XTC - The Big Express (The Surround Series) (2023) [Blu-ray Audio]

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XTC - The Big Express (The Surround Series) (2023) [Blu-ray Audio]
Label: Ape House
Country: UK
Genre: New Wave, Art Pop, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Audio: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 96 kHz / 6623 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / Dolby TrueHD/Atmos Audio / 7.1 / 48 kHz / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -31dB)
Time: 04:00:20
Full Size: 29.32 GB

The Big Express (1984) is the seventh in a series of expanded XTC album reissues, including 5.1 Surround mixes, Dolby Atmos (for the first time with an XTC album), 2023 stereo mixes and High-Resolution stereo mixes by Steven Wilson, along with a wealth of extra audio and visual material.

A neglected classic of its era, the album creatively fused the band's immense songwriting gifts with the technology of the day to produce a vibrant Post-Punk concept album about growing up in an industrial town.

"The Big Express is the closest we ever came to recording a 'concept' album. It's full of Swindon and deep seams of life there, that run through myself, Colin, and Dave, (Terry too of course). It's populated by members of our families, our hopes and dreams. The things we wished for, or feared, a stew of memories." - Andy Partridge (excerpted from the book Popartery, 2023)

Blu-Ray includes the newly mixed material as featured on CD in Hi-Res Stereo, 5.1 Surround and Dolby Atmos + 2023 stereo out-takes & instrumental mixes in Hi-Res stereo. Also includes the original album + additional tracks in Hi-Res stereo. The complete album & more also appear in demo form (16/48 stereo reflecting the source material).

Setlist:

2023 Album and Additional Mixes by Steven Wilson [Dolby Atmos TrueHD 7.1, DTS HD-MA 5.1, and 24/96 LPCMStereo], 2023 Instrumental Mix [24/96 LPCM Stereo] [00:54:18 + [00:53:57]]
01. Wake Up
02. All You Pretty Girls
03. Shake You Donkey Up
04. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
05. This World Over
06. The Everyday Story of Smalltown
07. I Bought Myself a Liarbird
08. Reign of Blows
09. You're the Wish You Are I Had
10. I Remember the Sun
11. Train Running Low on Soul Coal
12. Red Brick Dream
13. Washaway
14. Blue Overall

Out-Takes 2023 Mixes by Steven Wilson 24/96 LPCM Stereo [00:08:16]
01. Broomstick Rhythm (Guide Vocal)
02. The Troubles (Big Express Version - Backing Track)

Original Stereo Mixes and Extra Tracks 24/96 LPCM Stereo [00:53:21]
01. Wake Up
02. All You Pretty Girls
03. Shake You Donkey Up
04. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
05. This World Over
06. The Everyday Story of Smalltown
07. I Bought Myself a Liarbird
08. Reign of Blows
09. You're the Wish You Are I Had
10. I Remember the Sun
11. Train Running Low on Soul Coal
12. Red Brick Dream
13. Washaway
14. Blue Overall

Album and Additional Demos 16/48 LPCM Stereo [01:10:27]
01. Wake Up (Demo)
02. All You Pretty Girls (Demo)
03. Shake You Donkey Up (Demo)
04. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (Demo)
05. This World Over (Extract From Writing Tape)
06. The Everyday Story of Smalltown (Demo)
07. I Bought Myself a Liarbird (Demo)
08. Reign of Blows (Demo)
09. You're the Wish You Are I Had (Demo)
10. I Remember the Sun (Demo)
11. Train Running Low on Soul Coal (Demo)
12. Red Brick Dream (Demo)
13. Washaway (Demo)
14. Blue Overall (Demo)
15. Now We All Dead (It Doesn't Matter) (Demo)
16. Work (Demo)
17. Gangway, Electric Guitar Is Coming Through (Demo)
18. Broomstick Rhythm (Demo)
19. Shiny Cage (Demo)
20. A Patriotic Romance (Demo)

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