SACD's rebirth in Hong Kong

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HK Universal Music to release* Michael Nyman's soundtracks to "The Piano" and "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" on SACD today.

* The soundtrack to "The Piano" is actually a re-release since it was previously released on SACD by Virgin.
 
HK Sony Music to release "The Best of Santana", along with Jennifer Warnes' "The Hunter", on hybrid SACD on 12/18/15. SACDs will be pressed in the EU. First 1000 copies of each title will be individually numbered.

Great news, soundboy.

ImportCD is showing a 1/15/16 release date for the Best of Santana SACD http://www.importcds.com/best-of-santana/888751821620

Those seeking a less expensive alternative to the OST of Michael Nyman's The Piano might also be interested in this release from German label Membran http://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=3387#works. Highly recommended and contains other Michael Nyman compositions, as well (in SACD multichannel/stereo/RBCD).

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BRY5EO/?tag=hraudio-20
 
That importcds website sure looks messed up. I tried two browsers: Firefox and Microsoft Edge.
 
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HK Universal Music has been on a hi-res tear lately. In addition to the recent SACD releases from Enigma, Bryan Ferry, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mike Oldfield and Ennio Morricone, HK Universal Music is set to release its second 10 disc SACD boxset for another local artist, Priscilla Chan (not to be confused with Mrs. Mark Zuckerberg)....

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HK Universal Music is also continue to release new Blu-ray Audio titles, the latest being a complete remix/remaster of a 1990 live concert album from HK EMI artist, Lowell Lo. It is available for the first time in 5.1....

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HK Universal is also releasing music on hi-res micro-SD chips....

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HK Universal Music has been on a hi-res tear lately. In addition to the recent SACD releases from Enigma, Bryan Ferry, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mike Oldfield and Ennio Morricone, HK Universal Music is set to release next week its second 10 disc SACD boxset for another local artist, Priscilla Chan (not to be confused with Mrs. Mark Zuckerberg)....

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HK Universal Music is also continue to release new Blu-ray Audio titles, the latest being a complete 5.1 remix/remaster of a 1990 live concert album from HK EMI artist, Lowell Lo....

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Btw, HK Universal is also releasing music on hi-res micro-SD chips....

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HK Universal Music has been on a hi-res tear lately. In addition to the recent SACD releases from Enigma, Bryan Ferry, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mike Oldfield and Ennio Morricone, HK Universal Music is set to release next week its second 10 disc SACD boxset for another local artist, Priscilla Chan (not to be confused with Mrs. Mark Zuckerberg)....

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HK Universal Music is also continue to release new Blu-ray Audio titles, the latest being a complete 5.1 remix/remaster of a 1990 live concert album from HK EMI artist, Lowell Lo....

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Btw, HK Universal is also releasing music on hi-res micro-SD chips....

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I find it interesting, Soundboy, that they continue to release BD~As in Hong Kong. I have quite a few pre~orders for the upcoming Universal and Sony SACD titles from Hong Kong. Some very nice selections.
 
HK Universal Music continues to flood the market with SACDs. It announced recently 10 new titles for its local artists, including 3 titles from HK EMI. As with its recent HK SACD releases, they are pressed in Japan by Sony and first 1000 are individually numbered. The next opening of the "floodgate", I predict, will be in July....right before the annual HK High-End Audio Visual Show.

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HK Universal Music just posted the following on one of its Facebook pages. Not sure what HK Universal is trying to do....reissue of an 1989 recording from its Cinepoly label as its first SHM-SACD?

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Two years after its first batch of SHM-SACD titles (see 2 posts before this one), Hong Kong Universal Music announced last week on Facebook that it will release another 8 SHM-SACD titles. Unlike the previous batch of SHM-SACD titles, which was limited to 500 copies pressed, each of the new SHM-SACD will get 600 copies/each.

An interesting "trend" with SACD releases in HK....approximately 1/3 of titles released in 2018 are of the single-layer. All SACD titles released or distributed by HK Warner Bros. Music have been single-layer SACDs. While HK Sony Music hasn't released any SACD (yet) this year, it released a total of 7 single-layer SACD titles in 2017.
 
HK Universal Music just released an official poster for its new SHM-SACD titles....

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By the way, HK Universal Music also just released 9 albums on stereo hybrid SACDs from local artist Lowell Lo (albums were originally released by HK EMI back in the 80s). That makes 17 SACD releases within one month!

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So far in July, it has been a busy month for HK Universal Music....with the release of 8 SHM-SACD titles, in addition to another 9 hybrid SACD titles. However, with the annual High-End Audio Visual Show to happen in less than a month, there are rumors of more upcoming HK Universal SACD releases....

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No confirmation from HK Universal Music yet. Also, no upcoming SACD announcements from HK Warner Bros. Music or HK Sony. Yet.

Maybe Eagles' "Hell Freezes Over"?
 
So far in July, it has been a busy month for HK Universal Music....with the release of 8 SHM-SACD titles, in addition to another 9 hybrid SACD titles. However, with the annual High-End Audio Visual Show to happen in less than a month, there are rumors of more upcoming HK Universal SACD releases....

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No confirmation from HK Universal Music yet. Also, no upcoming SACD announcements from HK Warner Bros. Music or HK Sony. Yet.

Maybe Eagles' "Hell Freezes Over"?

ImportCD pre~order for Diana Ross' ALL THE GREAT HITS Stereo SACD: https://www.importcds.com/all-the-great-hits-hybrid-sacd/600753841228

ImportCD pre~order for Carpenters GOLD Stereo SACD: https://www.importcds.com/gold-greatest-hits-hybrid-sacd/600753841211

ImportCD pre~order for Schindler's List [OSR] Stereo SACD: https://www.importcds.com/schindlers-list-original-soundtrack-hyrbid-sacd/600753841235

RELEASE DATE for all 3 titles: August 10, 2018
 
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Interesting. It looks like all three were previously released on "K2HD CD" by HK Universal Music, so presumably, the same masters are being used.

Of these, I'm only interested in the soundtrack to Schindler's List. The front and back of the SACD don't mention much about the disc, but the back of the K2HD CD reveals some interesting information. Both discs were apparently manufactured in Japan, but the K2HD CD has mastering credited to Hakamata Takeshi. More importantly, it also says that the disc "contains program transferred from analog tape", which raises concerns about the age of the master being used. Still, I have the CD from the Limited Edition DVD set, so it will be interesting to compare it with the SACD even if they are indeed from the same master.

I forgot to mention that I found an unnervingly minimalist YouTube video showing the K2HD CD:

 
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Interesting. It looks like all three were previously released on "K2HD CD" by HK Universal Music, so presumably, the same masters are being used.

Which was also what HK Sony Music was doing with some of its K2HD CD titles, for example "Bangles - Greatest Hits", "Miles Davis - Kind of Blue", "The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time out", etc.

HK Universal Music released K2HD CDs, generally compilations because of the local demand, of many artists ranging from The Platters to Tom Jones, from the Eagles to Elton John. So I'm hoping for some new SACDs from these artists too.
 
Spotted at the HK Universal Music both at the HK High-End Audio-Visual Show (happening this weekend)

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Although Snood gotta add this disclaimer...........urrrrrgh It is China. Not sure what their quality control will be on high end product?
 
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