CD releases
Information about the many CD releases of the original 12 albums over the years.
This information is automatically retrieved from the individual album pages. Updates should be made on the album pages.
Acquiring the Taste
This list is not necessarily complete, and various releases are out of print.
| Country | Label Information |
|---|---|
| Germany | LINE Records, LICD 9.00726 |
| Germany | Vertigo/Polygram, 842 917-2 |
| USA | Vertigo/Polygram, 842 917-2 |
| UK | Vertigo/Polygram, 842 917-2 |
| Japan | Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd., PHCR-4202 |
| Repertoire Records | Germany |
Defects
On the LINE, Vertigo, and Nippon discs, the first two notes of track 4, "Acquiring the Taste" are out of tune. In fact, the first note slides upward and sounds strangely "filtered" as well. Some people believe this is not a defect because their vinyl versions of the song also begin this way. But some vinyl versions do not. A correct answer has finally been obtained from the composer, Kerry Minnear. Yes, it is a defect. In fact, Kerry has never even heard the "bending" version of the piece! He guesses that maybe someone damaged a master tape and then tried to repair it. [Big thanks to Geir Hasnes for tracking down the answer!]
- The compilation album Edge of Twilight does not have the "bent first note" defect.
The LINE disc misspells the album title as "Aquiring the Taste" on the spine of the case.
Three Friends
This list is not necessarily complete, and various releases are out of print.
| Country | Label Information |
|---|---|
| Germany | LINE Records, LICD 9.00730 |
| USA | Columbia, CK 31649 |
| Japan | |
| Germany | Repertoire Records |
Defects
On the Columbia disc, the track marker for track 6, "Three Friends", is mistakenly placed in the middle of the previous track, "Mr. Class and Quality." Columbia's vinyl release of Three Friends has the same incorrect track location. Columbia claims that their placement is correct.
Octopus
This list is not necessarily complete, and various releases are out of print.
| Country | Label Information |
|---|---|
| Germany | LINE Records, LICD 9.00736 |
| USA | Columbia, CK 32022 |
| UK | Vertigo, 842 694-2 |
| Japan | Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd., PHCR-4203 |
| Japan | Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd., PPD-3094 |
| Korea | Si-Wan, SRMC 0044 |
| Germany | Repertoire Records IMS-7032 |
| Japan | Universal Japan (British Rock Legend series) |
Defects
The Columbia disc is missing 2 seconds of piano -- really, a quiet little piano riff -- played just before "A Cry For Everyone." Greg Hajic reports that his Columbia LP is also missing this riff, but his Vertigo UK LP has it. David Bradley reports that the Steven Wilson blu-ray "flat transfer" disc of the original stereo master is also missing the riff.
Mats Westin reports that the LINE CD has a "ghost image" in the right channel: "The vocals on 'The Advent of Panurge' start off to the right but when more instruments kick in, they appear centre." I suspect you have to listen very closely with headphones to detect this.
Espen Beranek Holm reports that the Vertigo disc has a minor dropout in the track "The Boys In The Band" at 2:43 (out of a drum-fill). It is detectable with headphones.
Noda Hiroshi reports that the Nippon disc has none of the above defects. monkey@gold.interlog.com says that the Repertoire disc does not have the defects either. I know nothing more about the Si-Wan release.
Basil Francis reports that the Repertoire version has a defect in Raconteur Troubadour around 3:08, where they seem to have cut out a fraction of a second, making the verse not flow.
Jimmy Patto reports that the Repertoire version has the dynamics compressed. He verified this by comparing the tracks to those on the Vertigo CD using Audacity.
The Power and the Glory
This list is not necessarily complete, and various releases are out of print.
| Country | Label Information |
|---|---|
| USA | Capitol, CDP 7 91849 2 |
| UK | Terrapin Trucking/Road Goes On Forever, RFG CD 1002 (Later relabeled as TRUCKCD 002) |
| USA | One Way Records, S21-18468 |
| USA | DRT Entertainment |
Defects
The bonus track on the Terrapin disc is mixed slightly louder than the rest of the album.
Several people have reported that the Capitol disc has a track index error: the first two notes of "So Sincere" are part of track 1 instead of track 2. My Capitol CD does not have this defect, so I suspect that there was a bad production run that was eventually corrected.
