ELP Emerson Lake & Palmer Cataloge in 5.1 Surround

[fredblue]

Sorry to go off topic, but yes. The two Firesign Theatre quad albums are excellent!

J. D.

Thanks for the info. I couldn't get into the Firesign Theater DVD-A, were they better/different/funnier in the Quad days?

 

[timbre4]

Day and night difference; the early albums are classic gems. Ironically the albums after Boom Dot Bust (Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death, Bride of Firesign were much stronger and a return to form. Just wrong timing for DVDA.


Tapatalk

 

[fredblue]

Day and night difference; the early albums are classic gems. Ironically the albums after Boom Dot Bust (Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death, Bride of Firesign were much stronger and a return to form. Just wrong timing for DVDA.


Tapatalk

Thank you! I shall check their Quads out four-thwith!

That'd be a fun (though maybe mildly depressing at the same time!) game.. which DVD-A's made poor choices when there were obvious candidates by the same artist (i.e. Alanis and Under Rug Swept Vs. Jagged Little Pill) or were victims of timing?

 

[Werno]

Day and night difference; the early albums are classic gems. Ironically the albums after Boom Dot Bust (Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death, Bride of Firesign were much stronger and a return to form. Just wrong timing for DVDA.

Those of you who have access to Freegal, a library service in the USA that provides free music downloads that primarily draw on the Sony catalog, can download the early Firesign albums therefrom. You're allowed three 'songs, per week, but since there are Firesign albums that have whole-side length cuts it doesn't take too many weeks to grab a couple albums to check out. 'Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers' and 'How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All' would be two good places to start.

It's neither ELP nor surround, apologies for wandering still farther afield.

 

[Circular Vibes]

Freegal is in Canada as well. Check with your local library to see if they subscribe.

 

[DennisMoore Jr.]

Sorry to go off topic, but yes. The two Firesign Theatre quad albums are excellent!

J. D.

While thinking about Firesign Theatre and this lovely forum, one thought comes to mind:

We are all bozos on this bus!

ELP time: No more reviews peeps??? C'mon. We need more than one village idiot(me) and one handsome & informative lad(FredBlue). Has anybody else received their box?

Where's Colsky and that crazy hat of his?

ELP pt. II/ With the apparently excellent BSS box set released world wide, it looks like Sony would have no reason to stop now. Can we dare guess that ELP - Trilogy in 5.1 is just a matter of time?

I am actually very excited to browse through the oversized book. The 3 ELP lads really caught lightning in a bottle in 1973. I saw them in 1977 w/orchestra but that 1973 BSS tour would have been to die for.

 

[IMachine]

I will receive it in two weeks, because it will be released in Germany on the 26th.
I didn't order it from GB because it is cheaper here .

 

[user 1679]

Has anybody else received their box?

Can we dare guess that ELP - Trilogy in 5.1 is just a matter of time?

Mine has arrived in the USA and is at the customs clearance stage - maybe I'll get it next week sometime, but since I'll be away starting Thursday I'll not see it until after Memorial Day I guess.


Since Jakko has confirmed that he finished the mix of Trilogy I don't think it's any stretch to think it'll be released, hopefully later this year.

 

[colsky]

I have to admit that I only ordered the 3 disc set of this one, which gives me all I need and doesn't create a storage problem . I'm really disappointed and confused as to why the smaller set is delayed whereas the super duper deluxe set wasn't. I'm really looking forward to this and Trilogy (by the end of the year please). That big Brain Salad box looks gorgeous, I'm jealous.

 

[DennisMoore Jr.]

I have to admit that I only ordered the 3 disc set of this one, which gives me all I need and doesn't create a storage problem . I'm really disappointed and confused as to why the smaller set is delayed whereas the super duper deluxe set wasn't. I'm really looking forward to this and Trilogy (by the end of the year please). That big Brain Salad box looks gorgeous, I'm jealous.

There you are Laddie! I thought you ran off to Paris to live life as a Pastry Chef. @: With that splendid tunnel you English lot have it must be so easy to zip into France and remind them how it was you Brits who actually stood up to those pesky Germans in the late 1930's and didn't run & hide under the floorboards.

