Nektar - A Tab In The Ocean - deluxe edition

Just got an email from Amazon this morning, Nektar's classic album A Tab In The Ocean is being reissued in the "Deluxe Editions" series with a bonus disc of unreleased material. The release date is 2/22.

The is the album that Crying In The Dark/King Of Twilight comes from. A must for Prog Rock fans!



Here's the Amazon page:
http://www.amazon.com/Tab-Ocean-Deluxe-CD-Set/dp/B004J0Q6F0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1297450630&sr=8-2

cool! Thanks for the info!

Great album.

Saw Nektar back in 2004. DAMN, they were heavy.

There is also a 2-CD Deluxe Edition of Remember The Future scheduled for release on Mar 15. More deluxe editions in the pipeline after that (supposedly the entire 70s catalog).

nice!

I wonder if the bonus tracks are any good? I'll sample them later on today. I've always been a pretty big fan of these guys.

Sinistar wrote:

I wonder if the bonus tracks are any good? I'll sample them later on today. I've always been a pretty big fan of these guys.

The bonus tracks are excellent. It's the first official release of a 1970 recording in Boston, it's circulated around as "The Boston Tapes". Some of the songs were later re-recorded and ended up on "Sounds Like This".

detuned wrote:

Sinistar wrote:

I wonder if the bonus tracks are any good? I'll sample them later on today. I've always been a pretty big fan of these guys.

The bonus tracks are excellent. It's the first official release of a 1970 recording in Boston, it's circulated around as "The Boston Tapes". Some of the songs were later re-recorded and ended up on "Sounds Like This".

Thanks for the info. I'll definitely check it out.

I've never owned "Sounds Like This" I borrowed a coworkers vinyl copy years ago. I only have "Journey to the Center of the Eye," "Tab in the Ocean" (no bonus tracks), "Remember the Future" and "Recycled."

Again, I was quite impressed when I saw them live.

I was about to buy this and saw the label is releasing the album on cdr instead of silver pressed...

exact33 wrote:

I was about to buy this and saw the label is releasing the album on cdr instead of silver pressed...

Seriously? So frickin' lame.

They have this album at my local CD Warhouse, but I have passed it up since it's too overpriced for my po' blood. Great band though.

Well. Sorry guys, I think this one is a bootleg.

However, the band themselves issued this album several years back...and after doing a side by side comparison, this new "deluxe edition" borrows the UK mix from that issue, it's the exact same master.

They're not cheap however:

http://www.amazon.com/Tab-Ocean-Nektar/dp/B0001IMDSS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1302940551&sr=8-2

Looks like "The Boston Tapes" is also available as a twofer with Journey To The Centre Of The Eye.

http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Center-Eye-Boston-Tapes/dp/B0031P6XJS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1302940618&sr=8-1

this is a shame because i really was digging the music.