SACD/DVD-A release wish list

[Andre Smith]

I've just gotten into enjoying surround-sound music formats a short time ago and I find myself constantly looking for new titles released with this new technology. Needless to say, I'm a little disappointed with the number of choices available. So, I would like to start a thread asking folks for input on what artists, albums and/or titles they would support if released in either Hi-Rez or Multi-channel. I vote for:

Supertramp - Crime of the Century

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Beatles - Abbey Road

. . . mostly because of their classic status and mastery of sound when recorded.

Any other thoughts?

[mrtanner]

Beatles and (additional) Pink Floyd are the biggies when it comes to demand for hi-rez, 5.1 treatment. (Although I think Sgt. Pepper would benefit more from 5.1 than Abbey Road would.)

I like your addition of "Crime of the Century". A well-recorded classic album.

I'd also like to see Kansas - "Leftoverture". There is enough going on that giving each instrument more "space" could enhance the album without damaging the original "feel".

[Eddie Horton]

I'll throw in Speakerboxx/The Love Below by Outkast. I'm not a hip hop fan, but this is one that'll grow on ya!!

[Ovation]

Any Genesis from Foxtrot to Duke would be great in 5.1 hi-res. I'll second the Supertramp request, and include Crisis, What Crisis and Breakfast in America in the list. I wouldn't mind hearing some other Yes albums in hi-res m/c.

More to come as I think of them.

Fleetwood Mac--self titled

[Andre Smith]

mrtanner -

I concur with your addition of Sgt. Pepper.

How about anything from either "The Cars" or Ric Ocasek? "This Side of Paradise" has always been in my top 10.

[Jw_Wood]

If my wish list could only include two albums; it would be sgt. Pepper and the Wall.

~ Jay

[himey]

Meddle

[keenan]

Anything..the more the merrier..

[accorddude]

Beatles!!! MOre Incubus albums, more Eric Clapton, just more of everything, Led Zeppelin, Slipknot and just everything...

[BrownRB]

Jimi Hendrix's 3 studio albums cry out for a multi-channel remix!

Jimi was experimenting with out of phase effects, panning instruments across the soundfield and more.

[keenan]

Originally posted by BrownRB
Jimi Hendrix's 3 studio albums cry out for a multi-channel remix!

Jimi was experimenting with out of phase effects, panning instruments across the soundfield and more.

Absolutely, especially Electric Ladyland and Axis: Bold As Love, those two would sound great with a multi-channel mix.

"Thank you. As you all know, you just can't believe everything you see and hear, can you. Now, if you will excuse me, I must be on my way"

:D

[deaf_ears]

COLDPLAY- a rush of blood to the head.

[outlier2]

Radio head OK computer and the Bends (definitely would be very cool in MC)

Floyd- animals, the wall, name it really (these guys were way ahead of the technology)

[NetGod]

I'd like to see at least one Boston album on DVD-A . . .

Greatest Hits maybe.

[wojtek]

Janis Joplin might sound good in hi-rez.

Heck - gimme any good record (other than classical). Not that classical is bad, it's just I don't listen to that stuff anymore. Ironically, that's what they are releasing in spades. I guess the thought is that the baby boomers will pay...

[elspankdog]

Blues Traveler - self titled.

[lonwolf615]

Ambrosia has always one group I would like in surround hi=res.Jefferson Airplane's After Bathing at Baxter's and Crown of Creation would also benefit I think.And almost any Zappa

[TimGoodwin]

Beastie Boys Pauls Boutique

[jheoaustin]

Sorry to put some unwelcome classical pieces here :)

1. Mravinsky Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4/5/6, Leningrad PO, DGG
2. Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1/2, Emil Gilels, Eugen Jochum, Berlin PO, DGG
3. Wagner "Der Ring des Nibelungen", Georg Solti, Vienna PO, Decca
4. Mahler Symphony No. 8 "Thousand", Georg Solti, Vienna PO, Decca
5. Bruckner Symphony No. 7, Carlo Maria Giulini, Vienna PO, DGG
6. Mascagni, "Cavaleria Rusticana", Herbert von Karajan, La Scalla O/Choir, DGG

...

[Miles]

The Beatles.... just about anything would be nice after listening to some of the DTS mixes on Anthology
Jimi Hendrix - 3 Studio's
Led Zep - Do the box set over w/ Hi-rez and multi-channel
Tool - At least the last two Albums
Beck - More of the older releases... but at least the upcoming album will be SACD
Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien ( I guess this is at least possible )
Sarah Mclachlan (sp?) - Fumbling Towards Ecstacy
Nirvana or Soundgarden - Hi-rez... at least
The Tragically Hip - Anything and everything... their CDs don't typically sound great...

