Gentle Giant / Three Piece Suite

Late in September, British prog rock band Gentle Giant will release a new blu-ray+CD collection called Three Piece Suite which focuses on 1970-1972 and the first three albums (Gentle Giant, Acquiring The Taste and Three Friends). Content includes Steven Wilson 5.1 mixes of some (not all) album tracks, hi-res flat transfers of all three albums and more…

Unfortunately, despite extensive research, not all multi-track tapes could be found, therefore of the 21 album tracks, nine have been remixed in DTS 5.1 Surround Sound surround sound plus a tenth song called Freedom’s Child which is a a previously commercially unreleased song taken from the first recording sessions with producer Tony Visconti. The 5.1 album tracks are:

• • Giant (from Gentle Giant)
• • Nothing At All (from Gentle Giant)
• • Why Not? (from Gentle Giant)
• • Pantagruel’s Nativity (from Acquiring Taste)
• • The House, The Street, The Room (from Acquiring Taste)
• • Schooldays (from Three Friends)
• • Mister Class And Quality? (from Three Friends)
• • Peel The Paint (from Three Friends)
• • Three Friends (from Three Friends)

All ten tracks are additionally offered in remixed stereo (on the CD) and instrumental stereo (96/24 PCM) on the blu-ray element along with the previously mentioned flat transfers and animated videos for all of the remixed tracks.

The booklet contains extensive liner notes by journalist Anil Prasad, including interviews with band members, original album producer Tony Visconti, and Steven Wilson.

Three Piece Suite will be issued as a blu-ray+CD combo and will also be issued as a 2LP set (with the new stereo mixes). Interestingly, since this was announced, uber-fan Dan Bornemark has claimed (on the Steven Wilson Remixes Facebook page) that he has multi-tracks for the first album. Regardless, this set is due for release on on 29 September 2017.

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Disc 1 – Blu-ray Audio

1. Giant (Steven Wilson Mix)
2. Nothing At All (Steven Wilson Mix)
3. Why Not? (Steven Wilson Mix)
4. Pantagruel’s Nativity (Steven Wilson Mix)
5. The House, The Street, The Room (Steven Wilson Mix)
6. Schooldays (Steven Wilson Mix)
7. Mister Class and Quality? (Steven Wilson Mix)
8. Peel The Paint (Steven Wilson Mix)
9. Three Friends (Steven Wilson Mix)
10. Freedom’s Child (Steven Wilson Mix)
11. Giant (Instrumental)
12. Nothing At All (Instrumental)
13. Why Not? (Instrumental)
14. Pantagruel’s Nativity (Instrumental)
15. The House, The Street, The Room (Instrumental)
16. Schooldays (Instrumental)
17. Mister Class and Quality? (Instrumental)
18. Peel The Paint (Instrumental)
19. Three Friends (Instrumental)
20. Freedom’s Child (Instrumental)
21. Giant (Original Mix)
22. Funny Ways (Original Mix)
23. Alucard (Original Mix)
24. Isn’t It Quiet And Cold? (Original Mix)
25. Nothing At All (Original Mix)
26. Why Not? (Original Mix)
27. The Queen (Original Mix)
28. Pantagruel’s Nativity (Original Mix)
29. Edge Of Twilight (Original Mix)
30. The House, The Street, The Room (Original Mix)
31. Acquiring The Taste (Original Mix)
32. Wreck (Original Mix)
33. The Moon Is Down (Original Mix)
34. Black Cat (Original Mix)
35. Plain Truth (Original Mix)
36. Prologue (Original Mix)
37. Schooldays (Original Mix)
38. Working All Day (Original Mix)
39. Peel The Paint (Original Mix)
40. Mister Class And Quality? (Original Mix)
41. Three Friends (Original Mix)

Disc 2 – CD
1. Giant (Steven Wilson 2.0 Mix)
2. Nothing At All (Steven Wilson 2.0 Mix)
3. Why Not? (Steven Wilson 2.0 Mix)
4. Pantagruel’s Nativity (Steven Wilson 2.0 Mix)
5. The House, The Street, The Room (Steven Wilson 2.0 Mix)
6. Schooldays (Steven Wilson 2.0 Mix)
7. Mister Class and Quality? (Steven Wilson 2.0 Mix)
8. Peel The Paint (Steven Wilson 2.0 Mix)
9. Three Friends (Steven Wilson 2.0 Mix)
10. Freedom’s Child (Steven Wilson 2.0 Mix)
11. Nothing At All (Steven’s 7” Edit)