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Porqupine Tree

I discovered this band by accident a couple of years ago while streaming Radio Paradise. I immediately bought the latest lp out at that time which was "Signify". I became a fan and also noticed how good this recording sounded and that the vinyl was of high quality.

Two years later, I've bitten the bullet. ( I say this because PT lps are not inexpensive) I ordered the vast majority of PT and one Steven Wilson on vinyl.

This is sort of a pre-auditioning report. It seems that PT has lps out on a couple of different labels. I have three in home now and the lps on "tonefloat" are the flat vinyl profile. Reminiscent of the later Classic label & UHQU MOFI lps. The other label, kscope, seems to be pretty close to flat. The point is, the vinyl sourced for this band is of high quality. (You vinyl people out there know what I mean) You can just "tell" when you have quality vinyl in your hands.

I was surprised that, upon my search, there was no other thread for this fine band out there. I'm looking forward to many hours of splendid listening.
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ptmconsulting
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Yeah, PT is pretty much gone as a band. Big doubts if they will ever resurface again. SW likes to move on in different directions, and is a bonafide progressive music encyclopedia, so I expect that he will continue to move forward and is less likely to revert back to his past accomplishments and reform PT.

His new shows as a solo artist are every bit as good as the old Porcipine Tree concerts I've seen.
ptmconsulting
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"hard to find" and "expensive" - that epitomizes the Porcupine Tree EP's that he has also put out. But so many of those are just as essential to a PT fan as the regular albums (aka "nil recurring" especially).

But take your time on these. There's something special getting into a band like this at the beginning ... waiting for and enjoying the next album and hearing the band's progress and change over time. Having a catalogue this large thrown at you all at once can be daunting, and you might overlook some of those (still great) secondary songs for the true standouts.

This happened to me last year when I received the whole cataloge at once from a band called "Sixun" which could best be described as the French Weather Report. Awesome music, but just too much to be absorbed in a whole package. Far better IMO to experience each album for a while, then move to the next one in 3-6 months time.
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