collection of previously unreleased tracks

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GYPSY (Mick Box/David Byron)
(1970) Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble
1989, live for Central TV 

I was only seventeen
I fell in love with gypsy queen
She told me: "Hold on"
Her father was the leading man
Said: "You're not welcome on our land" 
And then as a foe, told me to go

He took me to a little shack
And put a whip across my back
Then told her: "Leave me"
I was after quite a time
Came back with her on my mind
Sweet little girl, she means all the world

Oh, I want my gypsy queen
Will she still be torn between
Her father and lover
One day I will go to him
Strong enough to fight and win
The kind of man that he'll understand

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JULY MORNING (David Byron/Ken Hensley)
(1971) Look At Yourself
1989, live for Central TV 

There I was on a July morning 
Looking for love
With the strength of a new day dawning
And the beautiful sun
At the sound of the first bird singing
I was leaving for home
With the storm and the night behind me
And a road of my own

With the day came the resolution
I'll be looking for you
la, la, la...

I was looking for love in the strangest places 
There wasn't a stone that I left unturned
I must have tried more than a thousand faces
But not one was aware of the fire that burned
In my heart, in my mind, in my soul la,la,la

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MR. MAJESTIC (Phil Lanzon)
1989, live for Central TV  

Mister Majestic fires a gun
Mister Majestic
He got a lie on his tongue
You can't help but listen
He got a way with words
Don't ask useless questions
Unless you want to
Leave this world

Madam Odessa carries a knife
Across to the jailhouse
In her pretty style
She ain't looking out for business
She got a way with words
She is gonna take that man
For what he done to her

This was how the West was won
Lawless and unruly
Now I guess what's done, is done

She took her old man in cold blood
He hit the deck
With that si-si-si-sickening thud
Life was cheap, that's what we
Always heard about
It was over something stupid
They could have talked it out

This was how the West was won
Lawless and unruly
Now I guess what's done, is done
Billy thought that Billy was right

Where is the killer, nobody knows
He's waiting in the dark saloon
For night to close
He tried to cheat
At the gambling table
A stranger pulls and fires
As he falls he sees the stranger is
Madam in disguise

This was how the West was won ...

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LADY IN BLACK (Ken Hensley)
(1971) Salisbury
1989, live for Central TV 

She came to me one morning
One lonely Sunday morning
Her long hair flowing in the midwinter wind
I know not how she found me
For in darkness I was walking
And destruction lay around me
From a fight I could not win... Ah ah

She asked me name my foe then
I said the need within some men
To fight and kill their brothers
Without thought of love or God
And I begged her to give me horses 
To trample down my enemies
So eager was my passion
To devour this waste of life... Ah ah

But she would not think of battle that
Reduces men to animals
So easy to begin
And yet impossible to end
For she's the mother of our men
Who counselled me so wisely then
I feared to walk alone again
And asked if she would stay

Oh, lady lend your hand outright
And let me rest here at your side
Have faith and trust in peace she said 
And filled my heart with life

There is no strength in numbers 
Have no such misconception
But when you need me
Be assured I wont be far away... Ah ah

Thus having spoke she turned away
And though I found no words to say
I stood and watched until I saw
her black coat disappear
My labour is no easier
But now I know I'm not alone I'll find new heart
Each time I think upon that windy day
And if one day she comes to you
Drink deeply from he words so wise
Take courage from her as your prize
And say hello for me ...
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

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EASY LIVIN' (Ken Hensley)
(1972) Demons And Wizards
1988, from album Live in Moscow 

This is a thing I've never known before
It's called easy livin'
This is a place I've never seen before
And I've been forgiven

Easy livin' and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart

Somewhere along the lonely road I had tried to find ya
Day after day on the windy road I had walked behind ya

Easy livin and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart

Waiting, watching
Wishing my whole life away
Dreaming, thinking
Ready for my happy day
And some easy livin'!

