A Long March: The First Recordings
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A Long March: The First Recordings is a compilation album by the Metalcore band As I Lay Dying. The album was released on May 16, 2006 through Metal Blade Records. It features their first album Beneath the Encasing of Ashes (2001), as well as re-recorded and original versions of the songs featured on their split album with American Tragedy.
The album was released because the band - as they said - "were a bit tired of seeing Beneath the Encasing of Ashes being sold for unreasonable prices ($90+ on eBay)", so they decided to re-release all of their early recordings in one package.
[edit] Track listing
- "Illusions" (re-recorded) - 4:07
- "The Beginning" (re-recorded) - 3:28
- "Reinvention" (re-recorded) - 4:59
- "The Pain of Separation" (re-recorded) - 2:57
- "Forever" (re-recorded) - 4:44
- "Beneath the Encasing of Ashes" - 2:47
- "Torn Within" - 1:45
- "Forced to Die" - 2:42
- "A Breath in the Eyes of Eternity" - 2:57
- "Blood Turned to Tears" - 1:36
- "The Voices That Betray Me" - 2:57
- "When this World Fades" - 2:30
- "A Long March" - 1:55
- "Surrounded" - 0:50
- "Refined By Your Embrace" - 1:43
- "The Innocence Spilled" - 3:36
- "Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier" - 4:11
- "Illusions" - 3:54
- "The Beginning" - 2:47
- "Reinvention" - 4:55
- "The Pain of Separation" - 2:49
- "Forever" - 4:10
- Tracks 1-5 are re-recordings.
- Tracks 6-17 are from Beneath the Encasing of Ashes.
- Tracks 18-22 are original recordings from the split EP.
[edit] Credits
- Jacob Bannon - Design, Photography
- Jeff Forest - Engineer, Mixing
- Tim Lambesis - Producer
- Paul Miner - Engineer
- Steve Russell - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Andy Sneap - Mixing
- Brad Vance - Mastering
