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	your words ... ‘What a magnificent work! I don't think you could have picked a more perfect set list. As I sit and listen to the magic being laid out before me, I become keenly aware of the very reasons I fell in love with BROTHER. The evolution of each work is breathtaking and worthy of hearing over and over and over again. I look forward to hearing the music from the next thirteen years!’... Stephanie Jones, PA

	Thirteen years of BROTHER history on one album. Twenty tracks from nine albums, selected by those who love the music most ... BROTHER fans. Includes 'The Machine 2006 (keep the world turning)', a remake of the first BROTHER song recorded. All tracks re-mastered by producer, Dave Dale. Artwork by the inimitable Jeffrey Sauers, including band reflections and poems made from your words.

the compilation cd
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Angus muses ... it's been a long time coming. over 13 years actually. many of you have asked us about it over the years. and with dalbo's return we soon began talking amongst ourselves about the idea of a compilation ... songs from the early years. especially with many titles from the back catalogue now out of print we felt like the time was right to acknowledge the path we took to get where we are. and those who were a part of those times. but how to choose the tracks? finally
we determined to let you decide. the directive? pick your favourite three tracks and let us know why. and you did.

then began quite a task. jim ... master of the engine room ... did the counting for us then passed on the words. what a read. a long read. touching, fascinating, illuminating. as i wrote in a road journal entry, once you write a song you tend to move on from it emotionally. so it's been very humbling to read about their impact on others. powerful. and inspiring. it also had us listening to those tracks for the first time in a long while and often being pleasantly surprised. more than once dalbo was heard to mutter, 'this really rocks'. we also decided to write down some of our recollections of those times. what was happening, what we were going thru. that process too has been a trip, looking at the past from here and putting us in a good place to make it all up again this year. at some point we decided we had to include urban cave too and make the new album a complete representation of all the bands and all the sounds before dalbo's return in 2004.

so it's your words. and it's our words. and the artwork, presented in poster form. nice one jeff. real bloody nice mate. 19 songs. and a remake, with English rascal dave dale ('your backyard' producer) of the first recorded BROTHER track.

as I write I'm reflecting on how powerful this process is, becoming a real focusing point for us all in this time. a good way to begin the year.

river
the machine 2006
2 chairs and one tree

our words ...

"... Having always seen ourselves a rock band it was interesting that our first official album ended up being a collection of traditional and progressive pipe tunes and four part vocals …"

"... We recorded in a big studio where bands like Guns & Roses had made famous recordings. It was exciting and it felt like our first big, proper album ..."

"... looking for some sort of reinvention and found it with Dave at Colin's studio out in Topanga. Felt like a cross between Middle Earth and the Aussie bush ..."