Somewhere along the lonely road I had tried to find you
Day after day on the windy road I had walked behind you

Easy livin' and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart
Easy livin' and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart

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TOO SCARED TO RUN (Mick Box/Bob Daisley/Peter Goalby/Lee Kerslake/John Sinclair)
(1982) Abominog
1988, alternate live version from Moscow concerts, previously unreleased

Too scared I could not run
I could not make a sound
Lights were flashing
My whole life passing
My feet were stuck to the ground

Too light to call it night
Too dark to call it day
Too scared to stay and fight
Too scared to run away

Too scared to run
Too scared to run away

So scared I could not move
I could not make a sound
There were people running
People shouting
Flashes all around

To scared I could not think
My eyes could not scarcely see
My heart was racing
My legs were shaking
They could not carry me

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CORINA (Mick Box/Phil Lanzon/Bernie Shaw)
1988, alternate live version from Moscow concerts, previously unreleased

You're too vain, you're insane
You think the world will stop turning
'Cause you ain't around

Blind eyes, cheap lines
You got the whole band playing
But you don't hear the sound
Your venom pen
Will never poison me
I won't be sticking round that long

Corina, what's this talk of glory
Between the sheets in halls of fame
Corina, just a hard luck story
Bratpack fever
Running through your brain

Your fast cars, rock stars
You were seen at the party
But you weren't even there

False name, the same game
Somebody's minding your business
You don't even care
You think it's all
Some kind of circus ride
You think that someone's
Keeping score

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SPLIT IMAGE (Mick Box/Lee Kerslake/John Sinclair/Peter Goalby/Bob Daisley)
(1985) Equator
1985, video single for a soundtrack

It's the same old line
People get to you if they can
They take what they find
They will change you mind
They will fit you into their play

And then one day you'll wake up
As somebody else
Someone they advented

A split image
Don't let them burn you
Split image
Don't let them turn you
Split image
Just keeps comin' back
Comin' back, comin' back
To who you are

And the wrong get born
And the right ones just stay away
What he's livin' for
If the wrong get born
And we don't have a word to say

And it's so hard to wake up
Or in right groove
A crack in the mirror

He's come...
Remember who you are

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PLAYING FOR TIME (Box/Sinclair/Kerslake/Daisley/Goalby)
(1983) Head First
1983, from Ridge Farm sessions, previously unreleased

Try, you get a roll of heartacche
Hear it and you're with my mind
I've played with fire, burned my fingers
Now I'm gonna take my time
You don't have to shout about it
Can't you see it obvious
Feel it's getting close to comfort
Why you make me search no more

Take your time with what you're doin'
I can see the stage appear
Seized and held it on before her
Don't you understand my fear
Can't you see the time will tell us
How it's gonna always be
You can wrap me around your finger
And that ain't no mystery

Playing for time
That's all I can do
I'm playing for time
Before I fall in love with you

You can push me every which way
Hey I got no place to pull
Yes we'll do no rule devotions
When you fax the ace???
Hold on, that is what the games go
And I want the nibble now
You can get to dream about it
I won't do it anyhow

Playing for time
That's all I can do
Playing for time
Before I fall in love

Playing for time
That's all I wanna do
Playing for time
Before I fall in love

Break it off!

Oh you, don't have to shout about it
Can't you see it obvious
Feel it's getting close for comfort
Why you make me search your bus
Travel down the road of heartache
Hear it in your with my mind
Played with fire, burned my fingers
Now I'm gonna take my time

Playing for time
Before I fall in love with you
Playing for time
That's all I want to do

Playing for time
Before I fall Playing for time
All I wanna do
Playing for time 
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VALLEY OF KINGS (Mick Box/Bob Daisley/Peter Goalby/Lee Kerslake/John Sinclair)
(1982) Abominog
1983, from Ridge Farm sessions, previously unreleased

I've been thinking about her
I've been thinking of how to show you
I've been thinking it over
I've been thinking of how to show you
Ooh...my love
You...my love

I've been thinking about you
I've been thinking of how to show you
I've been thinking it over
I've been of how to show you
Ooh...my love
You...my love

