David Bowie: Ziggy-era Box out in June; Dolby Atmos Blu-Ray out in Sept!

[privateuniverse]

Bull Moose: $22.97

Beats Amazon by a couple of bucks.

 

[colsky]

Amazon.co.uk has decided to let me do pre-orders again! So I've ordered the stand alone BD at £18.99. If its dire then it is not that bad considering some of the other surround albums I've coughed up way more for and been disappointed, also not a bad price as amazon.co.uk want £17.99 for the pre-order of Black Country Communion's "V" CD - which contains the excellent track "Red Sun" which Planet Rock have been playing quite a bit.

Red Sun is excellent . Don't know why V is so expensive on amazon. It's £12.61 at Rarewaves:

https://www.rarewaves.com/products/0061297907212-v

 

[quadrifonico]

Rize and Fall/Ziggy - Amazon US $24.98

Available only on Amazon USA? Thanks

 

[dobyblue]

https://www.amazon.ca/Rise-Ziggy-Stardust-Spiders-Blu-ray/dp/B0D49L41P4

CDN$31.19 is very acceptable for me (US$22.83), pre-ordered!

 

[privateuniverse]

New video for the title track:

 

[privateuniverse]

HEAR ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ IN DOLBY ATMOS FOR THE FIRST TIME EXCLUSIVELY FROM 15TH JUNE – 30TH JUNE AT THE KEF MUSIC GALLERY GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON. DOLBY ATMOS MIX TO BE RELEASED ON BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC & STREAMING 6th SEPTEMBER 2024.

Last night, the KEF Music Gallery London, 32-48 Great Portland St, London, hosted the world premiere of tracks from ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, the Dolby Atmos mix of ‘ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ along with a Q&A with Ziggy co-producer Ken Scott.

From June 15th to June 30th, high-end audiophile speaker purveyors KEF will partner with Parlophone to celebrate the …ZIGGY STARDUST … Atmos mix and the June 14th release of the 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio box set ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!.

For the first time ever, fans will be able to experience the Dolby Atmos mix exclusively at the KEF Music Gallery, nearly three months ahead of its release. The Gallery will also be hosting special events and activations inspired by the time that Bowie was writing and recording this legendary album.

 

[MrSmithers]

HEAR ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ IN DOLBY ATMOS FOR THE FIRST TIME EXCLUSIVELY FROM 15TH JUNE – 30TH JUNE AT THE KEF MUSIC GALLERY GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON. DOLBY ATMOS MIX TO BE RELEASED ON BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC & STREAMING 6th SEPTEMBER 2024.

Last night, the KEF Music Gallery London, 32-48 Great Portland St, London, hosted the world premiere of tracks from ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, the Dolby Atmos mix of ‘ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ along with a Q&A with Ziggy co-producer Ken Scott.

From June 15th to June 30th, high-end audiophile speaker purveyors KEF will partner with Parlophone to celebrate the …ZIGGY STARDUST … Atmos mix and the June 14th release of the 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio box set ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!.

For the first time ever, fans will be able to experience the Dolby Atmos mix exclusively at the KEF Music Gallery, nearly three months ahead of its release. The Gallery will also be hosting special events and activations inspired by the time that Bowie was writing and recording this legendary album.

Jeez, it’s already fully booked for every slot in the next 2 weeks!

 

[marpow]

My copy of Rock 'N' Roll Star! arrives today.
Amazon US $94.47

 

[The Hoople]

Unfortunately I ordered mine from Rhino. Not even a shipping notice yet. Although with them that means I could be getting it today……or next month.

 

[marpow]

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars blu-ray audio will be issued on 6 September 2024, via Parlophone. Secure your copy via the SDE shop, the home of blu-ray audio! Pre-order using this link

 

[fredblue]

Jeez, it’s already fully booked for every slot in the next 2 weeks!

i'd have loved to but couldn't have gone regardless, i'm upto my eyeballs with work atm

it's encouraging though that so many people want to go and hear the Atmos..!!

maybe we are witnessing Surround Music going from niche little hobby to mass adoption..

that'll be the day i go off Surround and go back to Mono..!!

(which is probably how many people play Atmos anyway....)

 

[bayards]

Pre-ordered the standalone blu ray from SDE! Way to go, SDE!

Glad I waited on the box. Could probably get it second-hand for a better price later.

Listening to the 5 CD version. Some good stuff on there. Have ordered the SDE blu-ray too.

 

[MrSmithers]

HEAR ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ IN DOLBY ATMOS FOR THE FIRST TIME EXCLUSIVELY FROM 15TH JUNE – 30TH JUNE AT THE KEF MUSIC GALLERY GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON. DOLBY ATMOS MIX TO BE RELEASED ON BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC & STREAMING 6th SEPTEMBER 2024.

Last night, the KEF Music Gallery London, 32-48 Great Portland St, London, hosted the world premiere of tracks from ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, the Dolby Atmos mix of ‘ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ along with a Q&A with Ziggy co-producer Ken Scott.

