[2020-11-20] Porcupine Tree "The Delerium Years: 1991-1997" 13CD box set (Transmission)

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14203

Description
Deluxe limited edition 13 CD box set chronicling the evolution of Porcupine Tree, bringing together all of the band's recordings issued by the Delerium label between 1992-97. The period is documented visually though a 140-page book with rare photographs and other archive material, plus biographical liner notes by Stephen Humphries (adapted from his sleeve notes for the Delerium Years vinyl box sets), and replicas of the full width original artwork for Signify and an October 1995 tour poster. The 13 CDs - packaged in digi-sleeves - are presented in a heavyweight lift-off lid box designed by long-term collaborator Carl Glover. Including the 5 full length albums officially released on Delerium in their most recently remastered form: On the Sunday of Life... , Up the Downstair, The Sky Moves Sideways (2CD - also includes Stars Die EP), Signify, Coma Divine - live (2CD). Plus, Voyage 34: The Complete Trip - with the original full-length version of Phase IV, Staircase Infinities - mini album (newly remastered), Metanoia - studio improvisations recorded 1995-96 (newly remastered), Plus 2 releases originally created for subscribers to the PT information service Transmission, both newly remastered for this set: Transmission IV - all 40 minutes of an unedited Moonloop, Insignificance - a selection of Signify demos, including tracks not recorded for the final album. Finally a newly compiled and mastered 9 track disc called The Sound of No One Listening rounds up stray single and compilation tracks, including 2 demo versions of the song Disappear which were previously only available on a bonus 7 inch with the first vinyl edition of Coma Divine. Dimension: 37 x 34 x 6. 5. Weight: 3. 8kg

[tracklisting][CD1: On The Sunday Of Life…]
1. Music For the Head
2. Jupiter Island
3. Third Eye Surfer
4. On the Sunday of Life
5. The Nostalgia Factory
6. Space Transmission
7. Message From a Self Destructing Turnip
8. Radioactive Toy
9. Nine Cats
10. Hymn
11. Footprints
12. Linton Samuel Dawson
13. And the Swallows Dance Above the Sun
14. Queen Quotes Crowley
15. No Luck With Rabbits
16. Begonia Seduction Scene
17. This Long Silence
18. It Will Rain for a Million Years

[CD2: Up The Downstair]
1. What You Are Listening To…
2. Synesthesia
3. Monuments Burn Into Moments
4. Always Never
5. Up The Downstair
6. Not Beautiful Anymore
7. Siren
8. Small Fish
9. Burning Sky
10. Fadeaway

[CD3: Staircase Infinities]
1. Cloud Zero
2. The Joke’s On You
3. Navigator
4. Phantoms
5. Rainy Taxi
6. Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape

[CD4: The Sky Moves Sideways Part 1]
1. The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One)
2. Dislocated Day
3. The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
4. Prepare Yourself
5. The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase Two)

[CD5: The Sky Moves Sideways Part 2]
1. The Sky Moves Sideways (alternate version)
2. Stars Die
3. Moonloop (improvisation)
4. Moonloop (coda)

[CD6: Signify]
1. Bornlivedie
2. Signify
3. Sleep Of No Dreaming
4. Pagan
5. Waiting (Phase One)
6. Waiting (Phase Two)
7. Sever
8. Idiot Prayer
9. Every Home Is Wired
10. Intermediate Jesus
11. “Light Mass Prayers”
12. Dark Matter

[CD7: Insignificance]
1. Wake as Gun I
2. Hallogallo / Signify
3. Waiting (demo version)
4. Smiling Not Smiling
5. Wake as Gun II
6. Neural Rust
7. Dark Origins
8. Sever Tomorrow
9. Nine Cats (acoustic version)

[CD8: Coma Divine Live In Rome Part 1]
1. Bornlivedieintro
2. Signify
3. Waiting (Phase One)
4. Waiting (Phase Two)
5. The Sky Moves Sideways
6. Dislocated Day
7. Sleep Of No Dreaming
8. Moonloop

[CD9: Coma Divine Live In Rome Part 2]
1. Up The Downstair
2. The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
3. Always Never
4. IS…NOT
5. Radioactive Toy
6. Not Beautiful Anymore

[CD10: Transmission IV]
1. Moonloop (Unedited Improvisation)

