Quiet Sun was the band in which Phil Manzanera played before joining Roxy Music: Founded at the end of the 1960s at Dulwich College in London, the formation around Manzanera (guitar), Bill MacCormick (bass), Dave Jarrett (keyboard) and Charles Hayward (drums) brought jazz influences and complex arrangements to the British prog and Canterbury sound. In 1971, the band initially disbanded.

In 1975, the four reunited during a break from touring Roxy Music: Parallel to the sessions for Manzanera’s solo debut “Diamond Head”, the only Quiet Sun album “Mainstream” was recorded in the same studio in London. Brian Eno and Ian MacCormick (known as music journalist Ian MacDonald) were also part of the party. The album became a reference work of the Canterbury scene and is still appreciated today for its mixture of jazz, experimentation and instrumental skill.

For the 51st anniversary, “Mainstream” will be released in a comprehensively new edition: At the center is a completely new 2026 mix created from the original 24-track tapes, which has been supplemented by previously unreleased material from the original sessions and is therefore noticeably longer than the first release. This new mix is available on the Blu-ray as a Dolby Atmos and 5.1 mix and opens up the originally compact studio album to a spatial listening experience. It is complemented by a newly created, stereo remastered version of the original mix from 1975. The CD contains the new 2026 mix in stereo. Four previously unreleased demo recordings from the time of the band’s formation round off the mediabook.

Tracklist:

Blu-ray Audio (Dolby Atmos / 5.1 / Stereo 2026 Mix / Stereo Original Mix Remastered)

1. Sol Caliente
2. Trumpets with Motherhood
3. Bargain Classics
4. F.D.
5. RFD 2
6. Mummy Was an Asteroid, Daddy Was a Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil
7. Trot
8. Rongwrong
9. Teflon Kid