They're all compared/demo'd here by QQ member Army of Quad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1OA81R41_0
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They're all compared/demo'd here by QQ member Army of Quad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1OA81R41_0
I agree with AoQ -- the Q8 (8 track tape) and CD4 (LP) are clear winners over the versions derived from SQ encoded source.
I agree with AoQ -- the Q8 (8 track tape) and CD4 (LP) are clear winners over the versions derived from SQ encoded source.
I'm just impressed he has like 6 copies of that album!
A copy for every one of Henry's wives! :ugham:
(Heads should roll for such jokes!)
I agree with AoQ -- the Q8 (8 track tape) and CD4 (LP) are clear winners over the versions derived from SQ encoded source.
Not entirely confirmed at all, but based on this amazon.co.uk listing, can we expect a reissue of the Quad mix of "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" on DVD this coming Spring?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Journey-Centre-Earth-Rick-Wakeman/dp/B019JMC8C2/
I wonder if it's the original LIVE version (as the QUAD masters are supposed to be lost) or this new one which Wakeman re~recorded and extended and released in 2014 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Journey-Cen...y+to+the+centre+of+the+earth&tag=acleint06-21
The reviews of the newly recorded/extended Journey are very positive. Supposedly better than the original and a state of the art re~recording, as well.
I saw him do this extended version on his last tour, it was really good, and Journey is not my favourite - I don't like the narration! But it might turn out to be a decoded needle drop of the original CD4 as the tapes are missing.
But it would certainly make more sense to use the pristine multitracks of the re~recorded 'extended' edition as it seems that budgetary constraints inhibited Wakeman's original realization of the LIVE recording versus the prohibitive cost of recording it in the studio at the time.
I wonder if it's the original LIVE version (as the QUAD masters are supposedly lost) or this new one which Wakeman re~recorded and extended and released in 2014 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Journey-Cen...y+to+the+centre+of+the+earth&tag=acleint06-21
The reviews of the newly recorded/extended Journey are very positive. Supposedly better than the original and a state of the art re~recording, as well.
Do we really want another 'needle drop' DVD~A....although I do confess to liking the CD~4 DVD~A needle drop of King Arthur....which is sonically superior to the SQ needle drop DVD~A of Six Wives.
But it would certainly make more sense to use the pristine multitracks of the re~recorded 'extended' edition as it seems that budgetary constraints at the time inhibited Wakeman's original vision while performing the LIVE recording versus the prohibitive cost of recording it in the studio.
I like me some Wakeman, but I'm not passionate about it. If they release something that sounds great and I like it in stereo, I'm in.
I find some of his music enjoyable, but some is a little goofy or silly for my tastes. There is room in my world for weird, but the reviews would have to really convince me.
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