This beautifully packaged 2CD/2DVD case-bound book expanded edition of A Passion Play includes the original album and earlier Château d'HérouvilleSessions both of which have been mixed to 5.1 surround sound and new stereo mixes by Steven Wilson.
A heavyweight 180g vinyl edition featuring the new stereo mix of the original album is also available.
2CD/2DVD Tracklisting
CD 1
A Passion Play(A new Steven Wilson stereo mix)
1. Lifebeats/Prelude
2. The Silver Cord
3. Re-Assuring Tune
4. Memory Bank
5. Best Friends
6. Critique Oblique
7. Forest Dance #1
8. The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles
9. Forest Dance #2
10. The Foot Of Our Stairs (2 extra verses found on the end of the multi-track reel have been added back in)
11. Overseer Overture.
12. Flight From Lucifer
13. 10.08 to Paddington
14. Magus Perde
15. Epilogue
CD 2
The Château d'Hérouville Sessions (A new Steven Wilson stereo mix)
1) The Big Top
2) Scenario
3) Audition
4) Skating Away
5) Sailor
6) No Rehearsal
7) Left Right
9) Critique Oblique (Part I)
10) Critique Oblique (Part II)
11) Animelee (1st Dance) [Instrumental]
12) Animelee (2nd Dance) [Instrumental]
13) Law Of The Bungle (Part I)
14) Tiger
15) Law Of The Bungle (Part II)
DVD 1 (Audio & Video)
Contains:
A Passion Play mixed to 5.1 DTS and AC3 Dolby Digital surround sound and PCM 96/24 PCM stereo.
A flat transfer from the original master at PCM 96/24 stereo
Video clips of ‘The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles’ an intro and outro film used in the Passion Play tour of 1973.
DVD 2 (Audio only)
Contains:
The Château d'Hérouville Sessions mixed to 5.1 DTS and AC3 Dolby Digital surround sound
PCM 96/24 PCM stereo.
In the book:
*An extensive article by Martin Webb on the preparation and recording of the album and the Château sessions that preceded it.
*Steven Wilson’s thoughts on mixing the recordings.
*Memories of the cover shoot and Hare filming by dancer Jane Eve (Colthorpe)
*The Rev’d Godfrey Pilchard’s recollections.
*1973 tour history
*Recollections of touring and PA systems by sound man Chris Amson.
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