Jersey Tomato vol. 2 is a live album by progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Echolyn

Echolyn

Echolyn is an American progressive rock band based in eastern Pennsylvania.- Origins and first phase :Echolyn was formed in 1989 when guitarist Brett Kull and drummer Paul Ramsey, members of a recently split cover band called Narcissus, joined with keyboardist Chris Buzby to form a new band to...

. It is available as a digital download (from the band's official website), but had only a limited physical release of 100 CD-R copies, printed by the band. Thirty-five of these went free to those fans who paid $50 to attend the show in question. The remaining 65 copies were sold via the band's official mailing list. The release was signed by all the current members of the band. There are no plans to re-issue this album in any form but it can be downloaded in full for free from the official echolyn website.

The "Jersey Tomato" is subtitled "Volume 2" - as there were four shows recorded on the mei tour. Volume 1 is from NEARfest (unreleased as of this writing), volume 3 is from Orion Sound Studios (also unreleased as of this writing) whereas volume 4 has been released on DVD.

Disc one

1. "67 Degrees" (7:33)
2. "Brittany" (10:29)
3. "Suffocating The Bloom" (4:32)
4. "As The World" (6:59)
5. "The Cheese Stands Alone" (5:49)
6. "Sweet Thing" (16:31)
7. "Never The Same" (8:28)
8. "Carpe Diem 2000" (7:29)

• Also performed at the show, but not released on this set, were a Brett Kull solo song ("All the Rage") and a Ray Weston solo song ("Charles Bronson"). They were never taken off of the master discs.

Band members

• Christoper Buzby – keyboards
  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...
  
  , backing vocals
• Brett Kull
  Brett Kull
  Brett Kull is an American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer, best known for his work with the progressive rock group Echolyn.-Solo works:-Echolyn:...
  
   – guitars, lead and backing vocals
• Paul Ramsey – drums
  Drum kit
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• Ray Weston
  Ray Weston
  -Early career:Weston performed in numerous Scottish bands before moving to London in the 1980s, where he met Martin Turner. He established himself as a session musician, performing in the studio with such artists as Bill Wyman, Del Shannon and Cliff Richard. In fact he never played with the band...
  
   – lead and backing vocals, bass
  Electric Bass
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Guest Musicians

• Thomas Hyatt – bass (CD 1; tracks 4-6)
• Jesse Reyes – bass (CD 1; track 8)

This was Jesse Reyes' first live show with echolyn since 1991. He played bass on "Carpe Diem 2000" and "All the Rage".

Recorded and mixed by Joe Stout

Mixed and mastered by Brett Kull