Owen Smith
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I've never been impressed by instrumental mixes of albums, that's not a winner for me.
Thin Lizzy "1976" (SDE exclusive Blu-Ray with surround mixes of "Jailbreak" and Johnny the Fox")
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This is my first order from the series as I’m not a synth-pop/Brit-pop fan and I missed the TYA. Happy for others who are enjoying them.
JulesRules
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Par for the course with these sets, sadly.
I do have to say that I'm more intrigued by the box set than I was in the case of Ultravox (although the design of that looks ultra cool).
The Blu-Ray disc will cost me slightly over €40 (my browser says €40,84 but PayPal always has worse rates). The box set is currently at €55 on Amazon. So at the expense of the instrumental versions, I'd get five additional CDs plus the whole boxset package for about €15 more.
Owen Smith
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
Yeah, import, exchange and shipping costs might change the equation. Being in the UK I can buy the SDE blu ray for £30 delivered.
Whereas, obviously, it is for others. I enjoy them. Especially if they are also in surround. (Not that we know if that's the case here.)
Owen, you mean that you don’t have multichannel karaoke nights at your house? Seriously, I like the instrumental mixes because they give me an alternate way to enjoy the music and concentrate on that part of the structure. Without the vocals and the emphasis on melody, the music presents differently to me.
bgf1973
1K Club - QQ Shooting Star
and for The blu ray photo, does it seems that the 5.1 mix is not included in the blu ray box either?
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The label doesn't always show everything, but I think it's fair to assume that the disc at least has what's mentioned on the label.
JulesRules
500 Club - QQ All-Star
According to Paul's description, it should be:
"The box set also includes a blu-ray with Atmos, 5.1, new stereo and original stereo mixes of both albums."
https://superdeluxeedition.com/news...y-the-fox-reissue-with-sde-exclusive-blu-ray/
Owen Smith
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
Assuming the blu ray in the boxset is identical to the SDE blu ray, which is far from certain.
The Blu-ray disc releases of Vagabonds of the Western World offered different encodes. The standalone Blu-ray offered an 'instrumental mix' but the blu-ray in the boxed-set didn't...
From what I've read I believe it's the same with the SDE version of Jailbreak/Johnny The Fox - ie. additional instrumental versions.
Indeed...
bgf1973
1K Club - QQ Shooting Star
Although the price of the box is only a little higher than the SDE edition, I have finally decided on the latter for the extra content (I hope it is confirmed that the 5.1 mix is also exclusive) and for completeness, since I have all the previous ones
Currently playing the Vagabonds bluray. The mix is pretty good in places, particularly the likes of Whiskey in the Jar, and enjoyable overall. If it's the same mixer, I wonder if this earlier album was just harder to work with for great Atmos results along the lines of separation and interesting channel activity. So what I'm saying is, I'm still looking forward to an at-least good, if not great, mix for this new bluray. 
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JulesRules
500 Club - QQ All-Star
I specifically quoted Paul's description of the box set. We already know that the blu-ray won't be identical since the set doesn't have the instrumentals.
If that was the case, Paul would tout that as a reason to get the SDE exclusive...
My first SDE purchase since ABC's Lexicon of Love. So nice to receive an email from them that isn't about 80s pop.
JulesRules
500 Club - QQ All-Star
From SHF member goodhumorman, who works on these sets:
"Jailbreak and Johnny The Fox were recorded on 24 track, Vagabonds wasn’t so it had it’s limitations. The surround mixes are a very different beast this time around."
"Jailbreak and Johnny The Fox were recorded on 24 track, Vagabonds wasn’t so it had it’s limitations. The surround mixes are a very different beast this time around."
jarrod2750
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Anyone by chance order an extra one that they are willing to sell. I inadvertently missed the window on this one and signed up to be notified if copies become available. Thanks
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