For those of you who enjoy the spaced out bliss of the Ozrics, Kscope have just announced a new box set for 14 January. This will include Ed Wynne's remasters for the Pungent, Erpland, Strangeitude and Jurassic albums, along with the live Underslunky album. The remasters were done for the vinyl editions and have been available as downloads via Bandcamp, and I can attest that these are a nice improvement on the previous masters used for the existing cds. The set also comes with a rarities disc, a dvd, and an eighty page book approved and contributed to by all previous members. I'm on the band's FB page and the book has been the subject of a lot of anticipation, as the author (also on the group) is clearly a fan who knows the band members well, so everyone's cool with the contents. You can pre-order from Burning Shed here: Travelling The Great Circle: Pungent Effulgent to Jurassic Shift (burningshed.com) The official blurb is below: A 7 Disc boxset showcasing a band in the ascent and at its most inspired. Alongside the first four official studio albums released by Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent, Erpland, Strangeitude and Jurassic Shift - and Live Underslunky, Travelling The Great Circle offers a collection of rare content from band members old and new, personal artefacts from close associates of the band, and new Erpmen drawn by Ed Wynne. The 80-page Hardback Book Edition also features liner notes by Dominic Blake, rare photographs and hard to find audio and visual material. The bonus disc Demos & Rarities was hand-picked and remastered by Ed Wynne This edition also includes a DVD featuring the band at the height of their powers, performing to a sold out crowd at Brixton’s Fridge in 1991, along with various TV appearances from the era.
This is WONDERFUL NEWS The best Ozric Tentacles era remastered Curious about the Brixton DVD That gig has been available for ages in really low quality
Nice boxset; I love this period of the Ozrics! My first encounter with them was with Erpland. Great cosmic energy.
I have the original Erpland CD, haven't had the time to dig further into their catalogue, but great they get some recognition in terms of remasters!
The book-set has now been released, and it's a really nice piece of work. I've put together a review of the contents (and there are a lot), together with comparisons of the new remasters vs the previous cd editions, and a look at the re-authored dvd of the Brixton 1991 show. Ozric Tentacles – Travelling The Great Circle (Deluxe Edition Book Set) (2022) (*****) Hope you find it helpful.
Thanks for the review. I don't really need the audio as I'm happy to stick with my original CDs, Cassettes and Vinyl. I'd love to get hold of a copy of the book though, I wonder if that's would ever get a release on its own. Here's hoping!
Meh. Received the box from jpc.de today I thought. But they send a similar looking box set by Paradise Lost by mistake.
Check my review, tagged a few posts earlier in this thread. The link will take you to my analysis of the audio compared to previous editions.
Kind of strange that up until today this was listed on many retail sites (Amazon, DeepDiscount, ImportCDs). Today I can only find it on Burning Shed. Wonder what happened.
I was lucky enough to get it from Amazon.co.uk for a total of $90.00 US shipped via DHL Express (2 day delivery). It was only 49.99 pounds with 11.87 pounds shipping. I see it is way more expensive now on Amazon.co.uk. I was going to order from ImportCDs since they had it for $71.99, but it went on back-order immediately and they never got stock (that I am aware of). Amazon in the US was a bit more expensive at $119.00, so I was going to order on release day which at Amazon.co.uk was 1/28/22. I checked that morning and it was IN STOCK for that price I indicated earlier shipped to the US via upgraded express shipping. Burning Shed would have cost more, but I was prepared to order at Burning Shed if Amazon.co.uk didn't come through. Actually I see the box is IN STOCK at Amazon.com right now, but for $138.99 (from a 3rd party seller).
The 49.99 pounds sale was from seller “vinylhead” (fulfilled by Amazon) and is actually Snapper Music who was distributing the box. I got in on that as well before they sold out and it should arrive on Monday.
Resurrecting this thread from earlier in the year.. So you may have seen my thread complaining that two of my original DOVETAIL CDs had deteriorated to the point where they are un-listenable.. Well, both of those CD's are in this Box set and have been remastered! I do already have Strangeitude and Jurassic albums, but they are also the original releases on good ole' Dovetail - so I am unsure if they will eventually self-destruct as well..! Also I already have the live Underslunky album as well, making this Box Set having 3 CD's that I already have.. However, I can now get it for a bit over $70 delivered, which is slightly over double the price of simply replacing the first two CDs (Erpland & Punget Effulgent), so I figured what-the-heck, just do it...! Cheers
