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In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of its initial release, Marc Almonds The Dancing Marquis album gets its first ever issue on vinyl. Pressed on coloured vinyl with a printed inner bag and a fold out poster. Including two specially commissioned and highly evocative Stripped Mixes of key album tracks Burn Bright and Death Of A Dandy. Also including one of the original 2014 releases bonus tracks, the celebrated Starcluster Remix of Worship Me NowIn 2013, Marc Almond realised the then ambition of his creative career when he collaborated with legendary producer Tony Visconti David Bowie, Hazel O039Connor, TRex, Morrissey. The evocative results of their unique collaboration can be heard on the opening tracks The Dancing Marquis and Burn Bright. In collaboration with record producer Tris Penna, Tony Visconti also lends a helping hand with string arrangements and mixing duties ontwo further tracks Tasmanian Tiger and Death of a Dandy, the latter lovingly inspired by the tragic and sudden death in 2010 of Sohos renowned hedonist, the writer and artist Sebastian Horsley.Continuing in this collaborative vein, The Dancing Marquis also features the talents of Martin McCarrick Siouxsie and the Banshees, Therapy contributing cello on the hearteningly buoyant Burn Bright, and strings on title track The Dancing Marquis, a song which Marc penned with Henry Paget, the 5th Marquess of Anglesey very much in mind. Jarvis Cocker Pulp contributes an infectious electropop song that he wrote especially for Marc, Worship Me Now he also features on backing vocals and production duties in conjunction with Jason Buckle The All Seeing I. Love Is Not On Trial saw Marc once again collaborating with Carl Bart The Libertines, his costar in the 2012 opera Poppea as performed at Thatre du Chtelet in Paris. Produced again by Tris Penna, the song was written especially for Marc by Carl, who also features on guitar and vocals.
