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Mr Universe CD cover

Artist: Gillan
Title: Mr Universe (CD)
Record Label: Virgin
Catalogue No.: CDVM2589
Year: 1989

Track listing:

  1. Second Sight (2.33) (Towns)
  2. Secret Of The Dance (2.54) (Gillan / Towns)
  3. She Tears Me Down (5.08) (Towns)
  4. Roller (4.43) (Gillan / Towns)
  5. Mr Universe (6.14) (Gillan / Towns)
  6. Vengeance (3.34) (Gillan / Towns)
  7. Puget Sound (4.23) (Gillan / Towns / McCoy / Tormé / Underwood)
  8. Dead Of Night (4.04) (Gillan / Towns)
  9. Message In A Bottle (3.09) (Gillan / Towns)
  10. * Fighting Man (7.28) (Towns)
  11. ** On The Rocks (live) (6.38) (Gillan / Towns)
  12. ** Bite The Bullet (live) (5.38) (Gillan / Towns)
  13. *** Mr Universe (live) (7.20) (Gillan / Towns)
  14. *** Vengeance (live) (4.42) (Gillan / Towns)
  15. *** Smoke On The Water (live) (10.10) (Blackmore / Gillan / Glover / Lord / Paice)
  16. **** Lucille (live) (2.32) (Penniman / Collins)
Total running time = 80.02


Personnel

Vocals: Ian Gillan
Keyboards: Colin Towns
Bass: John McCoy
Guitar: Bernie Tormé
Drums: Mick Underwood


Recording details

Produced by: Gillan/Watkins
Mixed by: John McCoy & Paul 'Chas' Watkins
Recording engineer: Paul 'Chas' Watkins

Recorded at Kingsway Recorders, London, UK

* recorded at an earlier session with a different line-up and can be found on the original Japanese version of Gillan: Gillan LP | CD. Musicians were Ian Gillan, Colin Towns, John McCoy, Steve Byrd (guitar) and Liam Genocky (drums)

** recorded at the Reading Festival 29th August 1981

*** recorded at the Reading Festival 22nd August 1980

**** previously unreleased


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