Early Version of "Steel Cathedrals"?

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Early Version of "Steel Cathedrals"?

Postby missouriman on Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:27 pm

Does anybody know where this version is? I heard it somewhere years ago. It's quite basic and lacking the flugel horn.
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Re: Early Version of "Steel Cathedrals"?

Postby kitaj on Sun Nov 29, 2020 1:11 pm

yes: it's on the 2nd half - the 'Steel Cathedrals' section - of the Japanese VHS and LaserDisc of the "Preparations for a Journey" documentary. it came out in Feb(?) '85 and it has the early version of 'SC' that was recorded in Tokyo in the winter of '84. it has David, Steve, and Masami's "guitar abstractions" contributions (that were I believe taken off the final version that added all the other contributors' overdubs). said credits appear at the end in David's "Brilliant Trees" handwriting.

the stand-alone "Steel Cathedrals" VHS which came out concurrently with the "Alchemy" cassette has the complete version, overdubbed in London in '85. the end credits mention the complete line-up in a very '80s pink (or violet) font.

to add confusion to the matter, the "Steel Cathedrals" VHS reissue from 1989 (recognisable by the Weatherbox font design) hasn't got the completed version's end credits but reverted to the early version's end credits (even though the music is the completed 1985 version).
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