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There is along with extended versions of Like A Miracle, Wings and a Wind , Stars on Fire , Stairway (Hiding in Plain Sight) and possibly Enter the Angel .

Anyhow, we have them somewhere in our collection.

Chris

We mustn't forget that this release is a 'best of', not 'just' a collection of all the rare and otherwise unavailable bits and pieces that we think exist somewhere but maybe haven't heard before.

We, as the 'hardcore' of fans, probably have versions of most of these odd tracks anyway. So if they are not of decent quality and don't necessarily fit in with a marketing plan to raise profile etc, there is no point randomly 'adding' them to carefully planned releases that target a generic audience.

That could actually be counter productive

It's curious that from the ten original tracks that made The Golden Section ie Someone, Your Dress, Running Across Thin Ice With Tigers and Ghosts on Water are exclusive to this album. Ghosts on Water and Someone have that psychedelic feel that would make them seem as works-in-progress for the In The Glow project.

Your Dress, believe it or not, is John's audition for Roxy Music or The Explorers. Such were the rumours that they appear to be correct.

Chris

It was all looking good when I checked it through again last night. As usual, I think that Paul Agar has done a great job with all of the artwork...

The Garden contains five previously unreleased tracks and two (Swimmer III and Swimmer IV) which have been unavailable since 1983, The Golden Section contains eight previously unreleased tracks and In Mysterious Ways contains six previously unreleased tracks.

There is every intention to make all of these albums available digitally. I will post full details of where they can be purchased just as soon as I'm advised myself.

The reason to rename the Quiet Man tracks (which appeared on the Touch Meridians tapes : One and Two ) was so that there wouldn't be any confusion in people thinking that we had included Ultravox tracks on The Garden by mistake. Changing their names (from The Quiet Man 3 to Swimmer III and from The Quiet Man 4 to Swimmer IV) made more sense as there were two tracks entitled Swimmer which had already been ear-marked for inclusion on The Garden. So these two tracks aren't therefore necessarily from the same sessions as their namesakes.

There are NO plans at the moment for the BBC to formally release any of the radio sessions that John did with them. Just wishful thinking I'm afraid.

In The Glow was the name of the album which was to have followed The Garden - for a number of reasons that album (in that format) was never released, but a number of the tracks which were recorded for it came out as B'sides and extra tracks. In the same way Ultravox didn't have a Torque Point project - it was just a 'working title' for the album that eventually became Vienna - so In The Glow was just the name of what ultimately became The Golden Section.

Are you absolutely sure about this? 'Cos I'm not.

Rob

Mmmmmmmmm...all those boxes of tapes that John has archived...in my head I imagine it's like the end scene of the warehouse in Raiders of The Lost Ark

Right, I'll get the stick - who's got the map and that shiny round gold thing with the jewel in it?

The German Guy has it burned onto the inside of his hand - Herr X (Mr Touch & Go) of course!

Right Brian - you get the German, I'll get the stick and round up a few camels - We'll get to that tape collection even if it kills us!

...I just need to ask Hackney City Farm if they've got any camels...

While I fundamentally disagree with most of your post Chris, I do have the radio nottingham interview and can confirm the transcript runs like this:
(bear in mind this was 2003, a question that appeared quite random when John was on air to promote crash and burn, and he was recollecting events from 25 years previously).

The interview does not address 'how' he was asked to join Roxy, it just refers to the fact that he (allegedly) was. More attention is paid to a similar anecdote about The Clash.

NB - Why did you turn down that gig?
JF - well, it wasn't my kind of band, really. Much as I love them (and I think they're a briliant band) it wasn't what I wanted to do, at the time. I was more interested in solo electronics. And I didn't want to be in a band again anyway

There is (and never has been to my knowledge) any hint that John 'auditioned' for Roxy Music.

Dislocated - Jori Hulkonnen:
Records of my actions
Are mostly assumptions
Not observations...

Great stuff Rob et al, many thanks for posting, I look forward to these with watering mouth. I am a Swimmer in my own mouth. Some of my favourite songs in alternative versions, can't wait!