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Available with Vinyl records London. Limited Vinyl Records Marc Almond with Chris Braide Limited edition triple vinyl album set with colour printed inner sleeves.A comprehensive celebration of Marc Almond’s songwriting partnership with superproducer Chris Braide.A hitstudded joint concert that took place at the iconic Royal Festival Hall on 10th February 2020 the first time the stellar songwriting partnership had performed live together since their collaboration 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 Marc Bolan in deft cover versions of ‘Children Of The Revolution’ and ‘Change’.One of the most gifted vocal talents the UK has ever produced, Marc Almond has enjoyed an acclaimed and 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 Nicki Minaj.The concert featured Marc performing a selection from his catalogue of hits plus showcasing the 2020 collaborative album with Chris Braide, ‘Chaos And A Dancing Star’. Their special guest star was Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, 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 Tull song ‘The Witch’s Promise’, quite the strangeinagoodway moment of the whole show,” said reviewerCaroline SullivaninThe Guardian, adding,“Almond is on magnificently melodramatic form.”
