STEVE HACKETT - FOXTROT AT FIFTY + HACKETT HIGHLIGHTS: LIVE IN BRIGHTON (Blu-Ray out in September!)

[bnyhof]

He's credited for half of Switchfoot's Nothing Is Sound 5.1 mix on the DualDisc (Bob Clearmountain did the other half).

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Also did the Donnas: Gold Medal. A so-so mix.

 

[Petr Kropotkin]

I don't know how much control Steve has over these format releases, but I appreciate the fact that they're very good value for money, like the Tull sets.

 

[privateuniverse]

$15.43 @ Import CDs.
$16.16 @ Deep Discount.

Not listed yet at Bull Moose.

 

[Guy Robinson]

I don't really care about the compression on the CD's. They will never get listened to. I have all of Steve's other Blu-Rays. Hopefully the audio that comes with the video is as it is on Youtube.

 

[stereoptic]

The previous blu-rays by Steve Hackett were not compressed as far as I can hear.

 

[Neil Hannah]

Already pre ordered and paid for the signed 2cd, bd version from hackettsongs.com
£20.99 nice

 

[privateuniverse]

$15.43 @ Import CDs.
$16.16 @ Deep Discount.

Not listed yet at Bull Moose.

$15.97 at Bull Moose.
$17.98 at Amazon.

After tax and shipping, the Moose is probably your best bet.

 

[bgf1973]

$15.97 at Bull Moose.
$17.98 at Amazon.

After tax and shipping, the Moose is probably your best bet.

Be careful. The ASIN of blu ray edition is B0C86NKLN7 and it seems not to be available yet on amazon.com

 

[Marplot]

Oh oh,since I orered it.
The Deep Discount sku 196588202926 pulls up the same item on Amazon as the link above

 

[srbjab]

Still $16 at lasercd.com. $20.25 with tax & shipping.

 

[4-earredwonder]

amazon US: Steve Hackett - Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live in Brighton - Amazon.com Music

Pre~ordered as well. Thanks Ryan!

 

[JulesRules]

A fair amount of love for Jensen over at SHF. Are there notable titles he's done that get criticized? Jensen claims--and his defenders repeat this--that sometimes the client demands a bright and/or compressed mastering, even against his wishes and best advice.
https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/ted-jensen-sterling-sound-apprecation-thread.350228/

Most of what's referred to there is older masterings of his. His newer stuff is hard on the ears. The Tipping Point was a good example. And since the bonus tracks of that were mastered by somebody else in his studio (Justin Shturtz) and have better dynamics, it's clear he's making things unnecessarily loud.

Steve is a perfectionist and doubtful it will in any way be compressed!

Where in the world would you get that idea? Steve has allowed some really shoddy sounding albums of his to be released. Most of those were mixed by Roger King, but he seemed to improve by the sound of the last two live albums (though Steven Wilson did the 5.1 of the Selling England live set).

 

[rugene]

It's funny that Roger King did his first real discrete 5.1 live release of Hackett just after Steven Wilson did one. Steve Hackett must have said: You dot it like this or I am going to hire Steven again!

 

[srbjab]

Just got a ship notice from Lasercd. These live sets are great, especially on a big screen and good sound system. Really looking forward to this one.

 

[SHB]

Received my copy from LaserCd today! I will check it out this evening. I like how the 2nd CD is just the foxtrot songs from the live set. I like that they isolated them from the rest of the set and put it on one disc.

 

[BrunoSamppa]

Well, friends. I warned...

Every Day:

 

[Guy Robinson]

Wow, huge amount of clipping! What about the 5.1. I don't care about the stereo, I will use the CD's as frisbees.

 

[srbjab]

Same here. It's highly unlikely that I'd ever listen to this in stereo, or ever even play the CD's. Hopefully the surround mix is better than that mass of green .

 

[Neil Hannah]

Mine arrived yesterday, signed by Mr Hackett and I'll be giving it a watch tonight

 

[beerking]

Hummm....am I hearing double stereo?
Concert is fantastic
The mix...

I await the verdict from my fellow QQrs