Omnibus - The Early Years

~ Release by The Samurai of Prog (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

The Samurai of Prog's first three albums have been sold out for a long time. Now they are available again in a limited edition 4CD Box-Set including:


Undercover (2011)

Secrets of Disguise 2CD (2013)

The Imperial Hotel (2014)


The Box-set contains 38 tracks; 5 hours of music – including almost one hour of previously unreleased bonus tracks - mostly new material.


”Undercover” and ”Secrets of Disguise” have been re-mixed.

Moreover, some of the tracks have been reworked or extended.


Besides old guests such as Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings) and Jon Davison (Yes) there are new ones like Steve Babb (Glass Hammer), Stefano Galifi (Museo Rosenbach) and Oliviero Lacagnina (Latte e Miele). Altogether there are over 60 guests musicians joining Marco Bernard, Kimmo Pörsti and Steve Unruh.


Presented in a special package by Ed Unitsky including 32-page booklet

(original artwork of Undercover and Secrets of Disguise by Davide Guidoni).

Annotation last modified on 2019-07-30 18:59 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Undercover
2▼CD: Secrets of Disquise Cd 1
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1Three Piece Suite
recorded in:
Finland, Greece, Hungary and United States
producer:
Marco Bernard, Kimmo Pörsti and Steve Unruh
acoustic guitar:
Steve Unruh
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Kimmo Pörsti
electric bass guitar [rickenbacker 4003]:
Marco Bernard
electronic instruments [midi clavinet], electronic instruments [nanopiano], Hammond organ [L100], mellotron [M400] and piano:
Robert Webb (UK prog artist)
guest acoustic guitar and guest electric guitar:
Akos Bogáti-Bokor (guitar player)
guest vocals:
Mirja Lassila
vocals:
Steve Unruh and Robert Webb (UK prog artist)
remixer:
Kimmo Pörsti
cover recording of:
Three Piece Suite
writer:
Martin Henderson (British bass player and vocalist. Member of England), Frank Holland (member of England), Jode Leigh (member of England) and Robert Webb (UK prog artist)
12:40
2Sweet Iphigenia
recorded in:
Finland, Sweden and United States
producer:
Marco Bernard, Kimmo Pörsti and Steve Unruh
additional guest keyboard:
Kimmo Tapanainen
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Kimmo Pörsti
electric bass guitar [rickenbacker 4003]:
Marco Bernard
guest bassoon:
Vertti Tapanainen (bassoon)
guest electric guitar:
Kristofer Eng Radjabi
guest soprano saxophone:
Risto Salmi
keyboard and saxophone:
Linus Kåse
violin:
Steve Unruh
vocals:
Linus Kåse and Steve Unruh
remixer:
Kimmo Pörsti
recording of:
Sweet Iphigenia
lyricist:
Linus Kåse and Steve Unruh
composer:
Linus Kåse and Kimmo Pörsti
7:32
3Descenso en el maelstrom
recorded in:
Finland, Spain and United States
producer:
Marco Bernard, Kimmo Pörsti and Steve Unruh
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Kimmo Pörsti
electric bass guitar [rickenbacker 4003]:
Marco Bernard
electric cello:
Mento Hevia
electric guitar:
Israel Sanchez (guitar player)
Hammond organ and synthesizer:
Eduardo García Salueña (keyboard player)
violin:
Steve Unruh
remixer:
Kimmo Pörsti
recording of:
Descenso en el maelstrom
composer:
Alberto Fontaneda and Mento Hevia
instruments arranger:
Eduardo García Salueña (keyboard player)
5:29
4Before the Dance
recorded in:
Canada (in 2012)
producer:
Marco Bernard, Kimmo Pörsti and Steve Unruh
grand piano:
David Myers (Canadian keyboardist)
remixer:
Kimmo Pörsti
recording of:
Before the Dance
composer:
David Myers (Canadian keyboardist)
2:50
5Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
recorded in:
Canada, Finland, Sweden and United States
producer:
Marco Bernard, Kimmo Pörsti and Steve Unruh
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Kimmo Pörsti
electric bass guitar [rickenbacker 4003]:
Marco Bernard
flute:
Steve Unruh
grand piano, Hammond organ, mellotron and synthesizer:
David Myers (Canadian keyboardist)
guest 12 string guitar:
Andrew Marshall (UK multi‐instrumentalist, in Willowglass) and Alan Shoesmith (guitar player)
guest electric guitar:
Kamran Alan Shikoh
guest oboe:
Peter Turnbull (oboe)
vocals:
Steve Unruh
remixer:
Kimmo Pörsti
cover recording of:
Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
lyricist:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
composer:
