Any heard of Porcupine Tree?

Been using Voyage 34 as a reference for years. The original vinyl has mind-blowing bass. The new vinyl reissue is not bad.

I've not seen Stupid Dream or Lightbulb Sun on LP but I have everything else. I tuned into them about 1991.

When they were in town here last month I got to open for them which was totally awesome!!! So I geeked out and got everyone's signatures on a copy of Deadwing (LP) that I brought along. My show went well too.

I think we were lucky here in Minneapolis. The sound was great. The performance was great too, even though coming off of 7 days of straight performance. I saw Paul Bolin of Stereophile in the audience. He's a big fan.

I think in many ways Signify was the crossover from their early instrumental to their more recent sound- vocals were suddenly more polished and composition, which was always accessable, became really first rate.

The Coma Divine LP has an extra side of material not found on the CD. Although not the best sound, the LP has worked its way to the top of PTree for me.

If you are looking for one and only one Porcupine Tree album to introduce yourself to the band, my recommendation is either Signify or Coma Divine. Both are available on LP. Either of these gives you an idea of the extended jams that are the ear candy of the earlier LPs, yet contain the tighter vocal harmonies and shorter songs that are characteristic of the later material.

Shesmovedon is a favorite of mine regardless...