IQ - Ever 25TH Anniversary Edition

‘Ever’, the hugely popular IQ album that saw the return of vocalist Peter Nicholls to the fold in the early nineties, turned 25 in 2018. To mark this occasion GEP released a special ‘definitive’ 3 disc edition of the album featuring an all new 2018 remix by Michael Holmes.

Presented in an 8 panel digipak format with a 40 page booklet, the package includes extra material on the first disc, along with newly recorded live versions of the whole album on disc 2. Disc 3 (DVD) contains a surround sound mix of the studio album plus a surround mix of the live material, along with over 2 hours of ‘further listening’ files comprising album demos, studio outtakes, rehearsal tapes and unused ideas. All in all disc 3 contains nearly 4 hours of music.

The 40 page booklet is packed with lots of contemporary photos, stories and memories from the time and features contributions from all band members of 1992.

Track listing:

Disc 1 (CD):
The Darkest Hour, Fading Senses, Out of Nowhere, Further Away, Leap of Faith, Came Down. Bonus tracks: Came Down – The Solos that got away, Lost in Paradise.

Disc 2 (CD):
Recorded live at the Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany, 10 February 2018): Intro/The Darkest Hour, Fading Senses, Leap of Faith, Came Down, Further Away, Out of Nowhere.

Disc 3 (DVD):
Ever 2018 Remix 5.1 Surround Sound Mix

Ever Live at the Colos-Saal 5.1 Surround Sound Mix

Album Demos: The Darkest Hour, Fading Senses, Unholy Cow (Out of Nowhere, Further Away Intro, Further Away Complete, Leap of Faith, Came Down.

Studio Outtakes: Darkest Hour, Fading Senses, Out of Nowhere, Further Away, Leap of Faith, Came Down.

Unused Ideas: Waltzy Song, Echo Song, The Blues Riff, Bassy Track, Guitar Thing, Quiety Demo, Some Chordage, Monks.

Rehearsals: The Darkest Hour (Pt. 2) , Fading Senses - Jamming The Riff, Fading Senses #2, Unholy Cow (Developed) , Further Away - Jamming The Riff, Further Away - Arrangement, Came Down - Different Intro, Sad Chords.