They did look in the UK.
Audio Fidelity Stereo SACD: Joe Cocker's With a Little Help from My Friends
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They did look in the UK.
Neil Palfreyman
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Any idea where the best place to pre-order for UK delivery is yet, Adam?
Do you suppose they couldn't find Joe Cocker's Quad tape because there never really was one? I mean in all seriousness, the Quad mix sounds incredibly derived.... like, from a stereo source with a ton of echo on the rears. Nothing that goes on in the fronts isn't also sounding out of the rears. Also, during "With a little help..." there seems to be some serious artifacting and/or clipping of the female vocalists in the rears. Also, those same lead singers are split wide in the fronts but are dead center in the back.... sort of what old school Dolby Pro Logic did. To my ears, it sounds like the straight stereo track in the front while the rears have been passed through some kind of decoder. Add a ton of echo and twiddle some EQ knobs and there's your Quad mix. I swear I also hear turntable rumble and clicks & pops during the silence between some songs.
Just my 2 cents...
Just my 2 cents...
Since there was a Quad 8 Track Tape release of the Joe Cocker album, there was a Quad Master Tape made. Whether the sound quality and quality of the Quad mix was sufficient to warrant a reissue in Multichannel SACD is another question altogether. That is one reason that just finding the Quad Master Tape can be the beginning of the journey in terms of a release - or not.
I think they are going to release each title when they are ready, and not worry about matching release dates for both of them.
Since the June Multichannel SACDs are coming from two different record companies (Warner and Universal), it wouldn't be surprising if they arrive on different timelines. Even though the goal is to have them arrive at the same time.
As for a "3rd title", there are more Multichannel SACDs in the pipeline - but not for June, they will come later on.
With a Little Help from My Friends by Joe Cocker is now available on Hybrid Stereo SACD from Audio Fidelity.
Anyone have this and can comment? I have bought a slew of the AF stereo only SACDs and may want to add this to the shelf. Thanks.
I have the Joe Cocker disc...this isn't a "demo" disc by any means...it sounds dated and with the nature of Joe's "raspy" voice at times it can sound pretty congested...but other times it's very good...it's a mixed bag...I don't have any of Joe's work to compare it to directly...but songs like don't let me be misunderstood sound very good...I think Kevin Gray did his absolute best to keep the original analog sound intact...you can hear some faint "hiss" at times...which I actually like to hear on vintage recordings..if I were voting on a poll this would either be a strong 7 or weak 8...and for me anywhere from 7 to 10 is a disc worth buying...I think... given the source and date of the original material....this is probably as good as it gets for this release
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