Free Hand
This list is not necessarily complete, and various releases are out of print.
| Country | Label Information |
|---|---|
| USA | One Way Records, CDL-57338. "AM6/CDL-57338" is printed on the inner rim of the disc. (Out of print and recalled due to poor quality) |
| USA | One Way Records, CDL-57338. "ESK<010>CDL57338" is printed on the inner rim of the disc. Fans report that some discs are labeled 57388, 01<block> 94, and either 1 1-1-2 EMI JAX, 1-1-3 EMI JAX, 1-1-4 EMI JAX, or 1-1-5 EMI JAX." |
| UK | Terrapin Trucking/Road Goes On Forever, RGF CD 1004 (Remastered as TRUCKCD 004) (Out of print) |
| UK | BGO (Free Hand & In'terview) |
| USA | DRT Entertainment |
Alternate master tape
The second One Way release has much better sound than the first, but it was created from a very unusual master tape. Rich Goodhart reports the tape "is a quickly made rough mix tape of the finished multi-tracks, never intended to be a master tape and shouldn't even be thought of as one. How One Way got ahold of it is a mystery to me, though I am glad they did for the alternate view." Some of the instrumental and vocal parts are different from those of the original album!
- Some of the lines in "Time To Kill" are sung by Derek Shulman instead of Kerry Minnear; for example, "And with no questions then, he finds his way."
- The drums in "On Reflection" enter half a verse earlier than in the original.
- And worst of all, at the climax of "On Reflection," when the full band comes CRASHING in, the drums are barely audible!
In addition, there are a few extra measures on the guitar/drum break of "Just the Same." Finally, if you have a good stereo system, you can hear some background noise like lip smacks and breathing. Details on this master tape can be found in issue 3 of Proclamation magazine.
Defects
The first One Way release has terrible sound quality. It is very muddy and lacks treble. Supposedly, it was not mastered from an original master tape. After complaints from listeners, One Way recalled the disc from stores, remastered the disc, and rereleased it.
Both One Way discs used incorrect or poorly chosen master tapes. Both One Way discs incorrectly say that the album was made in 1972.
The second One Way disc is missing the drum roll at the very end of the album.
In'terview
This list is not necessarily complete, and various releases are out of print.
| Country | Label Information |
|---|---|
| UK | Terrapin Trucking/Road Goes On Forever, RGF CD 1005 (Remastered as TRUCKCD 005) |
| USA | One Way Records, S21-18467 |
| UK | BGO (Free Hand & In'terview) |
| USA | DRT Entertainment |
Defects
The BGO is missing the last interview after "I Lost My Head."
The first DRT Entertainment release of In'terview was accidentally missing one stereo channel. This defective version was recalled from stores and a corrected disc was released. The original bar code (defective) is 28730 03532. The newer (fixed) bar code is 28730 03572.
Playing the Fool - The Official Live
This list is not necessarily complete, and various releases are out of print.
| Country | Label Information |
|---|---|
| France | Castle Communications, ESSCD006 (Out of print) |
| UK | Terrapin Trucking/Road Goes On Forever, TRUCKCD 009 (Out of print) |
| USA | One Way Records, S21-18466 |
| UK | BGO (Playing the Fool & Civilian) |
| USA | DRT Entertainment |
Defects
The Castle CD is missing the 1:15 track "Breakdown in Brussels," also known as "Sweet Georgia Brown," due to time constraints. The Terrapin disc is complete.
The Castle CD has incorrect track names. For example, "Proclamation on Reflection" should be "On Reflection," and "In A Glass House" should be "The Runaway/Experience."
The Castle CD credits some of the songwriting to "B. Shulman." This should be "D. Shulman" for Derek.
The Terrapin disc has an incorrect track listing. According to the booklet, the eight sections of the "Octopus" medley appear on separate tracks (6-13). On the disc, however, they appear as a single track (6). There is also a typographical error -- Raconteur Troubadeur -- on both the rear tray card and within the booklet.
