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Marillion released its studio album debut, Script for a Jesters Tear, in March 1983. The record was certified platinum in the bands 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.Rhino will shine a spotlight on this neoprogressive favorite on April 3 with a 4CDBluray set of SCRIPT FOR A JESTERS TEAR DELUXE EDITION.Originally produced by Nick Tauber, Script for a Jesters Tear is the only Marillion album to feature Fish vocals, Steve Rothery guitar, Pete Trewavas bass, Mark Kelly keyboards and Mick Pointer drums.The DELUXE EDITION opens with a newly remixed stereo version of Script for a Jesters Tear by Andy Bradfield and Avril Mackintosh. In addition, the collection also features new stereo remixes for the bside 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 include 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 Jesters 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.The concert also features performances of nonalbum tracks like Three Boats Down From The Candy and the 19minute epic Grendel from the Market Square Heroes EP. A live version of Margaret is also included. A different version of that song appeared in June 1983 as the bside for the Garden Party single.The Bluray features 96k24bit versions of the new stereo remixes for Script for a Jesters Tear and the Market Square Heroes EP, as well as the Live at the Marquee Club concert. The disc also includes a 5.1 Surround Remix of Script for a Jesters Tear. Rounding out the collection is a new documentary with band interviews that covers the 1979 formation of Marillion in Aylesbury through the release of Script for a Jesters Tear in 1983. Marillion Boxset is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £30 +P&P