The recording history of Lilian Axe continues, this is the second box of Lillian treasures from Global Rock Records. 6 CDs of studio and live recording that chronologically documents the history of the band. All of it put together in an identical box as the first volume. It looks classy and presentable.
The set begins with Deep Red Shadows album from 2010. It’s a solid album, that perhaps was little bit forgotten, available here with a bonus track. What follows next is very interesting. The recordings from Circle of Light, which consist of songs written prior to Lillian Axe. This section is titled Rebirth. So, plenty of tracks from the very beginning of the band. XI-The Days Before Tomorrow is featured as well. This pretty much completes the studio albums the band recorded up until 2012. It would be another ten years before the next studio album would see the light of day.
Fields of Yesterday is a disc consisting of various demos the band did, 14 songs in all. Plenty of tracks in their initial stages, many quite rare selections. One Night in a Temple is an acoustic concert from 2014 which spreads over two discs, with some additional demo tracks spliced as a bonus. The cool thing about this set is that ever disc is filled with music to its full capacity. You truly getting a large volume of Lilian Axe recordings. The final disc is Live at Summerfest from Milwaukee 1992. Many of these shows were broadcasted on the radio as they happened. It’s great to see one of them being officially released. Great show that catches the band playing a great show to an enthusiastic crowd.
This is a wonderful set, and will make any Lillian Axe fan very happy. Even if you own some of those records, the extras make it a great bargain, and it’s very unlikely they will be released separately. This is well done, and the packaging is very impressive. Now that both boxes are available, it’s easy to have a Lillian Axe marathon, or is that too much for one day?
Mark Kadzielawa
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