Rarities in Multichannel SACD

[fredblue]

Part one's a cinch.. for some reason his follow-up is a tough find on SACD (equally great mix & contents as 1st album though, well worth your while tracking it down if you enjoyed his other Motown SACD/DVD-A)..

 

[fredblue]

Here's To Life, here's to Shirley!

 

[fredblue]

wonderful sound, surround could be more engaging but a lovely album

 

[fredblue]

I don't know how easy this is/was to get outside of Europe but it was tricky getting it here without shelling out some serious money! The surround mix isn't upto much but then the arrangements don't call for it..

 

[fredblue]

Here's a stunner (just the most unbelievable sound quality, you have to hear it!!)

 

[bmoura]

wonderful sound, surround could be more engaging but a lovely album

The Natalie Cole Multichannel SACD is a favorite here. The Surround Sound mix is very appropriate for this kind of music.

 

[quattroatl]

The DualDisc is much cheaper & easier to get but.. once you've been bitten by the SACD bug..

Keane...

What a missed opportunity for such a great album. The 5.1 mix sounds terrible. I actually play this in 2 channel hirez to Dolby pro logic z or dts neo x through my denon 4520.

 

[quattroatl]

Not the absolute rarest but one of the most inflated SACDs price wise nowadays..

The Cardigans...

Paid a fortune for this but would never trade or sell it. This album along with Snow Patrol's final straw gets regular playing time in my Oppo93.

 

[DuncanS]

Salif Keita's "Moffou" album.. obscure but a superb surround mix of a beautiful album

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I agree, its a shame there weren't more releases of his.

 

[DuncanS]

Talking of demo material, Era's "The Mass" SACD is an out and out stunner in surround!

Had a listen, it sort of reminded me a bit of the Moya Brennan in a round about way, semi-classical/choral/pop not thrash-metal as I'd thought!Only £20 from amazon.fr, so I thought I'd give it a go.

 

[DuncanS]

Not the absolute rarest but one of the most inflated SACDs price wise nowadays..

I always had a thing for Nina Persson so I had to get this! But I got it new for £5 when it came out, not for the current £389.95 on amazon.co.uk

 

[fredblue]

Had a listen, it sort of reminded me a bit of the Moya Brennan in a round about way, semi-classical/choral/pop not thrash-metal as I'd thought!Only £20 from amazon.fr, so I thought I'd give it a go.

oh no it's not thrash metal! it's kind of symphonic gothic dramatic new age ambient stuff! I love it! the surround really is something else. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do

 

[grill]

I like this thread very much. Please keep going on .

 

[nhammond]

Here are a couple you don't see very often:

Tarmac: Notre Epoque. French only release. I have only seen one copy: mine, bought used. I have not seen a copy sold on Ebay/Amazon for the last 5 years.





ML: Leaving: Dutch only release. Music is very nice, so is the surround mix.

 

[fredblue]

Three in a row..

 

[fredblue]

I had a tough time getting this in good enough nick!

 

[fredblue]

Any of the Jive's are now hard to get for ok money, here's one of my faves..

 

[fredblue]

This has become pricier recently, which is a shame as its a great surround mix..

 

[fredblue]

Several here dotted among them which I found pretty hard to get and/or expensive (Tony Bennett & kd lang, Mezzoforte, Dolly Parton, Ludacris, etc..)

 

[fredblue]

More obscure Euro ones (apologies for the poor quality, it's how I saved them in the past!).. not rare per se but could be good for US QQ-ers to check out etc