A Sunday Night Above The Rain [VINYL]

How can they manufacture, market and sell such a stunning package for fifteen quid?Not that I am complaining!Great quality pressing and presentation.Triple album of supreme musicianship and vocals. I actually prefer the live stuff so this gets more play than the studio albums although am looking forward to the nes album due in March.

Reccorded in the Netherlands during the 2 yearly Marillion Weekend this is an unbelievable stunning and emotional performance. Fot the ones that have seen Marillion several times like me, you know that this is pretty much what you get. The evening rested heavy on Sounds That Can't Be Made which is fine with me as at the time of the release not many or no recordings of these songs yet existed. However for a balanced overview this album is not so suitable as the songs left are all classics but were all hardcore fan pleasers which works for me but might not worl for everybody.

I've been a massive Marillion fan since 1983 (almost from the very start) and own all of their studio albums and a vast amount of live material - and that's part of the problem. Marillion have released so many live albums now that this is becoming a bit of a drain on loyal fans' resources.Unfortunately, whenever any product is mass produced its quality tends to suffer and this is a case in point. Marillion, conscious that they have released so many live CDs, have ensured that this latest one is populated with songs from their last studio release Sounds That Can't Be Made and that the CD is not a replication of predecessors.However, therein lies a problem. Sounds That Can't Be Made wasn't Marillion's finest hour and a live album that heavily features songs from that album will not be stellar. The opening tracks of both discs of this two CD set are Gaza and Montreal from STCBM and both are, in my opinion, very dull with some quite appalling and trite lyrics - between them they account for half an hour of mediocrity.There are some great tracks on this CD though like This Strange Engine, Waiting To Happen, King of Sunset Town and the wonderful Neverland but these can be found on previous Marillion live CDs which don't have so much average stuff.I love Marillion and have seen them live 10 times including trips to Barcelona and Paris and hate to write a negative review about one of my favourite bands. But this simply is nowhere near their normal standard and the repetetive release of live albums is becoming to look like them milking a cash cow.

This is a stunning live performance.The heavy weight 180g vinyl quality is superb.Marillion are in magnificent form with H the perfect front man.The odd splattering of older tracks makes for a perfect set.Truly brilliant.

I'm far from a Marillion expert,having not listened to them in quite a while,but have been investigating their live discs of late,and have found them to be of a very high standard.It's bizarre the band get such little(or when they do,unwelcome)mention,they must be one of the best still standing.Not merely recycling,like Yes,for example,a slim volume of works,but truly progressing.I'd put them near the top of my "re-discoveries" list,along with King Crimson,now I'm backtracking old favourites.

Came quickly. Well packed. Perfect condition. Love it

Brilliant Album and a Fabulous show Focusing on their then latest album Sounds THat Cant Be Made Exceptional music from an amazing Band

Love it. The Steve Hogarth Marillion are a joy to listen to. This is a complete performance of their Sounds that can't be made album with some extras thrown in for good measure. Try them out, they're a great band.