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Live Album 3 | 2005 | The Chapters Live

Tracks:

CD 1

1.  Images (Chapter 1) 5:03

2.  Don’t Be Late (Chapter 2) 6:27

3.  It’s Time (Chapter 3) 4:09

4.  Will It Be You (Chapter 4) 6:27

5.  No Regrets (Chapter 5) 3:48

6.  Tired World (Chapter 6) 6:36

7.  Too Much To Lose (Chapter 7) 3:18

8.  No Stranger (Chapter 8) 6:23

CD total time 41:31

CD 2

1.  Remember When (Chapter 9) 5:24

2.  Not This Way (Chapter 10) 2:57

3.  Ashes To Ashes (Chapter 11) 4:37

4.  You Know I Know (Chapter 12) 4:01

5.  Uncle Albert’s Eyes (Chapter 13) 4:55

6.  Streets Of Gold (Chapter 14) 4:11

7.  We’ll Meet Again (Chapter 15) 5:40

8.  Worlds Apart (Chapter 16) 6:44

CD total time 37:09

Ian Crichton   - Guitars

Jim Gilmour    - Keyboards, Vocals

Michael Sadler - Vocals, Keyboards

Steve Negus    - Drums

Jim Crichton   - Bass, Bass Keyboards

All Songs written by SAGA

Produced by Jim Crichton

Engineered by Jim Crichton

Mixed by Jim Crichton / Assisted by Michael Sadler

Recorded by Kenny Schultz and Jim Crichton

Mixed at Sound Image Studios, Van Nuys, California

Mastered by Brian Foraker, Autumnwood Mastering, Nashville, TN.

Cover Concept by Jim Crichton

Illustrations by Eric Fulghum

Cover by Penny Crichton

(P)&(C)2005 Picture This Productions, Inc. | Distributed by SPV

Releases: Sept 12th, 2005 (Double-CD)[SPV] | Nov 08th, 2005 (Double-CD)[InsideOut]

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The process of creating this album began in 1978, in Toronto, Canada.

The Chapters were originally released over eight studio albums,

and were purposely mixed up to create an ongoing puzzle.

It is most likely the only album that ever took twenty-eight years to write and record.

Two main ingredients inspired the story itself.

The Cold War, and an article I read about how Albert Einstein’s brain had been preserved

and was now residing at home of Thomas S. Harvey, M.D.,

the pathalogist who performed the autopsy on Einstein in 1955.

The reason that Harvey ended up with Einstein’s brain was unclear,

but the idea that the mind that unlocked the mystery of the atom

was being kept on a shelf in someone’s house

was the spark that inspired the concept for the Chapters.

For the past twenty-eight years,

SAGA has enjoyed the pleasure of hearing many variations of the story from the fans,

who have meticulously put the puzzle back together.

Some of their concepts that I have heard are far off the mark,

but incredibly powerful and imafinative story lines.

They could be made into novels themselves.

So, without giving away the story completely, here are some more clues:

As the Chapters begin, the Earth is being observed by extraterrastrials

that are becoming concerned about our path toward self-destruction.

They realize that they have to find someone on earth they can communicate with

to help turn the situation around. Someone very intelligent.

They soon learn the person they were looking for had died (‘Images’ Chapter 1).

They also find out that his brain had been preserved, so they decided

the only way to save us from ourselves was to bring him back to life (‘It's Time’ Chapter 3).

Having done so with Einstein’s help, they proceed to do everything they can to prevent us from what, in their eyes, seemed to be in the inevitable.

They also created a backup plan just in case their efforts failed (‘Worlds Apart’ Chapter 16).

I think that’s probably enough said.

I Don’t want to give the whole thing away because then all of your stories will stop,

and for SAGA, that has been a big part of the process of creating the Chapters.

The band would like to thank all of you that have been involved in the Chapters over the years.

KEEP THOSE STORIES COMING.

P.S. The Chapters revolve around what we are doing to the planet, and ourselves,

so there may be more Chapters on the way.

Thanx everyone! It’s been a lot of fun so far...

                                               JIM CRICHTON