Like its predecessor ’The Contino Sessions’, ‘Scorpio Rising’ was another massive critical success on its release in September 2002, and it duly went Top 20 in the UK – again, a mind-blowing achievement for such an experimental, disparate and often macabre listening experience. Guest vocalists include Paul Weller, Dot Allison, Susan Dillane, Hope Sandoval, and most headline-grabbingly at the time, Liam Gallagher took time out from production on Oasis’s “Heathen Chemistry” album to voice the title track. This special 2CD set brings together on a bonus disc all the mixes of the singles as well as a BBC Evening Session from the album’s aftermath which gives a window onto how the Death In Vegas roadshow unfolded as a fully integrated live band. Liner notes by renowned music journalist Andrew Perry include interview with Richard Fearless.
