Celebrated composer and original Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips’s evocative 1994 album, Sail The World, is due out as an expanded two CD edition through Esoteric Recordings on 25th April.
Originally composed and recorded for the UK television coverage of the Whitbread Around the World Yacht Race, Sail The World became a fan favourite, capturing the vast, cinematic beauty of the open seas.
Now in this definitive edition, Sail The World has been newly remastered and expanded into a 2CD set, featuring an entire second disc with 15 rare and previously unreleased bonus tracks, including additional material and alternate mixes, featuring collaborations with JojiHirota and Martin Robertson. This special release also comes with hat’s described as “a beautifully illustrated booklet, complete with a brand-new essay by respected writer Jon Dann.”
With its sweeping melodies and atmospheric textures, Sail The World remains a stunning work from one of progressive music’s most revered composers.
Tracks featured on Disc 1 are: ‘Opening Theme’, ‘Fast Work’, ‘Dark Seas’, ‘Cool Sailing’, ‘Wildlife Choir’, ‘I Wish This Would Never End’, ‘Salsa I’, ‘Roaring Forties’, ‘Lonely Whales’, ‘Icebergs’, ‘Majestic Whales’, ‘In the Southern Ocean’, ‘The Fremantle Doctor’, ‘Long Way from Home’, ‘Wildlife Flotilla’, ‘Big Combers’, ‘Cool Sailing II’, ‘Cape Horn’, ‘Amongst Mythical Birds’, ‘Salsa II’, ‘Into the Tropics’, ‘In the Doldrums’, ‘Heading for Home & Victory ‘, with bonus tracks ‘Paradise’, ‘Eastern Magic’ and ‘Closing Theme’.
Disc 2 features the previously unreleased bonus tracks ‘Opening Theme (Original version)’, ‘The Dream Race’, ‘Starboard Drift’, ‘Epic Whales’, ‘World Piece’, ‘Temple’, ‘Ocean Life’, ‘Cool Sailing (Alternate mix)’, ‘Playmaker’, ‘Another Day’, ‘Fast Work (Alternate mix), ‘‘Journey’s End’, ‘Tokyo Nights’, ‘Paradise (Alternate mix)’ and ‘Heading For Home & Victory (Alternate mix)’
