Two Disc set. Features a CD + Blu-Ray Audio. For many music fans, this is THE classic XTC album, the one there was most demand for in remixed and 5. 1 surround and one of those for which the tapes, until recently, were thought lost. The album has been mixed for 5. 1 Surround Sound from the original multi-track studio master tapes by Steven Wilson with input from Andy Partridge and is fully approved by XTC. Features a 5. 1 Surround mix in 24-bit / 96-khz mixed from the original multi-track tapes available in LPCM and DTS HD MA. Additional Blu-ray features include: The new stereo album mix in 24-bit / 96-khz LPCM audio. Four additional songs from the album sessions in stereo and 5. 1 mixed by Steven Wilson. The original (uncorrected polarity) stereo album mix hi-res stereo + non-album track. The original (corrected polarity) stereo album mix in hi-res stereo. Instrumental versions (mixed by Steven Wilson) of all new mixes in 24bit/96khz LPCM audio. A complete alternate album in demo form (as per Todd Rundgren’s original suggested running order when he first heard the demos). Numerous additional demo and work tape sessions showing the evolution of the album and associated recordings. Promo films for «Dear God and «Grass». Presented in special packaging with expanded booklet and sleeve-notes by Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory. CD: features a completely new stereo album mix & bonus album track mixes by Steven Wilson.
Tracklist
2016 Stereo Mix
CD-1 Summer’s Cauldron
CD-2 Grass
CD-3 The Meeting Place
CD-4 That’s Really Super Supergirl
CD-5 Ballet For A Rainy Day
CD-6 1000 Umbrellas
CD-7 Season Cycle
CD-8 Earn Enough For Us
CD-9 Big Day
CD-10 Another Satellite
CD-11 Mermaid Smiled
CD-12 The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
CD-13 Dear God
CD-14 Dying
CD-15 Sacrificial Bonfire
Bonus 2016 Mixes
CD-16 Extrovert
CD-17 Let’s Make A Den
CD-18 The Troubles
CD-19 Little Lighthouse
2016 Mix [DTS HD-MA 5.1, 24/96 LPCM 5.1 and 24/96 LPCMStereo], 2016 Instrumental Mix [24/96 LPCM Stereo]
1Summer’s Cauldron
2Grass
3The Meeting Place
4That’s Really Super, Supergirl
5Ballet for a Rainy Day
61000 Umbrellas
7Season Cycle
8Earn Enough for Us
9Big Day
10Another Satellite
11Mermaid Smiled
12The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
13Dear God
14Dying
15Sacrificial Bonfire
16Extrovert
17Let’s Make a Den
18The Troubles
19Little Lighthouse
20Summer’s Cauldron
21Grass
22The Meeting Place
23That’s Really Super, Supergirl
24Ballet for a Rainy Day
251000 Umbrellas
26Season Cycle
27Earn Enough for Us
28Big Day
29Another Satellite
30Mermaid Smiled
31The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
32Dying
33Sacrificial Bonfire
34Dear God
35Extrovert
36Summer’s Cauldron
37Grass
38The Meeting Place
39That’s Really Super, Supergirl
40Ballet for a Rainy Day
411000 Umbrellas
42Season Cycle
43Earn Enough for Us
44Big Day
45Another Satellite
46Mermaid Smiled
47The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
48Dear God
49Dying
50Sacrificial Bonfire
51Summer’s Cauldron
52Grass
53The Meeting Place
54That’s Really Super, Supergirl
55Ballet for a Rainy Day
561000 Umbrellas
57Season Cycle
58Earn Enough for Us
59Big Day
60Another Satellite
61Mermaid Smiled
62The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
63Dear God
64Dying
65Sacrificial Bonfire
661000 Umbrellas (Early Acoustic Run Through)
67Season Cycle (Early Sketch)
68Another Satellite (Early Sketch)
69Summer’s Cauldron (Early Sketch)
70Earn Enough for Us (Early Sketch)
71Ballet for a Rainy Day (Early Sketch)
72Dear God (Early ‘Skiffle’ Version)
73Mermaid Smiled (Explanation Version)
74Let’s Make a Den (Early Idea)
75Let’s Make a Den
76Little Lighthouse (Early Version)
77Little Lighthouse (Intro Section)
78Little Lighthouse
79Terrorism (Early Idea)
80Terrorism
81Extrovert
82The Troubles
83Lumpen Splendour
84Ra Ra for Red Rocking Horse (Rehearsal at Dave’s)
85Ra Ra for Red Rocking Horse
86When We Get to England
87Shaking Skin House
88Obscene Procession
89Across the Antheap
90Halley’s Comet
91Find the Fox
92Grass
93Dear God