Comments Inspired by Fagen, Donald - MORPH THE CAT [DVD-A]

[sq10]

I bought the "nightfly" trilogy box(no booklets in ANY of the CDs )

Is there any difference between this and the original release concerning the data???

 

[JonUrban]

I'll check that out. I'm unfamiliar with "DVD-Audio Explorer"(?), but when I put the disc in to play and then hit the AUDIO button it states the details. Up till last night I didn't realize I had any discs with the 192/24 stereo tracks (because the cover didn't list the details), but checking Hotel California and Winelight I see I do). The Grover Washington sounds very nice, particularly in a set of good studio monitor cans.
I'd like to see this forum have a place for us to input all of these types of details, to make for a better informed purchase or to just better know what we already have. I'd certainly volunteer to input the information from what I own.

If you can complie a list, I can go back and edit the QQ HiRez Poll initial entry for each disc, and add that info to them all. Make a large list then send me a PM and I'll give it a shot.

 

[fzappa]

If you can complie a list, I can go back and edit the QQ HiRez Poll initial entry for each disc, and add that info to them all. Make a large list then send me a PM and I'll give it a shot.

The discs I have are (DVD-Audio):
Talking Heads "Remain in Light" DualDisc
Yes "Fragile"
Diana Krall "When I Look in Your Eyes"
Steely Dan "two against nature"
Rat Pack "Live at the Villa Venice"
Frank Zappa "Halloween"
David Sanborn "timeagain"
Robert Cray "Time Will Tell"
Donald Fagen "Morph the Cat"
Donald Fagen "The Nightfly"
Eine Alpensinfonie "An Alpine Symphony"
Medeski Martin and Wood "Uninvisible"
The Beatles "LOVE"
Steely Dan "Gaucho"
Grover Washington Jr. "Winelight"
Eagles "Hotel California"
Steely Dan "Everything Must Go"
Frank Zappa "Quadiophiliac"
Widespread Panic "Don't Tell the Band"
Santana "Suprenatural"
Neil Young "Harvest"
Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms" DualDisc
In the mail to me are also:
Donald Fagen "Kamakiriad"
Fourplay "Fourplay"
George Benson "Breezin"
Buena Vista Social Club "Buena Vista Social Club"
Bonnie Raitt "Nick of Time"
Eric Clapton "Reptile"
Jack Bruce "Shadows in the Air"
Little Feat "Kicking it at the Barn"

SACD (maybe some info that others would want on these):
Pink Floyd "Darkside of the Moon"
Pavarotti "ti adoro"
Wishbone Ash "Almighty Blues"
Bob Dylan "Bringing it All Back Home"
Bob Dylan "Blonde on Blonde"
Rolling Stones "Let it Bleed"
Rolling Stones "Beggars Banquet"
Creedence Clearwater Revival "Green River"
Diana Krall "The Girl in the Other Room"
Ray Charles "Genius Loves Company"
Miles Davis "Kind of Blue"
Spyro Gyra "Good to Go Go"
Spyro Gyra "Wrapped in a Dream"

DTS:
London Symphony "Night in Vienna"
The Police "Every Breath You Take"
Pavarotti & Friends "For Warchild"

 

[leevitalone1]

Where's the DVD audio version of Asia??? Been waiting long time! JU* start a petition?

 

[Almen]

Where's the DVD audio version of Asia??? Been waiting long time! JU* start a petition?

All multitracks are not available for Aja. In the CD reissue a reward is offered for anyone who delivers the multitracks for Aja and (I think) two more songs.

 

[filper]

I was lucky enough to find a copy just sitting on the shelf today...

I've played the dts 'Trilogy' disc a few times, but now we're getting HiRes hardcore.

I'll report back after a focused listen tonight.

 

[The Rang]

I was lucky enough to find a copy just sitting on the shelf today...

I've played the dts 'Trilogy' disc a few times, but now we're getting HiRes hardcore.

I'll report back after a focused listen tonight.

Yes, please report back.

There is a copy locally that's been whispering to me for months, looking for a home

 

[JonUrban]

I find myself appreciating this album more now that I've heard "Sunken Condos". I thought at first it was my negative feelings towards the lack of a 5.1 HiRez release of "Sunken Condos", but those tunes just do not stand up to the tunes on "Morph", at least for me. Makes one wonder if Condo's had a 5.1 mix I'd feel differently, or maybe the spreading out of the mix would have made the listening more enjoyable.

 

[jsrstereo]

I find myself appreciating this album more now that I've heard "Sunken Condos". I thought at first it was my negative feelings towards the lack of a 5.1 HiRez release of "Sunken Condos", but those tunes just do not stand up to the tunes on "Morph", at least for me. Makes one wonder if Condo's had a 5.1 mix I'd feel differently, or maybe the spreading out of the mix would have made the listening more enjoyable.

Hey Jon:

Well, at least be sure to run "Condo's" thru your new Surround Master decoder when it arrives from OZ, then report back on the results. I'm curious how the SM will decode "Condo's" in a 5.1 surround field. I have a SM, but am not yet set up for 5.1 - "Condo's" sounds great in 4.0.

