Days of Future Passed [DTS DVD Audio]

Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed [DTS DVD Audio]

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Artist: Moody Blues
Brand: DTS
Edition: DVD Audio
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: DTS Surround Sound
CD Release Date: 1997-11-25
Music Label: Digital Sound
Soundtracks:

Day Begins
Dawn: Dawn Is A Feeling
Morning: Another Morning
Lunch Break: Peak Hour
Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)/Time To Get Away
Evening: Sun Set/Twilight Time
Night: Nights In White Satin

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Free Music Review: THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE HEARD, and then some...
Hit: 5 Stars

I upgraded this record from the LP to the DTS version. Of course, it has been a very radical change in the quality of the sound. I wasn't interested in getting the original or subsequent versions on CD, because one thing that left me disappointed was the poor quality sound in the LP (muffled and low in fidelity). I didn't expect great changes in the CD versions (anyway I've read that they didn't improve the sound a lot), but when I got the oportunity to buy de DTS version, I decided to give it a try...and it was a right move. Maybe if you are a CD owner, you are suspicious about the goodness of the DTS edition. But I reccomend it. It makes great use of the five channels, so when the orchestra enters, you feel the sound all around you. My only complaint here is that the 5.1 channels are well taken advantage of when is the symphonic orchestra what we're hearing, but some of the songs (properly of the group) don't use that mixing well. And overall, the sound of the group could have used some more loudness and volume in the drums and bass, but my guess is that regarding the mixing of the sound of the band, there were some limitations in the tape source. But it doesn't matter, because in the end the product is very satisfying. You will find that the songs sound a little different, although that's because any new mixing (wether it is for DTS, or DVD audio, or SACD) is a little tricky in that sense: we never have the original stereo mix distribuited in 5 channels, but a new mix, so the songs will neccesarily sound a little different. Moreover, when this is done, there must be always a dilemma for the engineers and mixers: do we make some changes or do we leave the songs alone?. In the case of DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED, they decided to make some changes, and the more noticeable are: 1) In ANOTHER MORNING, the melody that goes before the fade out gets a second repetition, so the song lasts about 10 seconds more. 2) In PEAK HOUR, when the third verse (which anyway is a repetion of the first verse) is played, what we get is a re-introduction of the first verse, so the song is played all over again, and we have a new "long" version, giving the song some additional 3 minutes. 3) In TWILIGHT TIME, the voice that is originally heard in the background from midway the second verse on, in the new mix can be heard from the very first moment Ray Thomas begins to sing. This is to say that in addition to the polished sound, by buying this DTS edition you'll get something else that is new. It's a pity that this record had to wait over 30 years to be heard as it should. But better late than never.

2007 UPDATE: as part of the reissued collection of all the early MOODY BLUES LPs in Super Audio CD's, Days of Future Passed is now available in that format. ALL the sorround CD's in that edition claim to be 5.1, but the truth is that they are 4.1, since the central speaker has been left out ("In search of the lost chord" is only in stereo). Although fidelity has been improved a little in this new SACD edition, some will miss the central speaker.
Also it's important to note that all the changes in the mixing that I wrote about, might be nothing new for those familiar with the QUADRAPHONIC version of the album, that is, the earliest sorround version that was released of Days of Future Passed, in an early technology that was developed (and discontinued)in the 70's. The reissues come from those original remixes, and the DTS version of DAYS must have come from there too, except that they mixed it in the way that it fills the 5 speakers, as I said.

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This DTS CD is an out of print collectible! It is a DTS Entertainment release. Catalog 71021-54418-2-5. There is a saw cut on the spine of the case. Digital Surround for DTS-capable 5.1 sound systems. This CD is in the DTS 5.1 format and requires a DTS decoder or preamp to play.

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