Alan Parson’s “Ammonia Avenue” on Blu-Ray Audio Disc

[winopener]

Listening on YouTube now. Never knew about this album!

Very hard to follow a commercial smash such as Eye In The Sky, AA more or less replicate the same formula and that's where the problem lies - APP never did that before or after.

 

[DuncanS]

Its not my favourite APP album but I'll definitely be getting it

 

[The Auroran]

One of those albums that is often overlooked, but it's certainly a worthy addition to
the Project canon.

Looking forward to it.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

I Robot is waaaaaay overdue!!!

I'm in! If it's Alan Parsons then I am buying. Love the standalone BR coming out at the same time too. There is only one downside to this release and that is that Pyramids isn't next. At least I am one more closer to getting all my fave Parsons in hi-rez BR! As long as as the pipeline remains open I have high hopes for more to come. Colour me .

Ha ha- Pipeline is one of my fav tracks on this one

 

[hirez]

NICE

 

[beerking]

It's like I'm being drawn in to check on new posts, just when a new surround release is announced ...The surround gods are smiling on me, for sure!!

Cheers for the heads up...

 

[Albert Dagger]

Soon = 4 months?
Anyway, good news. Would had preferred Turn.

Or I Robot...

 

[marpow]

Listening now to my stereo Tidal account at work, I think I will like it in surround.

 

[Albert Dagger]

It seems the stereo remaster will only be included in the large box set! The standalone blu-ray will have the 5.1/stereo remixes.

 

[Marplot]

use sox to convert the stereo to CD quality and burn, problem solved. sox -S TRACK1 -r 44100 -b 16 -c 2 -G TRAC1.CD [and then burn the output files to CD, voila 2020 CD mix]

 

[kvsawilson]

Awesome! This has always been my favorite of his as I think it was the first one I ever bought. Love that he's putting them out standalone at a good price. I'll keep buying them if he keeps getting them released.

K

 

[Imbobman]

Wow, great news. IMO, this was the next to the last of the great to very good APP releases. There are many good songs on this....
I always liked the song 'Dancing On A High Wire'.
I wonder too if this will only be available at Esoteric/ Cherry Red....It's early, we'll see.

 

[rtbluray]

That's a surprise. I wonder how he chose Ammonia Avenue over the others? Its not a favorite Parsons release in pretty much anybody's book AFAIK, its not any anniversary either.... hmmmm

My guess is that Esoteric and Cherry Red were trying to get the box set and Blu-Ray released this year for the album's 35th anniversary but they ran out of time.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Its not my favourite APP album but I'll definitely be getting it

So what's your fav APP album, Dunc: CLOROX BOULEVARD?

 

[drphibes]

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/artist/...eid=474b7671d2&utm_source=Esoteric+Recordings

Instant order for me, in no small way because he makes the deluxe set for the mega fans, and the single blu-ray for dilettantes like me.

Thank you Alan Parsons! I will be a loyal customer once again.

 

[TheNightfly]

Superb news, really surprising considering the total lack of any initial hype towards this release. AA is really underrated and overshadowed by his more popular releases. Being the follow up to Eye its easy to judge AA as being a bit similar in construction, but it really nice tracks in there. Seeing the QQ FB post this morning really made my day. Tq AP & Cherry Red Records for having the balls to release this.

 

[rtbluray]

Soon = 4 months?
Anyway, good news. Would had preferred Turn.

I had been thinking that Arista & Legacy would put out a 40th anniversary box set for "Turn of a Friendly Card" in November 2020, and I still think that will happen, but now I think it's gonna be Esoteric & Cherry Red that will do the honors, and really, Esoteric & Cherry Red are the BEST reissue label for the Alan Parsons Project and their catalogue. They are very good at putting together superb reissues for overlooked and under-appreciated albums, and they definitely care about 5.1 surround too!
Just look at the recent Be-Bop Deluxe box sets for examples of quality reissues.
Plus it looks like they are letting Alan Parsons and the Woolfson estate continue to utilize the same release configurations, so this definitely appears to be a big win for everyone involved.

Now we just need everyone on here to buy the Blu-Ray! (Or box set)

 

[SHB]

I am very impressed that Cherry Red Records is offering the stand alone blu ray and it is being released at the same time as the box set. Very cool!

 

[Mesozoic Mike]

This is terrific news. Ordered the single disc release. Something to look forward to next March.

 

[Imbobman]

I decided not to wait & just ordered one...Pay pal cost; converted into dollars: $23.93 shipped to the USA. Sounds like a bargain to me!
Thank you Wheeler98 for the heads up on this one being available!