Four Decades
Four Decades is a live album by Eddie Jobson, celebrating the 40th anniversary of his recording career. The album was recorded during one single night in Kawasaki, Japan.
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| Released | 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 9 November 2013 | |||
| Venue | Club Città, Kawasaki, Japan | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, Jazz fusion, Art Rock, Electronic music | |||
| Length | 137:07 | |||
| Label | Ward Records | |||
| Producer | Eddie Jobson | |||
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The set list is made up by songs from his solo albums and by the artists he has performed with during the course of his career, such as Curved Air, Roxy Music, Frank Zappa, U.K., Bruford and UKZ, thus only excluding his period with Jethro Tull in 1980. Sonja Kristina from Curved Air, John Wetton from UK and Aaron Lippert from UKZ make guest appearances for the material they originally performed on, with the latter also taking vocal duties for two other songs.
The album was released as a double CD, DVD and Blu-ray and in a special package together with UK's "Curtain Call".
Track listing
All tracks are written by Eddie Jobson except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro/Armin" | Jobson, Mike Wedgwood, Kirby Gregory, Jim Russell | Curved Air - Air Cut (1973) | 5:00 |
| 2. | "It Happened Today" | Francis Monkman, Sonja Kristina | Curved Air - Air Conditioning (1970) | 5:02 |
| 3. | "U.H.F." | Gregory | Curved Air - Air Cut (1973) | 6:40 |
| 4. | "Elfin Boy" | Jobson, Kristina | Curved Air - Air Cut (1973) | 4:36 |
| 5. | "Metamorphosis" | Jobson, Kristina | Curved Air - Air Cut (1973) | 11:36 |
| 6. | "Out of the Blue" | Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera | Roxy Music - Country Life (1974) | 4:25 |
| 7. | "Läther" | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa - Zappa in New York (1978) | 3:18 |
| 8. | "Presto Vivace" | UK - UK (1978) | 0:43 | |
| 9. | "In The Dead of Night" | Jobson, John Wetton | UK - UK (1978) | 5:34 |
| 10. | "By The Light of Day" | Jobson, Wetton | UK - UK (1978) | 4:43 |
| 11. | "Presto Vivace & Reprise" | Jobson, Wetton | UK - UK (1978) | 2:48 |
| 12. | "Rendezvous 6.02" | Jobson, Wetton | UK - Danger Money (1979) | 5:26 |
| 13. | "Carrying No Cross" | Jobson, Wetton | UK - Danger Money (1979) | 12:31 |
| Total length: | 71:36 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Alaska" | UK - Danger Money (1979) | 5:03 | |
| 2. | "Resident" | Eddie Jobson / Zinc - The Green Album (1983) | 4:33 | |
| 3. | "Who My Friends..." | Eddie Jobson / Zinc - The Green Album (1983) | 6:46 | |
| 4. | "Prelude" | Eddie Jobson / Zinc - The Green Album (1983) | 3:01 | |
| 5. | "Nostalgia" | Eddie Jobson / Zinc - The Green Album (1983) | 2:33 | |
| 6. | "Spheres of Influence" | Eddie Jobson - Theme of Secrets (1985) | 2:25 | |
| 7. | "Inner Secrets" | Eddie Jobson - Theme of Secrets (1985) | 2:58 | |
| 8. | "Radiation" | UKZ - Radiation (2009) | 7:48 | |
| 9. | "Houston" | Jobson, Aaron Lippert | UKZ - Radiation (2009) | 4:33 |
| 10. | "Tu-95" | UKZ - Radiation (2009) | 4:13 | |
| 11. | "Through the Glass" | Eddie Jobson / Zinc - The Green Album (1983) | 3:38 | |
| 12. | "Young Mother" | Darryl Way, Kristina | Curved Air - Second Album (1971) | 5:57 |
| 13. | "Caesar's Palace Blues" | Jobson, Wetton | UK - Danger Money (1979) | 5:01 |
| 14. | "Forever Until Sunday" | Bill Bruford | Bruford - One of a Kind (1973) | 7:02 |
| Total length: | 65:31 | |||
Personnel
- Eddie Jobson - keyboards, electric violin, vocals (CD 2 2)
- Alex Machacek - guitar
- Ric Fierabracci- bass
- Marco Minnemann - drums, acoustic guitar
Guest musicians
- Sonja Kristina - vocals, acoustic guitar (CD1 2-6, CD2 12)
- John Wetton - vocals, bass (CD1 9-13, CD 2 13)
- Aaron Lippert - vocals (CD 1 6, CD2 3, 8-9, 13)