What seemed to be an ideal choice of a residential studio near Paris, turned into a nightmare. The resultant aborted recordings, wittily dubbed "The Chateau D,isaster," remained unreleased for many years. This 2LP set contains the original 16 tracks mixed by Steven Wilson and a fourth side showing how a handful of recordings did get used on subsequent albums.

Tracklist:

- Disc 1 -
1 The Big Top
2 Scenario
3 Audition
4 Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day
5 Sailor
6 No Rehearsal
- Disc 2 -
1 Left Right
2 Solitare
3 Critique Oblique (Part I)
4 Critique Oblique (Part II)
- Disc 3 -
1 Animelee (1st Dance)
2 Animelee (2nd Dance)
3 The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles
4 Law of the Bungle (Part I)
5 Tiger Toon
6 Law of the Bungle (Part II)
- Disc 4 -
1 Chateau D,isaster Tapes (Scenario/Audition/No Rehearsal) (1988 Box Set Mix)
2 Only Solitare (1974 Warchild Mix)
3 The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles (1973 a Passion Play Mix)
4 Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day (1974 Warchild Mix)