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Misplaced Childhood

Deluxe Edition

180 grams

Marillion Format: Vinyl
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 292 ratings
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As openings go, they don’t come any more enigmatic than the one that ushers in Marillion’s third album, ‘Misplaced Childhood’. The concept album that was conceived during a 10-hour acid trip is widely regarded as the flagbearer for the entire ‘neo-prog’ movement and features the band’s two most famous singles ‘Kayleigh’ and ‘Lavender’. Misplaced Childhood was recorded at the infamous Hansa Ton Studio, Berlin in 1985 and received an incredible reception, charting immediately at number one in the UK albums chart and highly across various territories.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.03 x 12.91 x 0.98 inches; 2.78 Pounds
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Rhino/Parlophone
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2017
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ April 28, 2017
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Rhino/Parlophone
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B072L1TF24
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 4
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 292 ratings

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4.8 out of 5 stars
4.8 out of 5
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Great package but issue with pressing.
3 Stars
Great package but issue with pressing.
Second record ordered, returned the first one, had same issue as first one. The first side, first album has marks in it. Doesn’t cause the album to skip but does cause a lot of surface noise (pops).Overall package is great, just some issue with the pressing. Third times a charm??
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D. Luxford
5.0 out of 5 stars 5.1 Blu Ray audio disc sounds great!
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024
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Happy to find this deluxe edition set at a great price. Was delivered 10 days sooner than expected date when I ordered it. Great product. Great condition. Great price. Great delivery.
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Mark
5.0 out of 5 stars Good album, good 5.1 mix. Worth getting.
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2018
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I bought this purely for the 5.1 mix. It is very good and worth the purchase.
Back when this album came out it was a little bit too pop for me, so i never really heard it. Upon hearing this had been remixed i listened to it on youtube whilst doing some paperwork and figured it was worth giving it a go.
I guess my interest was initially raised having enjoyed the transatlantic stuff i was hearing and the obvious link to marillion.
The bands sail the same ocean, but in different boats. This album is very good, it leans towards a more mellow rock and obviously due to its time frame some eighties sounds. It doesn't sound dated or stale.
If you have heard lavender and kayleigh and liked them i can't imagine why you wouldn't like this album. If you are a fan of 5.1 mixes i can't imagine you wouldn't like this one.
Also a plus for this set is the value for money. Leaning towards the jethro tull model, you get a good deal with a well packaged set that has the album, the 5.1, a concert and some worthwhile reading.
In a time when record companies want to put out big boxes with one record in 3 or 4 formats with ribbons, badges and all types of superfluous junk to bump the appearance of value and slap a $100+ price tag on it, this is a great value set.
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V. Sequeda
5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2017
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A sonic masterpiece. Brings so much memories from my college years in Marquette at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This is the album that triggered my interest on Marillion. They were the opening act in the Power Windows tour of Rush. They played Misplaced Childhood completely. What a performance! Later, saw them playing at Billy's Old Mill during the Clutching at Straws Tour. Met the band, spoke with them and took a picture of Fish with me.
This is a masterpiece!!! Go buy it!!!
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Mathew L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Breakthru album for the Band - 4.5/5 allmusic rating
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2018
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Amazing 5.1 remix by Steven Wilson. The drum pans in the surrounds at the beginning of “Bitter Suite” are enough to warrant the 4cd/1bluray audio bookset purchase. Very reminiscent of the “Burning down the House” drum pans on the Talking Heads 5.1 dual-disc “Speaking in Tongues,” but longer, more intense and with more 3-dimensional imagining.
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Jerry C
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2017
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Stumbled on this quite by accident and cannot stop listening to it. LOVE the demo version of the album. Been a big Marillion fan since I was a teenager. Booklet is great-real nice set for a fan. Would love for the same treatment for Script for a Jester's Tear.
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jsangram
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best reissues of 2017
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2017
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Outstanding edition. The studio vinyl sounds tonally very much like the original US Press (a definite plus in these days of compressed audio remasters) and the live concert has also extremely good quality (with an energy that somehow surpasses the studio recording). The vinyl is quiet and perfectly pressed. Highly recommended.
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Jesse
5.0 out of 5 stars Love the 5.1 remix.
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2017
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I bought this mostly for the 5.1 remix by Steve Wilson. The concert recording is good too. Recommended if you are a Marillion fan. The 5.1 mix is like listening to the music for the first time. Good stuff.
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Mark
4.0 out of 5 stars Picks up where the 1998 Remaster left off...great video documentary.
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2017
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The short review:
Do you already own the EMI double CD Remastering from 1998? If so, this edition contains that same material (including the B-sides, and the same Misplaced Childhood demo). It expands on that 1998 release with an unreleased 2-CD live show from Utrecht 1985, and a Blu-Ray disc. The Blu-ray contains a full album 5.1 Surround Remix by Steven Wilson, and a 24-bit Remaster, and a 70 minute documentary with Fish and the entire band, as well as the four videos released from the album.
The Utrecht 1985 show sounds great, and the performance has a lot of passion.
The Blu-Ray: The entire band sits around a mixing desk discussing the development/progress of the album. Chris Kimsey joins them and together they analyze the album multi-tracks.
The Steven Wilson 5.1 Remix is only accessible via the Blu-Ray – there is no CD or digital version. Therefore, you can only listen/appreciate the SW 5.1 Remix if you have a BR player and appropriate system.
Packaging:
The included book is carefully designed. It includes the lyrics, an essay, and incorporates various versions of the original artwork into the layout.
Compared to the 1998 EMI Remaster, the upgrade material on this release generally consists of the 2CD Utrecht show and the Blu-Ray (documentary and 5.1 Remix).

