Steven Wilson Yes "Fragile" Super Deluxe Edition out in June with Dolby Atmos mix!

[GilWave]

I know it's controversial but my #1 favorite Yes album is still "Talk" from 1994. This one STILL staggers me. Unfortunately, mastermind Trevor Rabin is a quad/surround naysayer, however a great CD/LP reissue was released earlier this year (via UK Burning Shed) & you CAN purchase CD's or vinyl, your choice. Inexplicably "Talk" was a huge commercial failure, but to my ears it was, AND REMAINS, Yes' highest pinnacle. The "Endless Dream/Talk" suite is 1.5 times BETTER than "Close to the Edge" IMHO. I realize I'm really stirring the pot here, but I'll sat it & own it! I know I'm not the only Yes fan standing up for "Talk".

Trevor's solo LP, "Don't Look Away" was also VERY good, essential I think for West Coast Yes fans.

Trevor released his latest solo album, Rio, in 5.1 surround last year, and was talking it up at the time - I wouldn't consider him a surround naysayer.

 

[TwoMuch]

Currently $59.65 at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D33WBKSC

I finally bit at that price

 

[GilWave]

Currently $59.65 at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D33WBKSC

I finally bit at that price

So glad I paid $99.98 for it when it came out

 

[srbjab]

Currently $59.65 at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D33WBKSC

I finally bit at that price

Still too high for what's included, especially the unwanted and unneeded vinyl, but damn, the Atmos mix is worth taking the hit. The full size packaging is also nice.

 

[GilWave]

Still too high for what's included, especially the unwanted and unneeded vinyl, but damn, the Atmos mix is worth taking the hit. The full size packaging is also nice.

The packaging is very nice. I bought the DVD-A years ago, played it a lot when I was set up for 5.1. Got the new SW package (overpaid for it, apparently) and think the Atmos mix is stellar.

I now have so many versions of this record, form the original LP and then 8-track in the '70s, the first CD release in the '80s, various deluxe editions and the DVD-A '90s and '00s, and now the Atmos SW version. Does this sickness ever end, is there a cure for this disease? How many versions of this recording do I need, or want? How many times can I listen to this collection of great songs in various flavors?

As I've mentioned in another post, I now have more music than I could possibly listen to if I sent all my waking hours listening to music for the rest of my natural life. I've justified my obsession by telling myself I don't golf, I don't fish... and those are expensive hobbies. But seeing as I'm in the back nine of my life, when it it all enough?

And my kids have little to no interest on my collection save a few classics - what am I going to do with it all?

Perhaps Quadraphonic Quad or Steve Hoffman group could set up a gift repository for box sets and audio collections for those of us who don't have heirs to leave them to - I could put that in my will.

 

[barfle]

And my kids have little to no interest on my collection save a few classics - what am I going to do with it all?

If my wife outlives me, I told her to contact one of the used record stores in town to see what she could get for the pile.

 

[Marplot]

I want a viking funeral with mine ...

 

[GilWave]

If my wife outlives me, I told her to contact one of the used record stores in town to see what she could get for the pile.

When my first wife divorced me 17 years ago, she told me that half of my then-3700 CD collection was hers, because half of everything was hers.

I handed her the Micheal Buble CDS, and her copy of Zamfir, King of the Pan Flute, and told her I was digitizing the collection and could give her 100% of the discs on a 2TB hard drive. Her new guy was an IT professional, and could patch it in to there stereo system, so she agreed.

Now I'm at > 5600 CDs, and my new wife uses my Apple Music account for listening. She helped me find beautiful mission-style sliding glass door cabinets to house the collection in, so they could be displayed properly. Yeah - she's a keeper! ;-)

 

[Sal1950]

Does this sickness ever end, is there a cure for this disease?

Only if you let it.

How many versions of this recording do I need, or want?

All of them

How many times can I listen to this collection of great songs in various flavors?

As many as you like.

And my kids have little to no interest on my collection save a few classics - what am I going to do with it all?

Rip lossless copies to your drive.
Sell the collection and take the wife on a wonderful vacation someplace you've never been.
Life is too short.

 

[barfle]

I want a viking funeral with mine ...

I just watched "Beau Geste."

 

[SharpKnight]

Currently $59.65 at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D33WBKSC

I finally bit at that price

Think it might go down a bit more?

 

[Misterbee]

When my first wife divorced me 17 years ago, she told me that half of my then-3700 CD collection was hers, because half of everything was hers.

I handed her the Micheal Buble CDS, and her copy of Zamfir, King of the Pan Flute, and told her I was digitizing the collection and could give her 100% of the discs on a 2TB hard drive. Her new guy was an IT professional, and could patch it in to there stereo system, so she agreed.

Now I'm at > 5600 CDs, and my new wife uses my Apple Music account for listening. She helped me find beautiful mission-style sliding glass door cabinets to house the collection in, so they could be displayed properly. Yeah - she's a keeper! ;-)

Got a link for those sliding door cabinets?

 

[GilWave]

Got a link for those sliding door cabinets?

They were originally made and sourced from Leslie Dame. I don't see those anymore (I've been searching for more shelves for my units)

This looks like the ones I have, though with less wood panes between the glass. They are available through Hammacher Schlemer. The listing states "Developed for Hammacher Schlemmer, this is the Mission-style media library that stores up to 1,044 CDs, 468 DVDs..." whcih leads me to believe it could be the same folks that did the Leslie Dame units.

https://www.hammacher.com/product/aficionados-sliding-door-1044-cd-468-dvd-library-1

 

[bktouchstone]

Still too high for what's included, especially the unwanted and unneeded vinyl, but damn, the Atmos mix is worth taking the hit. The full size packaging is also nice.

It dropped down to $54 and I ordered. Thanks for the link!

 

[GilWave]

Got a link for those sliding door cabinets?

Here's the ones I actually have, from Leslie Dame, but the shopping link doesn't work - I think the company went out of business - which is a shame, since they are such nice racks and look great.

https://www.onewayfurniture.com/leslie-dame-enterprises-ms-1400dc.html

Here is a photo of my crew packing up my collection for the move to Nashville two years ago...

 

[Sal1950]

Here is a photo of my crew packing up my collection for the move to Nashville two years ago...

OMG, better you than me.
Been there, done that in 2011.

 

[Misterbee]

Here's the ones I actually have, from Leslie Dame, but the shopping link doesn't work - I think the company went out of business - which is a shame, since they are such nice racks and look great.

https://www.onewayfurniture.com/leslie-dame-enterprises-ms-1400dc.html

Here is a photo of my crew packing up my collection for the move to Nashville two years ago...

View attachment 112253

Looks like they are still available here: https://www.storehouserock.com/store/lde.html

 

[cbmmm3]

OMG, better you than me.
Been there, done that in 2011.

Been there done that. 2024. 7 weeks ago. BRUTAL

 

[GilWave]

Looks like they are still available here: https://www.storehouserock.com/store/lde.html

Thanks for that Mister Bee!

 

[Ericb5469]

Thanks for that Mister Bee!

Be careful with these sites that claim to have the Leslie Dame. They went out of business a good 3-4 years ago. I have two and scoured the net for a few more and finally found these sites like those posted. They claim they can get them, they can’t. Took me a bit to get my money back.