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Limited edition triple vinyl album set with colour printed inner sleeves.A comprehensive celebration of MarcAlmond’s songwriting partnership with superproducer ChrisBraide.A hitstudded joint concert that took place at the iconic Royal Festival Hall on 10th February2020 the first time the stellar songwriting partnership had performed live together since theircollaboration began with the 2015 Marc Almond album. ‘The Velvet Trail’.Mammoth 36 song set including some of Chris Braide’s best known compositions ‘Unstoppable’ Sia and ‘Kill And Run’ for the filmThe Great Gatsby plus an emotivestripped back piano and voice suite of cult songs from Marc Almond’s own songbook including’Black Heart’, ‘Torch’ and ‘Where The Heart Is’.Paying tribute to Marc Almond and Chris Braide’s unifying love of MarcBolan indeft cover versionsof ‘Children Of The Revolution’ and ‘Change’.One of the most gifted vocal talents the UK has ever produced, Marc Almond has enjoyed an acclaimedand enduring career selling over 35 million records worldwide, both with his solo work, and with the pioneering synthpop duoSoft Cell.Chris Braide is a Grammynominated, Ivor Novello and ASCAP awardwinning songwriter,producer, composer and musician who has worked with the likes of Sia,Hans Zimmer, Lana DelRay, Beyonce and NickiMinaj.The concert featured Marc performing a selection from his catalogue of hits plus showcasing the 2020collaborative album with Chris Braide, ‘Chaos And A Dancing Star’. Their special guest star was IanAnderson of JethroTull, his signature flute adding, ‘a progrock frosting to ‘Bedsitter’and ‘Tainted Love’, not at all to their detriment. For his part, Almond sings the 1970 Jethro Tullsong ‘The Witch’s Promise’, quite the strangeinagoodway moment of the whole show,’ said reviewerCaroline SullivaninThe Guardian, adding, ‘Almond is on magnificently melodramaticform.’ Marc Almond with Chris Braide is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £45 +P&P