Esoteric

The music, composed by Andrew Latimer and Peter Bardens, inspired by Paul Gallico’s novella The Snow Goose, was highly evocative and featured The London Symphony Orchestra with arrangements by David Bedford. The album was hailed upon its release and is regarded as one of the best progressive rock albums of all time by Prog magazine readers. This three disc 2CD & MULTI-REGION Blu-ray version is released to coincide with the album’s 50th anniversary and features the original album mix remastered by Ben Wiseman, along with 5.1 surround sound and stereo mixes by Stephen W Tayler and five bonus tracks drawn from rare singles and the album sessions and also includes an illustrated booklet with essay.

Originally released in October 1976, the album was the last to be recorded by the line-up of Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton, David Jackson and Guy Evans until their reunion in 2005. Recorded at Rockfield Studios in May 1976, the album featured such material as ‘Wondering’, ‘A Place to Survive’, ‘When She Comes’ and the long piece ‘Meurglys III, The Songwriter’s Guild’. This new edition has been cut at Abbey Road Studios and fully restores the original album artwork.

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