The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
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Free Music Notes for Days of Future Passed
Free Music Review: A long time ago and a typical day in the life of the Moody Blues
Hit: 5 Stars
I had this one on vinyl, the first run of CD and now this version.
This version is by far the best, the others did not come close.
Free Music Review: Here's the Info you Need:
Hit: 5 Stars
If the viciously opposed viewpoints you've read under this product heading have you "on the fence," about whether it's worth 30-odd dollars plunked down, allow me to provide one, carefully considered clarification.
I'm sure you already know this work... probably intimately. I can't imagine you have any want or need for my opinion or analysis of the art, or its creators. But I honestly can't think of a good reason why someone would "invest" in this particular issue of it, IF THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE INFORMATION ENCODED ON THE DISCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well ok... they can retrieve disc 2. I listened to it once. I doubt if I ever will again. It's fine, but I have always felt bonus tracks were primarly for completists, which if you ARE, of Moodies material, then it will be of value to you. Most of it sounds decent, but none of it sounds as good the SACD.
Ahhhh... the SACD... let me put it this way:
IT'S F-----G TRANSCENDENTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's as PERFECT as I can possibly imagine a mass-produced transfer of this album that you can own in your home being! Not only is it worth the $30-odd bucks for the set, IT'S ALSO WORTH ANOTHER $500 TO PURCHASE A COMPLETE SACD-capable SURROUND-SOUND SYSTEM AND SPEND TWO DAYS SETTING IT UP AND TWEAKING IT UNTIL IT'S PERFECT BEFORE TREATING YOUR EARS TO THIS INCREDIBLY SUBLIME BLISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have I given you a clue? Some people who already wrote reviews without ever HEARING the product, NEED one.
I was not concerned about the "cd layer" of the SACD, and I could never drag myself away from the totally immersing experience of the SACD in order to test it. If you want a "cd" of this title, there are much, MUCH less expensive options on the market, which you probably already own.
A final technical note:
As you know this SACD edition was sourced from a Quadrophonic mix made from the original 4-Track x 2 session masters, by (I think) Hugh Mendl in 1972. They chose to remain somewhat true to that source by NOT creating a fake (digital) center-channel, so the center speaker on a typical home theatre setup remains silent during playback. Had the decision been mine, I would have done the exact same thing. This one's spot - on!!!!!!!
Free Music Review: A Excellent Album Problems Or Not
Hit: 4 Stars
I read over the reviews that its not a good mix, or its not really original, whatever the complaint the album is still excellent. I do think that the only flaw is the bonus tracks. I think that most of the tracks are really ordinary & can be found on the 5 CD set Time Traveller or Prelude, and the BBC stuff was available on somewhat questionable collector records, nothing new really. They could have used the track "Noches De Seda" (Nights In White Satin) which I have listed on my site on a CD called "Artifacts",as a bonus track. Anyhow, people will complain even if the mix was good on the first CD but adding single A & B sides, big deal. So I give it a 4 star due to the fact the bonus CD could have been better.
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Free Music Review: Horrid Version
Hit: 2 Stars
If you are a fan, avoid the DERAM versions at all cost. If you are new to the Moody Blues music, then get whatever version you can to just experience the experience.
Unfortunely, the Deram discs (at least the ones I have) suffer from a bad mix. Sounding muted at the dynamic tracks, and then way over the top on surround stage with no center stage on other tracks. (of course I know it was recorded on quad to begin with, but how can you almost completely lose some of the spoken parts?)
I've heard much better from lesser disks on lesser systems.
Point being that this is supposed to be a "better" version. "[ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]"
NOT even close!!
Free Music Review: Get an SACD Player and Hear For Yourself
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm impressed by the lengths that some reviewers have taken to compare waveforms, etc. of the older discs compared to the new release of this album. However (coming from an audio engineer), if you do not have an SACD player, you cannot appreciate the sound that this disc produces. Direct Stream Digital technology, pioneered by Sony/Philips, is the closest a consumer can hear to what the original analog tapes sounded like. As far as I am concerned, the Mobility Sound Lab discs are propaganada that are worth nothing more than expensive toilet paper. Sure, it's great to get to hear someone else's remastered version of a disc. We all enjoy that to an extent. But if you want to hear what this album was designed to sound like in either stereo or quadrophonic format, you must do one of two things: 1)Buy this disc and 2)Make sure that you have an SACD player. This is a hybird (dual format) disc, so be sure that you're listening to the SACD version and not the CD version.