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Thrak Box Set
A 16 disc limited edition box set featuring studio and live recordings - many previously unreleased - from King Crimson's mid-1990s double trio line-up.
Highlights include a new '21st Century stereo reimagining' of THRAK (by Jakko Jakszyk and Robert Fripp), ATTAKcATHRAK (a David Singleton edited collection of improvs), and Max VROOOM, which sees a release for the long out of print mini-album VROOOM.
The second blu-ray includes concert films, a Thrak epk and Tony Levin's Road Movies.
Much of the material is presented in new 5.1 Surround & Hi-Resolution stereo mixes.
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Detailed contents:
* Blu-Ray 1: The most comprehensive Hi-Res audio-only disc yet assembled features three complete albums with 5.1 Surround Sound mixes: THRAK, ATTAKcATHRAK and Kcensington THRAK. These three albums also appear in Hi-Res stereo - THRAK in both its original and new stereo mixes - plus a further three complete albums are included in Hi-Res stereo, JurassiKc THRAK, THRAKaTTAKand& the official live bootleg of the double trio in Argentina: B'Boom.
* Blu-Ray II features an audio/visual feast: A complete concert filmed live at The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco from 1995 - previously unreleased - with all footage newly transferred from the original tapes, mastered for high definition and 5.1 Surround Sound.
* The live footage from the 1995 Live in Japan performance - all footage newly transferred from the original tapes, mastered for High Definition with the original 5.1 Surround Sound remastered.
* Tony's Road Movies - The band on the road as filmed by Tony Levin
* The EPK of the making of the THRAK album at Peter Gabriel's RealWorld Studios with newly mixed Surround Sound audio.
* Additionally, this disc is being built to include a further unique feature whereby, with a press of a button, the disc will function as a pure audio disc for all audio material featured in the audio/video section.
* Both blu-ray discs set new standards for what can be done with this format.
* DVD-A 1: features THRAK in 5.1 surround & 24/96 High resolution stereo mixes of the 2015 mix by Jakko Jakszyk and Robert Fripp & the 2002 master of the original stereo mix.
* DVD 1: Features the Warfield Concert & Tony's Road Movies films
| Country | USA |
| Brand | DISCIPLINE |
| Manufacturer | Sony Music Canada Inc. |
| Binding | Audio CD |
| ItemPartNumber | KCCBX13 |
| Model | KCCBX13 |
| ReleaseDate | 2016-05-01 |
| UnitCount | 12 |
| Format | Box set |
| UPCs | 633367199522 |
| EANs | 0633367199522 |
