Pearl Jam - Vitalogy - Blu-ray (Atmos/Stereo)

[Dynamic Editor]

clarity a miss, highs are a little tinny. Bass and midrange adequate.

How would you say it compares to the original stereo release in these respects?

 

[Dynamic Editor]

In the meantime, today is the first I heard about this release (missed this thread earlier) and it seems their website is already sold out. What’s up with only pressing such small numbers of these titles? Back in the day, the MO was to saturate stores with as much product as possible to help increase sales. Even if it meant allowing stores to send back their unsold stock.

You say "sold out", but the Pearl Jam site says "out of stock", which can be two different things. It's possible that they don't have any more on hand and plan to press more.

 

[marpow]

How would you say it compares to the original stereo release in these respects?

Oh boy, not sure I want to take the time to go deep and listen to the original CD that I have, too big of a question for me.
I will probably listen to this 2024 stereo in the car.

 

[svtmike]

EDIT ERROR: Album Cover track 14-hey foxymophandlemama, that's me. Screen track 14-Stupid Mop. Someone here will have the answer for this little trick?

Stupid Mop is a shorter, catchier nickname for the song.

 

[stoopid]

The 2024 Tracklist Discogs is wrong.
EDIT ERROR: Album Cover track 14-hey foxymophandlemama, that's me. Screen track 14-Stupid Mop. Someone here will have the answer for this little trick?

'Foxy mop handle mama' shortened. I noticed too.

I don't think they did much to change the EQ of the individual tracks used for the surround mix, leaving it "original accurate". To me it sounds a lot like the original stereo release, and I'm thinking this was intentional. The drums and specifically the cymbals sound crisp/present, the guitars are full but not harsh despite the distortion of the era sometimes being that way. I don't think there was much polishing needing to be done. These first (5) PJ albums have always sounded good to me.

 

[ninrabbit]

Track 14 was printed as 'Stupid Mop' on the disc & booklet for some of the Vitalogy cd releases.

 

[dobyblue]

Big full, Atmos sound, clarity a miss, highs are a little tinny. Bass and midrange adequate. Discrete moments, rare. It is an Atmos bubble at best.
My feeling with Dark Matter and now Vitalogy, the 5.1 DTS HD MSTR will be a preferred listening choice.

For me, this is not reference material, it sounds kind of "muffled", not a lot of clarity, also not a very adventurous mix.......anyway, better than nothing, some songs are better mixed than others, but none of them were jaw dropping for me.........more space and more soundstage, but something is lacking (at least for me)

This is where I am too after a couple tracks - I went for Corduroy first as that song has always been a fav of mine from Vitalogy along with the obvious tracks like Nothingman...it was really muddy sounding, very little clarity (I think of the White Rabbit chapter from Fear and Loathing..."I need clarity!!!!!") due to what seems like an incredibly flat EQ...this could use a couple more dBs in the upper registers and I don't have an equalizer.

Just to make sure my system was working how I think it should work, I threw on "Basic Avenue" (track 7) from the Blu-ray of Yello's Point in Atmos and I was grinning from start to finish - holy cow what a difference.

Queued up Nothingman and that was a little better in terms of congestion and the mix sounded more open, but it wasn't particularly clear. I'm going to listen to the original CD soon and compare to the remaster and then the Atmos again and see if they all sound like this. This was not an album I really fell in love with back in late '94 like I did with Ten and Vs when I first heard them, but there are enough tracks on it that I was hoping the Blu-ray would deliver. Right now I'm kind of "meh" on it, maybe a 6/10.

 

[Dynamic Editor]

(Non)update about the availability of the Blu Ray!