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QuoteDream Theater Detail �7LP Vinyl Box Set DREAM THEATER VOL. 1
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Dream Theater
DREAM THEATER VOL. 1
GRAMMY® Award-winning progressive metal trailblazers Dream Theater will unveil their massive new 7LP Box Set, Dream Theater Vol. 1, on September 27, 2024. It notably includes four highly sought-after seminal albums on vinyl, namely Images And Words, Awake, Falling Into Infinity, and Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory. It will be exclusively available on Rhino.com in North America and via select Warner Music Group stores internationally. Limited to only 2,500 copies worldwide, it will be priced at $174.98.

Pre-order HERE.

Assembling an essential package, Hugh Syme notably designed brand new slipcase art for Vol. 1. Over the years, fans have gone to great lengths to track down long out-of-print or rare vinyl pressings of these classic releases. Now, Dream Theater presents these albums in one comprehensive set.

Plus, it paves the way for the release of box sets for Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 in 2025.

Vol. 1 traces Dream Theater's trajectory throughout the nineties, highlighting the natural evolution of their signature sound in the span of an important decade and their uncanny interplay. Among many accolades, Images And Words [1992] not only reached gold status, but it also claimed a spot on Rolling Stone's coveted "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All-Time." Not to mention, it housed signature staples such as "Pull Me Under," "Another Day," and "Metropolis – Part 1: "The Miracle and the Sleeper." Meanwhile, Guitar World placed Awake [1994] at #1 on its "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994." They maintained the momentum of this creative run with Falling Into Infinity [1997]. Finally, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory [1999] has cemented a surefire legacy of its own. In a Rolling Stone poll, audiences overwhelmingly cast votes in favor of Metropolis Pt. 2 as the "Number One All-Time Progressive Rock Album." Classic Rock chose it as the "15th Greatest Concept Album." The band celebrated its 20th anniversary by playing the record in its entirety on a sold-out 2019 tour.

Check out the full tracklisting below.

Be on the lookout for more news from Dream Theater soon.

LP #1 IMAGES AND WORDS

Side 1:
Pull Me Under
Another Day
Take The Time
Surrounded

Side 2:
Metropolis – Part 1
Sunder A Glass Moon
Wait For Sleep
Learning To Live

LP#2 AWAKE

Side 1:
6:00
Caught In A Web
Innocence Faded

Side 2:
Erotomania
Voices
The Silent Man

Side 3:
The Mirror
Lie
Lifting Shadows Off A Dream

Side 4:
Scarred
Space Dye-Vest

LP#3 FALLING INTO INFINITY

Side 1:
New Millennium
You Not Me
Peruvian Skies

Side 2:
Hollow Years
Burning My Soul
Hell's Kitchen

Side 3:
Lines In The Sand
Take Away My Pain
Just Let Me Breathe

Side 4:
Anna Lee
Trial Of Tears (Medley) I. It's Raining, II. Deep In Heaven, III. The Wasteland

LP#4 METROPOLIS PT. 2

Side 1:
Scene One: Regression
Scene Two: I. Overture 1928, II. Strange Deja Vu
Scene Three: I. Through My Words, II. Fatal Tragedy

Side 2:
Scene Four: Beyond This Life
Scene Five: Through Her Eyes

Side 3:
Scene Six: Home
Scene Seven: I. The Dance Of Eternity, II. One Last Time

Side 4:
Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On
Scene Nine: Finally Free

Sadly I already own IAW and SFAM on vinyl and as nice as the box set looks, I'm not spending $175 for Awake and FII. Good news for folks who don't have any of these on vinyl yet though!

And I'd assume Vol. 2 will be SDOIT, TOT, 8VM, SC, and BC&SL, with the Mangini-era albums making up Vol. 3. They should've thrown in ACOS into Vol. 1 to make it a bit more even with the other two since they seemingly still can't re-release their debut.

-Marc.

