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#151
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8/28/04 at 11:02am
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Joe,

Both yesasia.com and malmusic.com are very reliable; I've been ordering from them for years. Sensasian.com is a new one for me, but they came through with the "Sam Hui Champion Hits" 2 CD set. This title has a total of 47 songs, but it left out songs from Sam Hui's years on Contec Sound Media and Cinepoly (basically 1983-89). What's so special about this set is that it contains some movie songs and uptempo/rock hits. which are missing of the 2 compilation SACDs. The DSD remastering is great, showing off what can be done to recordings from 30 years ago. As for the "4-in-1" set that you linked, it's actually a reissued (and repackaged) set of the original Denon-pressed/Sonic Solution-processed 4 gold CD set. These are OK.

As for Sam Hui movies, I have not seen one in sooooo long. However, Sam Hui's 1987 concert was reissued on DVD recently....remastered in Dolby Digital and dts. The picture quality is just like my laserdisc....bad. And this one was edited....cutting out the monologue by Michael Hui.
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#152
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8/30/04 at 10:54am
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Danny, where'd you get your copy of the OOP Best Of John Denver Live? -p
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8/30/04 at 11:58am
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San Mateo, California Tower Records.

Here's the link to Tower's website. "Low stock"....2 or less in its inventory.

Also, Billy Joel's "The Stranger" is no longer available directly from Sony. Looks like an OOP title now.
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#154
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8/31/04 at 5:41am
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I just got Iron Maden's Dance of Death on DVD-A from amazon.co.uk. I haven't listened to it yet.

Other than that, nothing. My local BB used to carry everything as it came in. Now the section's getting more and more anorexic. There just aren't as many hires titles as I hoped there would be by now.

Put it this way - Sony released Journey's Escape on SACD. Cool. Ok..um, where's the rest of the catalog? Billy Joel? No more Queen DVD-A? Pink Floyd? Where is this stuff? Is someone at least working on it? I'm starting to get mildy frustrated. The only thing I care about with DualDisc is NIN.

Mike
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8/31/04 at 12:40pm
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08/31/2004:

Deep Purple-Machine Head (DVD-Audio)
Meatloaf-Bat Out Of Hell (SACD Stereo)
Mike Oldfield-Tubular Bells 2003 (DVD-Audio/DTS)
Joe's DVD, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD Collection
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#156
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8/31/04 at 1:06pm
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Joe:

Did you have the original BOOH CD? If so, how does the SACD compare WRT SQ?

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8/31/04 at 8:01pm
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Did you have the original BOOH CD?

No Paul.

This is the 1st time I've owned "Bat Out Of Hell" in any format.

Joe
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8/31/04 at 9:29pm
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Billy Joel - "The Stranger" (stereo/multi-channel)

As I mentioned in my previous post, no longer available directly from sonymusic.com/sacd. I got this from my local Best Buy. Last copy.

BTW, sonymusic.com is having a sale on its SACD....almost all titles are $13.99 with no shipping for orders over $25.00.

Observation of new SACD titles at my local Best Buy....no one has pick up the Cheryl Crow or Vince Gill SACDs. A lot of Lionel Richie discs too.
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9/1/04 at 4:46am
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BTW, sonymusic.com is having a sale on its SACD.....


Thanks Danny.
Picked up:
Boston/Boston
Agents of Fortune/Blue Oyster Cult
Strange Beautiful Music/Joe Satriani
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9/1/04 at 10:11am
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You are welcome, Joe

Personally, the 2 SACD Aerosmith "O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits" set for $19.98 is a steal. Heck, it's actually cheaper than the CD.
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#161
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9/1/04 at 10:11am
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Thx for the possibly-OOP heads-up on The Stranger, Danny. My list of desired SACDs is long and I guess I'll now need to start factoring into the what-to-buy-next calculus that some early Sony (single layer?) titles are perhaps going OOP.

One would think that Sony would want to keep one of its own SACDs of a seminal title in circulation on hybrid SACD and no longer press CDs of it . . .

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9/1/04 at 11:07am
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Paul,

Sony did start releasing some its seminal titles on hybrid SACDs. According to Stephen, the owner of sa-cd.net, the following Sony titles have been released as hybrid SACDs....

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Toto: Toto IV
Destiny's Child: Survivor
Jeff Beck: Blow by Blow

And I will add to the list Dave Brubeck's "Time Out", which I purchased in Hong Kong this past June. However, it's possible that the royalties issue is keep these from being released in the US. The Beyonce multi-channel hybrid SACD, "Dangerouly In Love", was pulled from US release officially because of royalties.

Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell", in either stereo or multi-channel version, is gone already.
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9/3/04 at 1:03pm
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From today's Daily Variety:

"Flicks Tops Music Kudos"
by Phil Gallo

The Rolling Stones' "Four Flicks" picked up three trophies at the third annual Surround Music Awards held Tuesday at the Highlands nightclub.

TGA's "Four Flicks," shot in Europe during their 2003 tour, received awards for best in show, concert video and additional features. Warner Bros.' "Concert for George" received nods for broadcast multichannel live performance and standard resolution title.

"XXL" by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (Silverline Records), and "October" by Larry Chernicoff (Windy Planet Music), nabbed Best Made For Surround Title honors. Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (Universal/UME/Chronicles) was named Best Multichannel Reissue.

Herbie Hancock, Beck, electronica artist BT, and audio pioneer Tomlinson Holman received awards for their work in propelling the surround sound format to prominence.

The awards ceremony was part of the Entertainment Media Expo.

