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Blu-Ray contents:
– a 5.1 Mix of the album in 96/24 LPCM.
– original mix, and a new album mix by Steven Wilson, both in high
resolution 96/24 LPCM stereo
– new stereo and 5.1* mixes of 11 additional tracks from the period,
originally released as singles or bonus tracks
– exclusive instrumental versions of all new mixes in 96/24 LPCM stereo
– exclusive Andy Partridge home demos and Colin Moulding work tapes for
songs written for the album
– 5 separate sessions marking the complete evolution of the album &
associated recordings.
– promo videos for Making Plans for Nigel and Life Begins at the Hop
– a virtual boxed set on a single Blu-Ray disc!

11 bonus tracks remixed into stereo and 5.1:
1. Life Begins at the Hop*
2. Homo Safari
(A+B side to Life Begins at the Hop single, UK release April 1979)
3. Chain of Command
4. Limelight
(A+B side to free single included with initial pressing of Drums and Wires,
UK release August 1979)
5. Bushman President
6. Pulsing Pulsing
(B-sides to Making Plans for Nigel single, UK release Sep 1979)
7. Wait Til Your Boat Goes Down
8. Ten Feet Tall – electric version
(A+B side to Wait Til Your Boat Goes Down single, UK release March 1980)
9. Officer Blue
(Drums and Wires out-take – B-side to Respectable Street single, UK release
March 1981)
10. Over Rusty Water
(Drums and Wires out-take – B-side to No Thugs in Our House single, UK
release May 1982)
11. Sleepyheads
(Drums and Wires out-take, first released on Coat of Many Cupboards box
set, UK release 2002)
* (Life Begins at the Hop is the original stereo master due to multitrack
tapes being unavailable, the 5.1 version is a Penteo upmix)