[gillcup]

1) ELP - 1st, Tarkus - "Lucky Man" from the Brain Salad Surgery DVD-A was stunning. I'd love to hear the rest of that album in DVD-A.
2) King Crimson - entire catalog but particularly "In the Court...", "Red" and "The Power to Believe" would be welcome.
3) Tangerine Dream - Phaedra & Rubycon
4) Queen - II
5) Rush - Moving Pictures, Permanent Waves, Hemispheres, Signals, 2112
6) Soundgarden - Superunknown
7) White Zombie - Astro Creep 2000
8) Who - Quadrophenia
9) Tool - Aenima, Lateralus
10) Steeleye Span - 1st 5 albums

[bishop93]

MultiChannel:

bauhaus - everything really, but In The Flat Field and Mask first I guess

Cabaret Voltaire - Original Sound of Sheffield '83-'87 Best Of..., Micro-phonies, Crackdown

Sinead O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra

The Beatles - everything

Pink Floyd - everything

U2 - Unforgettable Fire

Gary Numan - everything

Jimi Hendrix

Ultravox - Lament

Visage - Visage, Fade to Grey

MCL - New York, New York

so much more, Siouxsie, Cure, Bronski Beat, Belouis Some, Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, Ministry, Front 242, Xymox...

Hi-Rez:

Every old U2 album needs a remaster

Simon & Garfunkel

Velvet Underground

Clapton

Sex Pistols

Dead Kennedys

Duran Duran

and so on...

[lonwolf615]

very good list...

[Vegas721]

There are alot of good ones listed here
But I would like to add one
How about Alan Parsons- I Robot Album in 5.1 Surround
Or Anything by RUSH 2112 comes to mind
:)

[Jeff McCurrach]

FYI - Boston (first album), and Alan Parsons - I Robot are both out on DVD-A.

[mrtanner]

Originally posted by Jeff McCurrach
FYI - Boston (first album), and Alan Parsons - I Robot are both out on DVD-A.

But neither is multi-channel. Personally, I think I Robot could really be something in surround sound.

[Jeff McCurrach]

Just ordered I Robot (on the expensive side too...) Didn't know it was 2 Ch....

Same thing happened to me on first SACDs. How do you tell if it's multi Ch??? I look through the listings, but most don't seem to indicate/confirm its 5.1 versus hi res stereo.

Also, can I somehow get my sub in the mix with my mains when listening to stereo SACD/DVD-A. Seems a shame not to get the kick out of my sub (SVS - PB2).

Thanks,
Jeff

[Ovation]

If your player's speakers settings are set to SMALL and the sub to ON, you should still get the sub in the mix (though not all players will do this with two channel hi-res). To test, just play the disc and turn off your sub. When you turn it back on, you'll know.

[Krobar]

I'd like to see in Multichannel:
Daft Punk - Discovery
Three Doors Down - The Better Life
More Who and The Floyd

In Hi-Res:
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms & Making Movies
Madonna - Immaculate Collection
G'N'R - Appetite or Greatest Hits
RATM - Renegades (Just to see if they can beat the CD)
Beatles - One or even better.. the Whole Catalogue

[hotguy8289]

My 2 cents:
ELO-any
Tears for Fears-any
Radiohead-any
Supertramp-Breakfast in America
The Cars-Candy-O
INXS-Kick

[bossobass]

Imagine if Lennon and McCartney had Hi-Rez MC available to them?

EVERYONE would have these formats at the top of their lists. Every other up-and-coming artist would be writing for these formats also.

What's missing isn't promotion...it's lack of talent to write and produce FOR the format.

I like re-releases (just picked up Sir EJ's 'Madman Across The Water'...excellent), and I like guys like Spyro Gyra who've written for surround, and the Heads Up label who have great surround mix engineers like Mike Bishop, but...there's a BIG difference between exploring the possibilities offered by surround mixing and the HUGE dynamic headroom difference of Hi-Rez and simply re-mixing a master tape that was written for stereo with it's much, much lower saturation point and much more limited playback systems of the day.

It's the MP-3 generation of artists that dissapoints me the most. I really expected the young artists to jump at the chance to experiment with Hi-Rez 5.1 surround...and they simply haven't.

I picked up a copy of the SACD disc of Train, a band I like in the newer generation of bands, and it is really just awful, production-wise.

Maybe it's the labels who are dictating what a new band can or can't do, based on the costs to produce a MC disc, but I really expected to see a few Rebels pop up and kick some tail.

I still think that this is what's holding back the popularity of the Hi-Rez formats. Re-hashing 30 year old tapes that have bee rotting on some shelf is OK, and should be a part of these new formats, but I REALLY expected to hear some great NEW stuff, and, alas, it just ain't there.

