The following 13 albums comprise Collectors� Choice Music�s Al Stewart rollout:

� Bedsitter Images: This is Al�s first album, released 1967 and revised shortly thereafter and never available on CD by itself until now. Bonus tracks include �Go Your Way� from Al�s first recording session in 1965 and a hilarious, never-before-released send-up of The Who�s �My Generation.�

� Love Chronicles: Its 18-minute title track notwithstanding, this This album, notable for its 18-minute title track, was named �Folk Album of the Year� by Melody Maker in 1969 and featured Richard Thompson, Ashley Hutchings and other Fairport Convention members under aliases. It�s also the first mainstream album to employ the f-word. Reissue contains the bonus cuts �Jackdaw,� previously available only on a fan- club disc, plus �She Follows her Her Own Rules� from recordings with Peter White, and the demo �Fantasy.�

� Zero She Flies: This 1970 album � available for the first time on CD by itself� features Trevor Lucas of Fairport Convention. The reissue contains an unreleased track recorded with Peter White, plus �Lyke-Wake Dirge,� a previously unreleased classic folk song featuring Mimi Farina.

� Orange: Released in �72, Stewart enlisted Rick Wakeman of Yes and Brinsley Schwarz of The Rumour for this �72 release. Joining the original album are the import-only �Elvaston Place,� plus an unreleased version of a Paul Anka song made famous by Buddy Holly, �You Don�t Even Know Me.�

� Modern Times: Alan Parsons produced this 1975 release, Al�s sixth album, which reached # No. 30 on the Billboard album charts. Contains the title track, �Carol,� �Apple Cider Reconstruction,� �The Dark and the Rolling Sea,� plus two bonus tracks from fan- club releases: �Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, A Sense of D�j� vu� and �Willie The King,� and an import-only track �Swallow Wind.�

� 24 Carrots: Shooting to #37 on the American album charts, Stewart�s ninth album featured Peter White and Toto�s Jeff Porcaro. It contains his hit �Midnight Rocks.� Bonus tracks include two White collaborations, �the The Ringing of Bells� and �Tonton Macoute,� plus the fan club-only side �Candy Came Back.�

� Live Indian Summer: This 1981 double live album also featured a side of new of new studio tracks, and appears here complete on CD for the first time. It features live versions of Stewart�s two biggest U.S. hits, �Year of the Cat� and �Time Passages.� There�s even a song titled �Clarence Frogman Henry.�

� Russians & Americans: Bearing a Cold War theme, Al�s eleventh album contained such titles as �Rumours of War� and the title track �Russians & Americans.� Here they�re joined by a never-before-released demo written for the soundtrack to �The World According to Garp,� plus two fan-club tracks, �In Red Square� and �How Does it Happen.�

� Last Days of the Century: Not only did Tori Amos contribute vocals to this 1988 release, but two of the bonus tracks (�Ten Cents� and �Dreaming�) were demos co-written by Al and Tori shortly after the sessions for the main album. Also contains album tracks �Real and Unreal,� �King of Portugal,� �Red Toupee,� �Josephine Baker� and �License to Steal.�

� Rhymes in Rooms: This second live album, issued in 1992, and featuring longtime collaborator Peter White, contains �Year of the Cat,� �Time Passages,� �Fields of France,� �Josephine Baker,� and �Nostradamus,� with an early demo version of �Timeless Skies� and a live version of the Elvis Costello song �London�s Brilliant Parade.�

� Between the Wars: Lawrence Juber of Wings, session drummer Jim Keltner and the late Bruce Gary of The Knack join Al on his 15th 15th album, released in �93, . which It includescontains �Night Train to Munich,� �Life Between the Wars,� �The Black Danube,� and two fan club-only tracks, �The Bear Farmers of Birnam� and �Merry Monks.�

� Down In The Cellar: This 2001 album was never released commercially because the label went bankrupt immediately upon its release. Both the album title and song titles (�The Sharaz Shuffle,� �Tasting History,� �Down in the Cellars�) are a tip-off to Stewart�s other passion beside music � wine collecting. The bonus tracks are likewise top shelf � �Dark Side� and �Belsize Blues.�

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