What seemed to be an ideal choice of a residential studio near Paris, turned into a nightmare. The resultant aborted recordings, wittily dubbed "The Chateau D'isaster," remained unreleased for many years. This 2LP set contains the original 16 tracks mixed by Steven Wilson and a fourth side showing how a handful of recordings did get used on subsequent albums.

Tracks:

LP1

Side A

The Big Top

Scenario

Audition

Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day

Sailor

No Rehearsal

Side B

Left Right

Solitare

Critique Oblique (Part I)

Critique Oblique (Part II)

LP2

Side A

Animelee (1st Dance)

Animelee (2nd Dance)

The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles

Law of the Bungle (Part I)

Tiger Toon

Law of the Bungle (Part II)

Side B

Chateau D'isaster Tapes (Scenario/Audition/No Rehearsal) [1988 Box Set Mix]

Only Solitare (1974 WarChild Mix)

The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles (1973 A Passion Play Mix)

Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day (1974 WarChild Mix)

Label:Rhino/ Parlophone