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#164
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9/3/04 at 2:11pm
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Lee Ann Womack - Greatest Hits (multi-channel hybrid/HDCD-encoded CD layer)
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9/3/04 at 2:15pm
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Bat out of hell was supposed to sound pretty poorly I believe. But I like the Stranger quite a bit, a nice mix for 5.1.

Just picked up Snow Patrol's-Final Straw sacd.
my CD Collection
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#166
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9/3/04 at 6:37pm
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Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra, City Scape; Spano/Atlanta (Telarc)
Copland: Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Rodeo; Bernstein/NYPO (Sony)

Both SACDs

Well - There it is.
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9/3/04 at 8:39pm
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Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra, City Scape; Spano/Atlanta (Telarc)


Have it and its superb and well received by critics.

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Copland: Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Rodeo; Bernstein/NYPO (Sony)


Please let me know about the sonics and performance. Thanks.

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9/3/04 at 9:07pm
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With a Best Buy coupon, I broke down and got the last single layer stereo remaining Tapestry" by Carole King SACD at the local BB store.
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9/4/04 at 3:40pm
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Lee,

Whether on poorly pressed Columbia LP, Reel to Reel, Cassette Tape, or CD, this Copland ballets/dances compellation by Bernstein is worth owning. Bernstein outdoes Copland's own recordings of these works. It's hard to imagine more exciting performances.

Sonics are very good; not a huge, but noticeable step up from the Bernstein Century CD (the program of the CD and SACD slightly varies: the CD contains "Fanfare for the Common Man" while the SACD has "El Salon Mexico" instead). Sound is healthily bright, full, good imaging, with well defined bass. The discs is yet more proof that Epic/Columbia knew how to make great recordings in the 50s and 60s (the problem was that they would play around with the mix to make their recordings sound good on cheap systems, and their LPs in the 60s were poorly pressed).

Note: I'm at school, so I only can playback SACDs in stereo. This SACD contains a surround sound layer. I'm not sure how Sony pulled that off -- the recordings date from 1959-1961.

Have it and its superb and well received by critics.


I was at one of the premier concerts

Well - There it is.
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9/5/04 at 9:33pm
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Picked up Herbie Hancock's "Headhunters" today.
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9/5/04 at 10:10pm
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With a Best Buy coupon, I broke down and got the last single layer stereo remaining Tapestry" by Carole King SACD at the local BB store.


I broke down and ordered the stereo SACD of Bowie's LETS DANCE even though I now believe SACD has been given up on. I only ordered it because who knows what will be next, or how long we'll have to wait for whatever that "next" big thing will be.

But here's the amusing bit:

When I went to Amazon to check out the reviews of the SACD of David Bowie's LETS DANCE, I was amused that one really angry review was written by someone explaining that the SACD was "defective" because it was only in stereo. She'd evidently gone through at least one replacement disc trying to find one that wasn't "broken", and had made a big enough stink about it for Amazon to have apologized - Amazon had evidently tried to placate her by saying that indeed, there must be something wrong with the title if it was only playing back in stereo.

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9/14/04 at 11:08am
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Since this IS the Home Theater Forum.....2 new SACD reissues from Faye Wong, currently seen in US theaters co-starring with Jet Li in "Hero". Reissues were released by Hong Kong Universal Music.
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9/14/04 at 5:56pm
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Thanks Danny. I have yet to see this movie and many of my friends loved it.

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9/14/04 at 9:04pm
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No problem, Lee. The titles reissued were from the early 90s on the Cinepoly label. Cinepoly is a label created by the then Polygram Records and the now-defunct Cinema City movie studio, which nurtured people like John Woo and Chow Yun-fat.
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9/15/04 at 6:48pm
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Purchased in the last 10 days:

Copland Conducts Copland
Peter Gabriel - So
Boulez Conducts Bartok
Szell/Cleveland Orcestra - Dvorak Symphonies 8,9
Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You
Albert King/Stevie Ray Vaughn - In Session
The Rat Pack Live at the Villa Venice
Bob Belden - Black Dahlia
Abbado - Beethoven Symphonies 3,4 DVD-A
Szell/Cleveland Orchestra - Strauss Waltzes
Kleiber/Vienna Philharmonic - Beethoven Symphonies 5,7
Bill Evans - Moonbeams
Frank Sinatra - Live at the Sands DVD-A
Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe RCA Living Stereo
Tchaikovsky RCA Living Stereo (can't remember which one right now)
Abravanel/Utah Symphony Orchestra - Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams DVD-A
Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Concert
Bernstein/New York Philharmonic - Mahler Symphony No. 1
Jim Hall - All Across the City
Szell/Cleveland Orchestra - Wagner Orchestral Excerpts
Tony Bennett - MTV Unplugged

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9/16/04 at 4:51am
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Two single layer SACD imports:
Miles Davis - Someday my Prince Will Come and Seven Steps to Heaven

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul

Musiq - I forget the title (DVDA). The music is a bit juvenile but has some nice touches and somewhat thoughtful lyrics. The sound is very good. It is well done.

Two DAD's from Classic (On sale)
Kenny Drew Trio
??? I forget just now
Both great sounding early Blue Note jazz.
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9/16/04 at 7:46am
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Frank Zappa - Quadiophilliac


The Pageantry of Me
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9/16/04 at 12:35pm
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Just ordered Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" 2 SACD w/ DVD package from BMG Music Service for $11.99 on its current promotion. The shipping was nearly the same cost as the discs themselves.
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9/22/04 at 6:49pm
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Just a note to raise a hi rez glass tomorrow, the one-year anniversary of the street date of UMG's first DVD-A releases. -p
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9/22/04 at 11:30pm
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Beyonce - Dangerously In Love
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