Seems Breakfast In America SHM SACD is a bit hard to get now. Even says "deleted" on HMV. Anyone here get one?
Some more interesting SHM-SACD releases arriving on July 30th according to CD Japan....
Countdown to Ecstasy - Steely Dan
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UIGY-9566
Deceptive Bends - 10cc
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UIGY-9567
WOW! If these sound as good as the Supertramp/Breakfast In America Platinum SHM-CD I just got, which uses the same 2013 DSD mastering as the SHM-SACD and sounds absolutely terrific, we're in for a treat! These are two of my all-time favourite albums!
Thank you for the cool scoop hot news once again Mr.MBrilliant!
WOW! If these sound as good as the Supertramp/Breakfast In America Platinum SHM-CD I just got, which uses the same 2013 DSD mastering as the SHM-SACD and sounds absolutely terrific, we're in for a treat! These are two of my all-time favourite albums!
Thank you for the cool scoop hot news once again Mr.MBrilliant!
They've deleted that text now.I picked up my copy of the Breakfast In America SHM-SACD from Amazon.Co.Uk. It was getting pretty tough to find at the time. Wouldn't be surprised to hear that is continuing - especially now that the remaining Supertramp SACD release has been postponed.
However, Elusive Disc is showing the Breakfast in America SHM-SACD as being available on May 30, 2014. We'll see.....
http://www.elusivedisc.com/Supertra...anese-Import-SHM-SACD/productinfo/UNISAI9536/
They've deleted that text now.
Hey Fredblue, How does it compare to the BD?
Hi PK, I have to say I prefer the new 2013 Platinum SHM (qualifying the "Platinum" bit not due to the material used but because there's another 'non-platinum' SHM CD which has the deluxe edition remaster on it instead).
The new SHM is more crankable, smoother yet more detailed and bass is fuller and richer. The BD is pretty good and the old A&M Master Series CD was great in lots of ways but the Platinum SHM 2013 DSD is in a different league altogether, it's superb. Cymbal crashes don't have the splashyness of the BD and the occasional murky feel of the A&M CD is gone too.
It's funny I've read over the years people saying they feel it isn't a very well recorded album in the first place but really if this new (Platinum from 2013 DSD transfer!) SHM is the sound of the tapes then those people have never really heard it before, I'll say that for me it sounds better than any other version I've heard (I must be at half a dozen different ways now across various formats).
Those are a bit hard to come by. Maybe bmoura will loan his out?Thanks fredblue...one last question: have you compared it to the SHM SACD?
Thanks fredblue...one last question: have you compared it to the SHM SACD?
Sadly not, I held off on the SACD and by the time I wanted to get it... well you know the score, it's now pricey/hard to find
Might be worth mentioning, the info on the Platinum SHM says it uses the same 2013 DSD mastering used on the SHM-SACD, so I guess its as good an indication as any of what the SACD sounds like![]()
Some of the early SHM-SACD releases were hit and miss in terms of being a sonic upgrade. But lately Universal Japan seems to have found the formula with their SHM-SACD releases.
Hi bmoura, can you list your recommendations? Thanks![]()
Looks like both of the Queen Greatest Hits SHM SACDs are out of print. I've got 'em both fortunately.
Queen/Queen is coming soon on SHM SACD.
Sure. I'd suggest these SHM-SACDs as among the best:
- Jimmy Smith - The Cat
- Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
- The Carpenters - Singles: 1969-1973
- Supertramp - Breakfast In America
- Styx - Paradise Theater
- Steely Dan - Gaucho
- Elton John - Elton John
- Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Olivia Newton John - Come On Over
- Dire Straits - Dire Straits
a DSD flat transfer from the original Stereo tapes of all the 70's Queen albums and I'd be all over that.. though I suspect the reason why the Ludwig 2011 remasters are being used on the Queen SHM-SACDs is because the original tapes are in poor condition and so the restored remasters are the best source despite the DR compressed new masterings.
Or it could be that the band or record label prefers the Ludwig 2011 remasters to putting out a flat transfer from the '70s. Hard to say.
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