MIKE BATT The Mike Batt Music Cube (2009 UK 16-disc [14CDs/2DVDs] set - To celebrate 40 years of activity as a successful singer, songwriter, arranger, conductor and producer, Mike Batt is releasing a comprehensive collection of his work as anartist, in the form of 'The Mike Batt Music Cube'. The cube features contents ranging from the recently successful chart album 'A Songwriter's Tale' right back through the 6 solo albums he made for Sony between the 70s and 90s. With highlightsincluding the new compilation, 'The Orinoco Kid', containing Batt's own selection of early singles and Wombles curios; a coupling of the much-acclaimed 'Zero Zero' album with a DVD of the ambitious TV production which accompanied its release in 1982 when broadcast by the new Channel 4 in the first week of the broadcaster's existence. In a similar album/DVD combination, the original 'The Hunting Of The Snark' album [featuring Art Garfunkel, Roger Daltrey, George Harrison, Stephane Grappelli, Sir John Gielgud, John Hurt, Captain Sensible, Deniece Williams, Julian Lennon, and Sir Cliff Richard] is paired with the DVD of the costumed performance of 'Snark' at the Albert Hall. An additional item within the '...Cube' is the first ever appearance on record of his 'Watership Down Suite', a symphonic composition based upon his score for the successful TV series, and much much more. The 16 discs are presented as 8 double albums and presented in a 156 x 156 x 116mm rigid cube box, with an hinged shoulder lift-lid. The outer box does display just some light edgewear in places, but barely worth mentioning whilst the contents all remain in stunning near 'as new' condition!! DRAMBOX001)