Description

Still sealed 2013 edition with bonus tracks and bonus dvd

The narrated version of Savatage ground breaking album Streets A Rock Opera has finally been released. This is the version that was originally only intended for the Broadway rendition and it restores all the spoken word intros before each song that were not included on the initial release (with the exception of the Jesus Saves intro). It also has new artwork, a variation of the original album’s back cover (the white Charvel guitar with the roses, this time against a nighttime city backdrop). This edition replaces the version of Jesus Saves that appeared on the first pressing of the album with the one that was included on the From the Gutter to the Stage compilation, and which the band claims is the original one. To complete this extraordinary release and to award the many fans who have shown dedication and love for Savatage’s legacy, the final chapter of this reissue series will feature the band’s favourite videos. Released for the first time on dvd and restored from the original tapes, the video collection spans from Savatage’s 1987’s video Hall Of The Mountain King until 1996’s One Child. The album also includes newly-written liner notes by Jon Oliva, who is sharing his memories about all Savatage videos. Fans looking for unreleased and rare bonus tracks will be happy to discover a lot of extra audio content on the dvd: Shotgun Innocence, Forever After, one instrumental acoustic version of Voyage, live versions of Stare Into The Sun and Conversation Piece recorded in Japan (but not included on the official live album) and the piano version of Sleep. The bonus track Larry Elbows deserves a special mention: this previously unreleased song didn’t make it on the original Streets: A Rock Opera album due to time limits and is finally available to all the fans that never forgot the creativity and the energy of this extraordinary band. ‘I’m really excited for this version of ´Streets´ to finally be released’ – says Jon Oliva – ‘It was something different, an idea that Paul O’Neill had to take the progressive rock opera format to a bigger and better place than anything we had done, and anything I had heard anyone else doing before. This version of the album has only been floating around on bootlegs’.

Track listing:
1. Streets
2. Narration To Jesus
3. Jesus Saves
4. Narration To Tonight He Grins Again
5. Tonight He Grins Again
6. Narration To Strange Reality
7. Strange Reality
8. Narration To A Little Too Far
9. A Little Too Far
10. Narration To Youre Alive
11. Youre Alive
12. Narration To Sammy And Tex
13. Sammy And Tex
14. Narration To St. Patriks
15. St. Patricks
16. Narration to Can You Hear Me Now
17. Can You Hear Me Now
18. Narration To New York City Don’t Mean Nothing
19. New York City Don’t Mean Nothing
20. Narration To Ghost In The Ruins
21. Ghost In The Ruins
22. Narration To If I Go Away
23. If I Go Away
24. Narration To Agony And Ecstasy
25. Agony And Ecstasy
26. Narration To Heal My Soul
27. Heal My Soul
28. Narration To Somewhere In Time
29. Somewhere In Time
30. Believe
31. Larry Elbows

Dvd listing:
1. Hall Of The Mountain King-video
2. Hrs. Ago-video
3. Gutter Ballet-video
4. When The Crowds Are Gone-video
5. Jesus Saves-video
6. Edge Of Thorns-video
7. Sleep-video
8. Handful Of Rain-video
9. One Child-video
10. Sleep-piano version-audio
11. Stare Into The Sun-live In Japan-audio
12. Conversation Piece-live In Japan-audio
13. Voyage-Al Pitrelli acoustic instrumental version-audio
14. Shotgun Innocence-audio
15. Forever After-audio