Barclay James Harvest: Once Again, 3CD/Blu-Ray Remastered & Expanded Edition

[jefe1]

I have the old copy I felt lucky to find. Looks like I need to upgrade to this new version.

 

[DuncanS]

I have the old copy I felt lucky to find. Looks like I need to upgrade to this new version.

I have! from SQ LP bought in '76, to the 40th Anniversary Ed. 5.1 DD/DTS DVD in 2011 to waiting on the new one

 

[edisonbaggins]

Street date?

 

[Stephen W Tayler]

Official release today!! Barclay James Harvest: Once Again, 3CD/Blu-Ray Remastered & Expanded Edition - Cherry Red Records

 

[GOS]

Official release today!! Barclay James Harvest: Once Again, 3CD/Blu-Ray Remastered & Expanded Edition - Cherry Red RecordsView attachment 88707

BEAUTIFUL!!! Can't wait to get my copy.

 

[4-earredwonder]

BEAUTIFUL!!! Can't wait to get my copy.

Currently on BACKORDER status @ ImportCD:

Barclay James Harvest Once Again - Remastered & Expanded Edition - 3CD+ BLURAY ALL REGION [Import] With Blu-ray, Expanded Version, Remastered, United Kingdom - Import on ImportCDs

Barclay James Harvest / Once Again - Remastered & Expanded Edition - 3CD+ BLURAY ALL REGION [Import] / CD With Blu-ray, Expanded Version, Remastered, United Kingdom - Import / Rock / 5013929482296

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PRE~ORDERED!

 

[GOS]

Currently on BACKORDER status @ ImportCD:

Barclay James Harvest Once Again - Remastered & Expanded Edition - 3CD+ BLURAY ALL REGION [Import] With Blu-ray, Expanded Version, Remastered, United Kingdom - Import on ImportCDs

Barclay James Harvest / Once Again - Remastered & Expanded Edition - 3CD+ BLURAY ALL REGION [Import] / CD With Blu-ray, Expanded Version, Remastered, United Kingdom - Import / Rock / 5013929482296

www.importcds.com

PRE~ORDERED!

I think I ordered mine from Cherry Red.....I'll have to go check my tracking file.

 

[Marplot]

In the mail and looking forward to it. Without meaning to somwhere along the line I have become a fanboy of a 2nd Stephen.

 

[The Rang]

Will buy as soon as I can find a decent price

 

[rtbluray]

Poll thread: HiRez Poll - Barclay James Harvest - ONCE AGAIN [Blu-Ray Audio]
As always, refrain from posting there until you actually have the disc and have heard it

 

[sjcorne]

Now we have a test-CD for SQ quad decoding!

The SQ-encoded stereo mix is probably the least ‘new’ aspect of this package, it was released first on the Brimstone ‘98 CD and then again in the 40th CD/DVD package with the discrete quad.

Barclay James Harvest - Once Again

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1998 CD release of "Once Again" on Discogs.

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Barclay James Harvest - Once Again

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2011 CD release of "Once Again" on Discogs.

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I’d be curious to know if the digital quad transfers - both matrix and discrete - are different on this new Blu-Ray edition. The discrete quad on the 40th DVD was mastered by Peter Mew and could probably be presented in a more sympathetic manner.

 

[DuncanS]

BEAUTIFUL!!! Can't wait to get my copy.

Mine turned up this morning, and it is a Beautiful package, it's gone on the to-listen-to mountain though as I'm swamped with un-played discs, especially since my Horslips Box Set turned up (another, albeit expensive, thing of beauty & only 35 discs!)

 

[beerking]

Mine turned up this morning, and it is a Beautiful package, it's gone on the to-listen-to mountain though as I'm swamped with un-played discs, especially since my Horslips Box Set turned up (another, albeit expensive, thing of beauty & only 35 discs!)

Not many folk can say they have musical piles....

 

[SHB]

Not many at all, most of us have the non musical kind.

 

[jefe1]

Me also waiting for a better price should have pre ordered.
Interested in hearing how successful they de-Mewed the mastering....

 

[SHB]

Hooray!! My copy turned up today. I am looking forward to listening to Stephen's mix tonight.

 

[user 1679]

I ordered from Deep Discount using the 15% off code they had last week ($28.78 total!)....arrived today safe and sound. Looks beautifully put together and hopefully I'll get to spin the 5.1 this coming weekend.

 

[AYanguas]

OK. Just ordered from amazon spain with 15% discount. Net 35.47 € incl. shipping.

I have the 40th. Anniversary DVD, but also looking forward to the Stephen W. Tayler mix.

 

[sjcorne]

I’d be curious to know if the digital quad transfers - both matrix and discrete - are different on this new Blu-Ray edition. The discrete quad on the 40th DVD was mastered by Peter Mew and could probably be presented in a more sympathetic manner.

Guess I was the only one interested in this, but - to my surprise - it seems the quad presentation on this new Blu-Ray is not only different, but a clear improvement over the 40th DVD! I'm not sure if they went back to the analog four-channel master and made a new digital transfer or just used the 2012 version sans Mew's mastering, but it sounds considerably less harsh at higher volume.

"She Said" 40th DVD:

"She Said" 2023 Blu-Ray:

I also noticed that in addition to the fake center channel being dispensed with, both the front & rear stereo pairs are reversed in comparison to the 40th DVD. I'm not sure which is the intended arrangement - I guess it doesn't really matter whether the snare rolls spin clockwise or counter-clockwise - but I'll have to pull out the SQ LP (and various matrix-encoded CD releases) to compare.

This would have been a great mix if not for the vocals being stuck in one of the rear channels...

 

[marpow]

Ripping my Blu Ray now, I hate ripping Blu Rays, they are so laborious.
I wish when opened in MKV the authoring titles where more descriptive.
Like 9 Chapters 5.1 and 9 chapters 4.0.
Many times I am not sure what I ripped until it goes through MMH and then I actually listen and go, OK that is the 5.1 and that is the 4.0.
Now with the stereo, the flat transfer vs the remix, head explodes.
Here are two pics if anyone has any insight to put me on the fast track.