I've heard the set and it's definitely worth owning. The material was edited for release in such a way (solos removed or shortened, studio dialogue moved from one take to another) that there's only one track which is identical between this set and the original disc, so this isn't even an expanded version of Sun Ship - it's a companion piece. That said, $90 for 3 LPs is crazy. If it came with a download card (which a lot of LPs do now) or a CD version in a plain envelope, tucked into the sleeve (also something I've seen with, for example, recent Blue Note vinyl reissues), you could tell yourself you were buying it as an objet d'art and stick it up on a shelf and stare at it, but as it is they're just driving people to the CD version, I think.
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I've heard the set and it's definitely worth owning. The material was edited for release in such a way (solos removed or shortened, studio dialogue moved from one take to another) that there's only one track which is identical between this set and the original disc, so this isn't even an expanded version of Sun Ship - it's a companion piece. That said, $90 for 3 LPs is crazy. If it came with a download card (which a lot of LPs do now) or a CD version in a plain envelope, tucked into the sleeve (also something I've seen with, for example, recent Blue Note vinyl reissues), you could tell yourself you were buying it as an objet d'art and stick it up on a shelf and stare at it, but as it is they're just driving people to the CD version, I think.