[mrtanner]

Originally posted by Jeff McCurrach
Same thing happened to me on first SACDs. How do you tell if it's multi Ch??? I look through the listings, but most don't seem to indicate/confirm its 5.1 versus hi res stereo.

Also, can I somehow get my sub in the mix with my mains when listening to stereo SACD/DVD-A. Seems a shame not to get the kick out of my sub (SVS - PB2).


Great sub!

Almost all DVD-A I've come across are multi-channel with the exception of Alan Parsons (I Robot and Turn of a Friendly Card and Pete Townsend (Who Came First).

Here is a good site for checking if an SACD is stereo or MCH - sa-cd.net Otherwise you need to read the fine print on the package. If an SACD doesn't say MCH - it's probably not.

You have to read reviews to see if the multichannel is used well. For instance the "Live From the Front Row" series of DVD-As and the George Harrison "Live In Japan" SACD seem to simply be 2-channel masters with a fake reverb added to the rears.

[mrtanner]

Originally posted by Jeff McCurrach

Also, can I somehow get my sub in the mix with my mains when listening to stereo SACD/DVD-A. Seems a shame not to get the kick out of my sub (SVS - PB2).


Most receivers will not redirect the input from the 6-channel analog inputs to a sub. They tend to simply be "pass through". However, if you took the FL and FR outputs of your player and connected them to a CD or AUX input, you could do any processing your receiver has including using the sub and matrixed 5.1 sound.

One of the reasons I purchased the universal player I did (Onkyo) was that it has a second set of FL and FR outputs that I connected to my CD in. This was I can include my sub on two-channel recordings and hear the discrete 5.1 on the surround recordings without having to touch the cables. I simply change from "Direct Input" to "CD" on my receiver.

[Jeff McCurrach]

One of the reasons I purchased the universal player I did (Onkyo) was that it has a second set of FL and FR outputs that I connected to my CD in. This was I can include my sub on two-channel recordings and hear the discrete 5.1 on the surround recordings without having to touch the cables. I simply change from "Direct Input" to "CD" on my receiver.

Good thinking, never thought my way through that....

Now I have to go open up the box on my new multi - Pioneer 578-A that arrived about 2 hours ago - pretty sure (at that price) I'll be switching cables!

Thanks,
Jeff

[lonwolf615]

I have had the same problem with the sub and stereo sacd,and have used the extra analog cd input of my receiver to get around it but I'm still confused as to why there is no sub in stereo thru the external 6 channel inputs.This might be a stupid question and I'm missing something very obvious,but heres my question:if I have my speakers set to small in my player,shouldn't the player be redirecting everything below the crossover point to the rec.lfe input?So the sub would get a signal even in stereo?I've racked my brain trying to figure this out so if anyone has an answer please share it with me!

[Ovation]

Originally posted by lonwolf615
I have had the same problem with the sub and stereo sacd,and have used the extra analog cd input of my receiver to get around it but I'm still confused as to why there is no sub in stereo thru the external 6 channel inputs.This might be a stupid question and I'm missing something very obvious,but heres my question:if I have my speakers set to small in my player,shouldn't the player be redirecting everything below the crossover point to the rec.lfe input?So the sub would get a signal even in stereo?I've racked my brain trying to figure this out so if anyone has an answer please share it with me!

It is player dependent. Some players are programmed to apply bass management to MCH tracks only, while others work like a receiver's bass management: either on for all settings (save analogue bypass) or off. You're right, it should work the way you describe but SHOULD and DO are often not the same. Your best bet is to find a bass heavy track in stereo on SACD or DVD-A and play it with the sub turned off. If turning on the sub gives you more bass, then your player is applying bass management to two channel recordings. If not, then its bass management only works on MCH tracks. I haven't tried my player set to SMALL as I use my receiver's bass management, but I'll try it out and report back. I do know that it won't pass hi-res through the extra pair of stereo RCA outputs, so the solution described by others above to get the sub active in stereo via the extra outputs doesn't work for me. Again, that's player dependent. (and people wonder why it's so difficult to get into hi-res--if people who care enough to seek out forums like this can't easily figure it out, imagine the average consumer :mad: ).

[jefe noche]

Rush----Moving Pictures ....and whatever album has "Subdivisions" on it

U2---Achtung Baby

The Beatles----Sgt. Peppers and Magical Mystery Tour

Led Zep------2,4, Houses of the Holy...oh wtf...the whole catalog

The Doors----first album

NIN----Pretty Hate Machine, The Fragile

[Ovation]

Originally posted by jefe noche
Rush----Moving Pictures ....and whatever album has "Subdivisions" on it


I second the vote for Moving Pictures (and Signals is the album name you're looking for for "Subdivisions"--possibly my favourite Rush song).

