HiRez Poll Lightfoot, Gordon - SUNDOWN [Blu-Ray Audio]

[Scott65]

10. More Quadios please....

 

[fredblue]

I gave it a 9, only missed being a 10 due to the fact of it being an
old analog recording. With all the new fully digital recordings we've had coming our way
over the last decade I'm finding it increasing difficult to ignore what I hear as the missing
inner detail, snap and focus of music from old analog master tapes.

that gets to the crux of what good remastering should be all about, to make the most of old recordings, to extract detail, snap, focus, etc.

there was a suggestion, i think by Foraging Rhino himself, that most of these Quadio's are flat transfers?

if that's the case, maybe some of the tapes need a bit of gentle help here and there, or maybe that's already happening, i don't know!?

 

[Scott65]

It had been many years since I listened to this classic.
I have the MoFi MFSL 1-018 LP needledrop on the HD but I rarely listen
to vinyl sourced music any more, I had long forgotten how much I loved this recording.
Anyway what a beautiful Quad mix we have here, just the right balance and discreetness
in the surround sound. I gave it a 9, only missed being a 10 due to the fact of it being an
old analog recording. With all the new fully digital recordings we've had coming our way
over the last decade I'm finding it increasing difficult to ignore what I hear as the missing
inner detail, snap and focus of music from old analog master tapes. Otherwise a job extremely
well done by

that gets to the crux of what good remastering should be all about, to make the most of old recordings, to extract detail, snap, focus, etc.

there was a suggestion, i think by Foraging Rhino himself, that most of these Quadio's are flat transfers?

if that's the case, maybe some of the tapes need a bit of gentle help here and there, or maybe that's already happening, i don't know!?

It sounds great to me. Maybe my ears are too old (58 years).

 

[4_everyman]

Sick means great in the good ole US of A!

Ah, I see. English is not my first language, so thank you for the explanation.

 

[ar surround]

All of today's posts have given new meaning to the content of the Lightfoot classic album, Sundown. WTF?

 

[Tres Discrete]

Ah, I see. English is not my first language, so thank you for the explanation.

Later adopted by the hip-hop community as “ill”

 

[par4ken]

So glad to get this, especially for my second favourite Gordon Lightfoot song "Carefree Highway" IMHO eclipsed only by "If You Could Read My Mind". I always felt that the title track "Sundown" was not all that good and was very much overplayed.

Sound quality is superb.

Surround varies, rather sparse at times; but what more do you expect from a singer songwriter? At other times it is fantastic so no complaint from me.

 

[Matt Wilson]

10
I rarely rate these discs a 10, but I really don't think it could sound better.

 

[califcab]

Definitely a 10 for me. Great mix, great album. Bought the MoFi LP many years back, but hadn't played it in a long time.

 

[BillTubes]

This my favorite Quadio so far. An easy 10.
It is amazing to me that it has sat in the archives for 50 years !

 

[ss9001]

10
How could it not?

 

[edisonbaggins]

10.

Totally happy with it.

 

[fredblue]

always loved this one, the music and the mix are just lovely

now the Quadio Blu-ray takes it to another level with the best-sounding version of the Quad i've heard

an easy, carefree "10"

 

[ar surround]

Has anyone else noted how this album manages to sound like both a quad and a modern 5.1 at the same time? It is an overall very satisfying presentation.

 

[Titch]

I received the disc from Rhino today - I had almost given up hope and was going to order from Amazon! After Gordon Lightfoot died, I decided to purchase his first three albums recorded for Reprise/Warner, as I only had a greatest hits compilation CD of his. I really enjoyed both Sundown and If You Could Read My Mind. Then Sundown was released as a Quadio, only a couple of months later! The improvement from the CD is staggering! There is so much more detail, the surround mix is really well done and the fidelity is even better than the CD, which didn't sound compressed at all. A classic album. Of course it's a 10.

 

[Sal1950]

The improvement from the CD is staggering!

Quadio is doing an amazing job with most of these old analog tape masters.

 

[rusinurbe]

One of the many surprises in the Quadio series so far. What a great album and so well recorded, and the Quad mix very tastefully done.
10 out of 10 for me i dont think this could have been bettered.
Only just listening to it now because I have ordered the next batch and realised I have not listend to batch two.

 

[birrrdy!]

One of the many surprises in the Quadio series so far. What a great album and so well recorded, and the Quad mix very tastefully done.
10 out of 10 for me i dont think this could have been bettered.
Only just listening to it now because I have ordered the next batch and realised I have not listend to batch two.

“Seven Island Suite”. Such a quad gem!

 

[ss9001]

“Seven Island Suite”. Such a quad gem!

You are so right!

 

[jaybird100]

“Seven Island Suite”. Such a quad gem!

Every track on the disc is a winner!