I know what I'm getting for my Birthday

I get WDADU is one of their least popular albums, but leaving it out of a boxset like this is a bit silly. Unless that record has some weird rights issues preventing them from including it? Or they're saving it for a "Volume 0"

But you can buy them individually for like 7 quid
And since when did CDs have more than one side?

Quote from: Buddyhunter1 on August 28, 2024, 10:35:54 AMI get WDADU is one of their least popular albums, but leaving it out of a boxset like this is a bit silly. Unless that record has some weird rights issues preventing them from including it? Or they're saving it for a "Volume 0"

Pretty sure it's right issues, similar to Genesis and their debut I'd imagine.

-Marc.

Quote from: Buddyhunter1 on August 28, 2024, 10:35:54 AMI get WDADU is one of their least popular albums, but leaving it out of a boxset like this is a bit silly. Unless that record has some weird rights issues preventing them from including it? Or they're saving it for a "Volume 0"

not weird rights issues by any means, (although that actually boils down to rights issues) to put it simply: WDADU wasn't released by Warner Brothers (or any of their sublabels), so they don't own it, so they can't include it. Universal own the rights to WDADU.

Quote from: CraftyCaleb2483 on August 28, 2024, 10:38:00 AMBut you can buy them individually for like 7 quid
And since when did CDs have more than one side?

Per the thread subject line, and the quoted article, these are VINYL records, not CDs.

-Marc.

Hmmm. Pass.

Is Dream Theater involved in this directly? If so, this is pretty disappointing news.

Honestly, they couldn't find a LNF concert featuring MP to let us chew on?  Ugh.

Quote from: Adami on August 28, 2024, 10:40:04 AMHmmm. Pass.

That's a lot nicer than my first draft of my post which would've brought the Hefcuck.

I tailor make my posts to not invoke the Hefcuck.

Quote from: TAC on August 28, 2024, 10:41:08 AMIs Dream Theater involved in this directly? If so, this is pretty disappointing news.

Honestly, they couldn't find a LNF concert featuring MP to let us chew on?  Ugh.




That's a lot nicer than my first draft of my post which would've brought the Hefcuck.

My guess is they aren't, because the last album they recorded for WMG was The Astonishing (since Roadrunner were part of that conglomerate), all their other releases since are handled by InsideOut who are part of Sony.

Quote from: The Letter M on August 28, 2024, 10:39:47 AMVINYL records

Er, what are those?

Quote from: Max Kuehnau on August 28, 2024, 10:44:22 AMMy guess is they aren't, because the last album they recorded for WMG was The Astonishing (since Roadrunner were part of that conglomerate), all their other releases since are handled by InsideOut who are part of Sony.

Ahhh, if that's the case, then Volume 2 will probably be SDOIT, TOT, 8VM, and SC, while volume 3 will be BC&SL, ADTOE, S/T, and TA, making each set four albums. I might pick up volume 2 since I don't have any of those on vinyl yet but I might have better things to spend $175 on by that point anyway (like the super deluxe box set of DT16). 

-Marc.

keep in mind that every DT album ever since either TOT (I think?, not sure there) but definitely SC and onwards were and are recorded digitally (with SC and onwards having been and are being recorded in 24 bit, which is high res digital), so it's pointless to listen to these on vinyl (IMHO), since they weren't made with that in mind.  I don't judge though.
 

Quote from: CraftyCaleb2483 on August 28, 2024, 10:45:26 AMEr, what are those?

what

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on August 28, 2024, 11:07:15 AMwhat

What are vinyl?

Quote from: CraftyCaleb2483 on August 28, 2024, 11:09:06 AMWhat are vinyl?

Are you serious?

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on August 28, 2024, 11:09:59 AMAre you serious?

Do 14yo kids in the UK not know what vinyl records are?

-Marc.

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on August 28, 2024, 11:09:59 AMAre you serious?

Yes

Quote from: The Letter M on August 28, 2024, 11:11:21 AMDo 14yo kids in the UK not know what vinyl records are?

-Marc.

