Marillion Script For A Jester's Tear Deluxe Edition 4LP Box Set

Originally released in March 1983, Script For A Jester's Tear was certified platinum in the band's native U.K. where it reached number seven on the Albums Chart and spawned two Top 40 singles: "He Knows You Know" (#35) and "Garden Party" (#16).

This 4LP DELUXE EDITION opens with a newly remixed stereo version of "Script For A Jester's Tear" by Andy Bradfield and Avril Mackintosh. In addition, the collection also features new stereo remixes for the b-side "Charting The Single" that was released in January 1982, as well as the Market Square Heroes EP that followed in October that same year. It also includes the debut of a previously unreleased concert that captures Marillion performing in London at the Marquee Club on December 29, 1982. Recorded a few months before Script for a Jester's Tear was released, the show features live versions of all six album tracks: "He Knows You Know", "The Web", "Garden Party", "Chelsea Monday", "Forgotten Sons" and the title track.

At the time, Marillion's remarkable, full-fledged 1983 debut Script for a Jester's Tear was considered an odd bird: replete with Peter Gabriel face paint and lengthy, technical compositions, Marillion ushered in a new generation of prog rock that bound them forever to the heroics of early day Genesis. Intricate, complex, and theatrical almost to a fault, Script for a Jester's Tear remains the band's best and sets the bar for their later work.