Script for a Jester's Tear Fugazi Misplaced Childhood Clutching at Straws Seasons End Holidays in Eden Brave Afraid of Sunlight This Strange Engine Radiation marillion.com Anoraknophobia Marbles Somewhere Else Happiness Is the Road Less Is More Sounds That Can't Be Made Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R)

Compilations	Brief Encounter B'Sides Themselves A Singles Collection The Best of Both Worlds The Best of Marillion The Singles '82–88' The Singles '89-'95

Live albums	Real to Reel The Thieving Magpie Made Again Unplugged at the Walls Anorak in the UK Marbles Live Early Stages Live from Loreley Recital of the Script

Singles	"Market Square Heroes" "He Knows You Know" "Garden Party" "Punch and Judy" "Assassing" "Kayleigh" "Lavender" "Heart Of Lothian" "Lady Nina" "Welcome to the Garden Party" "Incommunicado" "Sugar Mice" "Warm Wet Circles" "Freaks (Live)" "Hooks in You" "The Uninvited Guest" "Easter" "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" "No One Can" "Dry Land" "Sympathy" "No One Can" (1992) "The Great Escape" "The Hollow Man" "Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" "Beautiful" "Man of a Thousand Faces" "80 Days" "These Chains" "Between You and Me"/"Map of the World" "You're Gone" "Don't Hurt Yourself" "The Damage" (Live) "See It Like a Baby" "Thankyou Whoever You Are"/"Most Toys" "Carol of the Bells"

Related articles	Marillion discography Brave, the Film

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