Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Sky 2 is the second album by English/Australian instrumental progressive rock band Sky, released in 1980. Despite being a double album it reached number one in the British Album charts, and at the time was the fastest double album to receive platinum status in the UK, while the instrumental single \"Toccata\" peaked at 5 in the British Singles Chart.Francis Monkman played guitar on the 20-minute rock suite \"FIFO\" because, in his words, \"I felt it necessary to inject a grunge element\". \"FIFO\" stands for \"First In, First Out\", and is a song about computer processing.Due to the album's length (just over 80 minutes across 2 LPs: too long for one CD, but perhaps, in the eyes of the record labels, not worth the expenditure of producing two CDs), it has never been released in its original form on CD. Early 90's issues by Music Club and Nota Blu fade \"Scipio\" out a minute early, whereas Castle Music's 2005 reissue leaves \"Scipio\" intact, but omits the final variation of \"Gavotte and Variations\". Other CD issues by Success and Merlin Records contain no musical edits, but omit \"Gavotte and Variations\" and \"Andante\" entirely.In 2014 Esoteric Recordings continued their schedule of remasters and expanded releases with this recording, their issue of which contained the same edited version of \"Gavotte and Variations\" as Castle Music's reissue."@en }
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- Sky_2_(album) abstract "Sky 2 is the second album by English/Australian instrumental progressive rock band Sky, released in 1980. Despite being a double album it reached number one in the British Album charts, and at the time was the fastest double album to receive platinum status in the UK, while the instrumental single \"Toccata\" peaked at 5 in the British Singles Chart.Francis Monkman played guitar on the 20-minute rock suite \"FIFO\" because, in his words, \"I felt it necessary to inject a grunge element\". \"FIFO\" stands for \"First In, First Out\", and is a song about computer processing.Due to the album's length (just over 80 minutes across 2 LPs: too long for one CD, but perhaps, in the eyes of the record labels, not worth the expenditure of producing two CDs), it has never been released in its original form on CD. Early 90's issues by Music Club and Nota Blu fade \"Scipio\" out a minute early, whereas Castle Music's 2005 reissue leaves \"Scipio\" intact, but omits the final variation of \"Gavotte and Variations\". Other CD issues by Success and Merlin Records contain no musical edits, but omit \"Gavotte and Variations\" and \"Andante\" entirely.In 2014 Esoteric Recordings continued their schedule of remasters and expanded releases with this recording, their issue of which contained the same edited version of \"Gavotte and Variations\" as Castle Music's reissue.".