From June 15th to June 30th, high-end audiophile speaker purveyors KEF will partner with Parlophone to celebrate the …ZIGGY STARDUST … Atmos mix and the June 14th release of the 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio box set ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!.

For the first time ever, fans will be able to experience the Dolby Atmos mix exclusively at the KEF Music Gallery, nearly three months ahead of its release. The Gallery will also be hosting special events and activations inspired by the time that Bowie was writing and recording this legendary album.

Jeez, it’s already fully booked for every slot in the next 2 weeks!

Managed to get a stand by booking in the end. Gotta say the new Atmos mix sounds amazing! This is on KEF’s state of the art 9.14(!).6 Atmos system. I’m not sure how it will transcribe on more normal systems but there were plenty of individual elements you could hear in this new mix. The drums are really intelligently incorporated into the mix. All songs seem to have their own approach. The acoustic guitar on Starman comes in from the right side channel. The ‘freak out’ backing echo moves all around the room in Moonage Daydream. It’s not a Steven Wilson surround like mix but I really enjoyed it, boy does it sound good to my ears… Roll on September… ️

 

[fredblue]

Managed to get a stand by booking in the end. Gotta say the new Atmos mix sounds amazing! This is on KEF’s state of the art 9.14(!).6 Atmos system. I’m not sure how it will transcribe on more normal systems but there were plenty of individual elements you could hear in this new mix. The drums are really intelligently incorporated into the mix. All songs seem to have their own approach. The acoustic guitar on Starman comes in from the right side channel. The ‘freak out’ backing echo moves all around the room in Moonage Daydream. It’s not a Steven Wilson surround like mix but I really enjoyed it, boy does it sound good to my ears… Roll on September… ️

yeaayyyy!! as the song goes; "wham bam thank you m'aam!"

soooo glad you managed to get in to hear it and thank you for the roving report!!

14 subs!? crikey o'reilly..

where did the "ooohh-ooohh-ooohh-ooooh" BVs in "Moonage Daydream" appear to emanate from? how about the strings in "Starman"? would you say Bowie's lead vocal felt like it was hard in the Centre or spread across the Front LCR or did it feel like it was a 'lead vocals all round' type presentation? what were the Heights mainly used for?

 

[Dynamic Editor]

Managed to get a stand by booking in the end. Gotta say the new Atmos mix sounds amazing! This is on KEF’s state of the art 9.14(!).6 Atmos system. I’m not sure how it will transcribe on more normal systems but there were plenty of individual elements you could hear in this new mix. The drums are really intelligently incorporated into the mix. All songs seem to have their own approach. The acoustic guitar on Starman comes in from the right side channel. The ‘freak out’ backing echo moves all around the room in Moonage Daydream. It’s not a Steven Wilson surround like mix but I really enjoyed it, boy does it sound good to my ears… Roll on September… ️

Have you heard the 5.1 mix? My fear was that it wouldn't be substantially different from the upcoming Atmos mix.

 

[MrSmithers]

14 subs!? crikey o'reilly..

Yeah it was really loud! Which is fine by me! I think on the original record Ken Scott had a note written on the back advising that the album should be played back loud. I listen to everything loudly though, say what old bean?!

where did the "ooohh-ooohh-ooohh-ooooh" BVs in "Moonage Daydream" appear to emanate from? how about the strings in "Starman"?

I can't remember particularly placing them to be honest, I'd guess it was more in the middle of the room but I could be wrong. I could defo place certain instruments in various side and surround channels though, including the strings. Didn't notice anything from the heights in particular either but that's because it seemed like more of a 'ball' of sound to me? On Five Years the echo to the "sighing, crying, dying, lying" lyrics were defo in the rear channels. I should've noticed more but I was too busy nodding my head up and down listening to the music...

would you say Bowie's lead vocal felt like it was hard in the Centre or spread across the Front LCR or did it feel like it was a 'lead vocals all round' type presentation?

Each song seemed to have its own unique mix approach. Lead vocal was mostly across the front but I remember one song, could be 'It Ain't Easy', where the vocal started in the front left channel, then moved to the front right and then centred. Sounds weird but it worked I think.

 

[MrSmithers]

Have you heard the 5.1 mix? My fear was that it wouldn't be substantially different from the upcoming Atmos mix.

Yeah I've got the old SACD. This is quite different although hopefully it's going to be what people like and surround-y enough. I loved it!

To be honest I never thought the 5.1 was quite as bad as it's reputation got, but Ken Scott said in the Q&A that the 5.1 version was really just based on the stereo mix, and this time they've gone much more to town.

 

[AtAlls2Words]

Event extended - looks fun !

https://bit.ly/45MOJd3

“You asked and we listened! Due to the overwhelming response we’ve had to our David Bowie album playbacks at KEF Music Gallery London, we’re extending the events throughout July.

Join us on Wednesdays and Fridays to experience the iconic “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars” in our Ultimate Experience Room and hear the legendary album as you’ve never heard it before.”

 

[privateuniverse]

 

[Dynamic Editor]

"Even on headphones, it's all around you. Blew me completely away."

Ok, so that's him acknowledging there's stuff behind the listener. That's good.