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Big Phat Band - Swingin' For The Fences on DVD-A 5.1

No More Shall We Part -- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
(Another artist who doesn't get much mention in this forum although almost all of his albums have been remastered in 5.1 mixes.)
All of Nick Cave albums which have been remixed in 5.1 are well done and very enveloping. You also get a lot of content for your money although some of the albums have become quite pricey due to the limited availability of them. (I have them all.)How is the 5.1 mix? Is his latest release "Skeleton Tree" available in 5.1?
All of Nick Cave albums which have been remixed in 5.1 are well done and very enveloping. You also get a lot of content for your money although some of the albums have become quite pricey due to the limited availability of them. (I have them all.)
The plan was to have all of this albums remastered with 5.1 mixes. His latest two (Push The Sky Away and Skeleton Tree) have not received that treatment. And I don't know if they will as the announcement was made before these two albums were ever conceived.
Good choice. That album has a lot of great songs on it. Report back on how you like the 5.1 mix.Thank you for that review. I ordered 1997's The Boatman's Call to get things started.
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A ha! I've collected a bunch of the AF multi channel SACDs over the last couple of years. I'm very pleased with most of them, but found the quad mix of The Guess Who to be sorely lacking (so bad in fact, that I prefer the stereo mix which is unheard of for mePut on the Best of the Guess Who AF SACD after listening to the B,S&T S/T AF SACD. I got as far as American Woman and stopped the disc. I found the Guess Who quad mix to be a bit flat and not very immersive when compared to the B,S&T S/T quad mix.
Just put on Eric Clapton's "There's One In Every Crowd" Blu-ray from the Give Me Strength '74/'75 Recordings. It's a real nice quad mix! The Blu-ray also includes Elliot Scheiner’s unreleased 5.1 mix of 461 Ocean Boulevard and the original quad mix of the same album. I find that Elliot Scheiner’s 5.1 mix of 461 Ocean Boulevard is better than the 5.1 mix on the SACD.
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Bill
It's interesting that some think The Best of The Guess Who is a good quad mix. As you I also found the quad mix "lacking" (great term) in overall SQ. The quad mix just seems flat when compared to many multichannel titles I have. My comments were not well received by one member over at the SH ForumA ha! I've collected a bunch of the AF multi channel SACDs over the last couple of years. I'm very pleased with most of them, but found the quad mix of The Guess Who to be sorely lacking (so bad in fact, that I prefer the stereo mix which is unheard of for me) But it seems like everyone I've talked to that has it looks at me like I've got lobsters crawling out of my ears when I mention I don't care for the quad mix. Nice to meet a fellow traveller, lol.
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I noticed that comment over there, a little harsh I thought considering you weren't trashing the thing. Anyway, here's a better one from AF imo, Best of Bread 4.0It's interesting that some think The Best of The Guess Who is a good quad mix. As you I also found the quad mix "lacking" (great term) in overall SQ. The quad mix just seems flat when compared to many multichannel titles I have. My comments were not well received by one member over at the SH Forum.
Bill
Been looking at this one, what do you think of the music and mix Milt?
Sorry for the really late reply, haven't looked in for a while.How do you like it? I just got mine but am in the middle of 19 discs of the new Crimson box so I won't get to it for a while. If it's like the other XTC releases, it should be spectacular.