Suggestions for Audio Fidelity Multichannel SACD Releases

[Clint Eastwood]

I'd love to see Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees...this artist is no stranger to hi rez products....that album reached 5 times multi platinum sales status...so it was certainly popular enough...

 

[LizardKing]

Unfortunately you lose the Stereo SACD & Stereo CD fans with BD-A. So it's a non starter for many companies.
In fact, a writer over on the Computer Audiophile forum mentioned having lunch with Universal Music Europe - who asked him at lunch why is there a lack of interest among consumers in BD Audio? Hmm....

I understand that a lot of (stereo) audiophiles have high end SACD or CD players and may not have a high quality blu-ray player. However, on the flipside there are a lot of people getting into hi-rez FLAC also - Blu-ray is the best (physical) medium to purchase PCM based audio - especially if they offer FLAC downloads.

Anyway we are getting off topic - some more suggestions.

Any of the other EWF titles would be great...plus:
Eagles (One of these Nights, On the Border, & The Long Run (if the full album was done by Mr. Scheiner!!!)
Jackson Browne - Late for the Sky
I second the Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water
James Taylor - One Man Dog & Gorilla

 

[The Rang]

Excellent. Marshall is a great guy to work with. And, without getting specific, a few of the titles on that list are indeed in the queue....

Now you got us thinking!
Hopefully all of 'em I say

 

[huggy]

here is another one I like to see released I do not know if is in a box set or not.

I have not seen it edgar winter they only come out at night with frankenstein

as I remember the original SQ quad mix, the syn starts with the right front and goes all the way around.

huggy

 

[ClarkNovak]

Those half-dozen unreleased Elton John SACDs that UMG left in the vault would be nice to hear as well.

 

[rtbluray]

Those half-dozen unreleased Elton John SACDs that UMG left in the vault would be nice to hear as well.

We all would like to hear those, but I just can't see UMG licensing these unreleased 5.1 mixes out to AF when UMG are still trying to push HFPA Blu-Ray Audio, a perfect platform for these unreleased surround mixes. (Not that SACD isn't however…)

 

[bmoura]

We all would like to hear those, but I just can't see UMG licensing these unreleased 5.1 mixes out to AF when UMG are still trying to push HFPA Blu-Ray Audio, a perfect platform for these unreleased surround mixes. (Not that SACD isn't however…)

Or they could release them as Anniversary Editions at some point - just as they did recently with the Rick Wakeman "Six Wives" album as a CD + DVD-A approach.

 

[huggy]

I guess what I really meant was release those in the original 4.0 quad mixes,

like that new blood Sweat & Tears the second one that I saw that was released feb 10 best buy as it on line but

it is backed ordered for 2 to 3 week, I had ordered that one.

since columbia and epic are the same company.

huggy

 

[bmoura]

I guess what I really meant was release those in the original 4.0 quad mixes,

like that new blood Sweat & Tears the second one that I saw that was released feb 10 best buy as it on line but

it is backed ordered for 2 to 3 week, I had ordered that one.

since columbia and epic are the same company.

huggy

The good news is that is exactly what Audio Fidelity is doing with Quad titles. Rather than converting the tapes from Analog to PCM and then remixing them into 5.1, they are keeping them in 4.0 Quad and simply transferring the Analog Tapes to DSD.

That helps explain why titles like Blood, Sweat and Tears, Best of Bread and Best of the Guess Who sound so good!

 

[ClarkNovak]

Well it sure would be nice if they'd bloody well get to 'em in our lifetimes...!

 

[fredblue]

How about the 5.1's of these Sony has in the can?

HERBIE HANCOCK Mr. Hands, CBS
HERBIE HANCOCK Lite Me Up, CBS
HERBIE HANCOCK Monster, CBS
CARLOS SANTANA The Swing Of Delight, CBS

 

[steelydave]

Say what? Where did you read those were done in 5.1?

 

[fredblue]

Say what? Where did you read those were done in 5.1?

Leslie Ann Jones @Skywalker lists them in her resumé!

 

[fredblue]

Say what? Where did you read those were done in 5.1?

Check this lot out..!!

http://www.skysound.com/bio/lajones.html

 

[fredblue]

Leslie Ann Jones' 5.1 Music Mixes:

