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Jethro Tull surfaces for Halloween...

A commemorative Collector's Edition of Jethro Tull's classic 1971 album, featuring new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes by Steven Wilson.

The box set contains 2 cds, a 180g audiophile LP in replica gatefold sleeve, plus dvd and blu-ray discs containing a 5.1 mix of the album and four bonus tracks.

The superb package comes with a 48 page hardback book featuring detailed liner notes, a new Ian Anderson interview, Q&A's with engineer John Burns, notes from Steven Wilson, lyrics, rare photos, and reflections from Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, Martin Barre, Clive Bunker, Barrie Barlow, Glenn Cornick, Terry Ellis and Jennie Franks (Ian Anderson's first wife and lyricist for title track Aqualung).

Shipping includes insurance as standard (UK = Recorded Delivery, EC/Rest of World = International Sign For). You will need to sign for the package when it arrives.

Pre-order now for 31st October 2011 release date

Discipline with Starless and Bible Black almost here...

The sixth and seventh releases in the superb King Crimson reissue series.

The edgy Post-Punk 'Rock Gamelan' complexity of 1981's Discipline signified a startling reinvention for this most restless of bands and remains one of the key albums of the early 1980s and one of the most popular and influential in King Crimson's catalogue.

Perhaps the most accurate representation of the band's powerful mid-70's identity, 1974's Starless And Bible Black was an experimental hybrid of live material and studio recordings which came between the landmark releases Larks' Tongues In Aspic and Red.

Featuring the original and new (by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp) stereo mixes of the albums, both releases are loaded with rare extras (audio and visual) and both come with new 5.1 mixes by Steven Wilson.

Pre-order now for October 3rd 2011 shipping.