Early Stages is a box set containing six separate live albums by Marillion

Marillion

Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...

 with their former singer Fish

Fish (singer)

Derek William Dick, better known as Fish, is a Scottish progressive rock singer, lyricist and occasional actor, best known as the former lead singer of Marillion.-Biography:...

, recorded at various venues in the UK between 1982 and 1987 and released to retail by EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 on 17 November 2008. The packaging was designed by Mark Wilkinson

Mark Wilkinson

Mark Wilkinson is best known for his detailed cover art that he created for a number of British bands, most prominently the progressive rock band, Marillion...

, who had designed all Marillion covers of the 1980s and went on to work with Fish after his departure. A similar box set (containing different performances), titled Curtain Call, was released in 2004, but was only made available via mail order directly from the websites of Marillion and Fish.

The set contains the following recordings:

• Live at the Mayfair, Glasgow
  Glasgow
  Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
  
   13 September 1982 (CD 1)
• Live at the Marquee
  Marquee Club
  The Marquee was a music club first located at 165 Oxford Street, London, England when it opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and skiffle acts.It was also the location of the first ever live performance by The Rolling Stones on 12 July 1962....
  
  , 30 December 1982 (CD 2 & 3)
• Live at the Reading Festival, 27 August 1983 (CD 4)
• Live at Hammersmith Odeon, 14 December 1984 (CD 5)
• Live at Wembley Arena
  Wembley Arena
  Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:...
  
  , 5 November 1987 (CD 6)

Disc 1

Live at the Mayfair, Glasgow, 13 September 1982

1. "Garden Party" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:19
2. "The Web" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 10:29
3. "He Knows You Know
   He Knows You Know
   "He Knows You Know" is Marillion's second single, with "Charting the Single" as the B-side. It was released from their first album, Script for a Jester's Tear, and peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. The song's theme is drug abuse, and alludes particularly to intravenous drug use...
   
   " (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:22
4. "She Chameleon" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:39
5. "Three Boats Down from the Candy" (Dick, Kelly, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:19
6. "Market Square Heroes
   Market Square Heroes
   "Market Square Heroes" is the debut single of neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1982 with "Three Boats Down From The Candy" as the B-side...
   
   " (Dick, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:20
7. "Forgotten Sons" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 10:24

Disc 2

Live at the Marquee, Part 1, 30 December 1982

1. "Garden Party" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:29
2. "Three Boats Down from the Candy" (Dick, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:49
3. "Grendel" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 19:54
4. "Chelsea Monday" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 9:21

Disc 3

Live at the Marquee, Part 2, 30 December 1982

1. "He Knows You Know" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:24
2. "The Web" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 11:49
3. "Script for a Jester's Tear
   Script for a Jester's Tear
   Script for a Jester's Tear is the first album by the neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1983. It reached number seven on the UK album chart and stayed on the chart for 31 weeks, the second longest chart residency of a Marillion album....
   
   " (Dick, Kelly, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 10:20
4. "Forgotten Sons" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 12:03
5. "Market Square Heroes" (Dick, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 7:39
6. "Margaret" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 11:15

Disc 4

Live at Reading Festival, 27 August 1983

1. "Grendel" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 18:07
2. "Garden Party" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:46
3. "Script for a Jester's Tear" (Dick, Kelly, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 9:00
4. "Assassing" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 7:45
5. "Charting the Single" (Dick, Kelly, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:22
6. "Forgotten Sons" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 11:41
7. "He Knows You Know" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:42
8. "Market Square Heroes" (Dick, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 10:22

Disc 5

Live at Hammersmith Odeon, 14 December 1984

1. "Assassing" – 6:50
2. "Garden Party" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:53
3. "Cinderella Search" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:16
4. "Punch and Judy
   Punch and Judy (song)
   "Punch and Judy" is the first single from Marillion's second studio album Fugazi. The lyrics of the song are about a marriage gone bad.The single reached no. 29 on the UK singles charts in February 1984...
   
   " (Dick, Kelly, Mover, Rothery, Trewavas) – 3:30
5. "Jigsaw" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 7:02
6. "Chelsea Monday" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:13
7. "Pseudo-silk Kimono" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 2:53
8. "Kayleigh
   Kayleigh
   "Kayleigh" was a number two UK hit for British neo-progressive rock band Marillion in 1985. It remains the group's most successful single in terms of chart position. The single was kept from the UK Number 1 spot by charity single "You'll Never Walk Alone" by supergroup The Crowd in the summer of...
   
   " (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 3:53
9. "Bitter Suite" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:01
10. "Heart of Lothian
    Heart of Lothian
    "Heart Of Lothian" is the fifth song on the 1985 album Misplaced Childhood by British progressive rock band Marillion. The song was released as the third single from Misplaced Childhood on 18 November 1985 in the UK, the Netherlands, West Germany, Canada , South Africa and Australia.The 7" and 12"...
    
    " (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 4:24
11. "Incubus" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 9:08
12. "Fugazi" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 10:32

Disc 6

Live at Wembley Arena, 5 November 1987

1. "Slainte Mhath" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:03
2. "White Russian" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:01
3. "Incubus" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:56
4. "Sugar Mice
   Sugar Mice
   Sugar Mice is the second single from Marillion's fourth studio album, Clutching at Straws. Released on 13 July 1987, it peaked at number 22 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's 8th top-thirty hit in a row. Outside the UK, it was released in France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, West...
   
   " (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 7:03
5. "Fugazi" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:15
6. "Hotel Hobbies" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 4:07
7. "Warm Wet Circles" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 4:30
8. "That Time of the Night" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:53
9. "The Last Straw" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:13
10. "Kayleigh" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 4:28
11. "Lavender
    Lavender (Marillion song)
    "Lavender" is neo-progressive rock band Marillion's second single from their breakthrough album Misplaced Childhood. The follow-up to the big UK number 2 hit "Kayleigh", the song was their second Top 5 UK hit, entering the chart on 7 September 1985, reaching number 5 and staying on the chart for 9...
    
    " (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 2:24
12. "Bitter Suite" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:07
13. "Heart of Lothian" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 3:56

Personnel

• Fish – vocals
• Steve Rothery
  Steve Rothery
  Steve Rothery is the guitarist of the English rock band Marillion. He was born in Brampton, South Yorkshire, England. From the age of six he lived in Whitby, North Yorkshire.-Biography:...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  s
• Mark Kelly – keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  s
• Peter Trewavas – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Mick Pointer
  Mick Pointer
  Mick Pointer , originally from Brill in Buckinghamshire, England, was the original drummer and founding member of the progressive rock band, Marillion...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
   & percussion ¹⁾
• John Martyr – drums and percussion ²⁾
• Andy Ward – drums and percussion ²⁾
• Ian Mosley
  Ian Mosley
  Ian F. Mosley is a drummer in the progressive rock band, Marillion.Mosley joined the band in 1984 after a long search for a replacement of Mick Pointer, who had been left the band in 1983. Mosley had previously, among others, played with former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, both on two of his...
  
  – drums and percussion ³⁾
• Corie Jonas – backing vocals ⁴⁾

¹⁾ discs 1, 2 & 3

²⁾ disc 4

³⁾ discs 5 & 6

⁴⁾ disc 6 only

External links

• Entry on marillion.com
• Entry on Fish's site the-company.com