Steve Hillage - Unboxing 'Searching for the Spark'
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Steve Hillage and creative partner Miquette open the first 'Searching for the Spark' box set, thumb through the coffee table hardback, dig through 22 CDs (including unreleased material), three posters, lyric booklets, a scrap book and a few other treasures.
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Searching for the Spark 1969 -1991 is a limited edition 22 CD deluxe box set containing all the work guitar great and electronic music innovator Steve Hillage recorded from his studio debut (1969's Arzachel) to the first System 7 album in 1991.
The set includes:
* Arzachel.
* Khan's Space Shanty, 1972.
* All eight of Hillage's classic Virgin Records solo albums - Fish Rising, L, Motivation Radio, Green, Open (and Studio Herald), Rainbow Dome Music, Open, For To Next (and its companion And Not Or) - plus bonus tracks.
* System 7 (first album).
* Live in Deeply Vale, 1978.
* Two BBC performances from The Paris Theatre recorded in December 1976 and November 1979.
* Eight CDs featuring recordings taken from Steve's personal archive, including four superb concert performances (Brighton Dome November 1977, Munich April 1979, Hammersmith Odeon November 1979, The Steve Hillage Band Live At The Gong Family Unconvention 2006) and four discs (Sparks Volumes 1-4) packed with previously unheard and unreleased tracks, demos and alternate takes.
Accompanying the recordings is a magnificent 188 page 32,000 word coffee table book. Written and assembled by Steve Hillage and Gong family expert Jonny Greene, the book contains hundreds of rare and previously unseen photographs and cuttings.
In addition there are three reproduction promo posters, two lyric booklets, a high quality enamel badge, a 60 page scrap book containing more photographs and cuttings, and a certificate of authenticity signed by Steve Hillage and his creative partner Miquette Giraudy.
The Golden Ticket:
One lucky owner of the box set will find that Steve and Miquette included an extra message on their signed certificate. This will be that owner’s ‘golden ticket’ that entitles them to an exclusive gift from Steve: a stained glass window featuring the Sparks icon designed by hand by Richard Pelham of Glastonbury Stained Glass. The icon, otherwise known as ‘Vesica Pisces’, is formed of curves and strips of carefully cut and hand-soldered iridescent glass with a width of approximately 1cm.
Please note that this superb Steve Hillage package is strictly limited to 2500 copies globally.
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STEVE HILLAGE Is one of the best guitarists/musicians/writers that has ever existed!
Makes you love your heroes even more when you can see that they are such genuinely nice people. Steve is the man
Agree - there's 'humble' and then there's Steve Hillage 'humble' - super down-to-earth guy. Yet, he's rubbed shoulders with some of the industry's best, as well as being a treasure unto himself. Happy memories of collecting his albums back in the '70s.
Miquette is such a blessing to Steve in so many ways. Apart from being one of the few truly beautiful women in rock (Its been a lot of years but I was there for the 70's and she shined for many years - he is one lucky sod), she is an innovator on synthesizer and a great prog vocalist.
She still shines.... ???
@@dodibenabba1378 Like a light in the sky.
Innovator on synths? 😆 Nice lady and essential to Steve's milieu but nowhere in music history will you find that statement
Yes very pricey but this is how a box set must be done.With booklets containing the lyrics; photograph books in good quality paper , memorabilia, etc If you are a real fan you will be more than willing to pay;))Anyone wishing to release a good box set should learn from this man Thanks Mr Hillage!!
I have a copy of this box set and it is irreplaceably brilliant.
The music is excellent and the packaging top notch.
It sure looks it - seems like Steve set the bar high for whoever was producing it, and appears genuinely impressed!
How marvellous to see your career captured so wonderfully in a set that looks worth every penny.
Wish I could afford it.
Hahaha so cute! Gotta love how in awe and unjaded he still is despite knowing exactly what's in the book and beyond since he after all is THE Steve Hillage!!! :D
- Those two are such a pleasure to see ! They make me think of two birds, in perfect love with one another. Just like real birds do in nature : they are so happy together to such a point that they never ever cheat on their partner.
I really, really, REALLY wish l had £200 just lying around so l could buy this and fill the gaps in my Hillage collection. Looks amazing!
I saw Steve Hillage at Glastonbury in 1979, a festival that Tim Blake's Crystal Machine and Mother Gong also played and there were rumours flying round that Daevid Allen was gonna show up for a GONG reunion.....which unfortunately never came to pass at that venue at least!
Mr Satoshi will help me soon to having this incredible wonderful box🚀😎
God bless you Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy. You're lovely.
May the energy be with you !!!
I want to watch this, but will wait until my box-set has arrived, as I also want the pleasure of "unboxing" it for the first time, myself!
you will be happy!
I've given this a `like,' but my thoughts are divided. Speaking as someone who's bought Steve and Miquette's records since they first appeared in the 70s, I already have the regular releases twice, on vinyl and again on CD, as well as the Khan and Arzachel releases, Gong at Amsterdam, etc etc. The book looks to be very good, and the CD extras may be worthwhile, though in general I find the released versions have been the best choices to release - judging from the CD extras, which are often of interest more than being more musically satisfying than what we've already bought and known for years. The end result is that this is a beautiful gift set, and it's nice that Steve and Miquette have had this produced, but many of us can't really afford to buy stuff we've bought twice before for the sake of also getting some other stuff. A smaller set with just
the book and the extras might have been a good idea? Anyway, I know someone who'll be buying this, although I won't unless I suddenly get rich, so hopefully it will sell. On the other hand I'm fully satisfied with what I already have from Steve and Miquette.
