On April 2nd Esoteric is releasing Al's Year of the Cat in 3 formats I believe. A 3 cd 1 dvd version, a 2 cd version and 180 gram vinyl. The 3 cd dvd version is quite expensive. What am really interested in is the unreleased concert on discs 2 and 3. It's from the Year of the Cat tour and I have a concert from the radio that I recorded from the Tower Theatre in Philly from that tour which was recorded and then broadcasted later and the reel to reel tape it was on was going off the heads at the end and ruined the last song. I'd love to hear this but not sure I want to spend this kind of money for the complete concert. The 2 cd version has most of that concert but not all of it. They could have probably fit it all on with putting the beginning on the first cd after the Year of the Cat studio album but hey if they did that they'd probably hurt the sales of the 4 disc version. Al has always been one of my favorite song writers. His lyrics are always insightful and sometimes just fun. I know this album has been released several times and the version I have I think is the first one and the sound is ok but nothing special for how good the original album sounded. I'm not holding my breath for a great sounded re-release but would for sure welcome it. Does anyone on here have a lot of experience with Esoteric releases and how they are done?
Rick
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