 

[timbre4]

It does; Gordon Lightfoot

Sorry, his voice is in really rough shape.

 

[Quad Linda]

Seen Gordo live 6 times, including at the old Desert Inn. I wouldn't bother with him today.

It does; Gordon Lightfoot

Sorry, his voice is in really rough shape.

 

[timbre4]

And it's a drag, since I never got to see him in his prime. He was on TV a few weeks ago with a smashing band, classic catalog songs and difficulty expressing them.

 

[leevitalone1]

And it's a drag, since I never got to see him in his prime. He was on TV a few weeks ago with a smashing band, classic catalog songs and difficulty expressing them.

There is a very good dvd out you may like, loaded with Dan stuff, with the the 2 against nature album cuts. Done in a small studio it's great.

 

[steelydave]

There is a very good dvd out you may like, loaded with Dan stuff, with the the 2 against nature album cuts. Done in a small studio it's great.

It's called 'Steely Dan's Plush Jazz-Rock TV Party In Sensuous Surround Sound'. I think it may be out of print now, but it's easy enough to find. It has an excellent fully discrete DTS 5.1 mix that was done by none other than Elliott Scheiner himself, so it sounds like a lot of the Dan & Fagen stuff, mix-wise.

 

[leevitalone1]

Steeydave is correct! I had NO idea it had been that long! This was one of my 1st dvd's when I began chasing 5.1 music. Amazon CA has it at over $222.00 CA and it's on e bay @ $50.00!
I had thought it was readily available. Man, you wake up one day and about 10yrs has gone by!

 

[omega4]

Oh No! I was going through albums converted to FLAC for enjoyment in my car and realised that Morph The Cat was missing. So, I placed the disc in my laptop opened DVD Audi Extractor and after five minutes had to crash the computer to stop it cycling through the initial read. Took out the disc and, disaster, it is clearly about to expire from the dreaded disc rot - photo attached. It is not quite gone as it does still play in my Cambridge CXU and I did manage to convert the 5.1 album to FLAC after a few tries with a different disc drive. The real problem was trying to get the stereo hi-res tracks. Following multiple attempts I did manage to extract seven of nine tracks (oh crikey, that's a Borg thing!) and I will keep trying to get the last two. Fingers crossed but then again this is also the loss of an asset that I can do nothing about.

If not already here on QQ would it be worth having a list of discs that our fellow members have identified as having problems. I now know of three in my collection, Reckless, Dark Side... and now Morph (just thought maybe it is deliberate given the title!!!)

Finally, it has come to mind that our passion for great surround music is a complete parallel to fine wine appreciators. Irreplaceable containers (bottles for the wine lovers) and disc rot is the equivalent of your favourite vintage wine being "corked"!

 

[omega4]

Just to add to my discovery about Morph......my CXU will play all of the 24/96 files except the stereo version of track 9 "Morph The Cat (Reprise)". At least I caught it soon enough not for it to have been a totally lost disc (well, for now anyway) but it's around £100 fading before my eyes (ears?)!

I did try to save the whole DVD with a specialist software but curiously that recovered only the DD and DTS versions albeit with the track titles and images but definitely no hi-res files. There was no option to preserve those. I have checked the recovered elements which definitely have stereo DD, 5.1 DD and 5.1 DTS but they do sound rather odd. I wonder if there is any way I could back up the entire DVD not just recover the DD and DTS even though I have the FLAC of the 24/96 FLACs? Any advice on this will be greatly appreciated.

 

[DAC1961]

Oh No! I was going through albums converted to FLAC for enjoyment in my car and realised that Morph The Cat was missing. So, I placed the disc in my laptop opened DVD Audi Extractor and after five minutes had to crash the computer to stop it cycling through the initial read. Took out the disc and, disaster, it is clearly about to expire from the dreaded disc rot - photo attached. It is not quite gone as it does still play in my Cambridge CXU and I did manage to convert the 5.1 album to FLAC after a few tries with a different disc drive. The real problem was trying to get the stereo hi-res tracks. Following multiple attempts I did manage to extract seven of nine tracks (oh crikey, that's a Borg thing!) and I will keep trying to get the last two. Fingers crossed but then again this is also the loss of an asset that I can do nothing about.

If not already here on QQ would it be worth having a list of discs that our fellow members have identified as having problems. I now know of three in my collection, Reckless, Dark Side... and now Morph (just thought maybe it is deliberate given the title!!!)

Finally, it has come to mind that our passion for great surround music is a complete parallel to fine wine appreciators. Irreplaceable containers (bottles for the wine lovers) and disc rot is the equivalent of your favourite vintage wine being "corked"!

What causes disc rot? Don't think I've experienced it and I have a good many DVD-A from early 2000s.

 

[LuvMyQuad]

What causes disc rot? Don't think I've experienced it and I have a good many DVD-A from early 2000s.

From what I've read, it seems to be more prevalent with European pressings for some reason. You may not have many of those.

 

[Lord British]

Found this on Ebay for 30$ just now. Familiar with Steely Dan but none of the solo work. Just based on the reviews here I know I'm going to enjoy it. Thanks QQ!