The late John Wetton's solo career is celebrated in a new eight-disc box set, An Extraordinary Life, which will be released through Spirit Of Unicorn Records on November 24.
The new box set features all six of Wetton's solo albums that he released between 1980-2011, remastered; Caught in The Crossfire (1980), Battle Lines (1994), Arkangel (1997), Welcome To Heaven (2000), Rock Of Faith (2003) and Raised in Captivity (2011) plus two extra discs featuring a selection rare, live and unreleased material from the vaults, compiled by Wetton archivist, Rick Nelson. You can watch a video trailer for the set below. All discs come with bonus tracks - the full tracklisitng is also below.
The CDs come housed in a 12" x 12" box, and includes a 64-page book with an introduction by the legendary Roger Dean and contains comprehensive sleeve notes by Nick Shilton, author of Wetton’s biography, An Extraordinary Life, published earlier this year. The book also features a raft of photographs taken from the Wetton archive and has been designed by John’s long-time friend, Michael Inns, and is released with the full blessing of John's son Dylan and his wife Lisa and is endorsed by the Wetton estate.
Wetton's career is further celebrated this coming Thursday, August 3, at a star-studded memorial concert at Trading Boundaries, which will feature appearances from Rick Wakeman, Steve Hackett, Geoff Downes, Roger Chapman, Mel Collins, Annie Haslam, Phil Manzanera, Martin Orford and more.
The event will be streamed for the general public and tickets are available here.
John Wetton: An Extraordinary Life
Bonus Tracks In Bold.
Disc 1: Caught In The Crossfire
1. Turn On The Radio
2. Baby Come Back
3. When Will You Realise
4. Cold Is The Night
5. Paper Talk
6. Get Away
7. Caught In The Crossfire
8. Get What You Want
9. I’ll Be There
10. Woman
11. Every Inch Of The Way
12. Out Of The Blue
Disc 2: Battle Lines
1.Right Where I Wanted To Be
2. Battle Lines
3. Jane
4. Crime Of Passion
5. Sand In My Hand
6. Sea Of Mercy
7. Hold Me Now
8. Space And Time
9. Walking On Air
10. You’re Not The Only One
11. Battle Lines (Acoustic version)
Disc 3: Arkangel
1. The Circle of St Giles
2. The Last Thing On My Mind
3. Desperate Times
4. I Can’t Lie Anymore
5. Archangel
6. You Against The World
7. Be Careful What You Wish For
8. Emma
9. Nothing Happens For Nothing
10. All Grown Up
11. After All
12. The Celtic Cross
13. Take These Tears
14. Magazines
15. Woman
Disc 4: Welcome To Heaven
1. Heart Of Darkness
2. Say It Ain’t So
3. No Ordinary Miracle
4. Where Do We Go From Here
5. E SCAPE
6. Another Twist Of The Knife
7. Silently
8. Before Your Eyes
9. Second Best
10. Real World
11. Love Is
12. Space and Time
Disc 5: Rock Of Faith
1. Mondrago
2. Rock Of Faith
3. A New Day
4. I’ve Come To Take You Home
5. Who Will Light A Candle
6. Nothing’s Gonna Stand In Our Way
7. Altro Mongo
8. I Believe In You
9. Take Me To The Waterline
10. I Lay Down
11. When You Were Young
12. Cold Comfort
13. God Only Knows
14. Rock Of Faith
Disc 6: Raised In Captivity
1.Lost For Words
2. Raised In Captivity
3. Goodbye Elsinore
4. The Last Night Of My Life
5. We Stay Together
6. The Human Condition
7. Steffis Ring
8. The Devil And The Opera House
9. New Star Rising
10. Don’t Misunderstand Me
11. Mighty Rivers
12. Face To Face
Disc 7 : Bonus Tracks 1
1. AD 2023
2. Raven
3. Walking On Air
4. Straight From The Heart
5. If I Was A Country
6. All Along The Watchtower
7. Deya 1986
8. Tears Of Rage
9. Maryanne
10. Healer Of Shattered
11. I’d Give It All For You
12. Ultimate Emotion Unfinished Idea
13. Wings Of Angels Intro
14. Wings Of An Angel
15. All For One
16. From A Distant Heart
17. Real World - Join and Ringo
18. The Greater Show On Earth - Single Edit
19. Adagietto
20. The Water Is Wide
Disc 8: Bonus Tracks 2
1. Raised In Captivity
2. The Other Guy Second Best
3. I Will
4. Bad Thing
5. Boys Of The Diamond City
6. Flesh And Blood
7. Burn Your Name In My Heart
8. Sex Power Money
9. Back In Your Lovin’ Arms
10. Every Inch Of The Way
11. I Can’t Tell You Why
12. Winner Takes It All
13. Mind Over Matter
14. Gypsy Soul
15. Wasted Time
16. You Still Got Me
17. Halfway To Heaven
18. I’ll Never Stop Loving You
19. Forever
