Porcupine Tree – The Incident

Spectacular pressing! Extremely wide soundstage, full, satisfying bass and kick drum, clear highs, great details and separation, ... you name it, this offers everything a great vinyl pressing should sound like! Not among my favorite Porcupine Tree albums, but certainly among the best sounding pressings of their albums.

As a side note, I precautionary store the vinyl separately from the outer sleeve. If this really is PVC (not to be confused with the harmless PP or PE most protective sleeves for records are made of) it can potentially damage the vinyl over time, because of the infamous 'degassing' process.

What no review !?!
I have copy 478/2000 bought on first day of release. Obviously a digital source was used but an absolutely superb sound on my Rega 7. Superb stuff. The whole package with those very very creepy cabbage headed screaming people in the wood, gives me the willies ?!?!? Don't misconstrue that phrase!
The very last studio release just as PT were about to become a massive musical presence on the worldwide rock scene, they even played at Donnington for God's sake, playing most of their heavier songs. Why did SW break up the band, ( ziggy played guitar ?!?!) I cannot ever fathom why ? But I suspect his manager Mr Leaf had a lot of influence at the time. I recall some interviews in Carbon Nation from 2009 that would confirm that. Why couldn't SW have run his solo career along side PT or was it about not sharing out the money? I dunno. Doubt that anyone of us on the outside will ever know.
But after the genuinely bad sounding Future Bites debacle where many of his long standing ers left the ship in droves, me included, we have had the announcement of the revived PT, but no Colin Edwin, why, where is Colin?
Anyway, this album in this format is simply a superb example of modern progressive rock music. This is not a retread of Yes or Genesis but new music , sure you'll hear the influence of a certain Mr D. Gilmour on the solo of Time Flies. Similar to the end solo on a certain song on Animals, no ??? Yes !
Sorry my version is not for sale. I am very pleased to own nearly all SW/PT and his associated projects on vinyl lps having become a fan way back in 1993, I think ??? It was whenever Voyage 34 came out, it sounded so much like Floyd and that muted riff from On The Run, you know what I mean. On Sunday of Life is interesting in a psychedelic manner but not really prog. An exercise in psych homage, but much better was soon to follow.
A great band to start following but potential collectors be aware, it could cost you a fortune once you catch the bug. I know from personal experience. And I was buying first time round !!! God knows what today's prices are like, scary I guess.