A Long March: The First Recordings

A Long March: The First Recordings is the first compilation album by American 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.

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
Producer	Tim Lambesis, Steve Russell
As I Lay Dying chronology
Shadows Are Security (2005) A Long March: The First Recordings (2006) An Ocean Between Us (2007)

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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.

The compilation's title is the title of the 8th track from Beneath the Encasing of Ashes, making "A Long March" the title track.

Amongst 5 re-recordings, "Reinvention" was specially recorded for this compilation in 2006, while "Illusions" was taken from Shadows Are Security and other 3 ones from Frail Words Collapse.

The version of the track "Beneath the Encasing of Ashes" that is presented on this compilation is slightly shorter than the version on its eponymous album, as it omits a line of spoken dialogue originally present at the beginning of the track.

Track listing

Re-recordings

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Illusions" (version with an intro appears on Shadows Are Security)	4:07
2.	"The Beginning" (appears on Frail Words Collapse)	3:28
3.	"Reinvention" (Re-Recorded in 2006)	4:59
4.	"The Pain of Separation" (appears on Frail Words Collapse)	2:56
5.	"Forever" (appears on Frail Words Collapse)	4:44

Beneath the Encasing of Ashes

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Beneath the Encasing of Ashes"	2:48
7.	"Torn Within"	1:46
8.	"Forced to Die"	2:42
9.	"A Breath In the Eyes of Eternity"	2:57
10.	"Blood Turned to Tears"	1:37
11.	"The Voices That Betray Me"	2:57
12.	"When This World Fades"	2:31
13.	"A Long March"	1:56
14.	"Surrounded"	0:51
15.	"Refined By Your Embrace"	1:44
16.	"The Innocence Spilled"	3:37
17.	"Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier"	4:12

As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy

No.	Title	Length
18.	"Illusions"	3:55
19.	"The Beginning"	2:47
20.	"Reinvention"	4:56
21.	"The Pain of Separation"	2:49
22.	"Forever"	4:11

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

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	129
US Independent Albums (Billboard)	5