[SoonerCaniac]

Originally posted by Ovation
Any Genesis from Foxtrot to Duke would be great in 5.1 hi-res.

Well then, you are in luck. . .sound engineer, producer, etc. Nick Davis, a longtime member of the Genesis extended family, has finished 5.1 work on the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in SACD format, but its release is being delayed due to required changes from the band members, especially Peter (surprise, surprise). Trick of the Tail is also completed, again awaiting final approval.

Though I do have to contest. . .ALL of the Genesis albums would be well-served if remastered in 5.1, of the ones you left out. . .especially We Can't Dance. Either way, the plan is to have all albums remixed as Nick can get to them.

Yes, Genesis is my favorite band. ;)

My wish list? Well, I could name a hundred no problem, but I would especially like to see Bruce Hornsby get onto the 5.1 bandwagon, his albums would benefit tremendously from the surround treatment, as well as Phil Collins, if for no other reason because he's numero uno on my favorite musician list. His Disney soundtracks would especially benefit from the mixing.

Josh

[NephilimSurfer]

Cheap Trick - At Budokan
(would be a great multi-channel disc if the audience could be subtly mixed in)

Killing Joke - Night Time

Badfinger - Straight Up

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

Cocteau Twins - Pretty much anything

Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey

The Chameleons - Strange Times

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

Smithereens - Especially for You

Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting

Marshall Crenshaw - First couple of albums.
(I realize that he has a title in the DVD-A "From the Front Row" series)

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo

Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain

The Shoes - Black Vinyl Shoes

New Order - Low-Life

Plimsouls - Everywhere At Once

The Cure - Disintegration

[khill821]

Dire Straits - On the Night (Live)

Evanesence - Fallen

Sarah McLaughlan - Fumbling Towards Ectascy

Dave Matthews Band - Crash, Under the Table and Dreaming

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

Van Halen - Diver Down

[JasonColeman]

I'll echo the Genesis suggestions (and rejoice at the prospect of "Lamb Lies" and "Trick of the Tail"), U2's "Unforgettable Fire" (no doubt their masterpiece), anything Radiohead (particularly "Kid A" & "Amnesiac"), Pink Floyd's "Animals" (my "desert island" album) and obviously "The Wall" (outrageous on DVD!), damn near anything by the Beatles (can't go wrong there!), The Doves (hmmm...where's the new album guys?), Coldplay (anybody with a kid named Apple deserves their own multi-channel disc), Jeff Buckley (rest his tortured soul), any Hendrix (the more the merrier), PEARL JAM (drooling), Gomez (pick an album, any album), Van Morrisson (Van's the Man), more Beck (glad to hear the new album is coming out soon...love "Sea Change" in SACD and so does everybody that comes to our house), The Verve (what was that one song they had?), anything on the Thrill Jockey label (can you say Tortoise, Chicago Underground Trio, Isotope 217, Sea & Cake?), Ben Harper (prefer the earlier stuff), REM (love the "Document" DVD-A, have yet to pick up "Automatic for the People", but bring on the "Life's Rich Pageant!"), Sting and The Police (enough with the stereo remasters...where's the multi-channel guys? Thank you Elton John for showing us how it's done!), Love & Rockets "Express" and "Earth, Sun, Moon" (or Peter Murphy/Bahaus/other incarnations), or anything else that is worth putting into Multi-Channel....BRING IT ON! Christ, I knew it would take a while for this to catch on, but come on...throw us a funkin' bone! I love everything that I've got on multi-channel SACD and DVD-A and can't wait for more decent music to become available. I'm trying my hardest to inform the uninformed and convert the masses...anybody that comes over gets the "full dose" of multi-channel goodness and always loves it (has nothing to do with beer!).

Hopefully 2005 will bring a plethora (a veritable assload) of multi-channel discs! :D

Jason

[Ovation]

Slightly off topic, but am I the only one who thinks "Some Like It Hot" by the Power Station (that track specifically) is just aching for an aggressive MCH hi-res mix? Just heard it on the radio yesterday for the first time in years and it seemed a natural.

[F4Boy]

I think I'll have a heart attack when I have Trick of the Tail in my grubby little hands. Although not likely, and not sure it would be a great hi-rez mix, Selling England by the Pound is one I would LOVE to have.

Oh yeah, and Rush, any and all! Moving Pictures is probably the the most obvious, but I'd like to see a few, maybe Permanent Waves and Signals at least.

[Derosa]

Three pages into this list and no nomination (unles my eyes missed it) of Springsteen's Born To Run?? An M/C mix would be great.

