Steven Wilson Gentle Giant "Interview" (5.1 & Dolby Atmos Remix out in June!)

[Simplepast Presentperfect]

Yep, they seem to have again used the 2012 Peter Mew master with incorrect channel assignments and too much dynamic compression. As with Free Hand, you probably won't want to bother with the quad after hearing the amazing new 5.1 & Atmos mixes.

This is more than that, and a different situation from Free Hand.
It is a quad with only 3 unique sources, as the fronts duplicate one unique source.
Somehow a channel was missing or unusable (how were those quads mastered back then?) or a mistake was made at production.
I accept a mistake such as the channel assignment in the 2012 Free Hand release, but I am left speechless as to why it was left uncorrected in the bluray release: this was well known since then.
But this issue with Interview appears to me as to be a known issue from day one, then why not coming forward and saying: this is all we could find, enjoy it while knowing that it is not perfect.
I have both 2012 releases, and apart from ripping them (and reassigning the channels in Free Hand) I haven't touched them since then.

 

[Guy Robinson]

This is ridiculous. What’s the point of even pre-ordering? Was going to try and wait it out but I think I’ll just cancel and order from ImportCD’s.

If I could I’d just go out to a store and pick one up but I doubt even a chain like Sunrise Records would carry it.
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I switched from amazon to rarewares (another seller on Amazon) a few days ago. It was shipped on the same day from rarewaves. It was a few bucks more than sticking with amazon but whats the point.It's actually cheaper from rarewaves on Amazon than it is from importcd's once you apply the exchange rate.

 

[hi-res_edition]

Already have mine in hand from ImportCDs. So much for the amazing Amazon logistics for those of you who ordered from there.

 

[bgf1973]

It is not available on any European Amazon?

 

[jefe1]

Amazon has kicked my Interview arrival from June 20 to July 6........pretty strange when its in stock and available elsewhere but you know its a First World problem I can wait.

 

[François]

It is not available on any European Amazon?

I preordered mine from Amazon France.

 

[bookofsaturdays]

I switched from amazon to rarewares (another seller on Amazon) a few days ago. It was shipped on the same day from rarewaves. It was a few bucks more than sticking with amazon but whats the point.It's actually cheaper from rarewaves on Amazon than it is from importcd's once you apply the exchange rate.

Thanks Guy, ended up ordering from Rarewaves. Should be here in about a week.

Funny thing is I could reorder from Amazon.ca and get free prime delivery for July 11. Very strange.

 

[djstephan]

It is not available on any European Amazon?

It is not available on any European Amazon?

It's also available at jpc.de

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/gentle-giant-in-terview/hnum/11508386

 

[colsky]

It is not available on any European Amazon?

Amazon UK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C6GF3...?psc=1&ie=UTF8&linkCode=gg2&tag=forumyield-20

 

[kap'n krunch]

It's also available at jpc.de

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/gentle-giant-in-terview/hnum/11508386

great deal!
18 Euros each (with Freehand) and only 4 EUR shipment!

 

[humprof]

Amazon's bots are clearly very confused, the poor dears. After telling me last week that this item would be delayed till July 7, they're now saying that it's been shipped and will arrive tomorrow, June 23d.

 

[Plan9]

This may have been addressed elsewhere, but the notes refer to the "Original 1976 Quad mix." Does that mean the 1976 mix was the same as the 2012 mix?

The 2012 was not a new mix, it was a (incorrect) remaster of the original 1976 mix.

 

[Guy Robinson]

Thanks Guy, ended up ordering from Rarewaves. Should be here in about a week.

Funny thing is I could reorder from Amazon.ca and get free prime delivery for July 11. Very strange.

I guess that July 9th or 10th is the date that Amazon.ca expects to receive their stock.

 

[Simplepast Presentperfect]

The 2012 was not a new mix, it was a (incorrect) remaster of the original 1976 mix.

Meaning that somewhere there is a master with all 4 channels, just a "copy and paste" mistake was made and went undetected.
No attempt was made to correct that mistake now :-(
At least this creates an opportunity to milk the cow again and release the correct version...

 

[tlake6659]

Yep, they seem to have again used the 2012 Peter Mew master with incorrect channel assignments and too much dynamic compression. As with Free Hand, you probably won't want to bother with the quad after hearing the amazing new 5.1 & Atmos mixes.

The 5.1 mix also seems to have some unneeded dynamic range compression. Can't do waveforms but it sounds that way to me at least.

 

[sjcorne]

The 5.1 mix also seems to have some unneeded dynamic range compression. Can't do waveforms but it sounds that way to me at least.

Interesting, all the Steven Wilson mixes on the Blu-Ray sounded pretty great to me. There's a noticeably big dynamic contrast between the acoustic intro and 'rock' ending of "I Lost My Head".

 

[himey]

The 5.1 mix also seems to have some unneeded dynamic range compression.

DR14 for the Atmos mix.

 

[Paul Emery]

Yes! Glad to see the quad mix in there too, though it's probably the 2012 Peter Mew mastering like Free Hand.

Yeah it is.

 

[All Ears]

Mine arrived today via Amazon.ca
Won't have a chance to listen to it until Saturday (Canada Day).

 

[The Rang]

Mine arrived today via Amazon.ca
Won't have a chance to listen to it until Saturday (Canada Day).

Huh?
Mine’s showing a delivery date of Aug.4