Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation 50th (New Atmos & 5.1 mixes, plus Quad mix on Blu-Ray!)

[GOS]

Frank is in de house...wahoo.

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Crank it man! It will blow your head off. lol

 

[beerking]

And the all important who done what...

 

[beerking]

Crank it man! It will blow your head off. lol

This old crank is cranking it now , Gene

 

[marpow]

Still on my CD listening journey, Don't You Ever Wash That Thing , great title, only Zappa. Live In Hollywood, 23:26.

 

[himey]

Good luck to you.

I gave Harmony Codex a proper listen last night and liked all but two songs. The two with the woman singing did nothing for me. I rarely skip tracks, but I did here.

 

[himey]

Crank it man! It will blow your head off. lol

It Hums!

 

[sjcorne]

https://immersiveaudioalbum.com/fra...-nite-sensation-4-0-5-1-surround-dolby-atmos/

 

[J. PUPSTER]

And the all important who done what...

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Just like ol' Frank to publish it sideways

 

[Frogmort]

One thing I noticed about this album in Atmos is Zappa's vocals comes out of the center, side surrounds, rear surrounds, and front height speakers. There are none in the front mains or rear heights. They give him kind of a "Central Scrutinizer" spread over everything on his vocals on this album, and I'm not entirely sure if I really like that particular aspect. Seems a bit much to constantly have Zappa's voice mostly everywhere.

That one thing aside, I think it's absolutely amazing and I love it!

 

[stoopid]

Finally laying my ears on this in 5.1

It's excellent. They managed to stay true to the original stereo mix (degree of presence for the various elements), and yet brought out a boatload of detail and even had fun with some very interesting rear channel choices. The vocal mixing in particular, with the various wide pans used, works perfectly.

 

[ergalthema]

Earlier in this thread, I was mostly positive about this Atmos mix after one listen on Apple Music. I ordered the discs and just listened to the Blu-ray Atmos. I enjoyed it even more than the first listen. I'm curious if I was perceiving a bump in audio quality (I haven't really looked into the specs of Apple streaming vs Blu-ray). Regardless, I am enjoying the mix choices much more than Waka/Wazoo. Again, still not my favorite Zappa material, but it is undeniably fun at times.

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Got mine from the Zappa store, in the mail , yesterday.

So far listened to the quad mix , twice over .and find it fantastic.
Like Gene @GOS , says...CRANK IT..YOU'LL LUV IT !!!

What a beautiful disc from Zappa....and Apostrophe (in quad) to come !

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Still on my CD listening journey, Don't You Ever Wash That Thing , great title, only Zappa. Live In Hollywood, 23:26.

You know , I think I must play a few of these cds , what with the interesting bonus material supplied.
Something I have not done ever...for any of my box sets.

 

[Michael Marshall]

Got mine from the Zappa store and got the discount as well (far less expensive even w/o the discount than Amazon USA!) and have really been enjoying the Blu-ray Quad mix...just STELLAR!

 

[Mcallister]

On sale at Amazon for $75 right now had to order.

 

[edisonbaggins]

Life in Surround Review, plus Zappa in Surround, and some Primus talk...

 

[Sal1950]

Life in Surround Review, plus Zappa in Surround, and some Primus talk...

You think your memory is Swiss cheese, wait till you hit your 70s. LOL

 

[jefe1]

Now I'm getting scared again.....

 

[sjcorne]

“Overnight” Sensation?

 

[jefe1]

Yes OT. I do have the quad vinyl of this and would be interested in the box set at a better price. With Zappa I find I'm a fan of his music but not of his humor.