[sirmikael]

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Tom Petty - Wildflowers

[elspankdog]

Originally posted by sirmikael
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

That would be awesome. Listened to Fools Gold this morning.

[djdrock]

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Steely Dan - Aja
George Michael - Faith
Eagles - The Long Run
Phil Collins - Face Value

[keenan]

Originally posted by djdrock

Steely Dan - Aja


This one would be really nice, but from what I've gathered at some other sites, part of the original tapes are missing or something so I don't think we will see this one.

[Glen Mulder]

Obviuosly Pink Floyd as DSOTM is the best 5.1 to date (Well maybe Roxy Music ties it).
W hat about more Ojays "ship ahoy" is excellent.
Spinners would sound great.
All of the Motown Catalogue.
Commodores.
Genesis.
Now this is a long shot the Four tops 'Main street people', i dont think this has even been released on cd.
toni braxton
Gerry Rafferty

[Jeff McCurrach]

Which Roxy? Avalon?

[Glen Mulder]

Yes Avalon. Havent recieved my copy of ' Boys and Girls ' Yet.
Hope its a good quality as 'avalon'

[hobbs47]

Originally posted by Eddie Horton
I'll throw in Speakerboxx/The Love Below by Outkast. I'm not a hip hop fan, but this is one that'll grow on ya!!

there is a DVD-A of their previous album Stankonia(which some say is better than Speakerbox/TLB).
my choices:
Prince-anything,but particularly Parade,Sign O the Times,and Lovesexy.
Queen-anything thats not out.
Dangelo-Voodoo
Beck-Midnight vultures
Fishbone-Truth and Soul
Terrence Trent Darby-Symphony or Damn
Led Zeppelin-anything
George Michael-Faith-saw this on someone else's list-good call

[NephilimSurfer]

Originally posted by hobbs47
Fishbone-Truth and Soul
Terrence Trent Darby-Symphony or Damn



Great choices! I was just listening to Symphony or Damn today at work.

I'd also like to see a hirez version of "Reality of my Surroundings". If I had to pick, I'd rather see "Truth and Soul" out first since it is overall a stronger album IMHO. BTW- Fishbone put on some of the best live shows that I've ever attended.

How about "Wild Child" by The Untouchables? Especially if they could include as an extra track the 7" version of "Free Yourself" (like on the reissue CD).

[Ultron]

I second the Queensryche "Operation: Mindcrime"....just saw them at HOB in Chicago last week....they still put on an incredible show. For other metal concept albums, King Diamond's "Abigail" would be TRULY frightening in multichannel.

I'd also love to hear some of Patrick O'Hearn's stuff on SACD.

[Partyslammer]

Multi channel 5.1:

U2: Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, Zooropa.

Led Zeppelin: Entire catalog, most notably 4, House of the Holy, Physical Graffiti, In Through the Out Door.

Pink Floyd: The Wall, Meddle, Animals, Wish You Were Here

Rush: Moving Pictures, Signals

Queen: News of the World, Jazz

Electric Light Orchestra: Eldorado, New World Record, Out of the Blue

Talking Heads: Remain in Light, Fear of Music

Beatles: Sgt Peppers

Guns n' Roses: Appitite for Destruction

Jimi Hendrix: All original studio albums

Nione Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine

Yngwie Malmsteen: Rising Force

Moby: Play, Everything is Wrong, 18

AC/DC: Back in Black, Highway to Hell

++++++++++++

Artists/Albums most ijn need of remastering

Bruce Springsteen: all albums through 1984's Born in the USA (why hasn't this happened?!?)

Pretenders: 1st two albums

U2: entire catalog through "Zooropa."

Black Sabbath: all Dio era albums and "Born Again."

Metallica: all albums through "And Justice For All."

Van Halen: 5150, OU812, F.U.C.K.

T.B.

[mrtanner]

Originally posted by Derosa
Three pages into this list and no nomination (unles my eyes missed it) of Springsteen's Born To Run?? An M/C mix would be great.

I love BTR. I've purchased many copies over the years including a Columbia half-speed-mastered LP. It is a classic album. However, I wouldn't have this on my list if I extended it to 100 titles. The "Wall of Sound" and generally muddiness of the sonics on this album makes it a poor candidate in my opinion.

I resigned myself to the thought that the original masters are muddy. If they could breathe some life into this album, I'd be in heaven, but I think we've already heard it as good as it's ever going to sound.

[JasonColeman]

"Remain in Light" would truly be awesome, as would "Truth and Soul" (though I think that "Reality of My Surroundings" would benefit more from the Multi-Channel format). I just wish more would come out...all you have to do is hear a decent SACD or DVD-A and you're hooked for good...good old stereo just doesn't compare.

