Tears For Fears - Songs from the Big Chair: major reissue

[The Seventh Taylor]

Not sure if anyone around here is into Tears For Fears but I love their second and third albums. The second one, Songs from the Big Chair, is going to be reissued in multiple formats next month. The part that interests me most is that Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, who has done surround sound remixes of loads of albums in recent years, but mostly Progressive Rock stuff from the seventies, has done a 5.1 mix of this album. Not on SACD sadly (though there is a stereo SACD of this album since June this year) but on DVD-Audio and Pure Audio Blu-ray Disc, which I should be able to play.

These variants have been announced:

• 6-Disc Super Deluxe Edition box set – features 4 CDs, 1 DVD-Audio, 1 DVD-Video plus 30-page replica tour programme and 32-page booklet
• 2-Disc Deluxe edition
• 1-CD Re-master
• 1-LP – 180 gram Heavyweight
• Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc edition

You'd think that the SuperDeluxe edition would be insanely expensive but it's not. It's $84.98 in the US and, for a change, even less, £37.99 in the UK.

I wish some Duran Duran albums or Arcadia's would get this treatment...

[blaahh]

It was 31 quid for a short time, even better bargain!

[redmumba]

I might get the 6 disc version. Most - but not all - of the tracks I have, so it will nice to have them in an official format. Here's a good breakdown of everything for this reissue:

www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/tears-for-fears-massive-songs-from-the-big-chair-box-set-coming/

[redmumba]

And here's an interesting read about the 5.1 and stereo mix:

www.superdeluxeedition.com/feature/exclusive-remixing-tears-for-fears-and-the-stereo-channel-saga/

I'd also like to mention, if everyone here did not know, that you can order this box set from the Universal store:

store.universalmusic.com/udiscover/*/Deluxe-Boxsets/Songs-from-The-Big-Chair-Super-Deluxe-Edition/3ICM03QU000

Those in the U.S. - DO NOT buy it from Amazon.com! The price there starts at $84 versus the $54 from the Uni store.