The Missing Piece
This list is not necessarily complete, and various releases are out of print.
| Country | Label Information |
|---|---|
| UK | Terrapin Trucking/Road Goes On Forever, RGF CD 1006 (Remastered as TRUCKCD 006) (Out of print) |
| USA | One Way Records, S21-18469 |
| UK | BGO (The Missing Piece & Giant for a Day) |
| USA | DRT Entertainment |
Defects
A fan reported that the 2010 24-bit remaster has the right and left channels switched for all tracks except I'm Turning Around. However, it might be that this remaster is correct and all previous releases had the channels reversed. More news as we receive it....
Giant for a Day
This list is not necessarily complete, and various releases are out of print.
| Country | Label Information |
|---|---|
| UK | Terrapin Trucking/Road Goes On Forever, RGF CD 1007 (Remastered as TRUCKCD 007) (Out of print) |
| USA | One Way Records, S21-18470 |
| UK | BGO (The Missing Piece & Giant for a Day) |
| USA | DRT Entertainment |
In a Glass House
This list is not necessarily complete, and various releases are out of print.
| Country | Label Information |
|---|---|
| UK | Terrapin Trucking/Road Goes On Forever, RGF CD 1001 (Later relabeled as TRUCKCD 001) |
| UK | Alucard Music |
| USA | DRT Entertainment |
Defects
The Terrapin CD has several pops and crackles. For example, listen to track 1, "The Runaway," at 6:32 (pop) and 6:35 (crackle). These do not appear on my vinyl copy. Greg Hajic reports that his CD doesn't have these defects.
On the original LP, the breaking glass introduction starts in the left channel and then moves to the center. On the Terrapin CD, it starts in the center. (Thanks to Rainer Boettchers.)
The Terrapin track marker for "Inmates Lullaby" is 9 seconds too early; the last 9 seconds of "The Runaway" are part of track 2 when they should be the end of track 1.
Gentle Giant (album)
This list is not necessarily complete, and various releases are out of print.
| Country | Label Information |
|---|---|
| Germany | LINE Records, LICD 9.00722 |
| Germany | Vertigo/Polygram, 842 624-2 |
| USA | Vertigo/Polygram, 842 624-2 |
| UK | Vertigo/Repertoire Records, IMS 7031 |
| Japan | Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd., PHCR-4201 |
| Japan | Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd., PPD-3093 |
| Japan | Universal Japan (British Rock Legend series) |
Defects
On the LINE disc, the first note of "Why Not?" is located at the end of track 5 ("Nothing At All") and followed by a 3-second gap of silence. Track 6 begins with the second note of "Why Not?"
The LINE disc and the Vertigo Repertoire disc are missing the little synthesizer riffs that occur before "Alucard" and "Isn't It Quiet And Cold?" and after "The Queen."
The Vertigo CD has all the synthesizer riffs but incorrectly places the second one at the beginning of track 4 ("Isn't It Quiet and Cold?"), whereas the original LP had the riff at the end of track 3 ("Alucard"). This is a very minor track misplacement that isn't noticeable unless you start playing the disc at track 4.
The Nippon disc has all the synthesizer riffs, correctly placed. Their sound quality, however, lead some to believe that these riffs were transferred from from vinyl, not from a master tape.
Civilian
This list is not necessarily complete, and various releases are out of print.
| Country | Label Information |
|---|---|
| UK | Terrapin Trucking/Road Goes On Forever, RGF CD 1008 (Later relabeled as TRUCKCD 008) (Out of print) |
| USA | One Way Records |
| UK | BGO (Playing the Fool & Civilian) |
Details
The bonus track "Heroes" on the Terrapin disc was taken from a cassette tape and is of low quality. The One Way and DRT releases used the real master tape.
Defects
Terrapin disc:
- The final words sung on the album, "That's all there is," are missing.
- There is a "click" at 3:36 in track 7, "Inside Out." Also, at 3:08, there is a barely audible dropout.
- In all track listings, the title of track 5 is incorrectly given as "All Through The Night" (duplicating the title of track 2). The correct title is "Underground." (This was fixed in a later pressing.)
- In the lyrics section, the title "Shadows on the Street" is incorrectly written as "Shadows in the Street." This error also appears on the original LP sleeve.
One Way disc:
- Same "click" and dropout as the Terrapin disc. The other Terrapin problems are NOT present.