▁scattered ▁among ▁many ▁companies , ▁not ▁all ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁keen ▁on ▁re - re le asing ▁the ▁albums ▁properly . ▁In ▁particular , ▁the ▁first ▁four ▁albums ▁have ▁yet ▁to ▁receive ▁definit ive ▁CD ▁releases . ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁title ▁track ▁on ▁Ac qu iring ▁the ▁T aste ▁( 1 9 7 1 ) ▁begins ▁with ▁an ▁obvious ▁defect , ▁possibly ▁from ▁a ▁dam aged ▁master ▁t ape , ▁on ▁all ▁current ▁CD ▁and ▁vin yl ▁releases . ▁The ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁compilation ▁Edge ▁of ▁Tw il ight ▁includes ▁a ▁corrected ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁song . ▁Conf lic ting ▁evidence ▁sometimes ▁reports ▁that ▁this ▁defect ▁exists ▁on ▁the ▁original ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁vin yl ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁album , ▁with ▁the ▁opening ▁note ▁b ending ▁up ▁as ▁the ▁t ape ▁comes ▁up ▁to ▁speed ▁- ▁probably ▁an ▁engineering ▁error . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁first ▁e pon ym ous ▁album ▁was ▁re - re leased ▁by ▁Re per toire ; ▁in ▁December , ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁they ▁released ▁Ac qu iring ▁the ▁T aste ▁( 1 9 7 1 ); ▁in ▁December , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Oct opus ▁( 1 9 7 2 ) ▁in ▁a ▁mini - s lee ve ▁with ▁the ▁original ▁design ▁of ▁Roger ▁Dean ▁was ▁released , ▁and ▁in ▁December , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁German ▁label ▁Re per toire ▁released ▁Three ▁Fri ends ▁( 1 9 7 2