''Spiral Circus'' is the name of the first

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/ progressive rock band Porcupine Tree from their first tour. The tracks were recorded directly from the mixing desk in three locations of England during December 1993. The first half of the album was taken from the shows in the BBC and Borderline, London, and the second half from The Nag's Head, High Wycombe. ''Spiral Circus'' was first released in 1994 on

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only. This tape was given away free to subscribers of the Transmission information service. It was then reissued on vinyl in 1997 limited to 500 copies. Both editions are deleted at the present. Despite the fact that the track is not included, the album name is a reference to a section in the song "The Sky Moves Sideways Phase 1" from '' The Sky Moves Sideways''.

Track listing

Side A

# "Burning Sky" – BBC / Borderline, London (11:02) # "Voyage 34" – Borderline, London (5:32) # "Always Never" – BBC (6:28)

Side B

# "Radioactive Toy" – High Wycombe (9:58) # "Up the Downstair" – High Wycombe (7:15) # "Not Beautiful Anymore" – High Wycombe (8:58)

Personnel

* Steven Wilson – guitar, vocals * Richard Barbieri – keyboards, electronics * Colin Edwin – bass * Chris Maitland – drums, backing vocals

References

{{Authority control Porcupine Tree live albums 1993 live albums