What are the rarest NON-Sony 5.1 SACDs from the 2000-2008 era

[fredblue]

Yikes! Well I can match fredblue's Moody Blues. lol. What a collection you have!

well i know the Moodies SACDs have their detractors (various criticisms, sound quality, the Quad mixes were futzed with, etc..) but I didn't know a lot of their music let alone the old Quad mixes before I got the SACDs so I thought they were great at the time!

ahh well.. that's the SACDs out the way. next the DVD-Audio's..!

 

[vegas]

Thank you Adam for such a good descriptions and recommendations!

its great to revisit this stuff, really enjoyed it, thanks for the nudge vegas!

 

[fredblue]

Thank you Adam for such a good descriptions and recommendations!

you're welcome, anytime!
i'm going to take this opportunity after dusting off the discs to play some more of that Surround SACD stuff that I haven't played for "a long long time", what fun!

 

[ubertrout]

mmm.. seein' that fella at the joanna with a fag on makes me wanna light up
gonna track down some juicy Hyperions if they're medium rare.. nom nom nom

That fella being Sergei Rachmaninoff

 

[fredblue]

That fella being Sergei Rachmaninoff

ahh.. i knew his face rang a bell (truth serum kicks in = "not!" ) I'm an unabashed Pop/Rock/Soul/Jazz/Easy listening kinda pleb who hasn't got as much as a scooby doo about Classical Music but I do love surround music generally so whatever the genre and style if the surround mix is good i'm in-in-in..!!

 

[Kal Rubinson]

ahh.. i knew his face rang a bell

Is that a pun?

 

[4-earredwonder]

Is that a pun?

Kal, you're of course referring to Rachmaninoff's:

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Kal, you're of course referring to Rachmaninoff's:

Yup

 

[fredblue]

Is that a pun?

quasi-no-d'oh.. but it's so a-pealing

 

[filper]

David Bowie "Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars" Multichannel Hybrid. EMI 5219002. One of Ken Scott's finest efforts. A closer look.

David Bowie "Heathen" Multichannel Non-Hybrid. Columbia CS 86630. Really hard to find without a drill hole even back when.

 

[e28]

It's time to add some rare non-SONY SACDs, not mentioned before. Here is a Sonopress hybrid disc with 14 pieces of different German punk rock bands from 2004. The SACD is called "Bestandsaufnahme - Fahrplan 2005" (Inventory - Timetable 2005). Strong German music in surround!

 

[fredblue]

It's time to add some rare non-SONY SACDs, not mentioned before. Here is a Sonopress hybrid disc with 14 pieces of different German punk rock bands from 2004. The SACD is called "Bestandsaufnahme - Fahrplan 2005" (Inventory - Timetable 2005). Strong German music in surround!
View attachment 36213
View attachment 36214

corrrrr... blimey!!
never heard of this one neither!!
was it available at retail or a trade only demo/sampler?

 

[e28]

corrrrr... blimey!!
never heard of this one neither!!
was it available at retail or a trade only demo/sampler?

It is a sampler, but I bought it at a CD-shop in Berlin in 2006.
Max

 

[e28]

Here is another rare surround SACD, not listed on sa-cd.net: "Bleeding wolves" from Matthew Lien. The music is similiar to that of his first SACD "Arctic Refuge".

 

[fredblue]

It is a sampler, but I bought it at a CD-shop in Berlin in 2006.
Max

thanks for the info., it must be very scarce, i can't find even a mention of it online let alone a listing (and i'm getting fairly good at this wabbit hunting game now!)

 

[fredblue]

Here is another rare surround SACD, not listed on sa-cd.net: "Bleeding wolves" from Matthew Lien. The music is similiar to that of his first SACD "Arctic Refuge".

View attachment 36215

View attachment 36216

sweet juniper berries!!
i have the other Matthew Lien SACD you speak of but never seen this one!!

 

[e28]

Here is another rarity from Czechia. Listed on sa-cd.net but hard to find. It is music for relaxation, but not for everyone. Consists of a single long track.

 

[Albert Dagger]

inside the Elisa "Lotus" SACD/DVD package (afaik a rarity not only for its scarcity by virtue of being an Italian Universal records Surround SACD release)

Wow! I didn’t even know it existed (same thing for the Battiato SACD on page 1). These were really badly advertised at that time in Italy...
How is the surround mix, any good?

 

[fredblue]

Here is another rarity from Czechia. Listed on sa-cd.net but hard to find. It is music for relaxation, but not for everyone. Consists of a single long track.

View attachment 36221

View attachment 36222

good lord this is rare!!!
do you have Tarmac "Notre Epoque"?

 

[fredblue]

Wow! I didn’t even know it existed (same thing for the Battiato SACD on page 1). These were really badly advertised at that time in Italy...
How is the surround mix, any good?

oh yes its fairly scarce but nowhere near as rare as that Battiato! copies of the Elisa SACD+DVD set do at least come up on eBay, Discogs, etc every now and then, though i'd been waiting for a number of years for one in decent condition to come along at the sub-£50 price point. to me it was worth the wait and the expense, the album's nice and the surround mix is very good, certainly leaps and bounds ahead of other Italian Universal surround titles such as the Zucchero SACDs.