LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• A NEW OFFICIAL REMASTERED AND EXPANDED 2CD EDITION OF NEKTAR’S CLASSIC DEBUT ALBUM.
• FEATURING A NEW REMASTER OF THE ORIGINAL 1971 STEREO MIX.
• ALSO INCLUDES ‘THE BOSTON TAPES’ – THE UNRELEASED ALBUM RECORDED IN 1970.
• ALL TRACKS NEWLY REMASTERED AND MIXED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES.
• INCLUDES AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK WITH PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEW ESSAY.

Originally released in November 1971, the album was the first release by the band and featured a continuous piece of music divided into 13 tracks. This impressive conceptual science fiction inspired work, which was interpreted as a commentary on the nuclear arms race, was the band’s first album release and originally appeared in Germany, the country where the British band were formed and were based, enjoying commercial success and building Nektar’s loyal following.

This 2CD edition features a completely new remaster of the original stereo album mix (from the original master tapes), plus both tracks from the ‘Do You Believe in Magic’ single issued in April 1972.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

DISC ONE Journey to the Centre of the Eye
The 1971 stereo mix remastered
• Prelude
• Astronaut’s Nightmare
• Countenance
• The Nine Lifeless Daughters of the Sun
• Warp Oversight
• The Dream Nebula Part One
• The Dream Nebula Part Two
• It’s All in the Mind
• Burn Out My Eyes
• Void of Vision
• Pupil of the Eye
• Look Inside Yourself
• Death of the Mind
Bonus tracks
• Do You Believe in Magic? (A-side of single)
• 1-2-3-4 (B-side of single)
DISC TWO The Boston Tapes
Recorded in June 1970
• New Day Dawning
• Do You Believe in Magic?
• Candlelight
• Good Day
• The Life I’ve Been Leading
• Where Did You Go?
• Sealed With a Kiss
• Our Love Will Last Forever