Well, having bought the original LP (and cassette for the car) back when it came out (and loved it, along with Chris's solo album), then the CD, then the AF SACD, this is an instant pre-order for me. Shame Steven Wilson didn't get to even (up)mix it, but it makes me mad/sad when I read stuff like this: "Alas, despite extensive research, the multi-track masters of the album cannot be found."
Thanks for the heads-up on this RT!Here we go!
Are you sure of this? Because I read him say he only does albums he really likes and that his time is limited, and can't do all of the albums he'd like to do. And I find it odd that the oldest classic Yes albums had all multitrack tapes available, yet these later ones are said missing - when it is so often the opposite, older vintage tapes are more likely to get lost along the way. Or a particular album gets lost along the way, but not all later albums.
Upmixes are insulting to us fans that have paid hundreds of dollars, ...and decades of waiting for our favorites to appear in 4.0 quad or 5.1 mixed versions. I agree, a song or two to get the project going and off the ground is one thing, but that's about it. There are too many albums that the multis are not lost that they can do rather than mess around with upmixes.
Yes I'm fairly certain he did, the LP says recorded at Seer Green which I assume was his house!
Rick Wakeman used to have a Sunday morning radio show on Planet Rock (always funny) and he told a story of getting Jon Anderson a great room in a hotel on the Isle Of Man as he had wanted to paint and thus wanted something suitably inspiring. So the hotel owner made sure he had a room with a great view, Mr. Wakeman gets a call from the owner and goes down to see the painting, causing Mr. Wakeman much mirth ....... it was of a flower! So my guess is the tapes were easily mislaid!
I can't access the Cherry Red site at all at the moment, not just for Olias. Their website has done this to me before, so hopefully just temporary problem their end.
