XTC / Skylarking - 2016 Deluxe Vinyl Edition
XTCの『English Settlement』(1982年)と『Skylarking』(1986年)が200グラム重量盤のアナログレコードで再発。海外で7月15日発売。リイシュー元は
アンディ・パートリッジ(Andy Partridge)主宰のレーベルAPE。『English Settlement』は33回転2枚組、『Skylarking』は45回転2枚組。バンドメンバーによる楽曲解説を掲載した12インチサイズの16ページブックレットや歌詞シートなども付属されます
●APE公式ショップサイト
https://www.burningshed.com/store/ape/collection/351/add/7719/
●『English Settlement』
[仕様]
* 2 x 33rpm, 200g heavyweight vinyl
* 12" 16 page booklet with song notes by band members
* Lyric sheet
* 2016 cut from original half-inch master sources
* CD mastered from the same original master sources
* All contents packaged in a sturdy slipcase
While looking for the (still 'lost in the archives') multi-track tapes to enable Steven Wilson to undertake new stereo and 5.1 surround mixes of the album, the original half-inch master tapes were discovered and used as source masters from which engineer John Dent cut new lacquers for this heavyweight vinyl edition.
[Tracklist]
Side 1:
1. Runaways (4:34)
2. Ball and Chain (4:32)
3. Senses Working Overtime (4:50)
4. Jason and the Argonauts (6:07)
Side 2:
1. No Thugs in Our House (5:09)
2. Yacht Dance (3:56)
3. All of a Sudden (It's Too Late) (5:21)
Side 3
1. Melt the Guns (6:34)
2. Leisure (5:02)
3. It's Nearly Africa (3:55)
4. Knuckle Down (4:28)
Side 4:
1. Fly on the Wall (3:19)
2. Down in the Cockpit (5:27)
3. English Roundabout (3:59)
4. Snowman (5.03)
●『Skylarking』
[仕様]
* 2 x 45rpm, 200g heavyweight vinyl
* 12" 16 page booklet with song notes by band members
* Lyric sheet
* Cut from corrected polarity master
* CD of corrected polarity master
* Both album sleeves - sleeve as released and original proposed design
* All contents packaged in a sturdy slipcase
A definitive edition of one of Pop's finest albums, produced by one of Pop's best producers and performed by one of Pop's greatest groups at their most popular.
[Tracklist]
A1 Summer's Cauldron
A2 Grass
A3 The Meeting Place
A4 That's Really Super Supergirl
B1 Ballet For A Rainy Day
B2 1000 Umbrellas
B3 Season Cycle
C1 Earn Enough For Us
C2 Big Day
C3 Another Satellite
C4 Mermaid Smiled
D1 The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
D2 Dear God
D3 Dying
D4 Sacrificial Bonfireuckle Down (4:28)