A Long March: The First Recordings

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A Long March: The First Recordings
Compilation album by As I Lay Dying
Released	May 16, 2006
Genre	Metalcore
Length	1:08:08
Label	Metal Blade Records
Producer	Tim Lambesis, Steve Russell
Professional reviews
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As I Lay Dying chronology
Shadows Are Security (2005) A Long March: The First Recordings (2006) An Ocean Between Us (2007)

A Long March: The First Recordings is a compilation album by the Metalcore band As I Lay Dying. The album was released on May 16, 2006 through Metal Blade Records. It features their first album Beneath the Encasing of Ashes (2001), as well as re-recorded and original versions of the songs featured on their split album with American Tragedy.

The album was released because the band - as they said - "were a bit tired of seeing Beneath the Encasing of Ashes being sold for unreasonable prices ($90+ on eBay)", so they decided to re-release all of their early recordings in one package.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Illusions" (re-recorded) - 4:07
2. "The Beginning" (re-recorded) - 3:28
3. "Reinvention" (re-recorded) - 4:59
4. "The Pain of Separation" (re-recorded) - 2:57
5. "Forever" (re-recorded) - 4:44
6. "Beneath the Encasing of Ashes" - 2:47
7. "Torn Within" - 1:45
8. "Forced to Die" - 2:42
9. "A Breath in the Eyes of Eternity" - 2:57
10. "Blood Turned to Tears" - 1:36
11. "The Voices That Betray Me" - 2:57
12. "When This World Fades" - 2:30
13. "A Long March" - 1:55
14. "Surrounded" - 0:50
15. "Refined by Your Embrace" - 1:43
16. "The Innocence Spilled" - 3:36
17. "Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier" - 4:11
18. "Illusions" - 3:54
19. "The Beginning" - 2:47
20. "Reinvention" - 4:55
21. "The Pain of Separation" - 2:49
22. "Forever" - 4:10

• Tracks 1-5 are re-recordings.
• Tracks 6-17 are from Beneath the Encasing of Ashes.
• Tracks 18-22 are original recordings from the split EP.

[edit] Credits

• Jacob Bannon - Design, Photography
• Jeff Forest - Engineer, Mixing
• Tim Lambesis - Producer
• Paul Miner - Engineer
• Steve Russell - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Andy Sneap - Mixing
• Brad Vance - Mastering

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2006	The Billboard 200	129
2006	Top Independent Albums	5

v • d • e As I Lay Dying Tim Lambesis · Jordan Mancino · Phil Sgrosso · Nick Hipa · Josh Gilbert Evan White · Clint Norris · Noah Chase · Aaron Kennedy · Jasun Krebs Studio albums Beneath the Encasing of Ashes · Frail Words Collapse · Shadows Are Security · An Ocean Between Us Compilations A Long March: The First Recordings Split albums As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy Singles "94 Hours" · "Forever" · "Confined" · "Through Struggle" · "The Darkest Nights" · "Nothing Left" · "The Sound of Truth" "Within Destruction"