Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[fredblue]

I posted about the wrong music...I was interested in the McCartney DVD...

(I've got this one.. comes in rather flimsy ""Eco" card packaging but it has the all important 5.1 mixes!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Mccartney-Years-DVD-Paul/dp/B000UOOUU2

 

[DuncanS]

(I've got this one.. comes in rather flimsy ""Eco" card packaging but it has the all important 5.1 mixes!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Mccartney-Years-DVD-Paul/dp/B000UOOUU2

I've often wondered about getting this one, are the surround mixes any good?

 

[fredblue]

I've often wondered about getting this one, are the surround mixes any good?

Yes!

 

[blue.monk]

Yeah, I'll echo what others have said about the McCartney Years DVD set. The surround mixes are very good indeed and it has an impressive amount of content. I find myself returning most often to the first disc which covers 1970-83.

 

[GOS]

Yeah, I'll echo what others have said about the McCartney Years DVD set. The surround mixes are very good indeed and it has an impressive amount of content. I find myself returning most often to the first disc which covers 1970-83.

Tempting......

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Are there 3 discs on the McCartney DVD?...anybody

 

[GOS]

Are there 3 discs on the McCartney DVD?...anybody

Buehler...Buehler...anyone...anybody?

 

[blue.monk]

Are there 3 discs on the McCartney DVD?...anybody

Yes, 2 discs of videos and third of various live and TV appearances. Here's a breakdown:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_McCartney_Years

 

[rtbluray]

Tempting......

Get it! It's the best way to experience solo McCartney songs in surround.

 

[blue.monk]

George Benson & Al Jarreau - givin' it up. Monster Music Superdisc

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Don Crusin-The Hang DVD-A....first "casual" listen...on the computer surfing the net... and it's background music...but it sounds excellent..still available HERE

 

[Cibola]

Even Less - Full Length Version

 

[Perp]

Chicago - "Chicago Transit Authority" - Rhino Quad

 

[Perp]

Anathema - "Distant Satellites"

 

[Simon A]

Chicago - "Chicago Transit Authority" - Rhino Quad

Sweet! I hope to find a copy one day.

It's about 8:30 am over here. There's a beautiful rainstorm and I'm slightly hung over following a nice dinner with some friends last night that I finished in a Karaoke Bar until 3:00am. I'm playing the perfect album for how I'm feeling right now:

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (DTS Multichannel mix)

Life is good...

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Sweet! I hope to find a copy one day.

It's about 8:30 am over here. There's a beautiful rainstorm and I'm slightly hung over following a nice dinner with some friends last night that I finished in a Karaoke Bar until 3:00am. I'm playing the perfect album for how I'm feeling right now:

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (DTS Multichannel mix)

Life is good...

Ok Simon...I have to know...did you SING at the Karaoke Bar?...if so what did you sing...c'mon man...fess up..btw..do you like the Boatman's Call?

 

[Simon A]

Ok Simon...I have to know...did you SING at the Karaoke Bar?...if so what did you sing...c'mon man...fess up..btw..do you like the Boatman's Call?

Oh, I love singing and I do it constantly whilst I'm walking in the street so yes, I sang last night. I was passing by this place close to my flat and I noticed/heard a collective of four young ladies who were successfully destroying The Beach Boys' Kokomo. I thought that my alcohol infused voice would probably be tolerated by the group of eight people in the joint. The cool thing about it is that 90% of the people there would sing in turn, including the girl who tended the bar and the one piloting the Karaoke machine (whom had a pretty decent voice). So I chose to sing things I'd never tried before but wanted to do for a long time with some I've been singing for twenty years. I don't know why, must have been the wine and cocktails, but I sang two songs at a time, which in retrospect may have seemed a tad show-off-y, but the folk did not seem to mind. Here's the damage that was done:

I'm Only Happy When It Rains (Garbage)
Come Undone (Duran Duran)
Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley)
Never Tear Us Apart (INXS)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers)

The Kokomo bunch asked me to sing one for them, which I'd never done before, and I was happy to obliged.

Legs (ZZ Top)

To me, Karaoke is like Bowling, it's about having fun and not taking yourself too seriously.

To answer you second question, I absolutely love The Boatman's Call. I'm playing it in 4.0 at the moment as I'm only picking up my Center speaker at the end of the afternoon. I really like the mix such as I'm hearing it so I imagine that hearing it in 5.0 will be even better. I only have three of the Nick Cave multichannel titles, but I'll be getting seven more in a few weeks. I'll eventually post my thoughts in the appropriate Poll threads. Are you a fan of the album/mix Clint?

 

[Simon A]

More rainy day music:

Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (Blu-Ray 5.1 PCM 96/24)

Thank you Mister Jackson for the superb mix!

 

[Simon A]

David Gilmour - On an Island (DTS 5.1)

This one is growing on me. This is my first multichannel play of it. So far, so good. I'm sure the mix will be in the same vein as The Division Bell, which I really enjoyed.

 

[Simon A]

Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (Japan SACD 5.1)

I haven't the first US SACD release of this great Miles Davis album, but I have a copy on the way so I'll be able to compare these two. It's a shame that so few of Miles' 60's & 70's albums are available in multichannel. I'm glad to have this one. Love the album. I'd love to have multichannel versions of Big Fun and Get Up With It.