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Release Date: 28 March 2025
Label: Esoteric / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 5013929489646
Genres: Rock Progressive Rock
Description
• NEW 2CD / MULTI-REGION BLU-RAY VIDEO CLAMSHELL BOX SET FEATURING THE CLASIC ALBUM 'WORLD RECORD’ BY VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR.
• INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL STEREO MIX REMASTERED ALONGSIDE NEW STEREO & 5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIXES BY STEPHEN W TAYLER.
• PLUS THE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO FILM OF 'WONDERING’.
• AND AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET & ESSAY.
Originally released in October 1976, the album was the last to be recorded by the line-up of Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton, David Jackson and Guy Evans until their reunion in 2005.
Recorded at Rockfield Studios in May 1976, the album featured such material as 'Wondering’, 'A Place to Survive’, 'When She Comes’ and the long piece 'Meurglys III, The Songwriter’s Guild’.
This new 2 CD / Blu-Ray edition features a remastered version of the original album mix and the single B-side 'Part One (Approx. 35% of) Meurglys III (The Songwriters Guild)’ along with stunning new stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound mixes by Stephen W Tayler. The Blu-Ray disc also includes the 1976 promotional film of 'Wondering’. The package and includes an illustrated booklet with essay.
Tracklisting
DISC ONE
World Record - Remastered
1 When She Comes
2 A Place to Survive
3 Masks
4 Meurglys III (The Songwriters Guild)
5 Wondering
Bonus track
6 Part One (Approx. 35% of) Meurglys III (The Songwriters Guild)
(B-side of single)
DISC TWO
World Record - Stephen W Tayler stereo mix
1 When She Comes
2 A Place to Survive
3 Masks
4 Meurglys III (The Songwriters Guild)
5 Wondering
DISC THREE
World Record
High resolution new 5.1 surround sound & stereo mixes
1 When She Comes
2 A Place to Survive
3 Masks
4 Meurglys III (The Songwriters Guild) 5 Wondering
Bonus visual content
6 Wondering
(1976 Charisma Records promotional video)
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