Pearls Before Swine - The Wizard Of Is 2CD/2LP aw

Remastered and re-appraised collection of Pearls Before Swine rarities from the private tape collection of the late, great Tom Rapp.

For the first time on vinyl, this beautiful collection brings together alternate versions of Rapp originals The Jeweler, Translucent Carriages and Rocket Man. It also includes jaw-dropping covers of Rapp’s contemporaries Cohen, Dylan and Joni Mitchell, with bonus download material featuring seven amazing live versions plus a never before released intimate show at The Other End circa 1976.

A goldmine of possibilities from a prospector with a silver tongue and stories to tell. "The Wizard Of Is" is a weird and wonderful trip inside its creator’s mind, from sonnets and space hymns to stories of revolution and the war. It’s an American Gothic fantasy that straddles old tyme America and the outer edges of an imagined stratosphere.

Tracklist:

- 2LP -

1. Where is Love?
2. Butterflies
3. Love, You Are Not Alone
4. Grace Street
5. Translucent Carriages
6. Space
7. Rocket Man
8. City of Gold
9. For Free
10. Wizard of Is
11. Riegal
12. Sail Away
13. Footnote / When the War Began
14. Everybody's Got Pain
15. Crawling Towards Bethlehem
16. I'm Going to the City
17. Can't Go Back
18. Prisoner of War
19. Another Time
20. If You Don't Want To (I Don't Mind)
21. (Oh Dear) Miss Morse
22. The Jeweler
23. The Lincoln Dream
24. There's No Other (Like My Baby)
25. Roadside Hotel
26. Song About a Rose
27. Mary Mary
28. Crew Man
29. Suzanne
30. Oh Sister
31. Full Fathom Five / I Shall Not Care

- 2CD -

1. Where is Love?
2. Butterflies (Alternate Version)
3. Love, You Are Not Alone
4. Grace Street
5. Translucent Carriages (Alternate Version)
6. Space
7. Rocket Man (Alternate Version)
8. City of Gold (Alternate Version)
9. For Free
10. Wizard of Is (Alternate Version)
11. Riegal (Alternate Version)
12. Sail Away (Alternate Version)
13. Footnote / When the War Began
14. Translucent Carriages (Live)
15. Island Baby (Live)
16. Morning Song (Live)
17. Marshall (Live)
18. Ballad to an Amber Lady / I Saw the World (Live)
19. Prayers of Action / Candle (Live)
20. Rocket Man (Live)
21. Everybody's Got Pain (Alternate Version)
22. Crawling Towards Bethlehem
23. I'm Going to the City (Alternate Version)
24. Can't Go Back
25. Prisoner of War
26. Another Time (Alternate Version)
27. If You Don't Want To (I Don't Mind) (Alternate Version)
28. (Oh Dear) Miss Morse (Alternate Version)
29. The Jeweler (Alternate Version)
30. The Lincoln Dream 
31. There's No Other (Like My Baby)
32. Roadside Hotel
33. Song About a Rose (Alternate Version)
34. Mary Mary
35. Crew Man
36. Suzanne (Alternate Version)
37. Oh Sister
38. Full Fathom Five / I Shall Not Care
39. Frog in the Window (Live at The Other End, 1972)
40. There Was a Man (Live at The Other End, 1972)
41. The Jeweler (Live at The Other End, 1972)
42. Another Time (Live at The Other End, 1972)
43. Every Change is a Release (Live at The Other End, 1972)
44. Rocket Man (Live at The Other End, 1972)
45. Love/Sex (Live at The Other End, 1972)

About this product: this release is available on 2CD and 2LP formats.

The 2CD comes in a gatefold softpack.

The 2LP is pressed on black vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve. Includes a download code with extra tracks.