The SDE Surround Sound Series (Updated list of titles with links in post #1)

[CINERAMAX]

I agree. I know it is a UK based company, but I hope this year there are a few more classic rock releases and a few less 80's Euro-pop.

I agree in general with the exception of REFLEX the politics of dancing.

 

[jaybird100]

While I'm thinking about it, was there supposed to be a slip cover for the Alan Parsons "Pyramid" stand-alone Blu-ray?If there was, I didn't get it.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

While I'm thinking about it, was there supposed to be a slip cover for the Alan Parsons "Pyramid" stand-alone Blu-ray?If there was, I didn't get it.

Don’t believe so, as it wasn’t a numbered SDE exclusive release.

 

[key_wiz]

Here’s to hoping that the new EJ set will lead to more physical releases of his catalog. “Too Low For Zero” has a great Atmos mix streaming online and of course there are those classic albums that were mixed to 5.1 back in the day and never released. Of course, they’d probably want to remix them all to Atmos now, but still…

Is it too much to presume/hope that if Greg Penny remixed 48 tracks to Atmos for “Diamonds” that he probably did some full albums along the way?

 

[esimms86]

Here’s to hoping that the new EJ set will lead to more physical releases of his catalog. “Too Low For Zero” has a great Atmos mix streaming online and of course there are those classic albums that were mixed to 5.1 back in the day and never released. Of course, they’d probably want to remix them all to Atmos now, but still…

Is it too much to presume/hope that if Greg Penny remixed 48 tracks to Atmos for “Diamonds” that he probably did some full albums along the way?

Hope springs eternal.

 

[M-K]

Excerpt from a Merry Christmas by @PaulatSDE:

I still miss Oldfield's Hergest Ridge 50th Anniversary Atmos/Quad/5.1 release. Could be done together with Ommadawn which has its 50th Anniversary next year.

 

[fredblue]

Here’s to hoping that the new EJ set will lead to more physical releases of his catalog. “Too Low For Zero” has a great Atmos mix streaming online and of course there are those classic albums that were mixed to 5.1 back in the day and never released. Of course, they’d probably want to remix them all to Atmos now, but still…

Is it too much to presume/hope that if Greg Penny remixed 48 tracks to Atmos for “Diamonds” that he probably did some full albums along the way?

maybe SDE could do 2 x Blu-ray album sets for Elton's Surround mixes as they have done with Wham! and Simple Minds?
or 2-fer's with 2 Atmos albums on 1 Blu-ray?

- Elton John/Tumbleweed Connection,
- 17-11-70/Madman Across The Water,
- Honky Château/Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player,
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road/Caribou,
- Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy/Rock Of The Westies,
- Here & There/Blue Moves,
- A Single Man/Live From Moscow 1979 (+The Complete Thom Bell Sessions E.P. as a Bonus),
- 21 At 33/The Fox,
- Jump Up!/Too Low For Zero,
- Breaking Hearts/Ice On Fire,
- Live In Australia/Reg Strikes Back,
- Sleeping With The Past/The One,
- Made In England/The Big Picture,
- Songs From The West Coast/Peachtree Road,
- The Captain & The Kid/Elton 60 Live At Madison Square Garden,
- The Diving Board/Wonderful Crazy Night

they could include relevant Singles and B-sides as Bonus tracks for each album but skip several albums including 1979's Victim Of Love, 1986's Leather Jackets, 1993's Duets, 2010's The Union w/Leon Russell, 2012's Good Morning To The Night w/Pnau, 2021's The Lockdown Sessions and soundtrack albums such as The Lion King, Aida, The Road To El Dorado & Billy Elliott.

 

[GOS]

maybe SDE could do 2 x Blu-ray album sets for Elton's Surround mixes as they have done with Wham! and Simple Minds?
or 2-fer's with 2 Atmos albums on 1 Blu-ray?

- Elton John/Tumbleweed Connection,
- 17-11-70/Madman Across The Water,
- Honky Château/Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player,
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road/Caribou,
- Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy/Rock Of The Westies,
- Here & There/Blue Moves,
- A Single Man/Live From Moscow 1979 (+The Complete Thom Bell Sessions E.P. as a Bonus),
- 21 At 33/The Fox,
- Jump Up!/Too Low For Zero,
- Breaking Hearts/Ice On Fire,
- Live In Australia/Reg Strikes Back,
- Sleeping With The Past/The One,
- Made In England/The Big Picture,
- Songs From The West Coast/Peachtree Road,
- The Captain & The Kid/Elton 60 Live At Madison Square Garden,
- The Diving Board/Wonderful Crazy Night

they could include relevant Singles and B-sides as Bonus tracks for each album but skip several albums including 1979's Victim Of Love, 1986's Leather Jackets, 1993's Duets, 2010's The Union w/Leon Russell, 2012's Good Morning To The Night w/Pnau, 2021's The Lockdown Sessions and soundtrack albums such as The Lion King, Aida, The Road To El Dorado & Billy Elliott.

