Entire Peter Gabriel Collection to be Super Audio! (1 Viewer)

[Lee Scoggins]

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents
This is very good news indeed. More titles than I expected.
Also some really superb Police titles.
Can't wait.

 

[KeithH]

Also, we've got an update on those Peter Gabriel and Police SACDs. Peter Gabriel's Up stereo/multi-channel SACD has indeed been delayed by Universal Music until later in the first quarter, but the good news is that Peter Gabriel's ENTIRE catalog will be released on stereo SACD this year, including 1, 2, 3, Security, Plays Live, Birdy, Passion, So and Us. And The Police catalog release (tentatively set for 2/25) will include Every Breath You Take: The Classics in stereo/multi-channel SACD, and Outlandos d' Amour, Regatta de Blanc, Zenyatta Mondatta, Ghost in the Machine, Synchronicity and The Police: Live all in stereo SACD. There is some reason to believe that these Police discs will also include a hybrid CD layer, although Universal's press release isn't entirely clear on this point. Look also for the company to announce upcoming SACD releases from Three Doors Down, The Wallflowers and The Roots.

I hope this is true. I am not a huge Peter Gabriel fan, but I will at the very least get the So SACD. It looks like Universal is sticking with the original Gabriel albums, as there is no mention of Shaking the Tree: 16 Golden Greats. That's O.K.
The Police on SACD will be great. I am really geeked for those SACDs. I am guessing that these SACDs will be very cheap like the other Universal discs. I would really love to see Ghost In the Machine and Synchronicity SACDs at Best Buy for $14.99. If they are hybrids, all the better!
Does anyone know which Wallflowers title(s) will be put onto SACD? Please, please let it be Bringing Down the Horse.

 

[Evan S]

Keith, second that. I would very much like "Bringing Down the Horse" to be on SACD, for I feel that's the only Wallflowers album to be worth it's salt, and it's a great record (flame away!).

I am not a huge Gabriel or Police fan, but will definately be exploring some of these SACD's upon their release, especially "So".

 

[Danny Tse]

Hybrid or not, I'm getting these titles. Mastercard, can you please up my card limit??

 

[Mike Broadman]

Sweet.
I'm gonna get me all of them, except the compilation.

 

[Zane Charron]

Well, crap. I just bought the remastered Peter Gabriel 1,2,3 & Security. And I'd hate to give up Message in a Box. Decisions, decisions...

 

[Justin Lane]

Very good news indeed. Universal doesn't have The Police listed as coming soon on their new formats site. They do have some February and March releases listed now, and it looks like The Who have slipped to Febrauary now instead of coming out next week as was up on their site last week. At least these discs are now in the pipeline, and as always hopefully we get them sooner then later.

If the Police discs are indeed Hybrids, I will be picking most if not all of them up. Either way, I really like Universal's pricing scheme for single layer and Hybrid discs.

J

 

[Kevin C Brown]

Yeah, OK, right after I just shelled out the cash for the remastered CDs. Yeah, that's smart marketing... :rolleyes

 

[KeithH]

Kevin,
Yes, it is smart marketing. They got you to spend your money on their discs once. Now they'll get you to do it again.
Evan,
I don't have the other Wallflowers albums, but Bringing Down the Horse is excellent. I'd love to hear it on SACD. Oh, please, please.
Justin,
Could you post a link to Universal's "New Formats" release list? With all the great stuff Universal is releasing, I think I should have that site bookmarked. Thanks in advance.

 

[Justin Lane]

Keith here is the link:
http://consumers.umusic.com/
Place your pointer over the SACD logo to get a menu. At the top of the Releases page there is a link to those titles coming soon.
J

 

[KeithH]

Justin, thanks. Much appreciated.

 

[Philip Hamm]

I am very glad that I didn't buy andy of the Gabriel remasters because of the SACD rumors. Can't wait for multichannel "Security".

 

[Lee Scoggins]

Lots of buzz about big Sony announcement on Friday...
Can't wait to hear if new titles or marketing plans get announced.

 

[Evan S]

I hope they announce all future releases will be hybrids along with some new SACD player releases.

 

[Michael St. Clair]

Some have complained that the new CD remasters sound more compressed than the original releases. Let's hope that this is not the case for the SACDs.

And yes, it was very poor form to release new CD remasters less than a year before hi-res remasters.

 

[Justin Lane]

along with some new SACD player releases.

According to this article:
http://www.highfidelityreview.com/ne...umber=14557002
Sony will be announcing new players later in the year sometime. This is slightly disappointing for me because I was looking to get a new DVD player, but I will wait.
J

 

[Michael St. Clair]

Lots more 'Home Theater in a Box' systems coming for high-res audio.
I noticed a week ago at Best Buy that Sony is pushing a $600 HTiaB for SACD (with this feature noted prominently). I guess it is the beginning of a trend.
If these Gabriel discs are single-layer, I'm not buying.

 

[Lee Scoggins]

This is slightly disappointing for me because I was looking to get a new DVD player

Have you seen the just released 999ES?
It is awesome in terms of picture quality and you get SACD to boot!
Check it out.

 

[Michael St. Clair]

It is awesome in terms of picture quality

My minimum requirements to consider any DVD player are no chroma bug and Faroudja-grade deinterlacing. Does it measure up?

Not baiting, genuinely curious.

 

[Danny Tse]

Kinda getting away from the original subject, but I clicked on the link provided by Justin (thanks!), and saw that Zenith announced an universal player (the DVB318) for under $200. Am I the only one who read that??

From highfidelityreview.com