Steven Wilson Yes Close To The Edge in Dolby Atmos (out in March!)

[Clement]

Mine arrives Monday. Ill be sucking down gallons of Costco coffee, doin shots of Jager and smokin doobies awaiting a listen......................

There you go Gene ( @GOS ) – this is how to prepare for tomorrow's EPIC listen . . . or how to make it happen tonight!

 

[marpow]

For freaks only;
It was driving me crazy that two of the three tracks had no times for the songs, Wikipedia came through. This is for an LP, but you get the idea. I am sure that of the 357 versions there are time differences between media.
The 2025 version:
Chapter 1 Close To The Edge 18:44
Chapter 2 And You And I 10:09
Chapter 3 Siberian Khatru 9:12
Total: 38:06

Below source from Wikipedia

1.	"Close to the Edge" I. "The Solid Time of Change" (6:04) II. "Total Mass Retain" (2:23) III. "I Get Up, I Get Down" (5:45) IV. "Seasons of Man" (4:31)	Jon Anderson, Steve Howe	Anderson, Howe	18:43
Total length:	18:43

Side two

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"And You and I" I. "Cord of Life" (3:46) II. "Eclipse" (2:30) III. "The Preacher, the Teacher" (3:10) IV. "The Apocalypse" (0:47)	Anderson	Anderson, Bill Bruford, Chris Squire, Howe (except "Eclipse")	10:12
2.	"Siberian Khatru"	Anderson	Anderson, Howe, Rick Wakeman	8:56
Total length:	19:08 Album Total 37:51

 

[ssully]

But Atmos is the logical outcome of this sonic progression. Sound from all around. And once that became the standard there were some records that just screamed for that treatment and Close to the Edge is by far my top selection. Xanadu from Rush was a worthy predecessor and it was wonderful, but CTTE has so much to offer and now it has been delivered.

'Xanadu' -- and most Rush, really -- is so much less instrumentally-, harmonically-, and mix-dense than classic Yes, that I don't see how they even compare.

My only questions for this release are, does the surround mix cohere, and does it hit the crucial 'marks' I expect to hear? Because Wilson's 5.1 did not.

And that's just for the title track. The other two tracks were so unimpressively remixed they barely registered.

My copy of Wilson's do-over arrives this week.

 

[JimHansonDC]

'Xanadu' -- and most Rush, really -- is so much less instrumentally-, harmonically-, and mix-dense than classic Yes, that I don't see how they even compare.

My only questions for this release are, does the surround mix cohere, and does it hit the crucial 'marks' I expect to hear? Because Wilson's 5.1 did not.

And that's just for the title track. The other two tracks were so unimpressively remixed they barely registered.

My copy of Wilson's do-over arrives this week.

I do not think you will be disappointed. The music truly immered me for maybe the 1st time. I've seen some people complain about And You And I being too reverb-y but I like the sound and by the time he got to Siberian Khatru, Steven Wilson was just having fun with the mix.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Blu~ray.com ecstatic 5 star review

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Yes-Close-to-the-Edge-Blu-ray/382323/#Review

 

[stoopid]

The reviews are almost unanimously positive, so I'll be keeping close tabs on getting a copy in the coming months at a discount. No FOMO has me buying something I've owned many copies, including a superb 5.1, until the price drops. Fragile (atmos) was like $40 all in by time I finally bought it.

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...-blu-ray-audio-dolby-atmos.37260/#post-840434

 

[humprof]

The reviews are almost unanimously positive, so I'll be keeping close tabs on getting a copy in the coming months at a discount. No FOMO has me buying something I've owned many copies, including a superb 5.1, until the price drops. Fragile (atmos) was like $40 all in by time I finally bought it.

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...-blu-ray-audio-dolby-atmos.37260/#post-840434

DeepDiscount issued a 15% off coupon today--on 2 in-stock items--but of course CTTE shows as back-ordered.

 

[mandrix]

DeepDiscount issued a 15% off coupon today--on 2 in-stock items--but of course CTTE shows as back-ordered.

ImportCD's is showing $76.51 but also back ordered. Makes you wonder what the mark up is.

 

[humprof]

ImportCD's is showing $76.51 but also back ordered. Makes you wonder what the mark up is.

(I've noticed in the past that these big box sets are often conveniently "back-ordered" whenever they're running a promotion, only to mysteriously appear back in stock the very day after the coupon expires.)

 

[mandrix]

(I've noticed in the past that these big box sets are often conveniently "back-ordered" whenever they're running a promotion, only to mysteriously appear back in stock the very day after the coupon expires.)

ImportCD's doesn't appear to be a coupon deal, just says available by April 26th.

 

[stoopid]

(I've noticed in the past that these big box sets are often conveniently "back-ordered" whenever they're running a promotion, only to mysteriously appear back in stock the very day after the coupon expires.)

Fairly certain I have noticed the same thing on importcds and other etailers.