Gentle Giant - (most of) Octopus in 5.1 coming soon!!

[blue.monk]

So the "Live Excerpts From Octopus 1976" is in proper 5.1 then, which is good news

It would appear so. Can't wait to hear it!

 

[keenly]

The tracks we couldn't remix due to missing multis will be upmixed in 5.1 (through Penteo) from the original stereo mix.

No computer animations this time, it was a one-off.

Great, if done well I bet many would not even know!

 

[capsid]

I just noticed that the label is Alucard which is Dracula backwards. Is there any story behind that?

 

[keenly]

I haven't heard the upmixes unfortunately, but you know these can be pretty good.

Yes, they can be excellent. I am looking forward to this one.

 

[blue.monk]

I just noticed that the label is Alucard which is Dracula backwards. Is there any story behind that?

Alucard Music is their company (started by Kerry & Leslie Minnear). The name comes from a track on their debut album.

 

[rtbluray]

Burning Shed should have a preorder up for this item pretty soon I think.

 

[blue.monk]

And they just posted a link to download the two-minute video EPK:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12396418/GG_Octopus_EPK.mp4.zip

 

[capsid]

Alucard Music is their company (started by Kerry & Leslie Minnear). The name comes from a track on their debut album.

Thanks. Just looked at the lyrics for that track and it's clearly about Dracula.

 

[fizzywiggs41]

The tracks we couldn't remix due to missing multis will be upmixed in 5.1 (through Penteo) from the original stereo mix.

No computer animations this time, it was a one-off.

Thankyou Plan 9,

Seems as if I got my Penteo wish, great news indeed!

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Burning Shed should have a preorder up for this item pretty soon I think.

It's up now.

 

[rtbluray]

It's up now.

Good deal. Here's the link for anyone interested:
https://www.burningshed.com/store/gentlegiant/product/522/6951/

As for me, I think for now I'm going to stick with amazon for this particular release for several reasons.

 

[rtbluray]

"Octopus" is also available to preorder now from Steven Wilson's store Headphone Dust:

http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/headphonedust/gentle-giant-octopus-sw-remix-blu-raycd/

 

[knifeman]

The tracks we couldn't remix due to missing multis will be upmixed in 5.1 (through Penteo) from the original stereo mix.

No computer animations this time, it was a one-off.

Thanks for the info! This is what I was hoping for. I couldn't imagine listening to a familiar record where you know the track list by heart and all of a sudden something expected isn't there. Would've been nice to have another visual extravaganza like P&G, but as we all know, it's the audio that counts!

 

[rtbluray]

And they just posted a link to download the two-minute video EPK:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12396418/GG_Octopus_EPK.mp4.zip

Thanks for sharing that on here!
A great promo video for the reissue for sure!

 

[Ninecats]

Thanks for upmixing! Leaving these in stereo would have ruined it for me somewhat, cause this is a record that should be listened to in its entirety.

 

[Plan9]

So the "Live Excerpts From Octopus 1976" is in proper 5.1 then, which is good news

Yes it is!

 

[GOS]

Yes it is!

Just awesome news...cannot wait to hear this...


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[Scott M4]

:banana:

 

[DennisMoore Jr.]

"Octopus" is also available to preorder now from Steven Wilson's store Headphone Dust:

http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/headphonedust/gentle-giant-octopus-sw-remix-blu-raycd/


....for those who didn't get the "hint" the first time. (Thanks RT)

The missing tracks are the three strongest, IMHO so that is a huge heart-break, but it is what it is...
...to get the rest of Octopus in 5.1 AND the live bits, is a blessing of Kingly proportions, indeed!

When I fell in love with GG: Octopus, P&G and Free Hand, back in the seventies I never thought we would
get these precision ultra-high fidelity remixes! WOW. :music




Eternal gratitude to Plan9 & SW and all involved here.



-edit- Just ordered Octopus & Fragile from SW's site. $61.00 USD total. I don't care to try and save a few pennies.
I just want these, mui pronto, and I wanna support Steven as best I can.

... the only problem was the handsome young lad would not sell me JT: Too Old To Rock N Roll... :violin

 

[edisonbaggins]

Not sure what I think of this album yet - only one youtube.0 listen under my belt.
But HOLY HECK, the excerpts live track is pretty bad-ass.