Esoteric Recordings is proud to announce the release of a newly re-mastered and expanded 3 CD 40th Anniversary edition of the classic album 24 CARROTS by AL STEWART. Released in 1980, the album came on the heels of a series of highly successful albums YEAR OF THE CAT and TIME PASSAGES, which saw the legendary folk-rock musician reach a wider audience and, after adopting a more rock orientated approach, gain top ten success in the USA where he had relocated.This 40th anniversary edition of 24 CARROTS has been newly expanded from the original first-generation master tapes and includes two rare single mixes previously unreleased on CD and two additional CDs featuring the August 1979 Davlen studios demo sessions (including an early studio version of The World Goes to Riyadh) and a CD of live recordings made at Hammersmith Odeon in London in December 1980 on the 24 CARROTS tour. The release also includes an illustrated booklet with an exclusive new interview with Al Stewart. This 40th anniversary edition serves as a fine tribute to a fine album and a consummate songwriter and performer.

• - 1 -

  • 1. Running Man
  • 2. Midnight Rocks
  • 3. Constantinople
  • 4. Merlin's Time
  • 5. Mondo Sinistro
  • 6. Murmansk Run -Ellis Island
  • 7. Rocks In the Ocean
  • 8. Paint By Numbers
  • 9. Optical Illusion
  • 10. Running Man (Single Version)
  • 11. Paint By Numbers (Single Version)

• - 2 -

  • 1. Midnight Rocks (1979 Studio Demo)
  • 2. Murmansk Run - Ellis Island (1979 Studio Demo)
  • 3. Running Man (1979 Instrumental Demo)
  • 4. Paint By Numbers (1979 Studio Demo)
  • 5. Jackdaw
  • 6. The World Goes To Riyadh
  • 7. Merlin's Time (1979 Instrumental Demo)
  • 8. Ringing of Bells

• - 3 -

  • 1. Running Man (Live 1980 - Previously Unreleased)
  • 2. Time Passages (Live 1980 - Previously Unreleased)
  • 3. Broadway Hotel (Live 1980 - Previously Unreleased)
  • 4. Mondo Sinistro (Live 1980 - Previously Unreleased)
  • 5. Roads To Moscow (Live 1980 - Previously Unreleased)
  • 6. On the Border (Live 1980 - Previously Unreleased)
  • 7. Year of the Cat (Live 1980 - Previously Unreleased)
  • 8. If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It (Live 1980 - Previous