 Remastered edition of classic 1974 album with 26 additional tracks.
Format: CD / Cat No: ECLEC42929 / PRE-ORDER Release Date: 27/02/2026
Track Listing: CD 1 - Down To Earth: 1. Astral Man / 2. Nelly The Elephant / 3. Early Morning Clown / 4. That’s Life / 5. Fidgety Queen / 6. Oh Willy / 7. Little Boy / 8. Show Me the Way / 9. Finale / Bonus tracks: 10. Nelly the Elephant (Chipping Norton mix) / 11. Early Morning Clown (Chipping Norton mix) / 12. That’s Life (Chipping Norton mix) / 13. Oh Willy (Chipping Norton mix) / 14. Show Me the Way (Chipping Norton mix) / 15. Robert Calvert out-takes
CD 2 - Live at Chipping Norton Studios, Oxfordshire 27th March 1974 between the hours of 2am and 5am: 1. Desolation Valley / 2. Oops – Unidentified Flying Abstract / 3. Mundetango / 4. One Mile Red - The Ticket / 5. We Must Have Been Smashed / 6. Summer Breeze
CD 3 - Live at The Keil Auditorium, St. Louis, 2nd April 1975 - Previously unreleased: 1. Introduction / 2. Astral Man / 3. Recycled / 4. A Day In The Life Of A Preacher / 5. Show Me the Way / 6. Marvellous Moses / 7. It’s All Over / 8. Good Day
CD 4 - Live at The Keil Auditorium, St. Louis, 2nd April 1975 - Previously unreleased: 1. Remember the Future Part One / 2. King of Twilight / 3. 1-2-3-4 / 4. Remember the Future Part Two / 5. Let It Grow / 6. Woman Trouble / Rock ‘n’ Roll Medley
More information: First released in October 1974, the album was a conceptual piece based upon the theme of a travelling circus and was recorded at Chipping Norton Studios in England. The studio had been the location of the recording of the band’s previous album ‘Remember The Future’, issued in 1973. For ‘Down to Earth’ the band opted for a more direct approach to their music and sessions saw contributions from a horn section and legendary vocalist P.P. Arnold.
By the time ‘Down to Earth’ was released in Europe, ‘Remember The Future’ had become a top twenty US hit and the band travelled to the States to embark on a successful tour. A second US visit followed in the spring of 1975 to promote ‘Down to Earth’. The band enjoyed huge success in the mid-west playing two nights in St. Louis in April of that year.
This new clamshell box edition comprises 4 CDs and has been newly remastered from the original master tapes. It also features 26 additional tracks, including a live-in-the-studio session recorded in March 1974, alternate mixes of the album tracks and a full previously unreleased concert recorded at the Keil Auditorium in St. Louis in April 1975.
The set also includes an illustrated book with previously unseen photos and a new essay.
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