Kansas celebrate their 50th anniversary with the release of ‘Another Fork In The Road – 50 Years Of Kansas’; Listen to ‘Can I Tell You (2022 Version)
KANSAS, America’s legendary progressive rock band, will
celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2023. To commemorate this
landmark occasion, current label InsideOutMusic are pleased to announce Another
Fork In The Road – 50 Years Of Kansas for release on the 9th December
2022 in Europe & 16th December 2022 in North America. A career-spanning
collection, it features carefully-selected tracks from across the bands sizable
discography, as well as a new version of ‘Can I Tell You’. Originally recorded
and released on their 1974 debut, the song is updated by the current line-up. It
provides a full-circle perspective on the band’s long and continuing history
that has seen them release 16 studio albums and sell in excess of 30 million
albums worldwide.
Today you can also now
listen to the brand new version of ‘Can I Tell You’ on streaming services.
Listen now here: https://youtu.be/Du4jjiMicU4
"The song 'Can I
Tell You' may not have been our biggest 'hit,' but it is one of the most
important songs in the career of the band KANSAS." says original member and guitarist Richard
Williams. "'Can I Tell You' was the first song on the demo reel we
sent to Don Kirshner. Hearing that demo is what led to KANSAS getting a record
deal. It felt appropriate, after fifty years, to come full circle and record it
with the current lineup."
Phil Ehart
comments: "We are really honored by the commitment that InsideOut
Music has put into 'Another Fork in the Road.' This is far more than just
another greatest hits album. 'Another Fork in the Road' is an in-depth
representation of the evolving and winding musical journey of the band KANSAS
that's been 50 years in the making."
Another Fork In The
Road – 50 Years Of Kansas arrives
as a 3CD Digipak collection, including extensive liner notes by journalist Jeff
Wagner, as well as pictures of rarely-seen memorabilia and archive material,
all overseen by founding member Phil Ehart. Pre-order now here: https://kansas.lnk.to/AnotherForkInTheRoad-50YearsOfKansas
The full track-listing is below. Please note, due to licensing
restrictions there are minor differences between the European & North
American release.
Disc 1:
1. Can
I Tell You (new 2022 version)
2. The
Absence of Presence (The Absence of Presence, 2020)
3. Throwing
Mountains (The Absence of Presence, 2020)
4. Crowded
Isolation (The Prelude Implicit, 2016)
5. Summer
(The Prelude Implicit, 2016)
6. The
Voyage of Eight Eighteen (The Prelude Implicit, 2016)
7. Icarus
II (Somewhere to Elsewhere, 2000)
8. The
Coming Dawn (Thanatopsis) (Somewhere to Elsewhere, 2000)
9. Distant
Vision (Somewhere to Elsewhere, 2000)
10. The Wall (Always
Never the Same, 1998)
11. Dust in the Wind
(Always Never the Same, 1998)
12. Desperate Times
(Freaks of Nature, 1995)
13. Under The Knife
(Freaks of Nature, 1995)
North America Version – Disc 2:
1. Fight
Fire With Fire (Drastic Measures, 1983)
2. End
of the Age (Drastic Measures, 1983)
3. Incident
on a Bridge (Drastic Measures, 1983)
4. Play
the Game Tonight (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
5. Crossfire
(Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
6. Windows
(Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
7. Hold
On (Audio-Visions, 1980)
8. Loner
(Audio-Visions, 1980)
9. Curtain
of Iron (Audio-Visions, 1980)
10. No One Together
(Audio-Visions, 1980)
11. On The Other
Side (Monolith, 1979)
12. Angels Have
Fallen (Monolith, 1979)
13. How My Soul
Cries Out For You (Monolith, 1979)
EU Version Disc 2:
1. House
on Fire (In the Spirit of Things, 1988)
2. Rainmaker
(In the Spirit of Things, 1988)
3. Silhouettes
in Disguise (Power, 1986)
4. Secret
Service (Power, 1986)
5. Three
Pretenders (Power, 1986)
6. End
of the Age (Drastic Measures, 1983)
7. Incident
on a Bridge (Drastic Measures, 1983)
8. Play
the Game Tonight (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
9. Crossfire
(Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
10. Windows (Vinyl
Confessions, 1982)
11. Hold On (Audio-Visions,
1980)
12. Loner (Audio-Visions,
1980)
13. No One Together
(Audio-Visions, 1980)
14. On The Other
Side (Monolith, 1979)
15. How My Soul
Cries Out For You (Monolith, 1979)
Disc 3:
1. Carry
On Wayward Son (Two for the Show, 1978)
2. Portrait
(He Knew) (Point of Know Return, 1977)
3. Sparks
of the Tempest (Point of Know Return, 1977)
4. Miracles
Out of Nowhere (Leftoverture, 1976)
5. Magnum
Opus (Leftoverture, 1976)
6. Icarus
– Borne On Wings of Steel (Masque, 1975)
7. Child
of Innocence (Mas que, 1975)
8. Down
The Road (Song for America, 1975)
9. Song
For America (Song for America, 1975)
10. The Devil Game (Song
for America, 1975)
11. Death of Mother
Nature Suite (Kansas, 1974)
12. Belexes (Kansas,
1974)
13. Journey From
Mariabronn (Kansas, 1974)
Kansas will celebrate their 50th anniversary with
extensive touring in North America in 2023. The band is currently comprised of
original drummer Phil Ehart, bassist/vocalist Billy Greer, vocalist/keyboardist
Ronnie Platt, violinist/guitarist David Ragsdale, keyboardist/vocalist Tom Brislin,
and original guitarist Richard Williams.
For a full list of upcoming dates, head to: https://www.kansasband.com/tour-dates/
With a legendary career spanning five decades, KANSAS has firmly established
itself as one of America’s iconic classic rock bands. This "garage
band" from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after being
discovered by Wally Gold, who worked for Don Kirshner, and have gone on to sell
more than 30 million albums worldwide.
Composing a catalogue that includes sixteen studio albums and five live
albums, KANSAS has produced eight gold albums, three sextuple-Platinum albums (Leftoverture,
Point of Know Return, Best of KANSAS), one platinum live album (Two for
the Show), one quadruple-Platinum single ‘Carry On Wayward Son,’ and
another triple-Platinum single ‘Dust in the Wind.’ KANSAS appeared on the
Billboard charts for over 200 weeks throughout the ‘70's and ‘80's and played
to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe and Japan.
‘Carry On Wayward Son’ continues to be one of the top five most played songs on
classic rock radio, and ‘Dust In the Wind’ has been played on the radio more
than three million times!
The summer of 2020 marked the release of The Absence of
Presence, KANSAS’s sixteenth studio album, which debuted at #10 on
Billboard’s Top Current Albums chart. The wide-ranging progressive
rock album, released by InsideOut Music, follows-up 2016’s The Prelude
Implicit, which debuted at #14 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums
chart.
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