Enzyclopedia Volumes One & Two
The five-disc set is housed in a tri-fold sleeve inside a inflexible slipcase, full with an obi-strip and a lavish 40-page booklet that includes beforehand unpublished images, uncommon memorabilia, and in-depth commentary from Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner, Wally Wilkinson, Mike Chunn, and Phil Manzanera.
CD1 includes a 2025 remaster by Phil Kinrade at AIR Studios, from the unique grasp tapes of the band’s 1975 debut, Psychological Notes. Disc Two has a model new remix of Second Ideas by Eddie Rayner. CD3 has a remastered model of the unique mixture of Second Ideas. The penultimate disc collects collectively the band’s earliest singles and uncommon tracks from their childhood. Disc 5, Extensive Angle Enz, is an archive of unreleased and uncommon materials, together with never-before-heard dwell recordings from the 1975 Ormond Corridor present and tough mixes from the Second Ideas periods, not too long ago uncovered within the Chrysalis archives.
The 3LP vinyl set options newly remastered editions of Psychological Notes, Second Ideas (Eddie Rayner 2025 Remix), and The Starting of the Enz, pressed on three 140g LPs. The bundle mirrors the CD version with a inflexible slipcase, heavy-stock inside sleeves, obi-strip, and the complete 40-page booklet.
The Blu-ray, options Atmos and 5.1 mixes of Second Ideas by Michael Carpenter, as effectively as hi-res stereo variations of the brand new Eddie Rayner remix and the unique 1976 stereo model—a hi-res stereo model of Psychological Notes and three music movies. Order the Blu-ray right here
Of the duty of remixing tracks from the mid-70s, the band’s keyboard participant, Eddie Rayner, says “The unique 1976 mixes (of Psychological Notes) all the time felt proper to me – no want to the touch them. However in early 2025, whereas sifting by digital transfers from the Chrysalis archives, the periods quietly referred to as to me… and curiosity acquired the higher of me. At first, I believed a remix would possibly simply be an attention-grabbing curio for die-hard followers. Remixing one thing that didn’t want fixing was daunting. Phil Manzanera and Rhett Davies had nailed it the primary time round. However listening to the uncooked tracks once more, I used to be hit by how creative and fearless the preparations have been – and the way good the band really was.”
Enzyclopedia Volumes One & Two can be launched on 14 November, by way of Chrysalis.
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