UK "Night After Night" CD/Blu-Ray set (with Bob Clearmountain 5.1 mix)

[marpow]

Finally this 1 BD, 2 CD set arrived. I had emergency appendix removal yesterday, was in hospital for about 20 hours, ouch, pretty sore now, hard to just sit, so I am trying to listen to this surround sitting but need to walk away once in awhile. Really good surround and discrete, different instruments in different speakers. Would like to hear a more fuller/deeper fidelity but I'm not going to complain. My first UK listen like others, kind of has that Marillion/XTC/ELP flavor to it.
Sounds great.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Finally this 1 BD, 2 CD set arrived. I had emergency appendix removal yesterday, was in hospital for about 20 hours, ouch, pretty sore now, hard to just sit, so I am trying to listen to this surround sitting but need to walk away once in awhile. Really good surround and discrete, different instruments in different speakers. Would like to hear a more fuller/deeper fidelity but I'm not going to complain. My first UK listen like others, kind of has that Marillion/XTC/ELP flavor to it.
Sounds great.

Wow...glad to see you are OK...you've had some rough medical issues in the last year or so..

 

[marpow]

Wow...glad to see you are OK...you've had some rough medical issues in the last year or so..

Yeah, I planned this year as no medical, the others where planned to clean up years of athletics, this was not planned and hurts. Thanks C-Wood.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Finally this 1 BD, 2 CD set arrived. I had emergency appendix removal yesterday, was in hospital for about 20 hours, ouch, pretty sore now, hard to just sit, so I am trying to listen to this surround sitting but need to walk away once in awhile. Really good surround and discrete, different instruments in different speakers. Would like to hear a more fuller/deeper fidelity but I'm not going to complain. My first UK listen like others, kind of has that Marillion/XTC/ELP flavor to it.
Sounds great.

OUCH..........Markie. I had mine out years ago when I was in Toronto and remember flying over Niagara Falls late at night half comatose. And unlike our Surround Toys which ARE necessities, the appendix serves No useful function except to IRRITATE. Lucky it wasn't a burst appendix. Well at least you'll get stronger day by day listening to Night After Night...while Valentine Girl waits on you hand 'n foot!

 

[marpow]

OUCH..........Markie. I had mine out years ago when I was in Toronto and remember flying over Niagara Falls late at night half comatose. And unlike our Surround Toys which ARE necessities, the appendix serves No useful function except to IRRITATE. Lucky it wasn't a burst appendix. Well at least you'll get stronger day by day listening to Night After Night...while Valentine Girl waits on you hand 'n foot!

Night after Night is really good. It is possible, although I can't remember everything, that it is the most discrete live rock surround disc I have ever listened to, at least from 1979.
Terry Bozio's Track 16 Drum Solo is fantastic and if you are new to surround this would be a good definition of live discrete, not immersive but an actual live discrete drum solo.
I met him once at a drum clinic on Geneva Ave in SF called Drum World, very nice guy, was just after his appearance on Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, Bozzio was very popular after that.

 

[edisonbaggins]

I am frickin LOVING this disc.

 

[4-earredwonder]

I am frickin LOVING this disc.

And it sure blows away Universal's STEREO SHM~SACD of only a few years ago, Mike.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Night after Night is really good. It is possible, although I can't remember everything, that it is the most discrete live rock surround disc I have ever listened to, at least from 1979.
Terry Bozio's Track 16 Drum Solo is fantastic and if you are new to surround this would be a good definition of live discrete, not immersive but an actual live discrete drum solo.
I met him once at a drum clinic on Geneva Ave in SF called Drum World, very nice guy, was just after his appearance on Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, Bozzio was very popular after that.

Didn’t Bozzio do some work with F. Zappa also?

 

[marpow]

Didn’t Bozzio do some work with F. Zappa also?

Yes, for sure he did, so many drummers have worked with Zappa.

 

[edisonbaggins]

Yes, for sure he did, so many drummers have worked with Zappa.

It seems Bozzio has worked with the Zappas quite a bit, from reading his bio.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

It seems Bozzio has worked with the Zappas quite a bit, from reading his bio.

Off the top of my head - Zoot Alures?

 

[edisonbaggins]

Off the top of my head - Zoot Alures?

I think so, plus Shiek Yourbouti, other albums and a bunch of live stuff.

 

[jimfisheye]

That's Bozzio in the Baby Snakes video.
Broken Hearts Are For Assholes, Punky's Whip, Titties and Beer, etc are all him on vocals.

You could say he worked with Frank "a bit"!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

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[J. PUPSTER]

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[J. PUPSTER]

Wait, no Holdsworth on this set???

 

[rugene]

For those into Bozzio work, I can't recommend enough this double DVD of Zappa plays Zappa. Cool surround

 

[J. PUPSTER]

For those into Bozzio work, I can't recommend enough this double DVD of Zappa plays Zappa. Cool surround

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Yup 2 DVDs, just too bad it's not BD.

 

[edisonbaggins]

Wait, no Holdsworth on this set???

AFaIK, he only appeared on their 1st album, same as Bruford.

 

[jimfisheye]

Wait, no Holdsworth on this set???

Nope. This is UK 'mark II'.
Well worth a listen! But a shell of its former self with Holdsworth and Bruford. There's still a lot left to like and this mix is a well deserved treatment.

The live recordings of the original lineup are shared in higher quality than as presented in this box set FYI. All stereo of course. 3 or 4 are radio broadcast mixes. This mark II version of the band is still hot but a listen to the original lineup will reveal another level of energy and greatness.

That this mix snuck out overall unmolested while the rest of the box set suffered form poor fidelity vs the originals and even the live shared boots is a small miracle!