Jason

[mcherdering]

In 5.1 (remixed appropriately of course):

Adam Ant -- Friend Or Foe
Aerosmith -- Draw The Line
America -- Homecoming, Hat Trick, Holiday
The Art of Noise -- In Visible Silence
Aswad -- Too Wicked
Wally Badarou -- Echoes
Adrian Belew -- Mr. Music Head
Big Audio Dynamite -- This Is Big Audio Dynamite, No. 10, Upping St., Megatop Phoenix
Big Audio Dynamite II -- The Globe
Black Sabbath -- Technical Ecstasy
Black Uhuru -- Now Dub, Strongg
Blue Oyster Cult -- Some Enchanted Evening, Cultosaurus Erectus
Bow Wow Wow -- When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going
Burning Sensations -- Burning Sensations
David Byrne -- Rei Momo, UH-OH
The Cars -- The Cars, Candy-O, Panorama, Shake It Up, Heartbeat City
The Clash -- London Calling, Combat Rock
Deep Forest -- Comparsa
Depeche Mode -- A Broken Frame, Construction Time Again, Blasphemous Rumours, Some Great Reward, People Are People, Black Celebration, Music For The Masses
Devo -- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO!, Duty Now For The Future, Freedom of Choice, New Traditionalists
Dire Straits -- Dire Straits, Communique, Brothers in Arms
Thomas Dolby -- The Golden Age of Wireless, Aliens Ate My Buick, Astronauts & Heretics
Les Dudek -- Say No More
Danny Elfman -- So-Lo
Emerson Lake & Palmer -- Trilogy
EMF -- Schubert Dip
The English Beat -- I Just Can't Stop It, Special Beat Service
Faith No More -- The Real Thing, Angel Dust
Fatboy Slim -- The Fatboy Slim/Norman Cook Collection
Felony -- The Vigilante
Fine Young Cannibals -- Fine Young Cannibals, The Raw & The Cooked
Focus -- Moving Waves
Foreigner -- Double Vision
Frankie Goes To Hollywood -- Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Front 242 -- Front By Front
Fugees -- The Score
J. Geils -- Sanctuary, Freeze Frame
General Public -- All The Rage, Hand to Mouth
Godsmack -- Godsmack
Jerry Harrison: Casual Gods -- Casual Gods
The Heads -- No Talking Just Head
Jimi Hendrix Experience -- Are You Experienced?, Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland
Billy Idol -- Billy Idol, Rebel Yell, Whiplash Smile, Charmed Life, Cyberpunk
Incubus -- Morning View
Inner Circle -- Reggae Dancer
INXS -- Shabooh Shoobah, The Swing, Kick, X
Joe Jackson -- Look Sharp!, Night and Day, Big World
Jethro Tull -- Benefit, Living In The Past, Thick As A Brick
Barrington Levy -- Barrington
Ottmar Liebert -- Nouveau Flamenco, Borranca, Solo Para Ti, Innamorare
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra -- Viva!, The Hours Between Night + Day
Living Colour -- Vivid, Time's Up
Lo Fidelity Allstars -- How To Operate With A Blown Mind
Londonbeat -- In The Blood
Love And Rockets -- Express, Love And Rockets
Bob Marley & The Wailers -- Rastaman Vibration, Exodus
Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers -- Conscious Party, One Bright Day, Jahmekya
Martini Ranch -- Holy Cow
Men At Work -- Business As Usual, Cargo
Steve Miller -- Book Of Dreams
Missing Persons -- Spring Session M
Moby -- Play
Nine Inch Nails -- Pretty Hate Machine
Ted Nugent -- Ted Nugent, Free-For-All, Cat Scratch Fever, Double Live Gonzo, Weekend Warriors, Scream Dream, Great Gonzos!, Intensities In 10 Cities
Gary Numan -- Telekon, I, Assassin
Gary Numan + Tubeway Army -- Replicas
Oingo Boingo -- Only A Lad, Nothing To Fear, Good For Your Soul, Dead Man's Party, BOI-NGO, Boingo Alive, Dark at the End of the Tunnel, Boingo
Ozomatli -- Ozomatli, Embrace The Chaos
P.I.L. -- The Flowers Of Romance, Public Image LTD 9
Robert Palmer -- Double Fun, Riptide, Heavy Nova
Pet Shop Boys -- Please, actually, Introspective, Behavior
Maxi Priest -- Maxi Priest, Bonafide, fe Real, Man With The Fun
PRIMUS -- Sailing The Seas Of Cheese, Pork Soda,
Prince -- 1999
Prince & The Revolution -- Music From Purple Rain
Procal Harem -- Broken Barricades
Prodigy -- The Fat Of The Land
Pseudo Echo -- Love An Adventure
Rainbow -- Long Live Rock & Roll
Stan Ridgeway -- the big heat
Robbie Robertson -- Storyville
Sade -- Diamond Life, Stronger Than Pride, love deluxe
Ryuichi Sakamoto -- Neo Geo
Carlos Santana -- Blues For Salvador
Joe Satriani -- Flying In A Blue Dream, The Extremist
Scritti Politti -- Cupid & Psyche 85
Siouxsie And The Banshees -- Peepshow
Soft Cell -- Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Sparks -- Angst In My Pants
Spies -- By Way Of The World
St. Germain -- Tourist
Steel Pulse -- Victims
Steely Dan -- Can't Buy A Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy, Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied, The Royal Scam, Aja
Cat Stevens -- Tea For The Tillerman, Teaser and the Firecat
Al Stewart -- Year Of The Cat
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros -- Rock Art and the X-Ray Style
Strunz & Farah -- Mosaico, Frontera, Primal Magic, Americas
Sugar Ray -- 14:59
Andy Summers -- charming snakes, World Gone Strange, synaesthesia
Supertramp -- Crime of the Century, Breakfast In America
System Of A Down -- Steal This Album!
Talking Heads -- Talking Heads: 77, Fear of Music, Remain In Light, Speaking In Tongues, Little Creatures, Naked
Theivery Corporation -- Sounds from the Theivery Hi-Fi, Abductions and Reconstructions, The Mirror Conspiracy
Third Eye Blind -- Third Eye Blind
Third World -- All The Way Strong
Thompson Twins -- Side Kicks, Into The Gap
Tom Tom Club -- Tom Tom Club, Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom, Dark Sneak Love Action
Robin Trower -- Caravan To Midnight, Bridge Of Sighs
UB40 -- Labour of Love, Rat in the Kitchen, Labour of Love II, Promises and Lies
UFO -- Obsession
The Untouchables -- Live and Let Dance
US 3 -- hand on the tourch, broadway & 52nd
Van Halen -- Van Halen, Van Halen II, Women And Children First, Fair Warning, Diver Down, 1984
White Zombie -- Supersexy Swingin' Sounds
The Wipeouters -- P'Twang!!!
Warren Zevon -- Excitable Boy, Sentimental Hygiene
Zombie, Rob -- Hellbilly Deluxe
ZZ Top -- Deguello, El Loco, Eliminator, Afterburner