Right! About the box: Couldn't you have asked your wife, girlfriend or mum to spot you a few extra pounds to get the box? I'm not big on buying LP records anymore but I must have the BSS vynyl. It has the die cut front, yes? LP records may not sound so good but they do have that wonderful smell!

Sony clearly delayed the cheaper edition so die-hard BSS fans must cough up the extra dough for the box(like I did.) So if you want to be a cheap bastard you must wait. Sorry. How can you pass on that HUGE coffee table booklet??? Digital downloads are for 14 year old spoiled brat iPad users(Crikey! That last comment should really get 'em goin.) We need Brain Salad Surgey books, pictures, records, CDs, DVD-Audios and boxed cigarettes! We need to have some physical product to stick in our grubby little mits and then chew on a bit during the real exciting parts of the 5.1 mix.

Yes, yes, yes, we all want Trilogy the most, but this Box turned out to be a real nice surprise AND we got news of an unearthed 4.0 recording of KarnEvil 9 live. How cool is that!?!?

@doppelbock: I recall Jakko made a vague reference to Trilogy in 5.1. Did he actually state that the mix had been completed? I don't recall.

 

[DuncanS]

Digital downloads are for 14 year old spoiled brat iPad users(Crikey! That last comment should really get 'em goin.)

I can smell the flame thrower napalm from over here!

 

[colsky]

There you are Laddie! I thought you ran off to Paris to live life as a Pastry Chef. @: With that splendid tunnel you English lot have it must be so easy to zip into France and remind them how it was you Brits who actually stood up to those pesky Germans in the late 1930's and didn't run & hide under the floorboards.

Right! About the box: Couldn't you have asked your wife, girlfriend or mum to spot you a few extra pounds to get the box? I'm not big on buying LP records anymore but I must have the BSS vynyl. It has the die cut front, yes? LP records may not sound so good but they do have that wonderful smell!

Sony clearly delayed the cheaper edition so die-hard BSS fans must cough up the extra dough for the box(like I did.) So if you want to be a cheap bastard you must wait. Sorry. How can you pass on that HUGE coffee table booklet??? Digital downloads are for 14 year old spoiled brat iPad users(Crikey! That last comment should really get 'em goin.) We need Brain Salad Surgey books, pictures, records, CDs, DVD-Audios and boxed cigarettes! We need to have some physical product to stick in our grubby little mits and then chew on a bit during the real exciting parts of the 5.1 mix.

Yes, yes, yes, we all want Trilogy the most, but this Box turned out to be a real nice surprise AND we got news of an unearthed 4.0 recording of KarnEvil 9 live. How cool is that!?!?

@doppelbock: I recall Jakko made a vague reference to Trilogy in 5.1. Did he actually state that the mix had been completed? I don't recall.

I await your review of the box when it arrives oh free spending lupin thief!

I love vinyl, but unfortunately my collection has gone, as has my record player. I've never bought a digital download in my life. It has to be physical product for me. And I'm not a cheap bastard!

 

[user 1679]

@doppelbock: I recall Jakko made a vague reference to Trilogy in 5.1. Did he actually state that the mix had been completed? I don't recall.

I didn't go back through all his tweets but I recall his being asked back last summer and replying that BSS was due in the fall and Trilogy in the spring. Obviously that sched has slipped but if they just alter that plan it would make sense for Trilogy to come in the fall (fingers crossed!). One of his other tweets was about extras and he replied he did some stuff but was up to the band/label to decide what got issued.

 

[DennisMoore Jr.]

I await your review of the box when it arrives oh free spending lupin thief!

I love vinyl, but unfortunately my collection has gone, as has my record player. I've never bought a digital download in my life. It has to be physical product for me. And I'm not a cheap bastard!

Funny thing my good man, most here are dreading my ELP - BSS review. A bad case of decem-o-phobia I'm afraid.(google Latin if that term puzzles anyone...)

Yes, I gave all my LP records away back in 2004, but I kept my band signed copy of YES - Time And A Word(UK version)

I have one new LP(A Flower Kings 2LP set) and BSS will be my 2nd LP record, yeah!!!

