Porcupine Tree – Up The Downstair
Label: |
Headspin Records – LP-307 |
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Format: |
Vinyl
, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Vinyl
, 12", EP, Reissue, Remastered
All Media
, Compilation
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Country: |
Europe |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Space Rock |
Tracklist
Up The Downstair (2004 Version) | |||
A1 | What You Are Listening To... | 0:57 | |
A2 | Synesthesia | 5:16 | |
A3 | Monuments Burn Into Moments | 0:22 | |
A4 | Always Never | 7:00 | |
A5 | Up The Downstair | 10:14 | |
B1 | Not Beautiful Anymore | 3:25 | |
B2 | Siren | 0:57 | |
B3 | Small Fish | 2:42 | |
B4 | Burning Sky | 11:36 | |
B5 | Fadeaway | 6:19 | |
Staircase Infinities | |||
C1 | Cloud Zero | 4:40 | |
C2 | The Joke's On You | 4:17 | |
C3 | Navigator | 4:49 | |
C4 | Phantoms | 3:15 | |
D1 | Rainy Taxi | 6:50 | |
D2 | Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape | 9:36 |
Companies, etc.
- Produced At – No Man's Land (3)
- Designed At – Aleph Studio (2)
- Published By – Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd.
- Copyright © – Delerium Music Ltd.
- Copyright © – Steven Wilson
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Delerium Music Ltd.
- Licensed From – Delerium Music Ltd.
- Licensed To – Clear Spot
- Manufactured By – Clear Spot
- Distributed By – Clear Spot
- Pressed By – GZ Digital Media – 63022E
Credits
- Drums – Gavin Harrison (tracks: A1 to B5)
- Graphic Design – Dave Larr
- Lyrics By – Wilson* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B2, B4, C1 to C3, D1, D2)
- Music By – Wilson*
- Performer, Producer – Steven Wilson
- Photography By, Painting – Win Machielse
Notes
UP THE DOWNSTAIR
Originally released in 1993
Drum Recording and remix Nov-Dec 2004
Remastered Jan 2005
STAIRCASE INFINITIES
Originally released in 1994
The Joke's On You remixed Dec 2004
Remastered Jan 2005
Issued in a gatefold sleeve. Discs are in Japanese style clear plastic bags with cutout windows for the labels, housed in picture inner sleeves.
(p) 2005
(c) 2005
Originally released in 1993
Drum Recording and remix Nov-Dec 2004
Remastered Jan 2005
STAIRCASE INFINITIES
Originally released in 1994
The Joke's On You remixed Dec 2004
Remastered Jan 2005
Issued in a gatefold sleeve. Discs are in Japanese style clear plastic bags with cutout windows for the labels, housed in picture inner sleeves.
(p) 2005
(c) 2005
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 2 090502 544124
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): 63022E1/A www.gzvinyl.com
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): 63022E2/A
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side C): 63022E3/A www.gzvinyl.com
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D): 63022E4/A
Other Versions (5 of 37)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Up The Downstair (CD, Album) | Delerium Records | DELEC CD 020 | UK | 1993 | ||
Recently Edited
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Up The Downstair (LP, Album) | Delerium Records | DELEC LP 020 | UK | 1993 | ||
Up The Downstair (LP, Album, Test Pressing) | Delerium Records | DELEC LP 020 | UK | 1993 | |||
New Submission
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Up The Downstair (Cassette, Album, Promo) | Delerium Records | DELEC LP 020, DELEC CD 020 | UK | 1993 | ||
Recently Edited
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Up The Downstair (Cassette, Album) | Prog Rock Music | PRM 016 | Poland | 1995 |
Recommendations
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2013 EuropeLP, Album, Stereo
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Reviews
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Edited 3 months agoThe 2005 and 2008 pressings of this album are of interest for Porcupine Tree collector's, because they are the most affordable vinyl releases where you get the Staircase Infinities EP, plus the bonus track "Phantoms". The only other options are the standalone release of the EP itself from 1994 (without "Phantoms") and the expensive Delerium Years box set from 2017. I have copies of both 2005 and 2008 (red vinyl) pressings of Up the Downstars, so here's my comparison:
Both have the same 2005 remaster and are pressed by GZ, but have different cuts. The sound quality is quite the same on both, nothing outstanding, but solid. Good low end, but lacking some mid range and clarity and the soundstage could be a bit more open. I didn't hear a later pressing from 2017 onwards yet, where the main album is spread across 4 sides instead of 2, maybe this improves the sound. Those pressings don't add the Staircase Infinities EP anymore of course.
A pressing issue both copies share is a quite prominent inner groove distortion on the last track of each side, which is a pity especially for "Fadeaway", the best song here in my opinion. Apart from that the pressing quality isn't the same, this pressing is mostly clean and quiet, while my 2008 copy has quite a lot of ticks. I also prefer the more simple design of the inner sleeves here to the 2008 pressing.
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