If I could get a quarter of these I'd be happy...

[himey]

mcherdering
GREAT LIST!
If we all had a choice like your list MC audio would be huge...

[Kpt_Krunch]

Black Sabbath -- Master of Reality
Pink Floyd -- Animals
Tragically Hip (boy - you Yanks have NO IDEA what you're missing here!!) -- Up to Here, Road Apples, Fully Completely, Day for Night, Trouble at the Hen House, Live between us, Phantom Power, Music @ Work, In Violet Light
Rush -- Caress of Steel, Farewell to Kings, Permanent Waves, Exit Stage Left

[jmlevy]

I'd have $200 missing from my pocket if these 10 came out:
Tool: Aenima
Tool: Lateralus
Radiohead: Ok computer (one of the greatest albums ever made)
Radiohead: Kid A (first track is still the most amazing thing I have ever heard on a CD just plain cool sounding)
Chemical Brothers: Dig your Own hole (they play live in surround sound so why not?)
Fear Factory: Obsolete
Pantera: Cowboys from Hell
Primus: Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Led Zeppelin: IV
Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy

I prefer top ten lists

[Lasersnuser]

Originally posted by jmlevy
I prefer top ten lists

Alright, my top ten most wanted SACD/DVDA surround list:

Tori Amos: From the Choirgirl Hotel
Tori Amos: To Venus and Back
Depeche Mode: Songs of Faith and Devotion
Marillion: Brave
Sarah McLachlan: Fumbling towards Ecstasy
Pat Metheny Group: Letter from Home
Rush: Power Windows
Rush: Hold Your Fire
Sting: The Soul Cages
Tears for Fears: Elemental

There are of course many, many more... To begin with, every new album released!

Mitch

[sirmikael]

Tragically Hip (boy - you Yanks have NO IDEA what you're missing here!!)

I love The Hip, and I actually saw them in concert in St. Paul a few years ago. They played just as great as I had hoped, and the whole crowd loved them! :)

[gyver65]

mcherdering,

"America" - "Homecoming" is out on DVD-A. I have had it for about a year now.

BTW, what a great wish list you have!!!

