Another XTC mega-deal
Do you remember that crazy US deal for XTC‘s CD+blu-ray reissue of Oranges & Lemons from a few weeks ago? Well now the CD+blu-ray reissue of the 1979 Drums and Wires is available for a the same ridiculously low low price!
This reissue was from 2014 – the one before Oranges and Lemons (which came out in 2015) – but boasts exactly the same mega-generous content, including a the new Steven Wilson stereo mix on CD and the Steven Wilson 5.1 surround sound mix (and stereo mix) on the blu-ray (region free, NTSC). In fact, this set has 117 tracks!
- New stereo mix = 12 tracks
- Original stereo mix = 12 tracks
- Instrumental mixes = 12 tracks
- 5.1 mix = 12 tracks
- Bonus tracks new stereo mixes = 11 tracks
- Bonus tracks 5.1 = 11 tracks
- Demo session 1 = 6 tracks
- Demo session 2 = 4 tracks
- Demo session 3 = 4 tracks
- Demo session 4 = 4 tracks
- Rehearsal tape = 20 tracks
- DJM re-recordings = 3 tracks
- Various original alternate mixes = 4 tracks
- Promo videos = 2 track
ALL the above for a price of $12.92. That’s less than £10! Almost absurd.
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XTC
Drums & Wires [CD/Blu-Ray] [Remastered]
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This set contains:
CD
1) Making Plans For Nigel
2) Helicopter
3) Day In Day Out
4) When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty
5) Ten Feet Tall
6) Roads Girdle the Globe
7) Real By Reel
8) Millions
9) That Is The Way
10) Outside World
11) Scissor Man
12) Complicated Game
+ bonus tracks (full details to be confirmed as soon as possible)
Blu-Ray (Region 0, NTSC):
Presented in 24bit/96khz LPCM Audio
Album mixed in 5.1 Surround
– Steven Wilson stereo mix and original album mix in High Resolution stereo.
Blu-Ray exclusive material includes:
Numerous additional stereo and 5.1 tracks, new stereo album instrumental mixes, 5 demo sessions and promo films for the singles Making Plans for Nigel and Life Begins At The Hop.
Paul—if you have a receiver instead of a blu Ray player are you missing out on anything other than the 5.1 mixes and videos?
Not sure what you mean. If you don’t have a blu-ray player then you miss out on ALL the content on the blu-ray…
Oops! Too late for me. I just saw this and unfortunately it’s back to $21.99 (US)…..
with regard to the person who spoke about buying a blue ray player and it being a small expense, don’t you also need extra speakers to take advantage of the surround sound 5.1 mixes?
Yes, but the 5.1 mix is quite a small part of the overall content, so even without that it’s still worth buying a blu-ray player for demos, instrumentals, videos, bonus tracks etc.
Maybe someone should point out these reissues and their pricing to messrs McCartney, Waters, and all those other big names who gouge music buyers.
Ordered from Amazon UK, added Bjork’s Vulnicura Live for £6.99 to take me into free postage territory. Thanks Paul.
What do you do if you don’t have a Blu-Ray player? (I don’t!). It’s a rhetorical question really, but it’s kinda frustrating not being able to hear these mixes.
Buy one, I think is the advice. Small investment and a big return with more and more music sets including blu-ray.
Great deal, though worth noting that when postage to the UK is added the price is slightly beaten by All Your Music.
There’s a full tracklist courtessy of Discogs here
https://www.discogs.com/XTC-Drums-And-Wires/release/6229310
Paul! Thank you, good sir, for the heads-up!
I’ll just say pretty much what I did when I received the alert for Oranges & Lemons: I don’t have much extra cash for CDs these days, but this is just irresistible. Thanks a million, Paul.
16,78 euros is a nice price from Amazon usa but more than 5 euros of shipping with an item costing around 10 euros makes me wait again…
Ordered. Love the Surround Sound Series. I hope those multi-tracks for English Settlement are uncovered soon, so Mr. Wilson can get to work on ES/SSS!
Is there an index or cheatsheet delineating Paul’s adjective usage on SDE Deals? If something is an INSANE deal, is that better than AMAZING? ;)
haha… INSANE is the same as CRAZY. AMAZING is probably a step below both of those :)
In the pocket. Great album and their 5.1 mixes are ridiculously good. Thanks Paul!
Nice one, ordered it just now. Comes to just under $15 with shipping to the UK. That’s 2 of them I’ve got. I’m waiting for prices like this to justify buying the same albums for the third time. I’d love all the Felt reissues too, but can’t justify [to my wife!] buying all those again when it took me so long to collect all the previous Felt reissue series, so I’ve settled on the remixed one and I’m trying to ignore that little voice inside my head telling me how nice it is and that I should just get the others…
I bought this for twice this price at it was a bargain. If you do not own this at this ridiculous price it is a MUST buy.
What Greg said!!
I thought I had all these Blu-ray CD XTC reissues but hadn’t bought this one yet. Just ordered Thanks Paul!
Done. Now caught up on the Stephen Wilson XtC reissues. Thanks as always, Mr. Sinclair.
Woah, $14 inc tax. Thanks Paul!
You are the best, Paul!
It came to £14.88 by the time you added shipping. So not a fantastic bargain but a couple of quid cheaper than what you see it go for
It is a fantastic bargain if you live in America.
Bloody bargain… but I have it already….along with all the other XTC 5.1 releases. They’re brilliant.
£14.88 inc delivery. Might as well get it for slightly less from allyourmusic on Amazon UK for a few p less?
Great deal, but does anyone know approx how much this will cost if I want it delivering to the UK?
Thanks Paul! Amazon US also has the Steven Wilson CD/Blu-Ray edition of The Yes Album for $12.92 at the moment
Thanks Bruce, got it!