Elton John Diamonds (SDE Blu-Ray #31) Dec. 27th, 2024

[SeeMoreDigital]

I must admit, listening to any full album after May 1975's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy and I'm out... Although I do have Rock of The Westies, Blue Moves and A Single Man somewhere on CD.

 

[himey]

I must admit, listening to any full album after May 1975's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy and I'm out... Although I do have Rock of The Westies, Blue Moves and A Single Man somewhere on CD.

Too Low For Zero is slowly starting to grow on me due to the Atmos mix.

 

[madscot]

I must admit, listening to any full album after May 1975's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy and I'm out... Although I do have Rock of The Westies, Blue Moves and A Single Man somewhere on CD.

I think Rock of the westies was his last great album, Blue moves was the last album I bought of his at the time

 

[Atomic Punk]

wow this is pretty awesome. just looked at the track list and was really hoping to see Shoorah on there...

 

[LennonCobain]

My logic is that any SDE release that also offers video content is not strictly a 'pure audio' disc. So #15 Soft Cell, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret is another candidate

You may remember that during UMG’s short-lived HFPA initiative, Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet was issued in the white HFPA case even though the disc included video content as well.

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

You may remember that during UMG’s short-lived HFPA initiative, Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet was issued in the white HFPA case even though the disc included video content as well.

Sacrilege!

 

[himey]

I think Rock of the westies was his last great album, Blue moves was the last album I bought of his at the time

I think Island Girl benefits as much as any song on Diamonds from the Atmos treatment.

 

[Suffolk David]

I think Rock of the westies was his last great album, Blue moves was the last album I bought of his at the time

Blue Moves is Steven Wilson’s favourite EJ album, maybe it’s on his list of possible surround remixes, especially given the appearance of Elton John on The Future Bites. You never know….

 

[texeast]

I don’t know that much about this particular album. Does anyone know if the tracks are from when he was in his prime or were they done later in life? Thanks.

 

[Suffolk David]

I don’t know that much about this particular album. Does anyone know if the tracks are from when he was in his prime or were they done later in life? Thanks.

Diamonds is a greatest hits album

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

I don’t know that much about this particular album. Does anyone know if the tracks are from when he was in his prime or were they done later in life? Thanks.

All the tracks are listed on the SDE web page. The 'hits' cover a period from 1970 to 2016...

 

[JFHiggins]

Here is an article I wrote about the streaming release of Diamonds in Atmos, including an interview with Greg Penny.

 

[HenkG]

All the tracks are listed on the SDE web page. The 'hits' cover a period from 1970 to 2016...

Almost 4 hours of music, I consume this in parts

 

[PurpleMoustache]

Ordered. Rocket Man is a perennial streaming Atmos demo track for me due to that initial explosion from the rears, so that’s worth the price of entry alone. Let alone 47 other Atmos tracks

 

[himey]

Here is an article

I don't remember Diamonds showing up in 360 on Tidal, I only remember it in Atmos? Great write up by the way!

 

[AYanguas]

I don't remember Diamonds showing up in 360 on Tidal, I only remember it in Atmos? Great write up by the way!

I remember the same

 

[ssully]

very little from Don't Shoot Me or Caribou.

I have all the other surround mixes up to Cpt Fantastic already. Not interested in the after-stuff, so: Pass.

(actually, if there's a new surround mix of 'Philadelphia Freedom' that isn't as stupendously loud as the current one, I might be interested.)

 

[cdheer]

Ordered immediately. Even love the price. (Sorry, are my emotional Who's Next scars showing?)

Like @AYanguas I'm more of a prog guy, but I mean, this is Elton.

 

[AYanguas]

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Like @AYanguas I'm more of a prog guy, but I mean, this is Elton.

What memories…

When I was a teenager in the 70's and was only a prog fan, a friend of mine (pop, beatles and the like) introduced me to Elton John with the majestic “Funeral for a Friend” from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. And I said: But wait… this is symphonic rock!

Then I told my little sister about Elton John and she understood that I was talking about “The Tom Jones” (In Spanish said: “El Tom Jon”)

 

[srbjab]

Although I own 5 multichannel sacds covering most of his 70's output I really like, I'll probably still get this. Frankly, it's the hits I enjoy most about Elton's music so there are a lot of tracks I regularly skip over on full length albums. Having such a huge cherry picked greatest hits set, most of which I don't own and mixed in Atmos, is pretty much a dream release for this artist, for me. Damn, every time I think I'm out, Paul/SDE pulls me back in.