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This 56 track 4 CD clamshell box set features all of the albums released by Pilot between 1974-77.
Disc 1 is the debut “From The Album Of The Same Name” which features the hit single ‘Magic’ – a UK No.11, it also hit No.5 in the USA and No.1 in Canada and has been featured in films such as Herbie: Fully Loaded, Happy Gilmore and Magic Roundabout.
Three bonus cuts have been added including the ultra-rare ‘Ra-Ta-Ta’ single recorded under the name Scotch Mist.
The second disc is the UK No. 48 hit album “Second Flight”. This features the international hit single ‘January’ – a UK No.1, it also topped the charts in Australia, made No.21 in Germany and the Top 100 in America. The song has also been regularly used in TV adverts for the Asda superstore! One of the bonus tracks is the UK No.31 hit single ‘Just A Smile’.
Disc three is 1976’s “Morin Heights” album which includes the singles ‘Canada’, ‘Running Water’ and ‘Penny In My Pocket’. Amongst the bonus tracks are rare solo 45’s from members Billy Lyall and David Paton.
The final disc is 1977’s “Two’s A Crowd” album, previously only available on CD in Japan. Includes the singles ‘Ten Feet Tall’, ‘Monday Tuesday’ and ‘Get Up And Go’.
The booklet includes detailed liner notes by ‘History Of Rock’ editor Michael Heatley (in a new interview with lead vocalist David Paton) plus picture sleeves from around the globe.
Tracklist
FROM THE ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME - DISC ONE
1. JUST A SMILE
2. MAGIC
3. LUCKY FOR SOME
4. GIRL NEXT DOOR
5. LONELY LADY SMILE
6. SOONER OR LATER
7. DON’T SPEAK LOUDLY
8. OVER THE MOON
9. NEVER GIVE UP
10.HIGH INTO THE SKY
11. AUNTIE IRIS
12. SKY BLUE
BONUS TRACKS
13. JUST LET ME BE
14. PAMELA – Scotch Mist
15. RA-TA-TA – Scotch Mist
SECOND FLIGHT- DISC TWO
1. YOU’RE MY NO.1
2. LOVE IS
3. CALL ME ROUND
4. 55° NORTH 3° WEST
5. TO YOU ALONE
6. DO ME GOOD
7. HEARD IT ALL BEFORE
8. BAD TO ME
9. YOU’RE DEVOTION
10. JANUARY
11. PASSION PIECE
12.DEAR ARTIST
BONUS TRACKS
13.ARE YOU IN LOVE?
14. JUST A SMILE
(SECOND SINGLE VERSION)
MORIN HEIGHTS - DISC THREE
1. HOLD ON
2. CANADA
3. FIRST AFTER ME
4. STEPS
5. THE MOVER
6. PENNY IN POCKET
7. LIES AND LIES
8. RUNNING WATER
9. TREMBLING
10. MANIAC (COME BACK)
11. TOO MANY HOPES
BONUS TRACKS
12. LADY LUCK
13.US - William Lyall
14. MANIAC - William Lyall
15.NO TIES NO STRINGS - David Paton
16. STOP AND LET GO - David Paton
TWO’S A CROWD - DISC FOUR
1. GET UP AND GO
2. LIBRARY DOOR
3. CREEPING AROUND AT MIDNIGHT
4. ONE GOOD REASON WHY
5. THERE’S A PLACE
6. THE OTHER SIDE
7. MONDAY TUESDAY
8. TEN FEET TALL
9. EVIL EYE
10. MR. DO OR DIE
11. BIG SCREEN KILL