AMY SCHWARTZ MORETTI, Kaleidoscope
CHRIS FERREIRA
EDO CASTRO
KATE STENBERG
PACIFIC BOYS CHOIR
SAN JOSE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
TARA KAMANGAR, Melancholy (Producer & Engineer)
LAUREL ZUCKER (Producer & Engineer)
KRONOS QUARTET
CATHERINE ALTAMURA, Splendor (Producer & Engineer)
MARC REGNIER, Radamés Gnattali Solo & Chamber Works for Guitar * PAMELA ROSE-WILD WOMEN OF SONG (Producer & Engineer)
CHANTICLEER (Producer & Engineer)
ELIESHA NELSON & JOHN MCLAUGHLIN WILLIAMS, Quincy Porter Complete Viola Works GRAMMY� WINNER
THE SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ COLLECTIVE
KAREN BLIXT Spin This, Hi Fli Records
NATASHA MILLER, Don't Move, Poignant Records
QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO Latigo, ViolinJazz Recordings*
QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO Whirled Chamber Music, ViolinJazz Recordings
KRONOS QUARTET Requiem for Adam, Nonesuch Records
SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS Voices of Hope and Peace, SFGC
KITKA The Vine, Diaphonica
CORPUS EVITA, an Opera in 2 Acts, SFC
RHIANNON, In My Prime
LARA St. JOHN, Bach: 6 Sonatas and Partitas, Ancalagon Records
JAZZ BABY
EVERY MAN JACK, Opera
CRIS WILLIAMSON, Fringe, Wolf Moon Records
JOHN BAYLESS, Elton John , Sony/BMG Records
CREATIVE VOICES, Cafe Buenos Aires
KEN BOULTON, Encore Productions
AWADAGIN PRATT and the ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET, Angel
LAUREL ZUCKER, The Claude Bolling Suites, Cantilena Records
NELLIE MCKAY 5.1 DVD Sony/MX Entertainment
HERBIE HANCOCK Future 2 Future, 5.1 DVD, MX Extertainment
KRONOS QUARTET Berg: Lyric Suite, Nonesuch GRAMMY WINNER
PETRONEL MALAN Bach Transfigured (Nominated for Best Engineered Recording: Classical )
KRONOS QUARTET Nuevo, Nonesuch*
KRONOS QUARTET Caravan, Nonesuch
ROSEMARY CLOONEY The Last Concert, Concord *
ROSEMARY CLOONEY Sentimental Journey, Concord *
ROSEMARY CLOONEY Brazil, Concord
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN With the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Concord *
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN Big City Rhythms w/Maynard Ferguson, Concord *
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN Michael and George (#1 Jazz Record), Concord
DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER Dear Ella (Grammy Award), Verve
ROSEMARY CLOONEY Mothers and Daughters (#1 Jazz Record), Concord Jazz*
ROSEMARY CLOONEY White Christmas (#1 Jazz record), Concord Jazz
ROSEMARY CLOONEY Dedicated to Nelson, Concord Jazz
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN Nice Work If You Can Get It, Atlantic
WAYNE SHORTER High Life, Verve
MICHELLE SHOCKED Childrens' Album, Earthbeat
MARCUS MILLER Marcus Miller, PRA
BB KING & DIANE SCHURR Heart to Heart, GRP
BEBE & CECE WINANS Different Lifestyles, Capitol
J. CLAYTON & J. HAMILTON Clayton-Hamilton Big Band, Independent
DAVE EDMUNDS Closer To The Flame, Capitol
NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN Confidence, Atlantic
HERBIE HANCOCK Mr. Hands, CBS
HERBIE HANCOCK Lite Me Up, CBS
HERBIE HANCOCK Monster, CBS
CARLOS SANTANA The Swing Of Delight, CBS
BOBBY MCFERRIN Bobby McFerrin, Elektra/Musician
BOBBY MCFERRIN Spontaneous Inventions, EMI
MAZE We Are One, Capitol
MAZE Can't Stop The Love, Capitol
THE WHISPERS Love For Love, Solar
CARMEN MCRAE & BETTY CARTER 'Live' at The Great American Music Hall, GAMH/Fantasy
CARMEN MCRAE Carmen Sings MONK, RCA
ANGELA BOFILL Something About You, Arista
ANGELA BOFILL Too Tough, Arista

 

[steelydave]

Wow, lots of stuff on there that I'd love to hear - I love those Hancock albums but how many copies would they have ever expected to sell when they commissioned those mixes? Same with the Maze albums, and Marcus Miller's first solo album...great stuff, but niche to say the least!

 

[0tto]

Leslie Ann Jones' 5.1 Music Mixes:

AMY SCHWARTZ MORETTI, Kaleidoscope
.....
ANGELA BOFILL Too Tough, Arista

damn, that's quite a list but from it i know only
Herbie Hancock
B.B. King
Diane Schuur
Carlos Santana
that's all.
perhaps all of that are jazz and its subgenres.

 

[fizzywiggs41]

While we're on the Sony/CBS possibilit

BLOOMFIELD/KOOPER-LIVE ADVENTURES OF
THE BYRDS-YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY
JOHN McLAUGHLIN-APOCALYPSE
JEFF BECK/JAN HAMMER GROUP-LIVE
WENDY CARLOS-SONIC SEASONINGS
WENDY CARLOS-CLOCKWORK ORANGE S/T
WENDY CARLOS-SWITCHED ON BACH TWO
LOU RAWLS-UNMISTAKENLY LOU
PINK FLOYD-LIVE QUADRAPHONIC (now there has to be miles/kilometres of concert tapes of 70's,80's and maybe even 60's of the many quad peformances they have played)



All possible quad vault mixes for A. F.

 

[GOS]

I think I've said this before...but I'm gonna put in a plug again...

BARRY WHITE!

 

[Q-Eight]

I think I've said this before...but I'm gonna put in a plug again...

BARRY WHITE!

That would be pretty awesome. The Walrus of Love coming at you from all directions. It might even exist. I read somewhere, years back, that 20th Century was going to get into the Quad game. I can't recall which Barry White album they were going to do - "with the Love Unlimited Orchestra" comes to mind, but I could be wrong.