Early Stages


Early Stages is a box set containing live recordings of Marillion with their former singer Fish. The recordings were made by the BBC for radio broadcast, and are from five concerts performed by the band in the UK between 1982 and 1987. The packaging was designed by Mark Wilkinson, who had designed all Marillion covers of the 1980s and went on to work with Fish after his departure. The set was released to retail by EMI on 17 November 2008.
The set contains the following recordings:
The set is now out of print, but was replaced in 2013 by a 2 disc set called Early Stages - The Highlights which features a selection of tracks from each concert, plus one new track, a version of "Market Square Heroes" recorded at the Fife Aid concert in 1988. This was the final song of Fish's final live performance with the band.

Track listing

Disc 1

Live at the Mayfair, Glasgow, 13 September 1982
  1. "Garden Party" – 8:19
  2. "The Web" – 10:29
  3. "He Knows You Know" – 5:22
  4. "She Chameleon" – 5:39
  5. "Three Boats Down from the Candy" – 5:19
  6. "Market Square Heroes" – 6:20
  7. "Forgotten Sons" – 10:24

    Disc 2

Live at the Marquee, Part 1, 30 December 1982
  1. "Garden Party" – 8:29
  2. "Three Boats Down from the Candy" – 6:49
  3. "Grendel" – 19:54
  4. "Chelsea Monday" – 9:21

    Disc 3

Live at the Marquee, Part 2, 30 December 1982
  1. "He Knows You Know" – 8:24
  2. "The Web" – 11:49
  3. "Script for a Jester's Tear" – 10:20
  4. "Forgotten Sons" – 12:03
  5. "Market Square Heroes" – 7:39
  6. "Margaret" – 11:15

    Disc 4

Live at Reading Festival, 27 August 1983
  1. "Grendel" – 18:07
  2. "Garden Party" – 6:46
  3. "Script for a Jester's Tear" – 9:00
  4. "Assassing" – 7:45
  5. "Charting the Single" – 5:22
  6. "Forgotten Sons" – 11:41
  7. "He Knows You Know" – 5:42
  8. "Market Square Heroes" – 10:22

    Disc 5

Live at Hammersmith Odeon, 14 December 1984
  1. "Assassing" – 6:50
  2. "Garden Party" – 6:53
  3. "Cinderella Search" – 6:16
  4. "Punch and Judy" – 3:30
  5. "Jigsaw" – 7:02
  6. "Chelsea Monday" – 8:13
  7. "Pseudo-silk Kimono" – 2:53
  8. "Kayleigh" – 3:53
  9. "Bitter Suite" – 6:01
  10. "Heart of Lothian" – 4:24
  11. "Incubus" – 9:08
  12. "Fugazi" – 10:32

    Disc 6

Live at Wembley Arena, 5 November 1987
  1. "Slainte Mhath" – 5:03
  2. "White Russian" – 6:01
  3. "Incubus" – 8:56
  4. "Sugar Mice" – 7:03
  5. "Fugazi" – 8:15
  6. "Hotel Hobbies" – 4:07
  7. "Warm Wet Circles" – 4:30
  8. "That Time of the Night" – 5:53
  9. "The Last Straw" – 6:13
  10. "Kayleigh" – 4:28
  11. "Lavender" – 2:24
  12. "Bitter Suite" – 8:07
  13. "Heart of Lothian" – 3:56

    Personnel