Roxy Music - Avalon (SDE Blu-Ray #36, May 9th, 2025)

[BillSamm1]

Kissing Cousins- Roxy Music and Wishbone Ash.
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Argus needs a good surround mix as well. Brilliant album.

 

[GabeL]

I'd really like to know what the other title is before ordering a bundle. Guessing they'll tell us before the Avalon cut-off date?

I am counting on it.

 

[Owen Smith]

Love this album. But if I don’t need Atmos does this release offer anything my SACD doesn’t already have? Doesn’t look like it.

You get a surround mix (the True HD base for the Atmos) done from the earlier lossless analogue multitracks, rather than the lossy digital multitracks claimed to be used to mix the SACD (and a basic upmix for India).

I'm intrigued now, I didn't know lossy digital multitracks were a thing. I know about lossy codecs obviously, but not that they were ever used for multi track masters. And I don't count digitising the analogue masters at 16/44.1 LPCM or similar as lossy, that's lossless to me.

 

[omega4]

I've ordered the bundle. This follows the receipt yesterday of the Bryan Ferry and Simple Minds blu-rays, so just two this time!

My wish is for EJ - Two Low For Zero but as that is not really a band I feel a possible fit for Paul's description for No. 37 is Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time given the recent announcement of its reissue this year. We will know soon - and with much less time for guessing than with Quadio bundle 7. (Not that I am complaining about that as it is really fun seeing guesses drawn from some staggering knowledge of the quadraphonic release history).

 

[Owen Smith]

I'm hoping for Welcome To The Pleasure Dome for #37. I still have my 12" single of Two Tribes, only played once.