And I think so lol

Quote from: CraftyCaleb2483 on August 28, 2024, 11:12:55 AMYesAnd I think so lol

Here ya go dude - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_record

They were the dominant media format for music for the better part of the mid-20th century, but gave way to Cassettes and CDs in the 80s, then CDs dominated through the early 00s. Since the 2010s, vinyl has seen a resurgence, amongst both collectors and younger generations.

-Marc.

Quote from: The Letter M on August 28, 2024, 11:16:46 AMHere ya go dude - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_record

They were the dominant media format for music for the better of the mid-20th century, but gave way to Cassettes and CDs in the 80s, then CDs dominated through the early 00s. Since the 2010s, vinyl has seen a resurgence, amongst both collectors and younger generations.

-Marc.

Ohhhhh, so those are the things that you put in record players

exactly

Not interested at all in vinyl, but this reissue sort of confirms Hugh's involvement for DT16. Oh well...

Yeah I mean, it's (somewhat) logical that Hugh Syme is involved in DT16 again, since it was MP's idea (IIRC) to have him do the cover art for Octa (and given MP is back in the band now,...)

Aww, that set looks pretty sick. Not sure if I can afford it though. In any case I really need some more DT vinyl.

Quote from: The Letter M on August 28, 2024, 10:50:28 AMAhhh, if that's the case, then Volume 2 will probably be SDOIT, TOT, 8VM, and SC, while volume 3 will be BC&SL, ADTOE, S/T, and TA, making each set four albums. I might pick up volume 2 since I don't have any of those on vinyl yet but I might have better things to spend $175 on by that point anyway (like the super deluxe box set of DT16). 

-Marc.

yeah that's another aspect that's hard to overlook (IMHO): vinyl is insanely expensive (for various reasons)

Not the DT announcement we were all waiting for, LOL. For a second I thought "is this an old April Fool's post that got bumped?"

I know it's easy to shit on these types of cash grab-y reissue campaigns, but I'm actually interested in this because I missed out on the last time the back catalog was issued on vinyl. Without checking Discogs, I'm thinking I would have a hard time picking up all four of these albums on vinyl for less than $175. Does anyone know anything about whether the mastering is any different than the last time they reissued these?

Btw since the box is so limited I could see them pressing these individually in the future.

Quote from: Mosh on August 28, 2024, 11:53:25 AMI know it's easy to shit on these types of cash grab-y reissue campaigns, but I'm actually interested in this because I missed out on the last time the back catalog was issued on vinyl. Without checking Discogs, I'm thinking I would have a hard time picking up all four of these albums on vinyl for less than $175. Does anyone know anything about whether the mastering is any different than the last time they reissued these?

Btw since the box is so limited I could see them pressing these individually in the future.

yeah like I said, I don't judge and if people want to listen to DT on vinyl, go ahead (and in your case as well of course, especially if you missed getting some of the albums in the format)

Quote from: Mosh on August 28, 2024, 11:53:25 AMI know it's easy to shit on these types of cash grab-y reissue campaigns

Yes, it is.

Quote from: Mosh on August 28, 2024, 11:53:25 AMbut I'm actually interested in this because I missed out on the last time the back catalog was issued on vinyl.

That's fair. If it's something you really want, go for it.

I don't think it's cash grabby to put your albums back in print. It stinks that more artists don't keep their back catalog available in all formats.

Quote from: HOF on August 28, 2024, 12:05:48 PMIt stinks that more artists don't keep their back catalog available in all formats.

Sure, no issue with that.

Is this a bit of a cash grab? Probably. But I spend so little money on music these days, and I do want these albums on vinyl, so I'm fine with biting the bullet.

It's definitely riding the wave of DT hype with MP back in the band and them gearing up for their tour this fall. When the new album is announced and released, there will be a lot of fans, new and old, who will be seeing what's being sold, so I think they're banking on nostalgic older fans and newer fans' curiosity as far as owning their classic albums on vinyl.

-Marc.

I wonder if these are the original masters that were on the OG records, or if these are sourced from a remaster.