New Yes album "The Quest" out in October! (5.1 Blu-ray confirmed)

[Sal1950]

I'm all in for this one, now if only they could drag Rick Wakeman out to play.
As long as the BD isn't too pricey.

 

[JulesRules]

Can it be any worse?
I wasn't expecting any new Yes record without Chris and even less a new album with a 5.1 mix. I wonder who the mixer was anyway.
I'll be very cautious with this one: first listen on streaming, second wait and read the reviews for the surround mix and then purchase or gently and sadly ignore. I really want to be positively surprised, but my hopes are very low

The interesting point about this release is the label - InsideOut should mean quality. Heaven & Earth was done through Frontiers, and it seems the band had to make compromises to make things work.

What I don't get is why this should be a double CD. Waste of plastic, all songs fit on one disc.

 

[César]

I know I'm going to check it out just because they're making a surround mix. With the "throw away" stereo-only releases in recent times, this seems like a strong statement about this album. I know I know better...

The one single 5.1 mixed track from The Ladder that was released on a EP ahead of the album is actually a good listen. It's an improvement over the stereo mixes at any rate and that material needs all the extra help it can get. Or maybe better to say that that material doesn't fare well in crushed volume war stereo! Of course the full album was never released in surround and still isn't...

Jim, I wasn't aware about the pre-Ladder EP. What is the track that was mixed in surround? How is the mix?

 

[haikubass]

Jim, I wasn't aware about the pre-Ladder EP. What is the track that was mixed in surround? How is the mix?

It's a bonus track on this live DVD:
https://www.discogs.com/Yes-House-Of-Yes-Live-From-House-Of-Blues/release/4550522

 

[César]

It's a bonus track on this live DVD:
https://www.discogs.com/Yes-House-Of-Yes-Live-From-House-Of-Blues/release/4550522

Thanks, I see the concert is pretty much inexpensive. Is the 5.1 for The Homeworld worthy?

 

[haikubass]

Thanks, I see the concert is pretty much inexpensive. Is the 5.1 for The Homeworld worthy?

I like it a lot, good track, almost very good mix. Yes, DD. My only quibble would be that it sounds rather bright.
Also, there's a DVD-A sampler with Homeworld on it:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...o-sampler-gallery-with-scans.9816/#post-78627

 

[jimfisheye]

Thanks, I see the concert is pretty much inexpensive. Is the 5.1 for The Homeworld worthy?

Homeworld was kind of the only song I even liked on that album. And it still had some awkward "commercial sounding" moments. This album was a volume war mastered CD-only release except for this one track on the DVD EP. It works a lot better with the surround mix! It's still a crispy not that great sounding mix but it has less damage than the stereo CD copy. I actually put this one on every once and a while.

If all these "after the fact" albums were presented like this instead of the chirpy CDs, they would have had a lot more going for them!

It's also a bonus track on the full House of Blues set? Those live tracks on the DVD EP do in fact sound bright and terrible. I'd say the live album is not worthy. I picked up the DVD for the Homeworld track only and I'm happy with that purchase just for this single track.

 

[edisonbaggins]

I like it a lot, good track, almost very good mix. Yes, DD. My only quibble would be that it sounds rather bright.
Also, there's a DVD-A sampler with Homeworld on it:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...o-sampler-gallery-with-scans.9816/#post-78627

I loooove Homeworld on the DVD-A!

 

[birrrdy!]

It's a bonus track on this live DVD:
https://www.discogs.com/Yes-House-Of-Yes-Live-From-House-Of-Blues/release/4550522

Ha, I missed this release back in the day. House of Blues. Didn’t Chris Squire once say early on that if any members of Yes tried to do blues changes they would be thrown out of the band? I loved that remark, but not sure if that’s been misattributed in my mind.

 

[Geoff in Belfast]

The interesting point about this release is the label - InsideOut should mean quality. Heaven & Earth was done through Frontiers, and it seems the band had to make compromises to make things work.

What I don't get is why this should be a double CD. Waste of plastic, all songs fit on one disc.

It’s pretty normal for Inside Out releases - for example the last Spock’s Beard album was similar. I assume the rationale is that it keeps the album as the album, and the bonus material separate.

 

[Geoff in Belfast]

Fun Yes fact FWIW… the line up that recorded this album is the longest serving Yes line up without changing a band member!

 

[ProgRules]

Fun Yes fact FWIW… the line up that recorded this album is the longest serving Yes line up without changing a band member!

Not so much fun as sad imo...

 

[Geoff in Belfast]

Not so much fun as sad imo...

they’ve been changing line ups since 1968 so it’s nothing new!

 

[Sal1950]

Ah, but Wakeman was the genius of the group.

 

[ProgRules]

they’ve been changing line ups since 1968 so it’s nothing new!

No it's nothing new- and rather remarkable that such a great group never before had the same line-up for more than 2 straight albums. The sad part is that the weakest line-up now has the longest run!

 

[ProgRules]

Ah, but Wakeman was the genius of the group.

They had many geniuses imo- and I'd rank, in order, Jon, Chris and Steve ahead of Rick. But the best aspect of the group (during their heyday at least) is that they were always more than the sum of their parts- and those parts were pretty damn good to begin with!

 

[jimfisheye]

That's what I like about the Anderson, Wakeman, Bruford, Howe, Squire lineup. Every single member solid genius level! When you set the bar this high, what the heck are you supposed to do after that?!

 

[4-earredwonder]

That's what I like about the Anderson, Wakeman, Bruford, Howe, Squire lineup. Every single member solid genius level! When you set the bar this high, what the heck are you supposed to do after that?!

Obviously, JUST SAY

I'm NOT GOING TO BUY THE NEW YES ALBUM!

 

[Marplot]

GTR?

 

[ctoelle]

This isn't Yes, it's a glorified tribute act