Very nicely put :)
Well, a hardbacked book will run 50-60-70 Euro's, and the scrapbook I saw for sale separately on eBay in the USA for $29 dollars, so you're going to have yer pocket nicked no matter what ya do ...
Love Steve and Miquette's music, responsible for so many beautiful memories throughout my life. Nice to see them so very much in love. What a beautiful thing to possess of your life together. ☺ Actually after breaking it all down it's not that expensive, just seems it to shell out in one go.
So wish I had 200 quid kicking around so I could get this. Sadly it will have to go on living on my wish list a while longer! Many happy memories.
green is my favorite Hillage album....no I love all of them.
Absolute legends
I first heard fish rising when I was 14 in 1987 and have been hooked ever since
Also big love for Glastonbury’s dance tent
I hope to be ordering a copy shortly, even with the 200 quid price...my wife thinks I am nuts! lol
To update- I did order from Planet Gong, just got it in the mail yesterday! Awesome collection!!
Three years on... £200 a bargain! Is ir still available?
@@Simonet1309 I did buy a copy! Ebay still has a couple of copies from one U.S. seller out there, but I feel this is one set that will disappear and value will shoot up!
I love the fact that Steve is very proud of his earlier records it bothers me that the other famous guitar players who never say anything good about there earlier records.You know who they are!!!!
- How sweet ! I remember when I was teen in Paris we smoked all sort of things and listened for hours on end to Gong records with David Allen and all those who followed... I was learning English at univ then, we read all the sleeve notes to learn as much info as we could and among those I'd wonder : who is that "Miquette"??? I wanted to know if she was french or british. We were going to the concerts and festivals in the open air, meeting strange people on the road, always high, what a trip it was !!!
Got mine , well pleased : )
I need to hear more Beatles covers by Stephen! 🤣
I'd love to see a 12" vinyl release of this. I'd imagine it'd be prohibitively expensive mind you.
I conclude that "The Spark" is a good sense of humour.
Fantastic. Per caso ho visto sulla tv nazionale (Rai) non ricordo se era il 77 o il 78 un tuo concerto. Da quel momento sono rimasto folgorato. Light in the Sky. Una delle prime canzoni che ho tentato di imparare a suonare con la chitarra. Grande.
i didnt even know this was coming out, im gutted i cant afford 200 notes,i,ll have to wait 10 years or so and buy it online for a rather more reduced price,or just start saving up in my piggy bank. Steve youve always been one of my idols ive got to have this somehow
u wont be able to buy it for reduced price it will go up in price. maybe if u lucky in 10 years u find someone selling bec they need cash then maybe
I'll trade a nice guitar for it!
I want this box rsssss. I am a brazilian Steve hillage fan, but i dont speak english . I want learn speak english and i want buy is beautifull box. Congratulations , thanks
7:11 : Steve gets the golden ticket, so no one else can win, haha.
What a sweet couple!!!
Never forget bliss.
woh.... tant de souvenirs...
I don't have ANY of your albums. I have seen the Khan and Arzachel album covers, and have decided to take the blind plunge (after seeing the Arzachel album featured in the new book by Richard Morton Jack, 'Psychedelia: 101 Iconic Underground Rock Albums', which I just received today). I like the snippet of music opening this video... what is it?
The tune is called 'The Golden Vibe'...originally released on 'Fish Rising' the version on the video sounds like it is from the 'Sparks Vol.1' disc from the box as it is a solo echo guitar version.
I was hopeful with those Spark discs but I guess the complete versions of the Cyberwar sessions will forever be locked in Steve's archives. :( :( :( :(
hopefully it's not sold out by next year. I'm broke this year :)
- This photo looks very much like Floyd's Ummagumma's cover. I'm found of cows. They are such friendly peaceful creatures.
@@simoneric8183 Yes indeed they are! When I decided to return them the favor by leaving them off of my plate...I very soon became a friendly peaceful person, then when I was browsing the import section of a very small independent record store back in 1982, I glanced the record "L". First of all, I was drawn to the handsome cover, then noticed the first song was "Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Donovan, then the album's closer was "It's All Too Much" the George Harrison masterpiece. I also noticed his backup band was Todd Rundgren's Utopia. Steve Hillage taught me how to be a master of having an open mind.
Where Can I buy This Box Set !!! ??? Where ?
Why is it always a choice - to make good music or commercially successful like System 7?
What song is used in the intro
ive always loved steve hillage but 200 pound box set, that's me out, I'm surprised at him doing this
nick 55555 Really? I think it's lovely to have such a collection of their life together. Yeah 200 is a bit steep, but still.
Are you nuts? This is worth TWICE the money! And what difference does the price make? It's not the cost that counts, it's the VALUE.
Does the fact that a car costs thousands mean you shouldn't buy one?
NO! Of COURSE not!.
Well, it's the exact same principle that applies here.
And £200 is only ten LP's these days!
And this would make an amazing birthday or Christmas present for a Hillage/Gong fan.
22 cds
and for 600 quid it can be yours! 🤑
200 price it's not much for everything,the packaging must cost alot
They're not even real CD cases... for 200 pounds? Guess I'm not THAT big a fan.