Ultimate Collector's Edition (album)
Ultimate Collector's Edition is a 2016 box set containing studio and live recordings by the band U.K.. There's a total of 14 CDs and 4 Blu-Rays with music. Allan appears on 4 CD's; the first eponymous studio album, as well as three live sets included here:
*Live in Boston
Recorded at Paradise Club, July 11, 1978
*Live in Philadelphia
Recorded at Penn's Landing, August 8, 1978
*Live in Cleveland, Ohio
Recorded at Agora Ballroom, September 18, 1978
The live sets feature a total of five additional songs not recorded on the first album: Two of those would later be recorded on Bruford's "One Of A Kind": "Forever Until Sunday" and "The Sahara Of Snow". Allan also performs on live versions of "Carrying No Cross", "The Only Things She Needs", and "Caesar's Palace Blues", all of which would later be recorded on U.K.'s second studio album without Allan or Bill.
The music on the box set has not been made available on streaming services. The box set appears to be out of print as of 2023.
NB! There have been numerous live albums released with U.K., most of them made from radio transcripts. The legal status of these are questionable, so I have not included them in the discography. However, "Ultimate Collector's Edition" was released by Eddie Jobson's own record label Globe Music, and bears the official stamp of approval.
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UK: Live In Boston
| Track Number | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| CD4-1 | Alaska | 3:41 |
| CD4-2 | Time To Kill | 5:09 |
| CD4-3 | The Only Thing She Needs | 7:21 |
| CD4-4 | Carrying No Cross | 10:01 |
| CD4-5 | Thirty Years | 8:40 |
| CD4-6 | By The Light Of Day - Part 2 | 1:21 |
| CD4-7 | Presto Vivace | 1:17 |
| CD4-8 | In The Dead Of Night | 6:33 |
| CD4-9 | Caesar's Palace Blues | 4:29 |
UK: Live in Philadelphia
| Track Number | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| CD5-1 | Alaska | 3:39 |
| CD5-2 | Time To Kill | 5:23 |
| CD5-3 | The Only Thing She Needs | 7:21 |
| CD5-4 | Carrying No Cross | 10:04 |
| CD5-5 | Forever Until Sunday | 6:02 |
| CD5-6 | Thirty Years | 8:08 |
| CD5-7 | By The Light Of Day - Part 2 | 1:14 |
| CD5-8 | Presto Vivace | 1:23 |
| CD5-9 | In The Dead Of Night | 7:31 |
| CD5-10 | The Sahara Of Snow | 9:39 |
| CD5-11 | Caesar's Palace Blues | 5:14 |
UK: Live In Philadelphia
| Track Number | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| CD6-1 | Alaska | 4:13 |
| CD6-2 | Time To Kill | 5:44 |
| CD6-3 | The Only Thing She Needs | 7:30 |
| CD6-4 | Carrying No Cross | 10:24 |
| CD6-5 | Forever Until Sunday | 5:36 |
| CD6-6 | Thirty Years | 8:31 |
| CD6-7 | By The Light Of Day - Part 2 | 1:28 |
| CD6-8 | Presto Vivace | 1:21 |
| CD6-9 | In The Dead Of Night | 7:08 |
Links
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Collector%27s_Edition
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/9310502-UK-Ultimate-Collectors-Edition
Ed's blog: https://threadoflunacy.blogspot.no/2017/07/11-uk-1978.html
