Mike Batt’s long and varied career is celebrated on his new Penultimate Collection double album, with 35 tracks highlighting his work as performer, composer, arranger and key British musical figure – but especially as performer, as not only does it feature Batt’s original solo material – including his international solo hits -, but also his own versions of songs he wrote for other artists. The Closest Thing To Crazy, Bright Eyes, A Winter’s Tale, Caravan Song and I Feel Like Buddy Holly are given Mike’s own distinctive treatment, alongside his orchestral works, and contributions from Colin Blunstone, Bonnie Tyler and Family’s Roger Chapman. Mike Batt – The Penultimate Collection features his work from the classic feelgood pop of Summertime City, his number four hit from 1975, through his hugely successful Wombles hits and orchestral pieces, to two brand new recordings.

1. Children of the Sky
2. Bright Eyes
3. The Winds of Change
4. Lady of the Dawn
5. Railway Hotel
6. Imbecile (Feat. Roger Chapman)
7. Please Don't Fall in Love
8. Love Makes You Crazy
9. A Winter's Tale
10. Soldier's Song
11. Better Than a Dream
12. Into the Sunset Duet (With Bonnie Tyler)
13. The Closest Thing to Crazy
14. Voices in the Dark
15. Nine Million Bicycles
16. Caravan Song
17. Caravan Theme
18. I Feel Like Buddy Holly
19. The Ride to Agadir

1. Waiting for a Wave
2. Six Days in Berlin, Pt. 1
3. Warsaw
4. Tarota
5. On Watership Down
6. The Fires of Rabat
7. Summertime City
8. Your Mother Should Know
9. It's Only Pain
10. Tiger in the Night (Feat. Colin Blunstone)
11. Run Like the Wind (Feat. Roger Chapman)
12. The Wombling Song
13. Minuetto Allegretto
14. The Orinoco Kid
15. The Aspidistra Suite (2nd Movement)
16. The Walls of the World
17. The Vanishing (Feat. Julian Lennon, John Gielgud, John Hurt & Maggie Reilly)