Raingods With Zippos – The Remasters: Deluxe Edition (3CD)

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Originally released in 1998, Raingods with Zippos features a variety of co-writers from Mickey Simmonds and Elisabeth Troy, Rick Astley, plus others Fish met during a writing retreat at Miles Copeland’s Chateau Marouatte. It includes the 25-minute epic fan-favourite Plague of Ghosts written with keyboard player Tony Turrell; delivering a dramatic and engaging suite of songs. This 3CD remaster is mastered by Calum Malcolm; and comes in a 48 pages hardback book designed by Mark Wilkinson and over 8000 words of sleeve notes by Fish.

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Deluxe Remaster Edition

Disc 1 (Studio Album)
01 Tumbledown Dick/Simmonds 5.52
02 Mission Statement Dick/Astley/Thorn 4.00
03 Incomplete Dick/Antwi/Millet 3:44
04 Tilted Cross Dick/Jackson/Johnson 4:19
05 Faithhealer A. Harvey/H. McKenna 5:01
06 Rites of Passage Dick/Simmonds 7:42
Plague of Ghosts Dick/Turrell/Daghorn
07 i) Old Haunts 3:13
08 ii) Digging Deep 6:49
09 iii) Chocolate Frogs 4:04
10 iv) Waving at Stars 3:12
11 v) Raingods Dancing 4:16
12 vi) Wake-Up Call (Make it happen) 3:32
Total 53:84

Fish – Vocals
Elizabeth Troy Antwi – Vocals/Backing Vocals 1,3
Steven Wilson – Guitars 1,5, 7-12
Bruce Watson – Guitars/Mandolin 1,2,3
Robin Boult – Guitars 2,3,4,5
Til Paulman – Guitars 2
Phil Grieve – Guitars 5
Tony Turrell – keyboards/Piano/Harmonium/Synths 1,2,3,4,5,7-12
Mickey Simmonds – Piano/Keyboards 1,5,6
Steve Vantsis – Bass/Double Bass 1,2,3,4,5,6, 7-12
Dave Stewart – Drums 1,2,4,5,6, 7-12
Dave Haswell – Percussion 1,2,3,4,5,6, 7-12
Davy Crichton – Strings/Fiddle 3,4,5,6, 7-12
Nicola king – Backing Vocals 2,4,7-12
Tony king – Backing Vocals 2, 7-12
Merlin – Backing Vocals 7-12
Pierre Michel Meier – Spoken French Vocal 7-12
Spoken Outro Vocal – Mo Warden 7-12
String Arrangements – Davy Crichton & Elliot Ness 3,5,6
Mark Daghorn & Tony Turrell – Programming 7-12
Elliot Ness & Tony Turrell –Samples 7-12

Disc 2 (Plague of Ghosts variations)
01 Plague of Ghosts (Live studio instrumental) 23:04 Pre – production edit
02 All These Christs (Tony Turrell instrumental demo) 14:21 Containing most of the sections that became Plague of Ghosts
03 Plague of Ghosts (Live) 28:43 From ‘Sashimi’ – Live in Poznan, Poland 1999
Total 65:68

Disc 3 (Live + Bonus Tracks & Demos)
01 Incomplete (Acoustic demo with Elizabeth Troy Antwi) 3:41 Chateau Marouatte session – the first writing for ‘Raingods’ in 1998
02 Chasing Miss Pretty Dick/Braide/Bassett 4:52 Studio version from ‘Kettle Of Fish’ written at Chateau Marouatte
03 Mr. Buttons Dick/Boult 4:36 Studio version from ‘Kettle Of Fish’ written at Chateau Marouatte
04 Tilted Cross Dick/Jackson/Johnson 4:23 Acoustic version from ‘Communion’ St. Mary’s Church Haddington 2006
05 Incomplete Dick/Antwi/Millet 4:06 Acoustic version from ‘Communion’ St. Mary’s Church Haddington 2006
06 Rites of Passage Dick/Simmonds 5:58 Acoustic version from ‘Communion’ St. Mary’s Church Haddington 2006
07 Tumbledown Dick/Simmonds 5:35 From ‘Candlelight in Fog’ USA 2000
08 Plague of Ghosts Dick/Turrell/Daghorn 34:22 From ‘Candlelight in Fog’ USA 2000

Total 65:73

Pre production and studio principal sessions: Steven Wilson – Guitars, Tony Turrell – Keyboards, Steve Vantsis – Bass, Dave Stewart- Drums
Poznan, Poland 1999: John Wesley – Guitars, Tony Turrell – Keyboards, Steve Vantsis – Bass, Dave Stewart – Drums,
Elisabeth Troy Antwi – Backing Vocals
St Mary’s band 2006: Frank Usher & Andy Trill – Guitars, Tony Turrell – Keyboards, Steve Vantsis – Bass, Gavin Griffiths – Drums,
Dave Haswell – Percussion, Tara Dick, Anne Marie Helder, Angela Gordon & Heather Findlay – Backing Vocals
Angela Gordon plays flute on ‘Rites of Passage’ CD3
USA 2000: John Wesley – Guitars, Tony Turrell – Keyboards, Steve Vantsis- Bass, Mark Prator – Drums, Elisabeth Troy Antwi – Backing vocals