Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell
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Artist: Meat LoafEdition: Music CD
Format: SACD
CD Release Date: 2000-02-15
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Bat out of Hell
- You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
- Heaven Can Wait
- All Revved Up With No Place to Go
- Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
- Paradise by the Dashboard Light
- For Crying out Loud
- Great Boleros of Fire
- Bat out of Hell
Free Music Notes for Bat out of Hell
Free Music Review: Somethings not right.
Hit: 2 Stars
There are two versions Epic released of this SACD, a 2 channel stereo and a 5.1 hybrid with both the 2 channel and 5.1 surround versions on it. I will be reviewing the 5.1 version. Well, I'm a fan of SACD but there are some extenuating circumstances here. The main outstanding one is that some of the masters were destroyed in a fire. The songs sound ok but not mind blowing like Dark Side OF The Moon SACD or Goodbye Yellow Brick Road which were carefully engineered from original sources without any sound or financial limitations and it shows. This unfortunately sounds like an afterthought put together as best as can to put out what was then a new format to make an extra buck. A man named Frank Filipetti oversaw the 5.1 mix and he seems to have done a hell of a job considering the lost masters and I'm sure he didn't nearly have the budget or the time (or even the tapes!)alloted to some of the great SACD releases. Some of the songs sound great. I like the background vocals coming out the rear speakers. There is a weird effect of the vocals slap backing off the rear speakers however. A bit strange for me. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth and Bat Out Of Hell sound really good. Here's the really really big problem and it's a doozy. The showcase song Paradise By The Dashboard Light. I believe the great Ellen Foley's vocals were lost in that fire. The whole sexy panting part during the Phil Rizutto middle sequence is very much missing and when she finally kicks in, after careful comparison..I don't think it's even her!! Either it's a different vocal take, which I don't think it is, or it's the great live performer Carla DeVito filling in (Admirably but not quite the same). Maybe they brought Ellen back in 20 years later to redo the part? I read that some of the lost parts were re recorded so who knows? I am a giant Ellen Foley fan and the part is simply different. Judge for yourself if you can. The whole point of SACD in my opinion is to sonically bring a recording to another level. This does not capture the magic of the original recording. The 5.1 SACD is hard to find. It's way overpriced. Avoid it.
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