Ain't no secret
Yes, it's true
I don't know what I'd do
Ain't no secret
Yes,it's true
I'd be lost without you
Ain't no secret
Yes, it's true
I'd be lost without you
Well I do

I've been thinking it over
I've been thinking of how to show you
I've been thinking it over
I've been thinking of how to show you
You...my love
You...my love

In the Valley of Kings
In the Valley of Kings
In the Valley of Kings
In the Valley of Kings

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I'M ALIVE AGAIN (Box/Sinclair/Kerslake/Daisley)
(1982) Abominog
1983, from Ridge Farm sessions, previously unreleased

So many questions
So many lies
Truth has been hidden
Behind your eyes
But I'll survive
Oh, I'm alive

Look for the answers
Try to understand
Fight when you have to
Run if you can
But I'll survive
Yeah, I'm alive

Look closely at the stars
I'm a man of broken dreams
But I'm alive again
Oh yeah, I can bleed
I'm a man of broken dreams
When I'm alive again
Oh yeah, come see me bleed
I'm a man of broken dreams
But I'm alive again

Don't take no prisoners
That's what you said
I was burned, I was broken
Lost and left for dead
But I'll survive
Oh, I'm alive 

Look closely at the stars
I'm a man of broken dreams
But I'm alive again
Oh yeah, I can bleed
I'm a man of broken dreams
But I'm alive again
Oh yeah, I'm alive again
I'm alive again
Come see me bleed
I'm alive again
I'm alive again

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PACIFIC HIGHWAY (Phil Lanzon/Bernie Shaw)
1987, studio demo recording and mix, previously unreleased

Tryin' to make it back
To my old home town
I've been driving since
The break of dawn
Got a feeling like a fever
Burning in my brain
When I see her
It'll be all gone

Pacific highway
Getting nearer now
And I feel like
The dream is coming true
Pacific highway
Getting closer now
I don't need directions
To find my way back to you

Take another turning
On the old creek road
Making sure I don't get lost
I'm hoping to hell
My taco's reading right
Get ahead no matter
What the cost

Tryin' to take it easy
On the old home stretch
But city limits come into sight
I'm getting ready for my Betty
God how I missed that girl
We're rock-n-rollin'
Through the night

I don't need directions
To find my way back to you

I only got five more miles, yeah
Only four more miles, yeah
I only got three miles, two miles
One mile to go

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MR. MAJESTIC (Phil Lanzon)
1987, studio demo recording and mix, previously unreleased

Mister Majestic fires a gun
Mister Majestic
He got a lie on his tongue
You can't help but listen
He got a way with words
Don't ask useless questions
Unless you want to
Leave this world

Madam Odessa carries a knife
Across to the jailhouse
In her pretty style
She ain't looking out for business
She got a way with words
She is gonna take that man
For what he done to her

This was how the West was won
Lawless and unruly
Now I guess what's done, is done

She took her old man in cold blood
He hit the deck
With that si-si-si-sickening thud
Life was cheap, that's what we
Always heard about
It was over something stupid
They could have talked it out

This was how the West was won
Lawless and unruly
Now I guess what's done, is done
Billy thought that Billy was right

Where is the killer, nobody knows
He's waiting in the dark saloon
For night to close
He tried to cheat
At the gambling table
A stranger pulls and fires
As he falls he sees the stranger is
Madam in disguise

This was how the West was won ...

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CORINA (Mick Box/Phil Lanzon/Bernie Shaw)
1987, studio demo recording and mix, previously unreleased

You're too vain, you're insane
You think the world will stop turning
'Cause you ain't around

Blind eyes, cheap lines
You got the whole band playing
But you don't hear the sound
Your venom pen
Will never poison me
I won't be sticking round that long

Corina, what's this talk of glory
Between the sheets in halls of fame
Corina, just a hard luck story
Bratpack fever
Running through your brain

Your fast cars, rock stars
You were seen at the party
But you weren't even there
False name, the same game
Somebody's minding your business
You don't even care
You think it's all
Some kind of circus ride
You think that someone's
Keeping score

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