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Tripping the Dark Fantastic" MPCD001/002
(Double CD-R)

Disc 1 consists of remastered tracks recorded between 1983 and 1985 by the first incarnation of the band. Disc 2 features tracks recorded since we reformed in 2003, some of which have appeared on various compilation CDs (see News Archive page) and others which are only available here. The discs come packaged in a slim-line double DVD-style case (cover on the right).

Disc 1 (1983-85):

  1. Golden Country (13:00)
  2. Sometimes Elsewhere (6:44)
  3. Ancestral Calls (Part 2) (4:00)
  4. Snakebridge (11:42)
  5. Wreck (1:10)
  6. Forbidden Zone (7:02)
  7. Icefield (5:06)

Disc 2 (2003-06):

  1. Earworm (7:27)
  2. Brainflame (8:37)
  3. Magiscule Beach (10:38)
  4. Dusktreader (2:26)
  5. Black Point (7:34)
  6. (Shadow of a) Broken Mirror (7:14)
  7. Throb (7:21)

"Tripping the Dark Fantastic" is available by mail order from Compact Disc Services, 40/42 Brantwood Avenue, Dundee, DD3 6EW Scotland, UK, tel: (+44) 01382 776595. Cost is £9.99 plus postage in the UK. Please email them at info@cd-services.com for full details.

Also available from Aquarius Records, 1055 Valencia Street, San Francisco, California 94110 U.S.A. email store@aquariusrecords.org or get it by mail order from their website. Price $11.98.

1983 - 1985

ALTRES released several cassettes on their own label, Multi-Purpose Productions.

NOTE: All of the ALTRES cassettes below are now available as remastered CDRs.
Contact info@altres.co.uk for details.

[ALTRES - Rise]

Rise (MP001)
Originally released on cassette in 1984
Visit the "Rise" page for more information.

Tracks:

  1. Rise (8:46)
  2. Golden Country (13:00)
  3. Sometimes Elsewhere (6:44)
  4. Intrance (13:05)
  5. Decline (8:28)
  6. UP! (4:49)
  7. Panic (4:32)
[ALTRES - Live 23/2/83]

Live at the Tayside Bar 23/2/83 (MP002)
Originally released on cassette in 1984
Visit the "Live at the Tayside Bar" page for more information.

Tracks:

  1. Set 1 (24:52)
  2. Set 2 (35:58)

(Thanks to Jez Creek - Modulator ESP for temporarily hosting the files on his server.)

[ALTRES - Archive One]

Archive One (MP003)
Originally released on cassette in 1984

Tracks:

  1. Altres (1:01)
  2. For the Moment (15:32)
  3. We All Live in the Fountain (7:11)
  4. Intrance (original version) (16:15)
  5. Travelling in Tandem (10:52)
[ALTRES - Archive Two]

Archive Two (MP006)
Originally released on cassette in 1984

Tracks:

  1. Strangely Coloured Trees at Night (7:20)
  2. Ancestral Calls (5:23)
  3. Wednesday's (8:01)
  4. 9 out of 10 Cat Owners (7:07)
  5. Mind Sweeper (18:05)
  6. Flight from the Silent Country (6:12)
[ALTRES - Angel Chords & Devil Chords]

Angel Chords & Devil Chords (MP007)
Originally released on cassette in 1984

Tracks:

  1. Snake Bridge (11:42)
  2. Empty Stares in Packed Elevators (9:18)
  3. Everything is... (4:57)
  4. A Place of Shadows (14:45)
  5. Wreck (1:10)
  6. Forbidden Zone (7:02)
  7. The Lost Garden (8:05)

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