Triple vinyl edition with trifolded gatefold cover andinsert

Dutch originals the Gathering have built a rabid following overthe years, meaning there’s every reason to justify a release suchas 2005’s Accessories: Rarities And B-Sides, which compiles a totalof 27 non-album cuts from all stages of the group’s remarkablyconsistent career. However, even the greatest of the band’sB-sides, outtakes, and leftovers are still just that: secondary,possibly even substandard goods — meaning that protracted exposureto a full two discs’ worth of them could leave even the most devoutfollowers a little disappointed. Just a warning. Now to thecontents: disc one focuses on the Gathering’s B-sides, includingseveral live versions of album favorites performed both with(“Strange Machines,” “Leaves”) and without (“In Motion #1,”“Amity,” “Leaves” again) the exotic backing of a symphonyorchestra; revealing, but hardly life-altering cover versions (ofDead Can Dance, Talk Talk, and Slowdive); and varying degrees ofthe aforementioned album outtakes, the most satisfying being theaptly named “Adrenaline,” an energetic early take of “ThirdChance,” a rare and wonderfully morose concert performance of“Frail,” and vocalist Anneke Van Giersbergen’s solo acoustic guitarrecording of the hauntingly beautiful “Shrink.” Disc two is labeled“The Rarities” and obviously conjures all sorts of expectation fornever before heard gems among its 13 selections; but abandonedinstrumentals “Diamond Box” and “Hjelmar” (as well as a stillwordless early take on “Kevin’s Telescope”) prove to be the onlysuch cases in an otherwise familiar batch of album material — allculled from the Nighttime Birds and How to Measure a Planet?pre-production sessions. Thankfully, both of these records weresuch undeniable classics that one could never tire of revisitingthe majestic grandeur of cuts like “The Earth Is My Witness,” “OnMost Surfaces,” and “My Electricity” — no matter that their guiseshere are not so distant from the final album versions, aside frombeing generally sparser from the lush end results. Which bringsalong the final verdict for this collection that remains promising,but far from guaranteed. Pre-converted believers shouldn’t expectthe be-all, end-all lest they come away let down by songs thatdidn’t make the final cut for a reason, while first-time listenerswill quite likely be almost as awed by Accessories as any of theGathering’s typically high-quality efforts.

Track list:
1. In Motion #1-live
2. Leaves-live
3. Adrenaline
4. Third Chance-alternative version
5. Strange Machines-live with orchestra
6. In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated-Dead Can Dancecover
7. When the Sun Hits-Slowdive cover
8. Confusion-demo eroc mix
9. Shrink-alternative version
10. Frail (You Might as Well be Me)–live
11. Theme from The Cyclist
12. Leaves-live with orchestra
13. Lifes What You Make It-Talk Talk cover
14. Amity-live
15. New Moon, Different Day-demo eroc mix
16. Kevins Telescope-demo eroc mix
17. Shrink-demo eroc mix
18. The Earth is My Witness-demo eroc mix
19. Diamond Box-demo eroc mix
20. Nighttime Birds-demo eroc mix
21. On Most Surfaces (Inuit) -demo eroc mix
22. Hjelmars-demo eroc mix
23. My Electricity-demo
24. Probably Built in the Fifties-demo
25. Illuminating-demo
26. Red is a Slow Colour-demo
27. Travel-demo

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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