Talking Heads Box Set-DualDiscs?

AricB · 10-05-2005, 01:55 PM

I was just at Best Buy and saw a box set of all 8 studio albums for $149, dual discs with advanced resolution surround, dolby digital surround, and stereo.

did anyone know about this? does anyone know if the discs will be released seperately?

PaulT · 10-05-2005, 02:58 PM

The Dual-Disc Brick was released yesterday (4 Oct). I have not heard of any single releases (or read about any at rhino records website).

You could try emailing them at rhino drrhino@rhino.com

Edited: Found this at QuadraphonicQuad Forum:
http://www.quadraphonicquad.com/foru...ead.php?t=5722
to be released in January 2006

KevinJ · 10-05-2005, 06:47 PM

I bought a set today[cost $149.95 at Border's]and i'd say it's worth every penny imho.

Steve Y · 10-05-2005, 08:20 PM

Most people seem happy with both the remastered songs (some of the catalog was already improved for last year's incomplete and unwieldy box set) and also the 5.1 surround remixes, which have received quite a lot of praise so far.

Be warned, there have been numerous complaints about the thicker dual-discs (DVD on one side, CD on the other) not playing in some players and/or skipping harshly.

Those who haven't had a problem describe the sonic improvements, on the earlier albums especially, as "revelatory". I love the early Heads albums so this set is going to be hard to resist.

But yeah, there's no way I'm affording this right now. Rumor has it that individual releases will be made available around the beginning months of 2006.

For those interested, here's a good review of the set from the All Music Guide:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...1jqoa9aeijr~T1

Craig S · 10-05-2005, 10:50 PM

Wow, I'm falling so far behind in music. I had no idea this was coming out.

Amazon has the set for $120. With their free shipping that's the best deal I've found. CD Universe actually has it cheaper, but when you add shipping it ends up a bit higher than Amazon. Anybody seen a better deal?

The All Music review includes this quote:

Quote:

DualDiscs ... almost surely won't play on any computer or car stereo

Seems a little extreme to me. All of the DualDiscs I've got (which admittedly isn't a whole lot) not only play in my car, they were all easily ripped to iTunes on my PC.

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dpippel · 10-06-2005, 05:31 AM

Perhaps a little extreme, but DualDiscs *do* have compatibility issues with some players. For example, they work fine in my car and both CD drives in my computer, but they absolutely will not play in my Denon DVD-2900 player. I have to rip the CD side to a CD-R to play it on the Denon.

AricB · 10-06-2005, 09:24 AM

Thanks Steve Y, I have several DualDiscs and all play fine in the player i use, so i'm not to concerned but a good point.

I think i may have to order these from amazon.

Phil A · 10-06-2005, 09:24 AM

There are many reported issues with DualDiscs (that's why they were responsibly reported in allmusic.com). That does not mean everyone will have the issues with what equipment they own. I've seen posts and also know people indicating some won't play on a particular player for someone and it will play on the same player for someone else, probably due to hardware/software variations. I have not bought one and don't intend to under any circumstances as there is a good possibility that over time they may not be healthy for one's transport. There is more music out there than I can buy and I'll just move on to something on my list that definitely won'tbe an issue. It would be nice if they releases plain old DVD-As. I hope when an if they do the Doors set it is just DVD-A but I'm not hopeful seeing the trend of current releases. I just read somewhere that Jackson Brown's "Running on Empty" is again slated for a release, in mid- Nov. as a DualDisc.

Phil A · 10-06-2005, 09:26 AM

Here is the article on the Jackson Browne DualDisc:

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/ar..._id=1001261160

Craig S · 10-06-2005, 02:41 PM

I realize that there are issues with DualDiscs and player compatibility, but the reviewer specifically said "almost surely won't play on any computer or car stereo". It's the "almost surely" and "any" parts that I think are a little extreme. A better wording would have been "possibly won't play on your computer or car stereo".