DVD/DTS Poll Oldfield, Mike - CRISES [DTS DVD]

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Rate the DTS DVD of Mike Oldfield - CRISES

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Please post your thoughts and comments on this 2013 reissue of the album "Crises" by Mike Oldfield.
This 2013 box set contains a brand new 5.1 surround mix created by Mike Oldfield himself, along with a bunch of audio and video extras.

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Just looking at the tracks times shows that something is wrong with the 5.1 mix and it would had been better to call it "crises 2013". There has been other releases that took the 5.1 opportunity to extend some songs (Neil Young, Bon Jovi) keeping the overall mix/sounds/vibe of the original mix. Crises isn't among them.
That doesn't mean isn't a (partially) enjoyable disc, it is just another thing. Something like the 1987 remix of Alan Parsons Project "Tales..." that corrected some mistakes on a recording we were used to, but added new sound and stuff... it is different, even if it sound similar, and it has not the same vibe as the old one, rescued by first by MFSL in a excellent CD and then re-included in the deluxe editions.
For me, a very big missed opportunity.
Mix-wise, isn't bad, but the "sound" that made Crises a big hit in 1983 isn't there as it should. Something is really missing, and it's not on the multitrack.
Maybe MO was looking in 1983 at a big commercial result and in 2013 he felt trapped by it? Don't know, it may be possible to say that for Moolight Shadows, but the title track isn't something that screamed "hit single" anywhere and despite that it had radio plays in a edited form.

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Great box set - I have to give this a 10, I love this period of Mike's career and this set is supervised by Oldfield himself and contains a superb live show from this tour and the booklet is informative too. As a side note there is an upcoming UK tour presented by Phil Spalding ( bassist) which is focusing on this album and i'm promoting one of the shows so looking forward to it !
 
I am not enthralled. I am used to the fact that Mike Olfield multichannel mixes are different albums. But.
Crises have significant changes, it losses a part of its atmospheric ambiance, but on the whole, the multichannel distribution is better than other remixes. Choices for drum mixing may surprise.
I don't care very much for Moonlight Shadow but the song is butchered, and the rereading (I understand he may have been fed up with it) is uninteresting and the song has lost its stamina.
I care VERY MUCH for In High Places, and the song is amputated to the point a significant part is missing and the whole building is just gone. That very song is destroyed and I resent that. I very much dislike this. Foreing Affair has lost its floating quality, the added backing vocals are an interesting new proposition, but the accordion is just misplaced and kills the atmosphere. The remaining tracks are just less effective. The box is of great interest, but the DVD with Dolby/DTS is to be forgotten about. It makes me cringe. I gave it a 5 because I am being nice, but really it is a missed opportunity. Now someone calls Steven Wilson.
 
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I have all the Mike Oldfield albums in surround, including the Crisis box set. I don think the Crisis surround mix is bad just average at best. It leaves you wanting more............However I played the normal cd 'remastered' versions the other day on my separate HiFI and they sound terrible! Not impressed!
 
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