Gentle Giant to release expanded "Playing the Fool" (5.1 / Atmos Blu-Ray 05/05/2025)

[colsky]

https://linktr.ee/gentlegiantband

 

[DuncanS]

And now on the Shed https://burningshed.com/gentle-giant_playing-the-fool_2cd_blu-ray

I'm buying as I'm a GG fanatic, but, the only thing that concerns me is the comment highlighted below.

 

[Marplot]

And now on the Shed https://burningshed.com/gentle-giant_playing-the-fool_2cd_blu-ray

I'm buying as I'm a GG fanatic, but, the only thing that concerns me is the comment highlighted below.

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does that mean it comes with a vape pen you can choke on and someone to bump into you?

 

[SomethingAnything]

And now on the Shed https://burningshed.com/gentle-giant_playing-the-fool_2cd_blu-ray

I'm buying as I'm a GG fanatic, but, the only thing that concerns me is the comment highlighted below.

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I guess that could mean they have more restored sounds from the audience (claps, whistles, shouts...), as they have done with the in-between commentary. Or it could mean what we fear. The word ambience is a red flag.

 

[ssully]

It might just mean that the multitracks included a recording of the room sound, which wasn't mixed much into the original release but is more prominent in the new mix.

IOW, not artificial ambience. Just a different mix choice.

 

[srbjab]

I'm waiting for reviews of this one before purchasing. I've already got the CD and it sounds fine for what it is. The LAST thing I want to hear is more audience noise during the songs. Although the last GG gig I attended many years ago was obnoxiously loud - I couldn't hear anything but the band.

 

[DuncanS]

does that mean it comes with a vape pen you can choke on and someone to bump into you?

Usually it means that 3 or 4 much taller than me stand in front of me and keep moving about so I see very little of the band on stage