In celebration of the reissue of ‘Their Majesties Satanic Request’ the gold-plate label have put together the ultimate collectors set.
Using all the collectable material that Midnight Beat, Scorpio, et al brought us previously, this multi media set features all the known bits and bobs from these psychedelic sessions.
The 2 CDs from this set seem to be a composite of ‘the best of ..’ from all these sessions including the rarer recordings and acetate mixes from the era, all remastered and reconstructed for your listening pleasure.
The DVDs feature a ‘lyric video album’ – presumed to be a composite of footage from around the era with additional lyrics plus three additional videos of unknown vintage also the audio from the outtakes and none-official recordings from this album along with the acetate that sprung up a couple of years ago;
STUDIO SESSIONS – AUDIO TRACKS She’s A Rainbow [aka Flowers In Your Bonnet] (Takes 1-2) She’s A Rainbow [aka Flowers In Your Bonnet] (Takes 3-7) recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London – 17th to 21th May, 1967
Citadel [aka After Five] (Take 1) Citadel [aka After Five] (Takes 2-4) Citadel [aka After Five] (Take 5) Citadel [aka After Five] (Takes 6-7)
Citadel [aka After Five] (Take 8) Citadel [aka After Five] (Takes 9-10) Citadel [aka After Five] (Takes 11-15) Citadel [aka After Five] (Take 16)
Citadel [aka After Five] (Takes 17-18) Citadel [aka After Five] (Takes 19-24) Citadel [aka After Five] (Takes 25-31) Citadel [aka After Five] (Takes 32-33) Citadel [aka After Five] (Take 34) Citadel [aka After Five] (with piano overdubs) recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London – 9th June 1967
In Another Land [aka Acid In The Grass / Bill’s Tune] (Rehearsal) In Another Land [aka Acid In The Grass / Bill’s Tune] (Takes 1-3)
In Another Land [aka Acid In The Grass / Bill’s Tune] (Takes 4-8) In Another Land [aka Acid In The Grass / Bill’s Tune] (Take 9)
In Another Land [aka Acid In The Grass / Bill’s Tune] (ReTakes 1-2) In Another Land [aka Acid In The Grass / Bill’s Tune] (ReTake 3)
In Another Land [aka Acid In The Grass / Bill’s Tune] (ReTakes 5-14) Sing This All Together (See What Happens) [aka God Bless You] (Intro)
Sing This All Together (See What Happens) [aka God Bless You] (Take 7) recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London – 2nd to 22nd July 1967
EXTRAS She’s A Rainbow III (Promo version) The Lantern [aka Fly My Kite / Flying High] (electric guitar overdubs)
Sing This All Together [aka God Bless You] (electric guitar overdubs) NTSC 16:9 Wide Screen – Dolby Digital Stereo / Mono time. 56min.+2h4min.
DVD TWO STUDIO SESSIONS – AUDIO TRACKS
We Love You [aka Old King Cole] (Take 4) We Love You [aka Old King Cole] (Takes 15-16) We Love You [aka Old King Cole] (Takes 17-19)
The Lantern [aka Fly My Kite / Flying High] (Take 1) The Lantern [aka Fly My Kite / Flying High] (Takes 2-3)
The Lantern [aka Fly My Kite / Flying High] (Takes 4-5) The Lantern [aka Fly My Kite / Flying High] (Takes 10-12)
The Lantern [aka Fly My Kite / Flying High] (Take 14) The Lantern [aka Fly My Kite / Flying High] (Takes 15-17)
The Lantern [aka Fly My Kite / Flying High] (ReTakes 1-3) On With The Show [aka Surprise Me] (Takes 1-3) On With The Show [aka Surprise Me] (Takes 4-6) On With The Show [aka Surprise Me] (Takes 7-10) On With The Show [aka Surprise Me] (Takes 11-12, 14) 5 Part Jam part 1 (Takes 1-2)
5 Part Jam part 1 (Takes 3-5) 5 Part Jam part 2 (Takes 1-5) 5 Part Jam part 3 (Takes 1-5) 5 Part Jam part 4 (Takes 1-10) 5 Part Jam part 4 (Takes 11-15)
5 Part Jam part 5 (Takes 1-3) Majesties Honky Tonk (Takes 1-2) Majesties Honky Tonk (Take 3) Majesties Honky Tonk (Takes 4-9)
Majesties Honky Tonk (Takes 10) Majesties Honky Tonk (Takes 11-12) Majesties Honky Tonk (Takes 15-17) Title 15 [aka Dream Pipe] (Rehearsal)
Title 15 [aka Dream Pipe] (Takes 1-3) Title 15 [aka Dream Pipe] (Take 4) Title 15 [aka Dream Pipe] (Take 5) Title 15 [aka Dream Pipe] (Take 6)
Title 15 [aka Dream Pipe] (Take 7) Jam One [aka Dream Pipe] (Takes 1-7) Jam One [aka Dream Pipe] (Takes 8-9) Jam One [aka Dream Pipe] (Takes 10-15)
Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London – 2nd to 22nd July 1967
Organ Intermezzo (She Smiled Sweetly) 2000 Man [aka I Want People To Know] (Takes 1-3) 2000 Man [aka I Want People To Know] (Takes 4-5) 2000 Man [aka I Want People To Know] (Take 6-8) 2000 Man [aka I Want People To Know] (Takes 9-15) 2000 Man [aka I Want People To Know] (intro Takes 1-6) 2000 Man [aka I Want People To Know] (intro Takes 7-14) 2000 Man [aka I Want People To Know] (middle part Takes 1-5)
2000 Man [aka I Want People To Know] (middle part Take 10-13) 2000 Man [aka I Want People To Know] (end Takes 1-3) Gomper (Take 1)
Gomper (Take 2) Gomper (Takes 3-5) Gomper part1 (Take 1) Gomper part1 (Take 2) 2000 Lights Years From Home [aka Title 12 / Aftermath] (Rehearsal)
