John Wetton's An Extraordinary Life eight disc box set out in November

John Wetton's An Extraordinary Life box set features all six of Wetton's solo albums and two discs of unreleased material

The late John Wetton's solo career is celebrated in a new eight-disc box set, An Extraordinary Life, which will be released through Spirit Of Unicorn Records on November 24.

The new box set features all six of Wetton's solo albums that he released between 1980-2011, remastered; Caught in The Crossfire (1980), Battle Lines (1994), Arkangel (1997), Welcome To Heaven (2000), Rock Of Faith (2003) and Raised in Captivity (2011) plus two extra discs featuring a selection rare, live and unreleased material from the vaults, compiled by Wetton archivist, Rick Nelson. You can watch a video trailer for the set below. All discs come with bonus tracks - the full tracklisitng is also below.

The CDs come housed in a 12" x 12" box, and includes a 64-page book with an introduction by the legendary Roger Dean and contains comprehensive sleeve notes by Nick Shilton, author of Wetton’s biography, An Extraordinary Life, published earlier this year. The book also features a raft of photographs taken from the Wetton archive and has been designed by John’s long-time friend, Michael Inns, and is released with the full blessing of John's son Dylan and his wife Lisa and is endorsed by the Wetton estate.

Wetton's career is further celebrated this coming Thursday, August 3, at a star-studded memorial concert at Trading Boundaries, which will feature appearances from Rick Wakeman, Steve Hackett, Geoff Downes, Roger Chapman, Mel Collins, Annie Haslam, Phil Manzanera, Martin Orford and more.

The event will be streamed for the general public and tickets are available here.

John Wetton: An Extraordinary Life

Bonus Tracks In Bold.

Disc 1: Caught In The Crossfire 1. Turn On The Radio2. Baby Come Back3. When Will You Realise4. Cold Is The Night5. Paper Talk6. Get Away7. Caught In The Crossfire8. Get What You Want9. I’ll Be There10. Woman11. Every Inch Of The Way12. Out Of The Blue

Disc 2: Battle Lines1.Right Where I Wanted To Be2. Battle Lines3. Jane4. Crime Of Passion5. Sand In My Hand6. Sea Of Mercy7. Hold Me Now8. Space And Time9. Walking On Air10. You’re Not The Only One11. Battle Lines (Acoustic version)

Disc 3: Arkangel1. The Circle of St Giles2. The Last Thing On My Mind3. Desperate Times4. I Can’t Lie Anymore5. Archangel6. You Against The World7. Be Careful What You Wish For8. Emma9. Nothing Happens For Nothing10. All Grown Up11. After All12. The Celtic Cross13. Take These Tears14. Magazines15. Woman

Disc 4: Welcome To Heaven1. Heart Of Darkness2. Say It Ain’t So3. No Ordinary Miracle4. Where Do We Go From Here5. E SCAPE6. Another Twist Of The Knife7. Silently8. Before Your Eyes9. Second Best10. Real World11. Love Is12. Space and Time

Disc 5: Rock Of Faith1. Mondrago2. Rock Of Faith3. A New Day4. I’ve Come To Take You Home5. Who Will Light A Candle6. Nothing’s Gonna Stand In Our Way7. Altro Mongo8. I Believe In You9. Take Me To The Waterline10. I Lay Down11. When You Were Young12. Cold Comfort13. God Only Knows14. Rock Of Faith

Disc 6: Raised In Captivity1.Lost For Words2. Raised In Captivity3. Goodbye Elsinore4. The Last Night Of My Life5. We Stay Together6. The Human Condition7. Steffis Ring8. The Devil And The Opera House9. New Star Rising10. Don’t Misunderstand Me11. Mighty Rivers12. Face To Face

Disc 7 : Bonus Tracks 11. AD 20232. Raven3. Walking On Air4. Straight From The Heart5. If I Was A Country6. All Along The Watchtower7. Deya 19868. Tears Of Rage9. Maryanne10. Healer Of Shattered11. I’d Give It All For You12. Ultimate Emotion Unfinished Idea13. Wings Of Angels Intro14. Wings Of An Angel15. All For One16. From A Distant Heart17. Real World - Join and Ringo18. The Greater Show On Earth - Single Edit19. Adagietto20. The Water Is Wide

Disc 8: Bonus Tracks 21. Raised In Captivity2. The Other Guy Second Best3. I Will4. Bad Thing5. Boys Of The Diamond City6. Flesh And Blood7. Burn Your Name In My Heart8. Sex Power Money9. Back In Your Lovin’ Arms10. Every Inch Of The Way 11. I Can’t Tell You Why12. Winner Takes It All13. Mind Over Matter14. Gypsy Soul15. Wasted Time16. You Still Got Me17. Halfway To Heaven18. I’ll Never Stop Loving You19. Forever

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Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.

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