Porcupine Tree - Coma​:​Coda (Rome 1997) (2020)

Jammer al die naar mijn mening verrommelde live releases van Porcupine Tree. Volstrekt overbodig.

Die live releases rond het jaar 2007 met tig uitvoeringen van Halo en Trains, ja, maar déze? Cryogenics voor het eerst officieel verschenen en vele songs waarvan nog geen enkele liveversie circuleert. Een compleet alternatieve setlist outtake van 1 van de beste live albums ooit? Zéker niet overbodig voor menig PT-fan lijkt me.

Ja, dit is volgens mij ook wel een bijzondere release. Zie ook de begeleidende tekst op de Bandcamp pagina:

Further selections recorded at the Frontiera Club, Rome in March 1997 for the Coma Divine live album.

When Porcupine Tree made their first official live album, they decided to record their 3 night stand at Rome's Frontiera club in order to capture as much repertoire as possible. The original live album was almost entirely drawn from the third and final night, but this new selection of material comes from the second night. As well as alternate versions of Signify, Dislocated Day (incomplete but fun because of an impromptu drum solo!), and Radioactive Toy, this selection includes several songs that were not chosen to be on Coma Divine. Most notable among these is an unreleased group composition Cryogenics that was prepared especially for the concert recording, but didn't make the cut and was subsequently never played again by the band.

Note that the original Coma Divine album was subject to a fair amount of repairs and overdubs to bring it up to a high audio standard. These new selections are exactly as recorded on the night so there are some technical and performance shortcomings which we hope won't spoil your listening enjoyment!