Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Intro
2. On A Perfect Day
3. In The Mouth Of Madness
4. Crack The Big Sky
5. The Slow Crash Landing Man
6. Return To Whatever
7. Surfing Down The Avalanche
8. Thoughts (Part 2)
9. Drum Duel
10. Skeletons At The Feast

Disc 2:

1. Walking On The Wind
2. Hereafter (Ryo Solo)
3. As Far As The Mind Can See (Part 1)
4. As Far As The Mind Can See (Part 2)
5. As Far As The Mind Can See (Part 3)
6. As Far As The Mind Can See (Part 4)
7. Rearranged
8. The Water
9. Go The Way You Go

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #84489 in Music
• Released on: 2008-06-16
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .27 pounds

Album Description
With their previous three releases, `Spock's Beard', `Feel Euphoria' and `Octane', Spock's Beard has proved that despite the departure of Neal Morse, they remain one of the best prog bands on the scene. Since Morse's exit, the Californian quartet has continued to seek new forms of expression, with a focus on combining complex compositions with a more song oriented feel.

With their latest album ´Spock's Beard´ (2006) fronted by vocalist, drummer and guitarist Nick D'Virgilio, the band played a 15 dates tour throughout Europe in 2007. This extensive tour through eight European countries consolidated again Spock's Beards leading position as a top live artist in the scene.

On the 25th of May 2007 the tour schedule had the Dutch town of Zoetermeer on the list. The local hall "Boerderij" has always been a home for progressive rock and for Spock's Beard in particular. This concert was filmed and recorded for DVD and a Double CD live album. An enthusiastic audience and a fantastic live band makes Spock's Beard "Live" DVD and CD a really special release.
Both DVD and Double-CD feature the entire concert with 19 tracks, including the full version of Spock's Beard latest epic `As Far As The Mind Can See' and more tracks from the whole career of this outstanding band.

About the Artist
Spock's Beard began in 1992 when brothers Neal (lead vocals) and Al Morse (guitar) teamed up with drummer Nick D'Virgilio. After self-financing their first album, bassist Dave Meros joined, and The Light was recorded in 1994. Consisting of four lengthy songs, this debut album was well received by progressive rock fans, but received little public acclaim. Ryo Okumoto joined in 1995 to play keyboards. In 1996, The Official Bootleg was released, a live performance containing the entire first album plus one song from the upcoming second album. 1996 also saw the band sign with various record labels around the world, in addition to releasing Beware of Darkness, which contains the same style of music, but in shorter pieces (all ten minutes or less, except for the 15-plus-minute last track). Spock's Beard's third studio album, The Kindness of Strangers, was released at the end of 1997; Day for Night followed in 1999 and V was issued a year later. Deciding they had the experience and chops to attempt a concept album, they spent the next few years putting together Snow. The double album revolved around the title character, an albino teenager that could possibly be the messiah. Taking a much more detailed approach to the material, the band had a difficult two years writing the album and was rewarded with a strong promotional push from Metal Blade Records. Following Snow, Neal Morse became a born again Christian and left the band. The remaining members quickly regrouped, however, with D'Virgilio assuming the lead vocal duties and managed to release Feeling Euphoria the following year. 2004 saw the rerelease of their first three albums and in 2005 they delivered both a new studio offering (Ocatane) and Live in 2005: Gluttons for Punishment.

Customer Reviews

Good introduction to this band...at least for me
This is my first taste of this band and I have to say I am quite impressed. For a live album the production is needle sharp and the performances are all spot on. To me the band inhabit the "keyboardy" end of prog, with Hammond and synth well to the fore, so comparisona with early Genesis are inevitable I suppose and I am afraid that I have to dock one star for the obligatory drum solo (or duel as it is here) - worth listening to once but you'll be skipping it after that. Other than that all the "prog" buttons are pushed, quiet bits, occasional rocking bits, twiddly keyboard bits, jazzy guitar solo's and funky bass aplenty, flourishing orchestral style pieces and really rather good vocals by the former drummer - now where have I seen that before?

No, don't get me wrong, this is an excellent album of its type just don't expect to be converted if you are not already into "prog". If I am being unfair then no doubt long time fans will put me right but I hope I have given a fair summation here.