A Tab in the Ocean (deluxe edition, 2025 mix, remastered, blu-ray audio, multichannel)

~ Release by Nektar (see all versions of this release, 19 available)

Annotation

List of subparts
CD1 tracks 1 to 4: "A Tab In The Ocean" The 2025 Mix
CD1 track 5: Bonus Track
CD2 tracks 1 to 4: A Tab In The Ocean - Original 1972 Mix Remastered
CD2 tracks 5 to 8: A Tab In The Ocean - The 1976 US Mix Remastered

Packaged in a clamshell-style box with discs in card sleeves, a 28-page booklet and hype sticker.

Recorded and mixed at Dierks Studios, Stommeln, Germany in October 1972.

Remixed at Broadlake Studios, Hertfordshire in July - August 2025
Remastered from the original master tapes at Broadlake Studios, Hertfordshire

Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (CD 1): ECLEC52926-1 15 A00
Matrix / Runout (CD 2): ECLEC52926-2 14 A00
Matrix / Runout (CD 3): ECLEC52926-3 14 A00
Matrix / Runout (CD 4): ECLEC52926-4 15 A00
Matrix / Runout (Blu-Ray): A0103544718-A511 1000 1A00
Mastering SID Code (CD 1 & 4): IFPI L557
Mastering SID Code (CD 2 & 3): IFPI L551
Mastering SID Code (Blu-Ray): IFPI LY24
Mould SID Code (CD 1): IFPI 94K3
Mould SID Code (CD 2): IFPI 94K2
Mould SID Code (CD 3): IFPI 94KS
Mould SID Code (CD 4): IFPI 94KQ
Mould SID Code (Blu-Ray): IFPI 949J
Other (Cat. No. CD 1): ECLEC 52926 / 1
Other (Cat. No. CD 2): ECLEC 52926 / 2
Other (Cat. No. CD 3): ECLEC 52926 / 3
Other (Cat. No. CD 4): ECLEC 52926 / 4
Other (Cat. No. Blu-Ray): ECLEC 52926 / 5

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-23 10:35 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: 2025 mix
2CD: 1972 album mix & 1976 US album mix
#TitleRatingLength
1A Tab in the Ocean (2025 remaster)
16:45
2Desolation Valley / Waves (2025 remaster)
8:20
3Crying in the Dark (2025 remaster)
6:16
4King of Twilight (2025 remaster)
4:21
5A Tab in the Ocean ((1976 US mix) [2025 remaster])
16:08
6Desolation Valley / Waves ((1976 US mix) [2025 remaster])
8:33
7Crying in the Dark ((1976 US mix) [2025 remaster])
5:14
8King of Twilight ((1976 US mix) [2025 remaster])
4:07
3CD: Live in Erbach, Germany 22nd April 1973
4CD: Live in Erbach, Germany 22nd April 1973
5Blu-ray: 5.1 Surround Sound & Stereo Mixes & Original Stereo Mix

Credits

Release

photography:Uwe Behrendt (German photographer) (task: under water photo)
Steve Schoppler (photographer; performs with Nektar) (task: group photo)
liner notes:Derek "Mo" Moore
Mark Powell (reissue producer, recordings label manager, music journalist and freelance catalogue consultant)
miscellaneous support:Mark Powell (reissue producer, recordings label manager, music journalist and freelance catalogue consultant) (task: research)
Vicky Powell (task: coordinator)
Rich Osborn (Richard Alan Osborn; co-owner / director at Type40) (task: authoring / blu-ray authoring by)
engineer:Dieter Dierks
producer:Mark Powell (reissue producer, recordings label manager, music journalist and freelance catalogue consultant) (task: reissue producer)
remastering:Ben Wiseman
bass guitar:Derek "Mo" Moore
drums (drum set) and percussion:Ron Howden
guitar [guitars]:Roye Albrighton
keyboard:Taff Freeman
percussion [vibes, punch & percussion]:Dieter
Peter (photographer; performs with Nektar, Outrage)
remixer:Ben Wiseman
compiler:Mark Powell (reissue producer, recordings label manager, music journalist and freelance catalogue consultant)
composer:Roye Albrighton
Derek "Mo" Moore
Ron Howden
Taff Freeman
vocal:Roye Albrighton
Derek "Mo" Moore
Ron Howden
design:Hugh Gilmour (task: package design)
artwork:Helmut Wenske (task: cover conception / cover; task: front cover painting / painting; task: foto-conception & backside collage)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Cherry Red Records Ltd. (do not use as label, for copyrights and distribution credits only)
pressed by:Sony DADC (company; use on releases if exact pressing location is not known)
miscellaneous support:Gilmour Design (design studio) (task: designed at)
Type40 (incorporated on Thursday 19th June 2014 as Type40 Limited) (task: authoring at)
recorded at:Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
remastered at:Broadlake Studios in City of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
remixed at:Broadlake Studios in City of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
glass mastered at:Sony DADC (optical disc manufacturing company)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/35889298 [info]
purchase for mail-order:https://www.cherryred.co.uk/nektar-a-tab-in-the-ocean-deluxe-five-disc-limited-edition [info]