[CD11: Voyage 34]
1. Voyage 34 Phase I
2. Voyage 34 Phase II
3. Voyage 34 Phase III - Astralasia Dreamstate
4. Voyage 34 Phase IV – A New Civilisation

[CD12: Metanoia]
1. Mesmer I
2. Mesmer II
3. Mesmer III / Coma Divine
4. Door To The River
5. Metanoia I /Intermediate Jesus
6. Insignificance
7. Metanoia II
8. Milan

[CD13: The Sound of No One Listening]
1. Radioactive Toy - short version
2. Synesthesia - extended version
3. Men of Wood
4. The Sound of No One Listening
5. Colourflow in Mind
6. Fuse the Sky
7. Signify II
8. Disappear - Feb 1997 demo
9. Disappear - April 1997 demo[/tracklisting]

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08J21B5WH/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
Available for pre-order soon:
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08J21B5WH/?tag=imwanca-20

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08J21B5WH/?tag=imwan-21

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

This is tempting as I only have "On The Sunday of Life..." and "Signify" from their early years. I should play the stuff I have again to see if I really want it. I've had a stack of Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson/No-Man CDs beside my stereo for about a year because I keep trying to get into them, but I just don't find the music interesting.

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

I already own the majority of the box contents so I would have to sell at a loss to consider it. The $300 price seems a wee bit excessive, makes the decision easy.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

I buy all things Porcupine Tree and this will be the first of many expensive Christmas season purchases. Could not live without it. Early PT of course is like early Pink Floyd, very experimental and trippy.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

The box has begun shipping, here is a peek.

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

Amazon.uk is asking for 326 GBP now for this set. :facepalm:

What a deal.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

JosephC · **Joined:** 27 Jan 2011 **Posts:** 2656

eelkiller wrote:

Amazon.uk is asking for 326 GBP now for this set. :facepalm:

What a deal.

I hope people are shopping around on this one because it's really easy to find it at a much, much, much better price.

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

JosephC wrote:

eelkiller wrote:

Amazon.uk is asking for 326 GBP now for this set. :facepalm:

What a deal.

I hope people are shopping around on this one because it's really easy to find it at a much, much, much better price.

PT fans will not be duped. That has to be a mistake.

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14203

dealkiller wrote:

What a deal.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

I was hoping to find it for under $200, but that seems to be out of the question.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

It is pricey but since I am a major PT fan, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself I didn’t get it. Kinda like the Gentle Giant box, also expensive but oh so worth it. And you know it’s value will only go up.

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

Charlie wrote:

dealkiller wrote:

What a deal.

No I am Buzzkiller, sorry Charlie.

:yay:

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

Still no listing on Amazon.ca, this could be a tough one to get up here. I am assuming it has never been listed, can any Canadians confirm that it has not been offered to us?

John is right on with his comment that the prices will only rise once it goes OOP.

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

Jason Michael wrote:

I was hoping to find it for under $200, but that seems to be out of the question.

Especially with the new shipping rates people are charging to Canada (way higher than Europe to USA). I am hoping for Amazo.ca and Prime but things don't look too rosy.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

eelkiller wrote:

Still no listing on Amazon.ca, this could be a tough one to get up here. I am assuming it has never been listed, can any Canadians confirm that it has not been offered to us?

I haven't seen the listing on Amazon Canada go live at any time.

Quote:

Especially with the new shipping rates people are charging to Canada (way higher than Europe to USA). I am hoping for Amazo.ca and Prime but things don't look too rosy.

I am not too optimistic either.

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

Jason Michael wrote:

eelkiller wrote:

Still no listing on Amazon.ca, this could be a tough one to get up here. I am assuming it has never been listed, can any Canadians confirm that it has not been offered to us?

I haven't seen the listing on Amazon Canada go live at any time.

Quote:

Especially with the new shipping rates people are charging to Canada (way higher than Europe to USA). I am hoping for Amazo.ca and Prime but things don't look too rosy.

I am not too optimistic either.

Thanks for the reply Jason, the set probably won't sell out quick so I will wait and see for now.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

It is in the house, just delivered by DHL, largely unscathed just a small indent. It came in very sturdy packaging but that’s a rough trip from the UK to LI. Thanks Burning Shed!

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

Enjoy it John, looks beautiful.

[2020-11-20] Porcupine Tree "The Delerium Years: 1991-1997" 13CD box set (Transmission)

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