MIKE BATT The Mike Batt Music Cube (2009 UK 16-disc
[14CDs/2DVDs] set - To celebrate 40 years of activity as a successful
singer, songwriter, arranger, conductor and producer, Mike Batt is
releasing a comprehensive collection of his work as anartist, in the
form of 'The Mike Batt Music Cube'. The cube features contents
ranging from the recently successful chart album 'A Songwriter's Tale'
right back through the 6 solo albums he made for Sony between the
70s and 90s. With highlightsincluding the new compilation, 'The
Orinoco Kid', containing Batt's own selection of early singles and
Wombles curios; a coupling of the much-acclaimed 'Zero Zero' album
with a DVD of the ambitious TV production which accompanied its
release in 1982 when broadcast by the new Channel 4 in the first
week of the broadcaster's existence. In a similar album/DVD
combination, the original 'The Hunting Of The Snark' album [featuring
Art Garfunkel, Roger Daltrey, George Harrison, Stephane Grappelli,
Sir John Gielgud, John Hurt, Captain Sensible, Deniece Williams, Julian
Lennon, and Sir Cliff Richard] is paired with the DVD of the costumed
performance of 'Snark' at the Albert Hall. An additional item within the
'...Cube' is the first ever appearance on record of his 'Watership Down
Suite', a symphonic composition based upon his score for the
successful TV series, and much much more. The 16 discs are
presented as 8 double albums and presented in a 156 x 156 x 116mm
rigid cube box, with an hinged shoulder lift-lid!)
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