2000 Lights Years From Home [aka Title 12 / Aftermath] (Take 1) 2000 Lights Years From Home [aka Title 12 / Aftermath] (Takes 2, 4)
2000 Lights Years From Home [aka Title 12 / Aftermath] (Takes 5-6) 2000 Lights Years From Home [aka Title 12 / Aftermath] (Takes 7-10)
2000 Lights Years From Home [aka Title 12 / Aftermath] (Take 11) 2000 Lights Years From Home [aka Title 12 / Aftermath] (Takes 12-13)
2000 Lights Years From Home [aka Title 12 / Aftermath] (Takes 14-15) 2000 Lights Years From Home [aka Title 12 / Aftermath] (ReTakes 3-4)
Soul Blues (Take 1) Soul Blues (Take 2) Soul Blues (Take 3) Blues #3 (Takes 27-31) Blues #3 (Takes 32-39) Blues #3 (Takes 40-44)
Blues #3 (ReTakes 1-2) Blues #3 (ReTake 3) Blues #3 (ReTakes 4-5) recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London – 10th August to 7th September, 1967
Gold Painted Nails (Take 1) Gold Painted Nails (Take 2) Gold Painted Nails (Takes 3-4) Gold Painted Nails (Takes 5-9) Gold Painted Nails (Takes 10-11) Gold Painted Nails (Take 12) Gold Painted Nails (Takes 13-16) Gold Painted Nails (Take 17) Gold Painted Nails (ReTakes 1-5 called takes 18-22)
Gold Painted Nails (ReTake 3 called take 23) Child Of The Moon (Take 10) Child Of The Moon (Takes 11-12) Cosmic Chrismas
recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London – 16th ,21st & 23rd October 1967
ACETATE MIX Gomper (short) (part 1 – take 2 edited acetate mix) Gomper (long) (part 1 – take 2 acetate mix) Soul Blues (take 3 – acetate mix)
Title 15 [aka Dream Pipe] (take 17 edited acetate mix) The Lantern [aka Fly My Kite / Flying High] (acetate mix)
In Another Land [aka Acid In The Grass / Bill’s Tune] (acetate mix) On With The Show [aka Surprise Me] (acetate mix) London 15th September 1967
NTSC 16:9 Wide Screen – Dolby Digital Stereo / Mono time. 5h28min.
The Bluray disk features a duplicate of the lyric video album with 3 audio options – 1) High Resolution 96khx/24bit PCM stereo 2) High Resolution 96khx/24bit PCM mono 3) Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and also includes the bonus videos included on the DVD in Full HD 1920×1080 NTSC 16:9 Wide Screen.
That’s more than enough for a Cosmic Christmas, I’m sure you’ll agree.
4 Comments
I generally don’t collect DVD’s or any other video formats, and apparently I don’t even have anything that plays Blu-Ray discs, but DVD #2 runs as long as approx. 5 hours, 28 minutes…I didn’t even know that DVD’s could be that long! DVD #1 runs approx. 3 hours total, and the Blu-Ray recordable disc runs approx. just 56 minutes long. Unfortunately for me, there’s a lot of material on all 3 of these video discs that aren’t on either audio disc…I would have certainly preferred them in audio format rather than video. Overall, though, I’m rather pleased with the whole set…esp. as I didn’t have to pay that much for it.
I believe the Goldplate set will only get you what you have on various other scattered releases but with the added bonus of that Blurry audio. You don’t need to splash out nominal prices for the old MB boxed sets, the old Scorpio single CD release, et al and thank goodness someone did this as – barring the 3D sleeve, the anniversary version of the official album was something I’m happy to skip over.
Thanks, but actuallly, much of the TSMR studio material I don’t already have, because I have only a 1CD release that I have somewhere in my collection but can’t remember much about, as I can’t even remember what particular label it’s on, but it’s a little less than 1 full disc (less than 80 minutes), and approx. the first 44 minutes are just the mono version of the official album (if I remember correctly). So this new Goldplate release should give me considerably more of the demos, outtakes, alt. versions, etc., that I very much want, despite the whole entire set being somewhat pricey…esp. considering for me the fact that I don’t even have a Blu-Ray disc player, and I don’t really collect DVD’s or videos unless they come as extras with the regular audio CD’s. Thanks.
Thanks very much for this new info., but is this new boot (unofficial) version of “TSMR” supposed to be an alternative to the official 50th Anniversary reissue?
I’ve looked up the official 50th Anniv. reissue on the ‘Net, and apparently it has 2 vinyl LP’s, 2 hybrid SACD’s, a book, & maybe some other stuff, but apparently with no bonus audio tracks/material (demos, outtakes, alt. versions, etc.) whatsoever, all for quite an expensive price of at least $50 at the very minimum, but more likely closer to $100. Really?! I haven’t collected vinyl in decades, as I don’t even have a turntable anymore & haven’t had one for many many years, so why the hell would I want the official 50th Anniv. reissue? I’m hoping that this new Goldplate boot version will give me what I want, but somebody please correct me or warn me if it actually doesn’t…Thanx