Spiral Circus

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{{Use British English|date=December 2012}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Spiral Circus

| type = live

| artist = Porcupine Tree

| cover = Porcupine Tree - Spiral Circus (Cassette).jpg

| alt =

| released = Cassette: April 1994
Vinyl: February 1997

| recorded = 4 December 1993
6 December 1993
7 December 1993

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, space rock

| length = 49:13

| label = Cassette: Delerium
Vinyl: Chromatic

| producer =

| prev_title = Up the Downstair

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = The Sky Moves Sideways

| next_year = 1995

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Vinyl Edition

| type = Live Album

| cover = Porcupine Tree - Spiral Circus Live (Vinyl).jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Vinyl reissue on Chromatic

}}

}}

Spiral Circus is the name of the first live album by British psychedelic rock/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 The Borderline, London, and the second half from The Nag's Head, High Wycombe.

Spiral Circus was first released in 1994 on cassette 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.{{cite web|url =http://www.voyage-pt.de/swdisco.pdf|title =Steven Wilson -The Complete Discography (7th Edition), p. 32| accessdate =2008-03-23}}

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=

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

=Side B=

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

Personnel

References

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Category:Porcupine Tree live albums

Category:1993 live albums