My digital DL comment was posted here but directed at a feisty young lad in another thread who stated without reservation that digital DLs are the future, which I bark "Humbug!". Most people will always want some kinda physical product I should think.

I'm picky when it comes to box sets, my family comes first so I pass on crap like the Pink Floyd box sets of late and the Quadrophenia Director's edition...
This BSS box seems just right! I am serious, I love that coffee table sized picture book!

I know you are not. I just love calling my friends "cheap bastards", as well as "Loretta" and "stupid git" so I hope you don't mind. :yikes

 

[LuvMyQuad]

I'm picky when it comes to box sets, my family comes first so I pass on crap like the Pink Floyd box sets of late and the Quadrophenia Director's edition...
This BSS box seems just right! I am serious, I love that coffee table sized picture book!

I know you are not. I just love calling my friends "cheap bastards", as well as "Loretta" and "stupid git" so I hope you don't mind. :yikes

I like the majority of the ELP catalog, and most certainly BSS. But only a "stupid git" would call the Floyd sets crap in a comparison.

 

[cupboy]

Well, The Wall set was pretty useless. Don't know why they even put that one out. Had nothing to offer.

 

[fredblue]

Well, The Wall set was pretty useless. Don't know why they even put that one out. Had nothing to offer.

I didn't even know there had been an Immersion box set for The Wall.. or if I did I've totally forgotten! Don't tell me, I can guess the contents.. more marbles, cardboard coasters and stupid scarves.. that when you stick them all together form a bloody great Wall of completely pointless bollocks!

:ugham:

"We don't need no marbles, coasters,
We don't need no nylon scarves..
Hey, EMI, leave that crap alone!"

 

[DennisMoore Jr.]

I like the majority of the ELP catalog, and most certainly BSS. But only a "stupid git" would call the Floyd sets crap in a comparison.

Just to make sure we are on the same page; I was referring to the immersion sets. Take The Wall set for example, for around 110 smackers(USA) we get recycled stuff that most PF fans have bought already. The same live Wall from Earl's Court(I bought that already) and the same "remastered" 2.0 from the last box. So there was exactly nothing new to the finished product. Yes it did have some very early demo tapes, if you like that sort of thing...

Next... I will quote Good Sir fredBlue:

"I didn't even know there had been an Immersion box set for The Wall.. or if I did I've totally forgotten! Don't tell me, I can guess the contents.. more marbles, cardboard coasters and stupid scarves.. that when you stick them all together form a bloody great Wall of completely pointless bollocks!

"We don't need no marbles, coasters,
We don't need no nylon scarves..
Hey, EMI, leave that crap alone!"


Sad thing is: Had the PF immersion set of The Wall contained a 5.1 remix I would have declared it an absolute triumph.

 

[cupboy]

Just to make sure we are on the same page; I was referring to the immersion sets. Take The Wall set for example, for around 110 smackers(USA) we get recycled stuff that most PF fans have bought already. The same live Wall from Earl's Court(I bought that already) and the same "remastered" 2.0 from the last box. So there was exactly nothing new to the finished product. Yes it did have some very early demo tapes, if you like that sort of thing...

Next... I will quote Good Sir fredBlue:

"I didn't even know there had been an Immersion box set for The Wall.. or if I did I've totally forgotten! Don't tell me, I can guess the contents.. more marbles, cardboard coasters and stupid scarves.. that when you stick them all together form a bloody great Wall of completely pointless bollocks!

"We don't need no marbles, coasters,
We don't need no nylon scarves..
Hey, EMI, leave that crap alone!"


Sad thing is: Had the PF immersion set of The Wall contained a 5.1 remix I would have declared it an absolute triumph.

Same here. Or at least if they threw in a wool scarf.

 

[neil wilkes]

Link on Amazon.com US

http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Salad-Surgery-Emerson/dp/B00J89SG0U/

Appears to be the correct one, says 2 discs, but describes 3, including one with 5.1 mixes. Release date of July 1.

This is incorrect.
The *only* way to get the 5.1 version is in the Box Set.
The 2CD/DVD version contains 24/96 stereo (Original Mix Remastered & New Jakko Mix) only.