The longer, in depth, more biased review:
Music Content:
Disc 1: This has been remastered by a different person than the 1998 remastering. From a casual listen, it sounds good, not too overdriven, but is not a revelation.
Discs 2 and 3: October 15, 1985 - Utrecht, Holland. We knew this recording existed (as the live recording of "Chelsea Monday" was from this date/venue, and was included as the B-side on the "Heart of Lothian" 12-inch single.). “The Web” is included, which was played on the early part of the tour. It also includes a full length version of “Childhood’s End?” which was shortened a few weeks later in the tour. Therefore, technically, I believe this is the most complete live version of the Misplaced Childhood album that has been officially released – all other releases contain the truncated version of “Childhood’s End?” Anyway…it is also the earliest officially released live recording from the MC tour.
Disc 4: Misplaced Childhood Demos - appear to be the same demos as those on the 1998 EMI release. This release does not describe the origin of these demos. The tracking is off between Pseudo Silk Kimono and Kayleigh by about 7 seconds. The demo version of the album shows that some of the songs are far along ("Kayleigh," albeit with different lyrics) and others which are much less developed ("Childhoods End?" has no lyrics and has and instrumental passage which eventually would become part of "Lady Nina").
The Single/B-side releases of Kayleigh, Lavender Blue, Heart of Lothian, Freaks, and Lady Nina are included. For completists, the single version (3:45) of "Lady Nina" is also included, but it is listed as "Steven Wilson Stereo Remix". I could not notice any substantial difference between this version and the other versions which have been previously released.
Blu-Ray:
Documentary: Fish talks about the pressure to come up with lyrics, and the backstory to those lyrics. Kimsey isolates parts of the mulit-tracks and the band comments on them – keyboards, vocals, guitar, drums, etc. Generally, they talk about every song on the album…they even talk about “Lady Nina”. Man, I wish there were SUBTITLES! It took my ears about 20 minutes to adapt to the Scottish accent…

There is a YouTube video posted of the unboxing of this 5-disk Deluxe set.
There is plenty of chatter on the Steve Hoffman music forum about the quality of the various mixes on this release.

Packaging Content:
7-5/8 x 5-5/8" (19.4 x 14.2 cm)
Hardbound cover, with a matte finished canvas material - nice.
Booklet is 60 pages.
This does NOT include the reproduction of the 1985 Misplaced Childhood Tour Book (Programme), which I believe is included in the 4LP version of this release. However, some of the same images from the Tour Book are incorporated into the booklet.
For me it is difficult going to this smaller format, which shows its limitations compared to the original large format (12" LPs, etc.) artwork, as much of the artwork has to be cropped to fit. For completists, the book does not compile all of the artwork associated with the album and single releases. The artwork from the 12" and 7" singles is partially reproduced, and in some instances included as faded background image or as a black-and-white image.
There is a lengthy essay written by Dave Everly for this 2017 release.
Also included are the essays/notes written by Robert Mead and Mark Wilkinson from the 1998 2CD Remaster booklet. There is no new/additional text from any of the band members.
The lyrics for each song is included on its own page, as well as lyrics for "Lady Nina" and "Freaks"
Refer to the "unboxing" video for some closeup views of the booklet.

I’d like to give it 5 starts, but I can’t, at least not yet. My wishlist: a CD (or digital download) version of the Steven Wilson remix, better/more artwork incorporation, and more material to differentiate it from the 1998 EMI Remaster.
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Marc André Goulet
5.0 out of 5 stars Marillion
Reviewed in Canada on March 6, 2024
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Vraiment satisfait
Bien emballé
Arrivé avant le temps
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Dariusz Poliński
5.0 out of 5 stars OK
Reviewed in Germany on April 15, 2024
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OK
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miro
5.0 out of 5 stars Ottima versione multicanale
Reviewed in Italy on January 11, 2024
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Devo dire che l'audio multicanale è eccezionale ben bilanciato e senza esagerazioni con effetti innaturali.
Si può godere di questo ottimo album in tutte le sue sfumature.
Avevo preso Già Script for a Jester's Tear , Fugazi e Clutching at Straws..... questo è superiore
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Sergio 2586
5.0 out of 5 stars Showww
Reviewed in Brazil on August 14, 2019
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Verdadeira obra prima.
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Benjamin Salcedo
5.0 out of 5 stars A 32 años de su lanzamiento recibe el tratamiento de obra clásica
Reviewed in Mexico on December 9, 2017
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Un disco que para los fans del progresivo fue una bocanada de aire fresco a mediados de los años 80. Está de regreso en una edición de lujo de 5 discos. Incluye un largo concierto en vivo en Utrecht de 1985, un disco completo de lados B, demos y rarezas y un valioso documental en Blu Ray que nos muestra videoclips y una reunión de Fish, cantante original del grupo, con sus ex compañeros para contar anécdotas y recrear ese momento sublime para todos ellos y los que disfrutamos de esta joya, remezclada por el genial e incansable Steven Wilson.
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