I'd kill for all that to be released. And because I'm a total sucker for titles that bring back warm and fuzzies of my youth. Elton John's Greatest Hits Vol 2. It was the very first LP from him I bought as a teen and I couldn't tell you how that vinyl release transformed me. Countless hours gazing at the artwork inside, singing back the lyrics along with the songs...wondering what they all meant. Sure, the songs would be redundant, but I could care less. Just seeing that cover on my shelf would bring me immense joy!

 

[privateuniverse]

maybe SDE could do 2 x Blu-ray album sets for Elton's Surround mixes as they have done with Wham! and Simple Minds?
or 2-fer's with 2 Atmos albums on 1 Blu-ray?

- Elton John/Tumbleweed Connection,
- 17-11-70/Madman Across The Water,
- Honky Château/Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player,
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road/Caribou,
- Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy/Rock Of The Westies,
- Here & There/Blue Moves,
- A Single Man/Live From Moscow 1979 (+The Complete Thom Bell Sessions E.P. as a Bonus),
- 21 At 33/The Fox,
- Jump Up!/Too Low For Zero,
- Breaking Hearts/Ice On Fire,
- Live In Australia/Reg Strikes Back,
- Sleeping With The Past/The One,
- Made In England/The Big Picture,
- Songs From The West Coast/Peachtree Road,
- The Captain & The Kid/Elton 60 Live At Madison Square Garden,
- The Diving Board/Wonderful Crazy Night

they could include relevant Singles and B-sides as Bonus tracks for each album but skip several albums including 1979's Victim Of Love, 1986's Leather Jackets, 1993's Duets, 2010's The Union w/Leon Russell, 2012's Good Morning To The Night w/Pnau, 2021's The Lockdown Sessions and soundtrack albums such as The Lion King, Aida, The Road To El Dorado & Billy Elliott.

Glad you were able to narrow it down to your 32 favorites! And yes, I would buy every one of those in a heartbeat!

 

[MrMarty]

If ANYONE would go over the top and release ALL of his albums in surround, Its Elton John. He is still into creating new music though. If anyone has a GYBR Surround for sale let me know. Thanks!

 

[esimms86]

I'd kill for all that to be released. And because I'm a total sucker for titles that bring back warm and fuzzies of my youth. Elton John's Greatest Hits Vol 2. It was the very first LP from him I bought as a teen and I couldn't tell you how that vinyl release transformed me. Countless hours gazing at the artwork inside, singing back the lyrics along with the songs...wondering what they all meant. Sure, the songs would be redundant, but I could care less. Just seeing that cover on my shelf would bring me immense joy!

…before you sell it!

 

[JulesRules]

I still miss Oldfield's Hergest Ridge 50th Anniversary Atmos/Quad/5.1 release. Could be done together with Ommadawn which has its 50th Anniversary next year.

I don't think those are going to happen. Sure, a lot of Oldfield fans think they're at least as good as, if not better than, Tubular Bells, but they don't have the same legacy/reputation/status among the larger listening public. As I understand it, the SDE releases either happen because 1) Paul wants them to (TFF, Wham!, Paul Young) or because 2) a label has a release campaign that includes an Atmos mix - which could either be a new album or a classic one that gets reissued in multiple formats. Universal aren't likely to commission a new multichannel mix of an album that's not generally known as a classic if they don't have some other product to sell too.

There's only one Oldfield title I can possibly see happening and that's Crises - due to the strength of its two hit singles. The old box set is also long out of print.

And as I said earlier, releasing the entire catalog (or large swathes of it) of an act within the SDE series is only feasible if it's not too much in scope. Otherwise, it's going to really impact the variety that they've gone for so far or be really diluted. If you look at the Elton John list above, that's still sixteen BD bundles. If Paul says "I'll do Elton John twice a year", he could put out four BDs in a year. Which would then take him eight years to finish all the albums. I don't know, just doesn't strike me as likely.