I wonder if it will be digital, I spoke with Alan Parsons after a Beatles Ed Sullivan anniversary showing and he said that the future of music seems to be in downloads it's just hard to have a high resolution surround download. I specifically mentioned HD tracks is possibly a place that might do that. I wonder if he's going physical format or digital? For the record, he made it clear that he loved surround and wishes it had become a more viable format.
This is not directed at you (at all) Bender.. just that is a slightly bittersweet comment at the end there, imho.. in that he "wishes it had become a more viable format", I mean.
There's no need for wishful thinking on Alan Parson's part, surround music
is viable! Steven Wilson has proven as much -
if it gets released in the first instance..
we can't buy this surround stuff if "they" don't put it out there.. blah blah!
(maybe I should just jot down variations on that theme on my clipboard and cut and paste them into discussions, its a recurring self-fulfilling old chicken and egg thing isn't it..
)
to be fair, I do wonder if Alan Parson's experience with labels and surround (which has from what we can gather been rather negative for quite some years = lack of interest/desire to stump up the cash at some point, seemingly?) over the years possibly adds to his somewhat downbeat demeanour on the subject now.. I dunno.. maybe now he has a label or someone at that label who GETS IT..!!
maybe his previously released surround work will see a reissue now? I mean we're talking about a DTS CD from 17 years ago that not many have ever heard of (sadly) and a DualDisc (pah! spit!) that now goes for megabucks (I bet few people have ever heard it, let alone heard of it, rarer than rocking horse shit that Valid Path DualDisc.. pah.. spit..!)
