A&M / Interscope Records are proud to release The Studio Collection, a career-spanning vinyl LP box set featuring all of Sting’s seminal solo studio albums brought together for the first time. The Studio Collection includes eight essential A&M Records albums across eleven LPs – The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (1985), ...Nothing Like The Sun (1987) (double LP), The Soul Cages (1991), Ten Summoner’s Tales (1993), Mercury Falling (1996), Brand New Day (1999) (double LP), Sacred Love (2003) (double LP) and The Last Ship (2013) – with both Brand New Day and Sacred Love available on vinyl for the first time ever. All of the included LPs appear in exact replicas of the original artwork presented in an exceptional slipcase package, with brand new vinyl masters cut at the legendary Abbey Road studios to ensure exceptional audio quality. Tracklist: The Dream Of The Blue Turtles Side A: If You Love Somebody Set Them Free Love Is The Seventh Wave Russians Children's Crusade Shadows In The Rain Side B: We Work The Black Seam Consider Me Gone The Dream Of The Blue Turtles Moon Over Bourbon Street Fortress Around Your Heart ...Nothing Like The Sun Side A: The Lazarus Heart Be Still My Beating Heart Englishman In New York Side B: History Will Teach Us Nothing They Dance Alone Fragile Side C: We'll Be Together Straight To My Heart Rock Steady Side D: Sister Moon Little Wing The Secret Marriage The Soul Cages Side A: Island Of Souls All This Time Mad About You Jeremiah Blues (Part 1) Why Should I Cry For You? Side B: Saint Agnes And The Burning Train The Wild Wild Sea The Soul Cages When The Angels Fall Ten Summoner’s Tales Side A: If I Ever Lose My Faith In You Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven) Fields Of Gold Heavy Cloud No Rain She's Too Good For Me Seven Days Side B: Saint Augustine In Hell It's Probably Me Shape Of My Heart Something The Boy Said Epilogue (Nothing 'Bout Me) Mercury Falling Side A: The Hounds Of Winter I Hung My Head Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot I Was Brought To My Senses You Still Touch Me Side B: I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying All Four Seasons Twenty Five To Midnight La Belle Dame Sans Regrets Valparaiso Lithium Sunset Brand New Day Side A: A Thousand Years Desert Rose Big Lie Small World Side B: After The Rain Has Fallen Perfect Love...Gone Wrong Side C: Tomorrow We'll See Prelude To The End Of The Game Fill Her Up Side D: Ghost Story Brand New Day Sacred Love Side A: Inside Send Your Love Whenever I Say Your Name Side B: Dead Man's Rope Never Coming Home Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) Side C: Forget About The Future This War The Book Of My Life Side D: Sacred Love Send Your Love (Dave Aude Remix Edit Version) The Last Ship Side A: The Last Ship Dead Man's Boots And Yet August Winds Language Of Birds Practical Arrangement Side B: The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance Ballad Of The Great Eastern What Have We Got? (feat. Jimmy Nail) I Love Her But She Loves Someone Else So To Speak (feat. Becky Unthank)
Dang i just paid ma pretty penny for a VG+ copy of mercury falling on vinyl. Any idea if these will be sold individually?
Interested to hear about the source material used, but can't help but wonder if you were trying to "ensure exceptional audio quality" why you wouldn't do a 2LP for Ten Summoner's Tales vs. 24+ mins for both sides on a single LP.
For anyone interested, according to Super Deluxe Edition these are not remastered: Sting / The Studio Collection vinyl box | superdeluxeedition » In terms of packaging, all of the included LPs will appear in ‘exact replicas’ of the original artwork and are presented in a ‘drawer’-style slipcase package. The records are 180g vinyl pressings, with brand new vinyl masters cut at Abbey Road Studios. It should be noted however, that none of the albums have been remastered.
I never owned this album -- is that a Japanese bonus track? These Universal box sets are pretty strict about keeping to the regular UK track listing.
It wasn't a bonus track as it's on every version of the album apart from North America for some strange reason.
So exact replica's, not-remastered...does that mean that the "Turtles"and "Nothing Like The Sun" LPs aren't different from the original vinyl albums? I'll watch this thread for the first review and might dive in for "Soul Cages"...
It does not say who did the mastering. They fail to say if direct from analogue for the earlier albums. Brand new Day is welcome on vinyl at last and even Sacred Love may be worth a listen on this format. Problem is have the rest as originals so these vinyl cuts will need to be done well to be worth considering.
From what i've read, (Michael Fremer's website) Abbey Road can only cut new lacquers from digital files, so these won't be cut from tape (for those albums were it originally existed)
There's the thing; my setup is not too critical and my ears are almost 52 years; I don't think I'll hear the difference between the 'new Abbey Road Cut'' and a nice original anyway.
Not true. He is talking of the half speed process but for that they could use tape except Miles Showell prefers to use digital to preserve bass extension and easy de SS ing . They can cut AAA at normal speed as per The Beatles In Mono and Nick Drake titles. Which process they used for these is not stated.
Am I correct in assuming that Mercury Falling is hard to find and that Brand New Day and Sacred Love were never pressed to vinyl?