{"product_id":"psurroundabout-ride","title":"Psurroundabout Ride","description":"\u003cp\u003e• XTC AS DUKES OF \u003cbr\u003eSTRATOSPHEAR – THE \u003cbr\u003eCOMPLETE RECORDINGS NOW \u003cbr\u003eMIXED FOR DOLBY ATMOS \u003cbr\u003eAUDIO FROM THE ORIGINAL \u003cbr\u003eMULTI-TRACK STUDIO MASTER \u003cbr\u003eTAPES BY STEVEN WILSON \u0026amp; \u003cbr\u003eAPPROVED BY XTC\u003cbr\u003e• CD: FEATURES THE 2019 \u003cbr\u003eSTEREO MIX OF BOTH 25 \u003cbr\u003eO’CLOCK AND PSONIC \u003cbr\u003ePSUNSPOT + 2 EXTRA TRACKS\u003cbr\u003e• BLU-RAY: 2026 DOLBY ATMOS \u003cbr\u003eMIX PLUS 2019 5.1 SURROUND \u003cbr\u003eSOUND, 2019 STEREO MIXES \u003cbr\u003eBY STEVEN WILSON PLUS \u003cbr\u003eTHE ORIGINAL STEREO MIX \u003cbr\u003eAND THE COMPLETE DEMOS \u003cbr\u003eFROM BOTH ALBUMS IN HI-RES \u003cbr\u003eSTEREO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSOMETIMES IT PAYS TO BE A STUDIO BAND… BETWEEN 1980 (WHEN THEY WERE STILL PERFORMING LIVE) AND 1989, XTC WROTE, RECORDED AND \u003cbr\u003eRELEASED A SERIES OF ALBUMS FROM BLACK SEA TO ORANGES \u0026amp; LEMONS THAT CEMENTED THE BAND’S REPUTATION AS SONGWRITERS AND \u003cbr\u003eRECORDING ARTISTS ALMOST WITHOUT PARALLEL IN THE UK. THEY MAY NOT HAVE SOLD AS MANY AS SOME AND THEY TENDED TO SELL MORE IN \u003cbr\u003eJAPAN AND AMERICA THAN ON HOME SOIL. THEY MAY NOT BE AS FAMOUS AS OTHER BANDS OF THE ERA BUT, TO MANY OF THOSE WITH DISCERNING \u003cbr\u003eEARS, THEY’RE RATED AMONG THE VERY BEST, THE SELECT FEW WHO RISE ABOVE THEIR CONTEMPORARIES…\u003cbr\u003eAS IF SIX STELLAR ALBUMS IN TEN YEARS INCLUDING TWO DOUBLE LPS - IN AN ERA WHEN THE ADVENT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND CDS LEFT MANY ARTISTS STRUGGLING TO ISSUE ONE OR TWO \u003cbr\u003eALBUMS IN THE SAME PERIOD - WASN’T ENOUGH, THE BAND ALSO ISSUED TWO ALBUMS UNDER COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NAMES AS THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR, AN UNASHAMEDLY PSYCHEDELIC \u003cbr\u003eENSEMBLE WHICH PHASED AND FLANGED IN AND OUT OF EXISTENCE IN 1985 AND 1987 RESPECTIVELY… (THOUGH RUMOURS CONTINUE TO CIRCULATE OF AN EARLIER PROTO MERSEYBEAT\/BRIT BLUES \u003cbr\u003eINCARNATION OF THE BAND UNDER YET ANOTHER NAME..)\u003cbr\u003eIN 2019, PSURROUNDABOUT RIDE WAS RELEASED ON CD\/BLU-RAY GATHERING ALL OF THE DUKES’ MATERIAL INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL STEREO MIXES, NEW 2019 STEVEN WILSON 5.1 AND STEREO MIXES \u003cbr\u003eOF THE ALBUMS AND THE ADDITIONAL RECORDINGS OF ‘OPEN A CAN OF HUMAN BEANS,’ ‘BLACK JEWELLED SERPENT OF SOUND (RADIO CAROLINE EDIT)’ AND ‘TIN TOY CLOCKWORK TRAIN’ ALONG WITH \u003cbr\u003eDEMOS OF 25 O’CLOCK AND PSONIC PSUNSPOT.  \u003cbr\u003eNOW IN 2026 STEVEN WILSON HAS ONCE AGAIN WORKED HIS MAGIC TO CREATE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ATMOS AUDIO MIX THAT BRINGS OUT ALL THE DELIGHTFUL INTRICACIES IN DETAIL. WHILE \u003cbr\u003eTHE ORIGINAL PSYCHEDELIC ERA WAS BORN OF THE POSSIBILITIES INHERENT IN STEREO BUT, IRONICALLY, MOSTLY HEARD VIA MONO RADIOS AT THE TIME AND XTC’S 80S RETURN TO THAT GENRE \u003cbr\u003eCAPITALISED ON ALL THE STUDIO PROGRESS MADE IN STEREO RECORDING OVER THE PRECEDING TWO DECADES, THE DUKES’ OUTPUT PROVED VERY WELL SUITED TO THE 5.1 SURROUND SOUND \u003cbr\u003eENVIRONMENT IN 2019. \u003cbr\u003eHOWEVER, THE COMBINATION OF THE STRENGTH OF THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL\/RECORDINGS AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF ATMOS, COMBINED WITH STEVEN WILSON’S LOVE OF THE MATERIAL AND \u003cbr\u003eEXPERIENCE AS A MIXER OF ATMOS RELEASES, TAKE THE MATERIAL SEVERAL TRIPS FURTHER INTO THE AUDIO COSMOS. THE MUSICAL EXPERIMENTATION OF THE MID 1960S AS REIMAGINED BY XTC IN \u003cbr\u003eTHE 1980S, MAY FINALLY HAVE FOUND ITS ULTIMATE LISTENING MODE IN THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE 2020S. AS JEFFERSON AIRPLANE PUT IT: “FEED YOUR HEAD…”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DGM PANEGYRIC","offers":[{"title":"CD + BLU-RAY","offer_id":54396896903495,"sku":"TRI-76122","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/6a5debd025e5ef6204178b57.jpg?v=1784621037","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/psurroundabout-ride","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}