Ok, Pick Just ONE title you REALLY, REALLY WANT IN MC(with conditions)....

[bangsezmax]

I've been listening to Elton's Blue Moves a lot recently and it KILLS me to know that there's a Greg Penney MC mix out there that we can't hear. So many songs on that one are screaming for MC:

One Horse Town
Crazy Water
Out of the Blue (!!!!!) (I played that song for a friend and asked him to guess who the artist was. He thought it was Frank Zappa)
Boogie Pilgrim
Cage the Songbird
The Wide Eyed and Laughing (maybe the sonically weirdest song in EJ's catalog)

I hope I can hear it before I die . . .

 

[The Pink Floyd]

Electric Moo

 

[Led9]

The first Captain Beyond album.

 

[Disclord]

I want Olivia Newton-John's album Physical in MC - and Abba's albums. Soft Cell's Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret would also make a great MC album.

 

[TimDoyle]

OK, here we go.......

I remember standing in E.J. Korvettes record section when this first came out in 1976 and I was blown away. This effort, along with follow up LP's have so, so much musicality going on that a 5.1 version would probably be one of the best ever done.

Am speaking of "3:47 EST" by Klatuu
Such a talented group that some thought the Beatles got back together to lay down a few tracks!

Their sophmore effort, "Hope" is just as imaginative and musical.
I just listened to these albums over the weekend and they still deliver. (At least to me)

If you haven't done so already, get yourself a Surround Master and run "3:47 EST" through it. It is just incredible to hear what their technology can do with a stereo recording, and this is the disk that I use to demo the unit for my friends. To my ears, it's better than many official MC releases! Also, if this post is correct, there will probably never be a surround release of "3:47 EST" OR "Hope", so this is as close as we're likely to get.

 

[d0zer]

That would be "Illusions On A Double Dimple" by Triumvirat

 

[mch007]

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood

 

[Quadwreck]

It's been so hard to respond with only one choice, but all these years later, I'll venture with Camel -- Mirage.

 

[wheeler98]

Iron Maiden- Powerslave

 

[DennisMoore Jr.]

Pick ONE cherished album that you'd like to see remixed to MC.

Ok, to get an idea of what I think are absolute musts and should be the next industry releases in discrete 5.1:

The WHO - Who's Next
Al Dimeola - Casino
RUSH - Hemispheres
Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall
Pink Floyd - Animals & The Wall
Spock's Beard - V

having said that you asked for one, so, to that end, I would like:

YES - Tales From Topographic Oceans

 

[rd1]

Kiko by Los Lobos, if I'm not mistaken, I believe the producer of this album is the same as Rumour and Sigh by Richard Thompson, (a great DVD-A mix btw).

 

[Disclord]

It amazes me that ABBA never explored quad or, in these modern times, 5.1 channel remixes. Benny and Bjorne (Bjorn's now sadly suffering from Alzheimer's) were always exploring new recording technology and such - yet they never did anything in quad - they adopted digital very early on with the DBX Soundstream system for their final 2-channel master mixdowns and used the earliest versions of computer based editing. Like Queen, their studio techniques of multiple overdubs, etc, would be a natural for quad or Quintaphonic sound. MCA DiscoVision released their Greatest Hits Vol. 2 videos on LaserDisc in 1980 due to direct action from Benny and Bjorn who wanted their musical short films (they weren't called 'videos' then) on the best AV format available and plus, at that time, LaserDisc was the only consumer video format to offer truly high fidelity stereo - not to mention its video quality (on a good pressing) was fully equal to the high-band 1-inch C-Format professional open-reel VTR system used by TV stations and such.

so, why they never did multichannel, I don't understand. I would pay good money to have BDA releases of their albums in Quintaphonic sound.

 

[mam]

Kraftwerk -Trans-Europe Express

OK, I want all from Kraftwerk

 

[EMB]

TRANS EUROPA (original German preferable over English version) would be great in surround! So would most of ABBA's catalog, and it is unfortunate it's not likely to happen (a video compilation would be the logical way to go, ala Queen and Police).

ED

 

[keenly]

Zappa one size fits all!

 

[DennisMabry]

Zappa one size fits all!

One of my all time favorites!

 

[gloco]

Opeth - Deliverance

 

[atrocity]

at that time, LaserDisc was the only consumer video format to offer truly high fidelity stereo - not to mention its video quality (on a good pressing) was fully equal to the high-band 1-inch C-Format professional open-reel VTR system used by TV stations and such.

In fact, back in the days when local TV stations originated their own programming, one of ours sometimes sourced their prime time movies from laserdiscs (the telltale "barber pole" gave it away). I don't remember noticing them doing that until after stereo TV came along, so it's not clear if they did it for the superior video or because the standard 16mm syndication prints would not have been in stereo.

 

[jaybird100]

In fact, back in the days when local TV stations originated their own programming, one of ours sometimes sourced their prime time movies from laserdiscs (the telltale "barber pole" gave it away). I don't remember noticing them doing that until after stereo TV came along, so it's not clear if they did it for the superior video or because the standard 16mm syndication prints would not have been in stereo.

Maybe in small markets, but I never saw a station here in South Florida do that. Being a laserdisc user, I know the effect you mean. But no stations here ever used laserdiscs on the air.

 

[atrocity]

Maybe in small markets

This was Sacramento and KTXL-40 was apparently carried on quite a few cable systems around the country. In the pre-Fox days, their weeknight movies were sort of a big deal.

Using laserdiscs not only gave them stereo sound but allowed them to somewhat misleadingly claim "In 35mm!". I've been told they actually did have 35mm capability near the end, but the stuff I saw touted as such ("South Pacific" comes to mind) was clearly from a video pan 'n' scan transfer.

Not long before TV went stereo, they made a big deal out of running "2001" simulcast in stereo with a local FM station. Unfortunately, they ran it from a VERY noisy laserdisc, so it was in stereo but sounded awful. And they cut the space station scene with the Russians!