Remastering: Steven Wilson Commemorative Collector’s Edition of the classic 1971 album, featuring previously unreleased all new stereo and 5.1 surround sound edition, mixed by Steven Wilson. Blu-ray Album mixed to 5.1 surround sound with 4 additional recordings all 96/24 LPCM & DTS-HD Master Audio.
Though this is ostensibly an “audio only” release, there is minimal video content on the Blu-ray, encoded via AVC. It’s simple things like an animated screen featuring the original album cover with superimposed titles of whatever song is playing, or in the case of the bonus tracks, various (sometimes weird and wacky) promo pictures of Ian and the boys.
Band:
• Ian Anderson – vocals, acoustic guitar, flute
• Martin Barre – electric guitar, descant recorder
• John Evan – piano, organ, mellotron
• Jeffrey Hammond (as “Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond”) – bass guitar, alto recorder and odd voices (and backing vocals on “Mother Goose”)
• Clive Bunker – drums and percussion
• Glenn Cornick – bass guitar (played with the band at rehearsals for the album in June 1970, some of which may also have been recording sessions, although he is not credited on the album).
The audio options on the Blu-ray disc:
• New Mix by Steven Wilson 2011 – 96/24 LPCM Stereo
• New Mix by Steven Wilson 2011 – 96/24 LPCM 5.1
• New Mix by Steven Wilson 2011 – DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Original Mix (Direct Transfer of ј Inch Master) – 96/24 LPCM Stereo
• Quad Mix (Original 1974 Quadrophonic Mix by Robin Black) – 96/24 LPCM 4.1
• Quad Mix (Original 1974 Quadrophonic Mix by Robin Black) – DTS-HD Master Audio 4.1
Tracklisting album:
1. Aqualung (6:35) | 2. Cross-Eyed Mary (4:10) | 3. Cheap Day Return (1:22) | 4. Mother Goose (3:53)
5. Wond’ring Aloud (1:53) | 6. Up To Me (3:14) | 7. My God (7:11) | 8. Hymn (3:18) | 9. Slipstream (1:13)
10. Locomotive Breath (4:41) | 11. Wind-Up (6:03)
Bonus tracks – Additional Recordings 1970-71 (Stereo 96/24 LPCM):
1. Lick Your Fingers Clean (2:49) *
2. Just Trying to Be (1:38)
3. My God (9:43) * (Early version, previously unreleased)
4. Wond’ring Aloud (1:52) (Unreleased early version 12/13/70)
5. Wind-Up (5:22) (Early version)
6. Slipstream (0:55) (Take 2)
7. Up the Pool (1:13) (Early version, previously unreleased)
8. Wond’ring Aloud Again (7:08) (Unreleased Morgan Studios version)
9. Life is a Long Song (3:20) *
10. Up the Pool (3:13) *
11. Dr. Bogenbroom (3:01) (Original Mix Remastered)
12. From Later (2:09) (Original Mix Remastered)
13. Nursie (1:38) (Original Mix Remastered)
* track marked have an additional 5.1 surround mix