Porcupine Tree - 'Anesthetize' LIVE
Posted by: apye! on 25 January 2012
I am looking to treat myself to this on vinyl and the cheapest I can find it is around £68 including postage!!
Is it really worth spending this much on one box set?
What is the quality like, up to the usual PT & Tonefloat standard?
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I guess I must have written the above soon after getting Stupid Dream, which is actually rather excellent.
Lightbulb Sun is similar to Stupid Dream - more song based than earlier stuff and more melodic than the later stuff.
I also have Anaethetize which is excellent if slightly expensive but is a thing of beauty.
I would also recommend Steven Wilson's two solo albums, especially the new one Grace for Drowning which is reminiscent of 'Lizard' period King Crimson (hardly surprising as SW re-mastered that recently).
The No-Man albums are well worth investigating too. I found Tim Bowness' vocals to be the initial sticking point on these but once I got past that I think they are wonderful.
Also the Blackfield albums - especially the first one. They are a more poppy version of PT.
Finally, I said before that SW didn't have it in him to produce a poor album. Sadly he does. In my opinion, "The Incident" is the worst PT album by a long way, I just had a bad feeling about a 55 minute song cycle and was proved right. I'm glad I ducked out of the live shows as they played this in its entirety.
I hope this is a temporary blip (both of his solo albums are much better that The Incident so he hasn't lost his touch).
p.s. Can I mention Pineapple Thief here? They have started to re-release their back catalogue, see Gary Shaw's comments near the bottom...
https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878606826720
I got Variations On A Dream for Xmas. The second CD is, as Gary says excellent.
I got the Anesthetize box set from Tonefloat, the set cost £50 + pp. The second slab of vinyl was damaged due to a bit of swarf from (I assume) the drilling of the centre hole, when played there was a distinct rumble in the affected area, I got in touch with Tonefloat, and a new copy was sent within a few days, an excellent service and very friendly. As for the album collection, the sound is fantastic with a real sense of the live acoustic, lots of air and space and ambience.