Nektar - Journey To The Centre Of The Eye (expanded) 5 x CD + 5.1 / hi-res Blu-ray box set (due to weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed)
SKU
23-ECLEC 62891
The first release by this English group who spent their most popular and productive years in Germany, and are usually thought of as a German band. In 1971, the band landed a contract with German Bellaphon and recorded their first album, which was a spacey concept work.
This is by far their most psychedelic album, with incrediblly trippy keyboards and guitar; while they don't sound 'like' 1969 era Pink Floyd, that's a pretty good comparison, and psych/prog and 1968-1971 era Floyd fans will eat this one up. An excellent spacerock debut and one of my favorites by them!
• A NEW OFFICIAL REMASTERED AND EXPANDED 5CD/BLU-RAY EDITION OF NEKTAR’S CLASSIC DEBUT ALBUM.
• FEATURING A NEW REMASTER OF THE ORIGINAL 1971 STEREO MIX ALONG WITH NEW 5.1 SURROUND SOUND & STEREO MIXES BY BEN WISEMAN.
• ALSO INCLUDES ‘THE BOSTON TAPES’ – THE UNRELEASED ALBUM RECORDED IN 1970 AND A COMPLETE OFFICIAL BOOTLEG CONCERT RECORDING MADE IN DARMSTADT, GERMANY IN NOVEMBER 1971.
• PLUS A BLU-RAY DISC FEATURES HIGH RESOLUTION 5.1 & STEREO MIXES OF THE ALBUM ALONG WITH BONUS VIDEO CONTENT OF THE 1971 PROMOTIONAL FILM GOOD DAY.
• ALL TRACKS NEWLY REMASTERED AND MIXED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES.
• INCLUDES AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK WITH PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEW ESSAY.
Originally released in November 1971, the album was the first release by the band and featured a continuous piece of music divided into 13 tracks. This impressive conceptual science fiction inspired work, which was interpreted as a commentary on the nuclear arms race, was the band’s first album release and originally appeared in Germany, the country where the British band were formed and were based, enjoying commercial success and building Nektar’s loyal following.
This new boxed set edition features a completely new remaster of the original stereo album mix (from the original master tapes), both tracks from the ‘Do You Believe in Magic’ single issued in April 1972, along with new 5.1 Surround Sound and Stereo mixes by Ben Wiseman and a new remaster of ‘The Boston Tapes’ – the recordings made by the band in the USA in 1970 for an abortive album prior to them signing to Bellaphon Records in Germany in 1971. Also included is the complete “official bootleg” recording of a concert in Darmstadt, Germany in November 1971 presented on two CDs. Finally, the set features a region free Blu-ray disc with the new 5.1 & Stereo remixes of the album, along with bonus video footage of the promotional film ‘Good Day’ made in 1971 previously unreleased in full.
TRACK LISTING
DISC ONE
Journey to the Centre of the Eye
The 1971 stereo mix remastered
1 Prelude
2 Astronaut’s Nightmare
3 Countenance
4 The Nine Lifeless Daughters of the Sun
5 Warp Oversight
6 The Dream Nebula Part One
7 The Dream Nebula Part Two
8 It’s All in the Mind
9 Burn Out My Eyes
10 Void of Vision
11 Pupil of the Eye
12 Look Inside Yourself
13 Death of the Mind
Bonus tracks
14 Do You Believe in Magic? (A-side of single)
15 1-2-3-4 (B-side of single)
DISC TWO
The Boston Tapes Recorded in June 1970
1 New Day Dawning
2 Do You Believe in Magic?
3 Candlelight
4 Good Day
5 The Life I’ve Been Leading
6 Where Did You Go?
7 Sealed With a Kiss
8 Our Love Will Last Forever
DISC THREE
Journey to the Centre of the Eye
The new stereo mix
1 Prelude
2 Astronaut’s Nightmare
3 Countenance
4 The Nine Lifeless Daughters of the Sun
5 Warp Oversight
6 The Dream Nebula
7 It’s All in the Mind
8 Burn Out My Eyes
9 Void of Vision
10 Pupil of the Eye
11 Look Inside Yourself
12 Death of the Mind
DISC FOUR
Live at Bessunger Turnhalle, Darmstadt, Germany
13th November 1971
The official bootleg recording
1 Good Day
2 Never Never Never
3 A Tab in the Ocean
4 1-2-3-4
5 Do You Believe in Magic?
6 New Day Dawning
DISC FIVE
Live at Bessunger Turnhalle, Darmstadt, Germany
13th November 1971
The official bootleg recording
1 Journey to the Centre of the Eye
Prelude
Astronaut’s Nightmare Countenance
The Nine Lifeless Daughters of the Sun
Warp Oversight
The Dream Nebula
It’s All in the Mind
Burn Out My Eyes
Void of Vision
Pupil of the Eye
Look Inside Yourself
Death of the Mind
2 King of Twilight (early version)
3 Ron’s On
4 Porcelain Valley (Desolation Valley)
DISC SIX / BLU-RAY
Journey to the Centre of the Eye
The new stereo mix in hi-res and the new 5.1 mix
1 Prelude
2 Astronaut’s Nightmare
3 Countenance
4 The Nine Lifeless Daughters of the Sun
5 Warp Oversight
6 The Dream Nebula
7 It’s All in the Mind
8 Burn Out My Eyes
9 Void of Vision
10 Pupil of the Eye
11 Look Inside Yourself
12 Death of the Mind
Bonus video content
Good Day (1971 film) (version 1)
Good Day (1971 film) (version 2)
- LabelEsoteric
- UPC5013929489141