Tusk Expanded - Early Thoughts

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Originally Posted by PenguinHead

Great idea! Bad timing.

They were lock-step with their set list on their world tour; The Tusk deluxe project was of no concern. Even if it was, it would have taken a lot of prep work to pull off. They had little to do with the project anyway. I'm aware some artists have done it - performed an album in it's entirety and and released it as a novelty. It's feasible concept unto itself, but not within this particular re-release.

I'm glad the Tusk deluxe was solely focused on that particular period of time. The assembled live discs fit the bill. That's enough for me! The entire box is a bit redundant as it is.

I think it would have been neat if they did a few shows where they did the entire album, but it really isn't that feasible given the album's length of 75 mins (which would be longer live). The Zombies currently play new material and the entire Odessey & Oracle album at shows, but the reason they can pull that off is that O&O is just 35 mins in length, so they have plenty of room for new material. Tusk is simply too long for this idea to be reasonable unless the group spent months rehearsing all of the songs and didn't play overly long versions of the classics (Sara, Sisters, Tusk) like they currently do live. That's a lot to ask of a band that loves to over-extend and meander through live versions of many of their songs.