Marillion - The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) album flac

The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) is a double live album by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was named after the introductory piece of classical music the band used before coming on stage during the Clutching at Straws tour 1987–1988, the overture to Rossini's opera La gazza ladra, which translates as "The Thieving Magpie".

Like 1984's Real to Reel mini live album, Magpie offers mostly sterling performances packed with both feeling and technical precision, which often times manage to better their studio counterparts thanks to their road-worthy fluidity. But unlike that seamlessly assembled mini live album, it does suffer from the occasional silence between tracks, or even noticeable variations in sound quality, crowd noise, and general ambiance. Sure, most listeners won't give a hoot about such details when faced with the sheer creative breadth (some would say absurdity) of such Marillion magnum opuses.

Contains a spelling mistake: on the spine it says "the theiving magpie". Matrix, Runout (Disc 1): ICM H1064-2 1 1 2 7 1 0 4. Other (Pressing code in Mould Area - Disc 1): 02.

La gazza ladra is a melodramma or opera semiseria in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, with a libretto by Giovanni Gherardini based on La pie voleuse by Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez. The composer Gioachino Rossini wrote quickly, and La gazza ladra was no exception

Tracklist: 1. La Gazza Ladra, 2. Slainte Mhath, 3. He Knows You Know, 4. Chelsea Monday, 5. Pseudo Silk Kimono, 6. Kayleigh, 7. Lavender, 8. Bitter Suite, 9. Heart Of Lothian, 10. Jigsaw, 11. Punch & Judy, 12. Sugar Mice, 13. Fugazi, 14. Script For A Jester’s Tear, 15. Incommunicado, 16. White Russian. 3. He Knows You Know.

1988's The Thieving Magpie is a sprawling double-disc live set which manages to tie up virtually all the loose ends from Marillion's years with charismatic frontman Fish. Like 1984's Real to Reel mini live album, Magpie offers mostly sterling performances packed with both feeling and technical precision, which often times manage to better their studio counterparts thanks to their road-worthy fluidity