Yellow Magic Orchestra - "YMO 1979 Trans Atlantic Tour Live Anthology" 5CD + Blu Ray w Upsampled Video

[Steve Bruzonsky]

https://tower.jp/article/news/2025/01/23/tg008?msockid=1ccd3e6c0adb60d320222b1d0ba4610e

https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/M..._campaign=bonC-20250124-person_prod-MHCL-3131

But these links don't indicate if its multi-channel or not! And this set isn't cheap by any means. Says video is upsampled.

 

[Sonik Wiz]

https://tower.jp/article/news/2025/01/23/tg008?msockid=1ccd3e6c0adb60d320222b1d0ba4610e

https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/M..._campaign=bonC-20250124-person_prod-MHCL-3131

But these links don't indicate if its multi-channel or not! And this set isn't cheap by any means. Says video is upsampled.

I acquired the video several years ago & enjoyed it many times. They were a young band at the time & to play at the Greek was a really big deal. It's an excellent performance and so good to see the original three young & on stage together. Now it's just Harry Hosono remaining.

The video quality is typical of analog video of that period so not wonderful but the music transcends that fact. I doubt it is being re-released in surround. It was hard enoghy to do quality recording live back then & most was mixed to stereo only in real time. Still, if this new package wasn't so expensive & packed with redundant material, I would consider purchasing.

 

[McCrutchy]

Since there is no mention of a surround remix, I would expect mono and stereo audio only. There is an official site for the release which claims (according to the translation) that the audio has been "newly mixed and remastered by Goh Hotoda". The band also uploaded a video of the track "Rydeen" from the Greek Theatre:

EDIT: For those wondering, the contents of the Blu-ray seem to be this VHS / DVD released in 2000 and this VHS / Laserdisc released in 1999 (DVD in 2000). That would make the combined running time of the Blu-ray about 168 minutes.