Tony Banks (Genesis), Phil Collins (of Genesis), Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis), Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford
publisher:
Concord Music GmbH, Concord Sounds, EMI Music Publishing Germany GmbH (2008–today), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Hit & Run Music Publishing Inc (ASCAP), Imagem CV, Imagem Sounds Banks, Imagem Sounds Collins, Imagem Sounds Rutherford, Michael Rutherford Ltd., Philip Collins Ltd., Real World Music, Ltd., Stephen Hackett Ltd., Yellow Dog Music Inc, Carlin Music Corporation (from 1973 to present) and Notebest Ltd (from 1973 to present)
8:29
6Aspirations
recorded in:
Italy and United States
engineered in:
Finland
producer:
Marco Bernard, Kimmo Pörsti and Steve Unruh
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Kimmo Pörsti
electric bass guitar [rickenbacker 4003]:
Marco Bernard
flute and guitar:
Steve Unruh
guest electric piano:
Mimmo Ferri (pianist)
guest fretless bass:
Jan-Olof Strandberg
guest vibraphone:
Beatrice Birardi
vocals:
Steve Unruh
remixer:
Kimmo Pörsti
cover recording of:
Aspirations
writer:
Kerry Minnear (Gentle Giant), Derek Shulman and Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant)
publisher:
Alucard Publishing Limited (owned by members of Gentle Giant)
6:37
7Traveler
recorded in:
Australia, Finland, Italy and United States
producer:
Marco Bernard, Kimmo Pörsti and Steve Unruh
classical guitar [Spanish guitar] and violin:
Steve Unruh
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Kimmo Pörsti
electric bass guitar [rickenbacker 4003]:
Marco Bernard
guest electric piano, guest Hammond organ and guest Minimoog:
Stefano Vicarelli (keyboard player)
guest fretless bass:
Jan-Olof Strandberg
guest vocals:
Mark Trueack
remixer:
Kimmo Pörsti
cover recording of:
Traveler
lyricist:
Franz Di Cioccio and Marva Jan Marrow
composer:
Franco Mussida and Flavio Premoli
5:17
8Sameassa Vedessä
recorded in:
Finland, Hungary, Italy and United States
producer:
Marco Bernard, Kimmo Pörsti and Steve Unruh
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Kimmo Pörsti
electric bass guitar [rickenbacker 4003]:
Marco Bernard
electric guitar and violin:
Steve Unruh
guest acoustic guitar and guest electric guitar:
Akos Bogáti-Bokor (guitar player)
guest Hammond organ:
Stefano Vicarelli (keyboard player)
guest keyboard:
Enyedi Zsolt (keyboard player)
guest vocals:
Mirja Lassila
remixer:
Kimmo Pörsti
cover recording of:
Sameassa Vedessä
writer:
Matti Järvinen
5:11
9One More Red Nightmare
producer:
Marco Bernard, Kimmo Pörsti and Steve Unruh
drums (drum set) and violin:
Steve Unruh
electric bass guitar [rickenbacker 4003]:
Marco Bernard
guest electric guitar:
Srdjan Brankovic (the samurai of prog)
guest tenor saxophone:
Risto Salmi
percussion:
Kimmo Pörsti
vocals:
Steve Unruh
remixer:
Kimmo Pörsti
edit of:
One More Red Nightmare by The Samurai of Prog (prog band)
cover recording of:
One More Red Nightmare
lyricist:
John Wetton
composer:
Robert Fripp and John Wetton
7:29
10To Take Him Away
recorded in:
Finland, Holland, Kingdom of the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States
producer:
Marco Bernard, Kimmo Pörsti and Steve Unruh
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Kimmo Pörsti
electric bass guitar [rickenbacker 4003]:
Marco Bernard
guest 12 string guitar:
Andrew Marshall (UK multi‐instrumentalist, in Willowglass)
guest electric guitar:
Kamran Alan Shikoh
guest mellotron and guest organ:
Matthijs Herder (Netherlands Prog Rock musician)
vocals:
Steve Unruh
remixer:
Kimmo Pörsti
recording of:
To Take Him Away
lyricist:
Berrie Christopher (sandrose member)
composer:
Jean-Pierre Alarcen
7:12
11Time and a Word
recorded in:
Argentina, Finland and United States
producer:
Marco Bernard, Kimmo Pörsti and Steve Unruh
acoustic guitar, flute and mbira:
Steve Unruh
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Kimmo Pörsti
electric bass guitar [rickenbacker 4003]:
Marco Bernard
guest acoustic guitar and guest vocals:
Jon Davison
guest flugelhorn:
Jukka Pitkänen
guest grand piano:
Octavio Stampalia
vocals:
Steve Unruh
remixer:
Kimmo Pörsti
cover recording of:
Time and a Word
writer:
Jon Anderson (Yes/Jon & Vangelis) and David Foster (bassist, played in Badger)
publisher:
Cotillion, Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Yessongs Ltd. and Topographic Music, Ltd. (in 1970)
7:12
3▶CD: Secrets of Disquise Cd 2
4▶CD: The Imperial Hotel