Emerson Lake & Palmer - BRAIN SALAD SURGERY [SACD]

[The Rang]

I'd forgotten about this one.

Is it still readily available?

I should get the Black Sabbath one too, while I'm thinking about it.

[doppelbock]

Should be very easily had. Just go to Amazon.ca and you'll find it from resellers for under $30cdn (ImportCD's is a *very* good reseller - almost always the cheapest and they ship very quickly)

[Ge Someone]

I should get the Black Sabbath one too, ..

hint: Check the thread about the Paranoid disc before you order

[Bob Squires Jr]

hint: Check the thread about the Paranoid disc before you order

I agree...
The Sabbath disc, unfortunately... sux!
Bob Romano did a better job than the record label did.
The SACD sounds like a bad needle drop.

I'll say again...
The ELP SACD sounds like the same mix as the DVD-A except no Lucky Man and no vids.
I still prefer my DVD-A!

-Bob

[DennisMabry]

The Sabbath disc, unfortunately... sux!
Bob Romano did a better job than the record label did.

Oh yeah, total agreement. I did buy the disc mainly to show support for a record company that is willing to re-release Quad material in a surround format. However it was a lame attempt at best. DTS, not SACD, and the source? Still a mystery. The video is nice with slow panning photos but who cares when the sound is terrible. If that is the best that they can do, then we can do without it!

Bob's conversion is very good!

Dennis

[neil wilkes]

I just had the great good fortune to be given a copy of this (the original DVD-A edition) recently.
The opening strains of "Jerusalem" bring to mind the recent recovery of The Ashes from Australia in the 2-1 victory this summer.

Will write properly later

[fredblue]

An "8" for the mix and the music, both of which I love.

I'd have given it a 9 or 10 but for the APPALLING quality control on the packaging.
Typos I just can't forgive abound!
As others have said, there's not one reference on the packaging to this being an SACD!
I've still never found out what an STS disc is to this day! (Station to Station, it ain't!).

Plus where's the bonus of Lucky Man?? Boo!!

At least it was a cheap way for people to get the wonderful 5.1 mix of this under-appreciated classic album.

[rusinurbe]

Lucky Man will come again, with the first wave of re-issues on DVD only though again Boo !!!

it will be interesting to compare the DVD and DVDA versions of Lucky Man see what a difference young Steven can do compared to an ES mix.

[kap'n krunch]

A niner cause it features the same mix as the DVD-A .
-1 cause it's in "Cat repellent noise only above 20K" SACD format (Poor kitties!).
The "extra disc" is a joke....and I love the "STS" (Space Shuttle Mission?) misspelling...
Waiting for this to get pricey so I can sell it...
I'll keep my DVD-A!!!

[LizardKing]

Lucky Man will come again, with the first wave of re-issues on DVD only though again Boo !!!

it will be interesting to compare the DVD and DVDA versions of Lucky Man see what a difference young Steven can do compared to an ES mix.

IIRC - The it was mixed by John Kellogg not Elliott...

[fredblue]

IIRC - The it was mixed by John Kellogg not Elliott...

John Kellogg did a fair few excellent mixes for the Warner DVDAs didn't he!
Bit of an unsung 5.1 hero I reckon.

[rusinurbe]

I stand corrected but still interesting to see what the different approaches are

[fredblue]

John Kellogg did a fair few excellent mixes for the Warner DVDAs didn't he!
Bit of an unsung 5.1 hero I reckon.

Well I like the mixes he did on the Foreigner and Machine Head DVDA's anyway, even if nobody else here does..!!

[kap'n krunch]

Well I like the mixes he did on the Foreigner and Machine Head DVDA's anyway, even if nobody else here does..!!

Well , I like the Foreigner mixes..The DP one was a tricky one cause he had to come up with a new twist since the SQ one is THE ONE for me...but, well done!

[fredblue]

Well , I like the Foreigner mixes..The DP one was a tricky one cause he had to come up with a new twist since the SQ one is THE ONE for me...but, well done!

don't you prefer the sound quality and spread of sound on the Machine Head DVDA though?

the mix on the SACD is more fun and "out there" than the DVDA but I prefer the more modern approach John Kellogg used on the DVDA, plus the fidelity on the newer remix beats the hell out of any other version of Machine Head I've heard, including the SACD, it sounds wonderful..!