Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink 40th Anniversary

A classic 70's prog rock masterpiece. Oh frabjous day!

From Wikipedia:

A new edition of the album is going to be released to coincide with its 40th anniversary, remastered and mixed in 5.1 by Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree.

Box set with 3 discs scheduled for release on May 30. Preorder open at Amazon UK:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Land-Grey-Pi...dp/B004TPXVKS/

http://www.caravan-info.co.uk/#/news...versaryedition

Description:

We still aren't completely clued on the details yet but Steven Wilson confirms that he remastered a stereo mix and a 5.1 surround mix, with a whole slew of out-takes and alternate versions from the master tapes.

We're not sure if the bonus DVD is still included at the moment. We will try to dig up more info from Universal. Stay tuned for more information!


Track Listing:

Disc: 1
1. Golf Girl
2. Winter Wine
3. Love To Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly)
4. In The Land Of Grey & Pink
5. Nine Feet Underground
6. Frozen Rose (I Don't Know It's Name Alias The Word)
7. Love To Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly)
8. Nine Feet Underground (Alternate Stereo Mix)

Disc: 2
1. Aristocracy
2. It Doesn't Take A Lot
3. Love To Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly)
4. It's Likely to Have a Name Next Week (Winter Wine Instrumental)
5. Nigel Blows A Tune
6. Group Girl (Golf Girl first version)
7. Love Song Without Flute
8. In The Land Of Grey And Pink
9. Love To Love You
10. Nine Feet Underground
11. Feelin', Reelin', Squealin'

Disc: 3
1. Golf Girl
2. Winter Wine
3. Love To Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly)
4. In The Land Of Grey & Pink
5. Nine Feet Underground - Medley
6. Frozen Rose (I Don't Know It's Name Alias The Word)
7. Golf Girl
8. Winter Wine

From the official Caravan web site:

Disc One features the original album newly remastered by Paschal Byrne at The Audio Archive plus three new Stereo mixes by Steven Wilson.

Disc Two features two previously unreleased versions of “It Doesn’t Take A Lot” and “Nigel Blows A Tune” plus four non-album tracks remixed by Wilson. Disc two also includes three songs recorded live for BBC radio’s Sounds of the Seventies - “Love To Love You”, “Love Song Without Flute” and “In The Land Of Grey And Pink” plus two songs recorded live for John Peel’s Sunday Concert which included a superb cover version of Soft Machine’s “Feelin’, Reelin’, Squealin’” and Caravan’s own magnum opus, “Nine Feet Underground”.

Disc Three is a DVD featuring the brand new 5.1 Surround Sound and Stereo mix of the album plus two performances recorded for German TV’s Beat Club in June 1971. “Golf Girl” was broadcast at the time but “Winter Wine” has never been seen.


Track Listing:

Disc One

01. Golf Girl (5.01)
02. Winter Wine (7.36)
03. Love To Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly) (3.03)
04. In The Land of Grey and Pink (5.00)
05. Nine Feet Underground (22.43)
a. Nigel Blows A Tune
b. Love’s a Friend
c. Make it 76
d. Dance of the Seven Paper Hankies
e. Hold Granddad by The Nose
f. Honest I Did !
g. Disassociation
h. 100% Proof

6. Frozen Rose (I Don’t Know It’s Name Alias The Word) - S. Wilson Stereo Mix (6.08) *
7. Love To Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly) - First Version - S. Wilson Stereo Mix (3.26) **
8. Nine Feet Underground (Alternate Version) - S. Wilson Stereo Mix (22.39) **

* Previously Unreleased Mix
** Previously Unreleased Version


Disc Two

01. Aristocracy - S. Wilson Stereo Mix (3.15) *
02. It Doesn’t Take A Lot - Previously Unreleased Version (3.14) **
03. Love To Love You (And Pigs Will Fly) - Extended Version - S. Wilson Stereo Mix (3.21) *
04. It’s Likely To Have A Title Next Week (Winter Wine Instrumental) S. Wilson Stereo Mix (7.48) *
05. Nigel Blows A Tune - First Version - Previously Unreleased Version (5.51) **
06. Group Girl (Golf Girl - First Version) - S. Wilson Stereo Mix (5.14) *
07. Love Song Without Flute - Sounds of the Seventies Session (3.33)
08. In The Land of Grey and Pink - Sounds of the Seventies Session (3.44)
09. Love To Love You (And Pigs Will Fly) - Sounds of the Seventies Session (3.12)
10. Nine Feet Underground - John Peel Sunday Concert (14.27)
11. Feelin’ Reelin’ Squeelin’ - John Peel Sunday Concert (9.30)

* Previously Unreleased Mix
** Previously Unreleased Version


Disc Three (DVD)

01. Golf Girl - S. Wilson 5.1 Surround Sound Mix (5.04) *
02. Winter Wine - S. Wilson 5.1 Surround Sound Mix (7.37) *
03. Love To Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly) - S. Wilson 5.1 Surround Sound Mix (3.05) *
04. In The Land of Grey and Pink - S. Wilson 5.1 Surround Sound Mix (5.01) *
05. Nine Feet Underground - S. Wilson 5.1 Surround Sound Mix (22.40) *
a. Nigel Blows A Tune
b. Love’s a Friend
c. Make it 76
d. Dance of the Seven Paper Hankies
e. Hold Granddad by The Nose
f. Honest I Did !
g. Disassociation
h. 100% Proof

* Previously Unreleased Mix

Video
01. Golf Girl from Beat Club - Germany (Broadcast - June 1971)
02. Winter Wine from Beat Club - Germany (Recorded but never before seen - June 1971)
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Nice to have confirmation that disc 3 is a DVD with the surround sound mix by Steven Wilson. However, the jury is still out whether this is a DVD-A release (as I fervently hope that it will be, going by previous Steven Wilson productions) or DVD-V (DTS 96/24). Either way, have preordered from UK.

Received a shipment notice from Amazon UK. Still no information on the DVD audio quality.

Received this today. What a missed opportunity not to have provided higher quality audio, especially after Steven Wilson took the trouble to master the main tracks in surround sound! This doesn't bode well for the 40th anniversary Aqualung release either. Will we now have to wait for the 50th anniversary of these classics? Some of us are not getting younger and the audio quality may soon not matter any more.

I am pleasantly surprised at how good this surround mix sounds even in DD audio. Steven Wilson has worked his magic here and the result is very good. I can only imagine what it could have been as a DVD-A release.

@Process53, Steven Wilson is also involved with the Aqualung re-mix. But it is the record labels who aren't willing to spend the money to provide better quality audio even when it is available. Perhaps, as with the Pink Floyd SACDs, a specialty label will end up procuring the audiophile masters and produce lossless surround sound releases for the rest of us.... Burning Shed? Hint, hint.