(Review from progarchives.com)

This is an early retrospective live album featuring seven tracks by the Fish era version of the band. Of these, two are from their first album, three from their second, one non-album B-side, plus the final track, the non-album single “Market Square Heroes”.

The airy, atmospheric intro to Assassing was always going to make this the perfect song to open up a live show and the band dutifully perform it to perfection setting a strong tone for the rest of the album. This followed by a really emotional performances of Incubus, complete with a stunning solo from Rothery, and Cinderella Search. The first half of the album is closed out with the paranoid Emerald Lies, a song that has had its character strengthened in this live performance.

The remaining three songs are all from either the debut album Script for a Jester’s Tear or from the EP Market Square Heroes. The first of these is the powerful anti-war song Forgotten Sons. For the most part this song is performed pretty faithfully to the studio version with only a different guitar part before the prayer section and drawn out, poignant silence after it. However, the end of this song is vastly superior to the end of the studio version, which was pretty good already, with Fish adding extra lyrics and singing the “Ring-a-ring-a-roses” lines himself. This is followed by Marillion’s break through song in the mainstream market, Garden Party, which segues into Market Square Heroes, two songs that are both performed excellently.

“Real to Reel” feels like an integral concert recording, offering a great live experience.

Line-up:
- Fish / vocals
- Mark Kelly / keyboards
- Ian Mosley / drums
- Steve Rothery / guitars
- Pete Trewavas / basses

Track List:
01. Assassing – 7:30
02. Incubus – 8:41
03. Cinderella Search – 5:47
04. Emerald Lies – 5:25
05. Forgotten Sons – 10:35
06. Garden Party – 6:31
07. Market Square Heroes – 7:30

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