Porcupine Tree release that equals Lightbulb Sun?

FWIW, I owned a Riverside recording. It might have been "Second Life Syndrome" or "Out of Myself". I can't recall exactly. I didn't care for it. It seemed as though I had heard it all before in the 70s.

Hi Tvad, being a big fan also of Porcupine Tree, I am encouraging you to find everything you can by them.

The originals do sound better and are worth finding if you can. There are some 10" releases that didn't seem to get to CD until later and they then sound like someone processed them on some bad notebook software; you definitely want the originals.

I've used Voyage 34 (LP) for years as a demo at CES- the sound is amazing (this is not the DLP reissue but the original with the op art cover). The LP of Coma Divine has additional material not on the CD. The 10" releases have studio outtakes and live material not found anywhere else. The Italian reissues have extra studio material (Sky Moves Sideways is a good example- include the Stars Die EP).

I got to open for PT on their 2005 tour when they came to Minneapolis. Its great to be able to say that I opened for one of my favorite bands, and it was especially nice to find out that everyone in the band was really nice- not stuck up or pretentious.

Enjoy the ride!!

After reading this thread earlier in the day I eyed three PT Cd's at my local used cd store(The new one,Deadwing and In Abstenia) and snatched them up in mint condition for under twenty dollars total. I really like In abstenia and deadwing. great stuff,thanks to all of you for getting the word out. Will buy more for sure.

Fear of a blank planet WILL be released on vinyl despite the fact that PTREE is signed to a major label. Should be out by the end of summer. It's great to see so many Audiogoners are into Ptree. Deadwing is a fabulous album. What you have to keep in mind is that every album PTREE puts out is on a league of their own. Ptree is known for reinventing themselves every time they put a new album out. So if you are looking for Lightbulb sun part two, you won't find anything like it. The closest to it would be Stupid Dream. When In Absentia came out it sounded like a new band. And that is part of Steve's idea of what the band should be. Constant reinvention is part of the equation. Keep that in mind when listening to Deadwing and Fear of a blank planet.
Another fun project I enjoy a lot is No-man. Try Together we're strangers and also Returning Jesus. It's hard to believe it came from the same musical madman that is behind PTREE. These releases are essential!

Deadwing is a fabulous album.

I agree - I have it on vinyl - great sonics.

Another cd I didn't mention among my favorites in my previous post is "Recordings". It's a limited release so is hard to find and expensive (a couple are available on Amazon.com for ~$100 ea! I didn't pay that much since I bought it when it first came out at normal prices).

Another fun project I enjoy a lot is No-man.

I have No-man "Flowermouth" and like it, but not as much as the 2 Blackfield CDs which are fantastic. No-man cannot be mistaken for PT though, which is not the case with Blackfield since Steve Wilson is the vocalist on both.