''XM'' (also known as ''Transmission 1.1'' and ''Transmission 1.2'') is a live-in-studio
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recorded by
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band
Porcupine Tree
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in early 2003 as a live album of mostly ''
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'' tracks. This was taken from a session at
XM Satellite Radio in
Washington D.C.
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on 12 November 2002, and was originally released as a limited edition tour album. It was later released online on the Porcupine Tree store.
Track listing
Band
*
Steven Wilson
Steven John Wilson (born 3 November 1967) is an English musician. He is the founder, guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Porcupine Tree, as well as being a member of several other bands, including Blackfield, Storm Corrosio ...
- Guitars & vocals
*
Colin Edwin
Colin Edwin is an Australian musician, specialising in fretted and fretless bass guitar, double bass and guimbri.
Edwin first came to public attention as a member of the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, in which he was bass playe ...
- Bass
*
Richard Barbieri
Richard Barbieri (born 30 November 1957) is an English musician, composer and sound designer. Originally a member of new wave band Japan (and their brief 1989–1991 reincarnation as Rain Tree Crow), more recently he is known as the keyboard ...
- Keyboards & synthesizers
*
Gavin Harrison
Gavin Richard Harrison (born 28 May 1963) is an English musician. He is best known for playing with the progressive rock bands Porcupine Tree (2002–2010; 2021–present), King Crimson (2008, and 2014–present) and The Pineapple Thief (2016â ...
- Drums
*
John Wesley
John Wesley (; 2 March 1791) was an English people, English cleric, Christian theology, theologian, and Evangelism, evangelist who was a leader of a Christian revival, revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The soci ...
- Guitars & backing vocals (except "Slave Called Shiver" and "Tinto Brass")
Credits
* XM Recording Engineer – Quinton Roebuck
* XM Recording Assistant - Aaron Lee
* Mixing - Steven Wilson (at No Man's Land, UK, December 2002)
* Crew - Ian Bond, Pete Dempsey, Mick Pryde, Ross Elliot, Michael Piper
* Cover photography - Lasse Hoile
* Band photography - Francesca Petrangeli
* Gavin Harrison photography - Oliver Link
* John Wesley photography - Jason Birnie
* Cover design - Carl Glover (for Aleph)
Notes
Features 5 piece touring line up including special guest John Wesley on guitar and backing vocals.
UK Transmission – 1.1 (limited to 1,500, released for the US tour Jul/Aug 2003)
UK Transmission – 1.2 (limited to 1,000, released for the EU tour Nov 2003)
Porcupine Tree Sampler 2008 at Burning Shed
Retrieved 2009-01-14.
References
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Porcupine Tree live albums
2003 live albums
Transmission (record label) live albums