Gentle Giant

Originally released in 1972, Octopus is Gentle Giant's fourth album, and features Gary Green (guitars, percussion), Kerry Minnear (keyboards, vibraphone, percussion, cello, vocals), Derek Shulman (vocals, alto saxophone), Phil Shulman (saxophones, trumpet, mellophone, vocals), Ray Shulman (bass violin, guitar, percussion, vocals) and John Weathers (drums, percussion, xylophone). Remix engineer extraordinaire Steven Wilson has remixed the original album as well as a bonus mix of 15-minute concert performances of 'Excerpts from Octopus' from the band's 1976 tour. The Blu-ray Audio disc contains Wilson's DTS 5.1 Surround Sound Master Audio mix, instrumental mixes of five of the original eight tracks from the album in 96/24 PCM, as well as a flat transfer of the original mix of the album, taken directly from the original ¼-inch tape.  Arrives next Friday in the U.S.!  (A standard CD edition with Wilson's stereo remix is also available.)