David Bowie - Divine Symmetry (4cd/1bd box set)

[~dave~~wave~]

Review from The Guardian:

David Bowie: Divine Symmetry | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

A four-disc compilation of demos and rarities offers a refreshing riposte to today’s ‘Bowie is perfect’ industry, with ill-advised covers and middle-of-the-road pop co-mingling with the decade-defining genius of his 1971 masterpiece

www.theguardian.com

Apple Music:

 

[privateuniverse]

The Moose dropped this in my mailbox this afternoon. The surround mix of "Life On Mars?" is based on a remix of the song from a 2016 compilation that removed the guitar, bass and drums; leaving just Bowie's vocals, Wakeman's piano and the strings. It works well in 5.1. Bowie's vocals are front and centered. Wakeman's piano fills the space with a slight bias to the rears, while the strings are a bit more front centric but also fill up the room. A nice enough mix....but why only one song? Maybe on a future Ziggy box they'll give us two songs. Three songs on a Diamond Dogs box? By the time they get to a Let's Dance box they might be ready to give us the whole album.

 

[rtbluray]

The Moose dropped this in my mailbox this afternoon. The surround mix of "Life On Mars?" is based on a remix of the song from a 2016 compilation that removed the guitar, bass and drums; leaving just Bowie's vocals, Wakeman's piano and the strings. It works well in 5.1. Bowie's vocals are front and centered. Wakeman's piano fills the space with a slight bias to the rears, while the strings are a bit more front centric but also fill up the room. A nice enough mix....but why only one song? Maybe on a future Ziggy box they'll give us two songs. Three songs on a Diamond Dogs box? By the time they get to a Let's Dance box they might be ready to give us the whole album.

Actually the strings are almost exclusively in the rear channels with a little bit also in the center channel.
Wakeman's piano is in the front and rear channels, while Bowie's voice is almost exclusively in all front channels with a little bit of reverb spillover to the rear channels.

 

[impetigo]

Is it confirmed to only have one surround mix track? Crazy if true.

 

[privateuniverse]

Is it confirmed to only have one surround mix track? Crazy if true.

It is.

 

[halbroome]

Mine arrived yesterday, and awaits this weekend to be heard! It's quite heavy . . . and weighs a lot, too.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Another review [this time 5*****] from bluray.com

David Bowie: Divine Symmetry Blu-ray (Blu-ray + CD)

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