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.
Side 1
1. The Big Top
2. Scenario
3. Audition
4. Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day
5. Sailor
6. No Rehearsal
Side 2
1. Left Right
2. Solitare
3. Critique Oblique (Part I)
4. Critique Oblique (Part II)
Side 3
1. Animelee (1st Dance)
2. Animelee (2nd Dance)
3. The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles
4. Law of the Bungle (Part I)
5. Tiger Toon
6. Law of the Bungle (Part II)
Side 4
1. Chateau D’isaster Tapes (Scenario/Audition/No Rehearsal) (1988 Box Set Mix)
2. Only Solitare (1974 WarChild Mix)
3. The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles (1973 A Passion Play Mix)
4. Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day (1974 WarChild Mix)
