GILLAN (THE JAPANESE ALBUM)
(CD) — 09.1993 (RPM Records RPM 113. UK)1.
Street Theatre (instrumental) (Towns) (2’39)2.
Secret Of The Dance (Gillan/Towns) (2’51)3.
I’m Your Man (Gillan/Towns) (4’25)4.
Dead Of Night (Gillan/Towns) (4’11)5.
Fighting Man (Towns) (7’37)6.
Message In A Bottle (Gillan/Towns) (3’10)7.
Not Weird Enough (Gillan/Towns) (3’51)8.
Bringing Joanna Back (Gillan/Towns) (3’40)9.
Abbey Of Thelema (Gillan/Towns) (4’56)10.
Back In The Game (Gillan/Towns) (5’27)11.
Vengeance (Gillan/Towns) (3’30)12.
Move With The Times (Gillan/Towns/McCoy) (5’01)13.
Sleeping On The Job (Gillan/Towns) (3’12)14.
Roller (Gillan/Towns) (4’06)total time: 58’36
CD compiled by Simon Robinson.
My thanks to Ian Gillan and Colin Towns for their help.
Tracks 13 & 14 mixed to the threshold of pain by Pete Stewart at Axis Studios in Sheffield.
Mastered by Nick at SRT.
Tracks 2–9 from Gillan album (EWS 81120), 10.1978, Japan.
Track 1 on original LP is «Second Sight».
Tracks 1 & 12 were issued on Mr. Universe (EWS 81254), 09.1979.
Tracks 11, 13 & 14 are previously unissued versions.
MR. UNIVERSE
(Promo 12” EP) — 1979 (Acrobat Records BAT 1212. UK)Side one:
1.
She Tears Me Down (Towns) (5’08)2.
Puget Sound (Gillan/Towns/McCoy/Torme/Underwood) (4’23)Side two:
3.
Vengeance (Gillan/Towns) (3’34)4.
Mr. Universe (Gillan/Towns) (6’14)total time: 19’49
MR. UNIVERSE
(LP/MC/CD) — 12.10.1979/1989 (Acrobat Records ACRO 3/-/Virgin Records CDVM 2589. UK; Metal Blade Records — /26328 4/26328 2._USl Acrobat Records 1C 064 63280/-/-. Germany)Side one:
1.
Second Sight (instrumental) (Towns) (2’33)2.
Secret Of The Dance (Gillan/Towns) (2’54)3.
She Tears Me Down (Towns) (5’08)4.
Roller (Gillan/Towns) (4’43)5.
Mr. Universe (Gillan/Towns) (6’ 14)Side two:
6.
Vengeance (Gillan/Towns) (3’34)7.
Puget Sound (Gillan/Towns/McCoy/Torme/Underwood) (4’23)8.
Dead Of Night (Gillan/Towns) (4’04)9.
Message In A Bottle (Gillan/Towns) (3’09)10.
Fighting Man (Towns) (7’28)+Bonus tracks on CD only:
11.
On The Rocks (live) (Gillan/Towns) (6’38) (6’32)12.
Bite The Bullet (live) (Gillan/Towns) (5’38) (5’25)13.
Mr. Universe (live) (Gillan/Towns) (7’20) (7’13)14.
Vengeance (live) (Gillan/Towns) (4’42) (4’26)15.
Smoke On The Water (live) (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) (10’10) (8’46)16.
Lucille (previously unreleased live) (Penniman/Collins) (2’32) (3’18)total time: 4440; 80’02 (CD)
Ian Gillan — vocals.
Colin Towns — keyboards.
Bernie Torme — guitar (1–9).
John McCoy — bass.
Mick Underwood — drums (1–9).
Steve Byrd — guitar (10).
Liam Genocky — drums (10).
Produced by Gillan/Watkins.
Recorded at Kingsway Recorders Studio, London, June — July 1979. Engineered by Paul «Chas» Watkins.
Mixed by Paul «Chas» Watkins & John McCoy.
Researched and compiled by Harris Greenfield.
Re-mastered by Dave Turner and Harris Greenfield.
Track 11 recorded live at Reading Festival 29.08.1981.