I don't know if these are UK only. IMO, Live From Loreley is the best live Marillion - EVER!

From Fish:

"Quite a few people have asked about the upcoming releases from EMI as other mail order companies have been advertising advance sales on these tiles.
As you know I recently supplied EMI records with sleeve notes for 2 of the 3 new live releases and the projects have moved along quite fast in recent weeks.
Both Lucy Jordache, the Marillion manager, and I have been involved in developing the projects and after discussions with EMI I am pleased to announce that we will be selling the titles through our own mail order operations.

The titles are as follows:

"Thieving Magpie" (2005 digital remaster) double CD.
CD1 - La Gazza Ladra, Slainte Mhath, He Knows You Know, Chelsea Monday, Freaks, Jigsaw, Punch And Judy, Sugar Mice, Fugazi, Script For A Jester's Tear, Incommunicado, White Russian
CD2 - Pseudo Silk Kimono, Kayleigh, Lavender, Bitter Suite, Heart Of Lothian, Waterhole (Expresso Bongo), Lords Of The Backstage, Blind Curve, Childhood's End?, White Feather.

"Recital of the Script" (2009 digital re master) double CD recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon 18/4/83
CD1 - Script For A Jester's Tear, Garden Party, Three Boats Down From The Candy, The Web, Charting The Single, Chelsea Monday.
CD2 - He Knows You Know, Forgotten Sons, Market Square Heroes, Grendel.

The first time the complete concert has been released in audio format. Includes a previously unreleased track; 'Three Boats Down From The Candy'. The version of 'Charting The Single' from the gig was previously issued as a b-side to the 'Garden Party' 12" but was not featured on the original DVD version.

"Live From Loreley" (2009 digital re master) double CD recorded at the Freilichtbuhne, Loreley 1987.
CD1 - Slainte Mhath, Assassing, Script For A Jester's Tear, White Russian, Incubus, Sugar Mice, Fugazi.
CD2 - Hotel Hobbies, Warm Wet Circles, That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw), Kayleigh, Lavender, Bitter Suite (Medley), Heart Of Lothian, The Last Straw, Incommunicado, Garden Party, Market Square Heroes.

The first time the complete concert has been released in audio format. Includes four previously unreleased tracks; 'White Russian', 'Fugazi', 'Garden Party' and 'Market Square Heroes' not featured in the original DVD version.

These are scheduled for release on 22/06/09 but we will be taking advance orders for these titles from Monday."

"Recital of The Script" & "Live From Loreley" may be new to compact disc, but the bulk of the material has been available on VHS(and today on DVD) for many years. The exclusive to CD tracks were(apparently) not filmed.

Yes. I have both dvd's.

There was also a previous version of the Lorelei video which came bundled with a CD featuring some tracks from the show, but I passed on that in favor of the Japanese laserdisc. In more recent years, Marillion has released way too much material for me to keep up -- for example, I didn't know (or had forgotten) about the Lorelei DVD -- but it's nice to have the entire set available, even if I've always been a little underwhelmed by this particular performance. Maybe the remastering can sweeten things a little bit.

Having said that, it's a shame there aren't more quality live recordings from the Misplaced and Clutching eras.

And I wouldn't have known about these releases, either, save Geff's post. Thanks!

In the VHS + CD "Live at Loreley" package(which was, as far as I know, UK-only, and I've got it in my collection), the CD had to have one song less than the video, due to limitations of a one-CD release. The new 2-CD set will have MORE SONGS than the video.

As for the Japanese Laserdisc, I owned it at one point. The breakoff point(to go to side 2) was awkward(an abrupt fade), and there is one point on the Laserdisc where the videotape master briefly mistracks. As for the DVD, it exists in both PAL & NTSC editions, and though there is a DVD layer change break during the music at one point in a song medley, on some (more recent) DVD players which have a memory circuit to smooth over layer change breaks, the disruption is very mild....certainly less disruptive than the side change break in the Japanese Laserdisc.

Got the Loreley cd today. I've commented on the music before, so just a brief comment on the sound. First impression is that it's bright (surprise, all the Marillion remasters are known for being overly bright), but not as bad as some of the remastered studio sets. I did a QUICK comparison to an audio rip from the Lorley dvd, & I slightly prefer the cd, though it is brighter then the dvd. Sonically, the cd should smoke the dvd's dolby sound, but I'd say it's more of a moderate improvement due to the brightness.