Ancient Future (The Lost Years, Part 1)

In 2002, Sembello released his selected collection CD compiled from his 90's works; "Caravan Of Dreams" (1992), "Backwards In Time" (1997) and "Bridge" project (1997) plus his biggest hit "Maniac" jazz version from iRandy Waldman's third solo album "UnReel" (2001). In that era, Michael Sembello was to be more multi-cultual and succeeded to merge such influences into his hyperacid Latin music style. In around 2002, Michael Sembello returned to his roots on the East Coast where it all began and we would see what he would do there. Personally I was guessing that the forthcoming project might be another different cornerstone of his musical journey, but not so many things happened until 2009 when Sembello released an album ‘Moon Island’ with Janey Clewer and Bruce Gaitsch under the name of The Bossa Nova Hotel.

Most of the tracks on this collection CD are basically same as those original version, but some tracks must be differently edited for this CD; basically shorter as shown below;

Track2. Heavy Weather (06:12) (original 06:35)
Track3. Track Too Much Bizarre (04:53) (original 05:25)
Track4. One Planet, One People (05:49) (original USA 06:04, Japan 06:11)
Track5. Maniac (05:49) (original 05:34)
Track9. The Life Of My Broken Heart (05:12) (original 05:51)
Track11.You Can Never Go Home (05:06) (original 05:56)

Release: May, 2002
Label: Legend Records, USA (LGD-0002)

Tracks:
1. Rub The Stone *
2. Heavy Weather +
3. Too Much Bizarre *
4. One Planet, One People #
5. Maniac ^
6. Rocking Chair *
7. Dangerous Questions *
8. The Road To Lonely *
9. The Life Of My Broken Heart *
10. I Believe In You *
11. You Can Never Go Home *
12. Where Are We Now? +

+ : taken from the album "Caravan Of Dreams"
* : taken from the album "Backwards In Time"
# : taken from "The Bridge”
^: taken from Randy Waldman's album "UnReel"

Producer: Michael Sembello

Michael Sembello:, Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums

- Musicians -
Guitar: Edu Falcao, Michael O'Neil
Drums: Vinnie Colaiuta, Greg Bisonette, Raymond Pounds
Percussion: Humberto Hernandez
Keyboards: Greg Phillinganes
Piano: Randy Waldman
Bass: Nathan Watts, Alfred Rubalcava, John Patitucci
Sax: David Boruff
Trumpet: Gary Grant
Background Vocals: Edu Falcao, Gina Haley

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