[hdtv00]

Prince- 1999,purple rain, sign of the times,around the world in a day,parade,Diamonds and Pearls,Emancipation

Terence trent darby

George Micheal- Faith

Genesis- not sure the great ones, but I want home by the sea lol

Bjork- 2 already out are nice but now I want the rest of them

[acebreathe]

ABBEY ROAD, HOUSES OF THE HOLY, 1999, ACTUNG BABY, ELECTRIC LADYLAND, MOONDANCE, TRUTH, STARING AT THE SEA, AJA, FOREVER CHANGES.

[mgpt6]

Beatles -everything recorded on 4 and 8track tape. (first 2 albums in hi-rez mono)
jefferson Airplane-Volunters.( was mixed in quad)
First 4 YES albums.

[Ovation]

Originally posted by mgpt6

First 4 YES albums.

Fragile is available in DVD-A

[mcherdering]

Originally posted by gyver65
mcherdering,

"America" - "Homecoming" is out on DVD-A. I have had it for about a year now.

BTW, what a great wish list you have!!!

Bobby –

My list was generated from a list of music I have on vinyl and CD. The list it was generated from also includes the multichannel disks I have. And through an editing mistake, I didn’t remove from the list Homecoming. Dooooh! Thanks for pointing it out. It’s a very well mixed and produced disk. I highly recommend it for anyone who likes America.

And thanks for the compliment on the content of the list. Looking through this thread, it’s clear to me that there are tons of people (more than 2000 have viewed this post as of this edit), eager to drop their hard earned money on multichannel music, that they probably already have in stereo. Too bad the record companies are using their energy to sue downloaders, rather than remixing and producing multichannel material for the masses…

Mike

[Kpt_Krunch]

Originally posted by Ovation
Fragile is available in DVD-A

And what a great remastering job they did on this I might add! One of my favourite DVD-A's!

[Kpt_Krunch]

Originally posted by sirmikael
I love The Hip, and I actually saw them in concert in St. Paul a few years ago. They played just as great as I had hoped, and the whole crowd loved them! :)

Yeah - I know they've done some touring down there, but whenever I bring them up to Americans, the first response I get is "Who's that?". The Hip is great live - in fact, they prefer live performances to studio work (but I guess who doesn't in that industry). They do sound very unique, with most of their lyrics being about 'Canadian" things (Thompson Girl, Fifty Mission Cap, etc. ) that for some reason does not go over well with US record companies :(

[someoneelse]

Originally posted by mcherdering
Frankie Goes To Hollywood -- Welcome to the Pleasuredome


a fair chunk of the original CD (as opposed to Double Album) is on SACD
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Rage Hard, The Sonic Collection

1. Relax
2. Two Tribes
3. Ferry Cross The Mersey
4. The World Is My Oyster
5. Welcome To The Pleasuredome
6. Maximum Joy
7. San Jose
8. Warriors Of The Wasteland
9. Rage Hard
10. War
11. Watching The Wildlife
12. Born To Run
13. The Power Of Love

haven't been able to track it down yet...

(nice list BTW!)

[jrandamy]

Anything by Dream Theater.

[Griz92867]

I read today on a Pink Floyd website (I think it was brain-damage.com) that James Guthrie is working on "Wish You Were Here" SACD and they are hoping to release it by years end. Also, Pulse DVD should be out by mid-year.

My wishlist includes: ELP-Trilogy, Rush-2112, Triumph-Allied Forces, and Supertramp-Breakfast in America

[shimonmor]

I would love to get Bach's Mass In B minor on DVD-Audio.

I just discovered DVD-Audio on my computer (SoundBlaster 2 ZS Platinum & Logitech Z-5500 speakers) and am considering gettting a home player...but...I can't seem to find many selections that I would want on DVD-Audio. I checked Amazon and their selection is limited...is there a definitive source for DVD-Audio discs?

I guess I'll wait to see how the format develops and evolves.

[Griz92867]

If you are looking for a home player you may want to look at a Universal Player that plays both DVD-Audio and SACD. I could be wrong but I think there are more classical titles using the SACD format rather than DVD-Audio. To find SACD titles and reviews look at this website www.sa-cd.net. Also, check out Sound and Vision magazine for reviews of surround sound musical titles.

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally posted by shimonmor
I would love to get Bach's Mass In B minor on DVD-Audio.

Don't know if there is one yet but I suggest you look at the Tacet and ARTS labels for such repertoire in DVD-A. There's much more classical on SACD but that won't help you if you are PC-based.

Kal

[mustangvxd]

Three words - Amused to Death

[shimonmor]

Originally posted by shimonmor
I would love to get Bach's Mass In B minor on DVD-Audio.

It looks like Naxos is coming out with this DVD-A disc and Buy.com will have it on 3/22.

BACH, J. S.: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 Naxos #5.110102-03

I think I'll pre-order it and give it a shot.

[labmansid]

One I don't think has been mentioned yet but would be awesome in 5.1 is Billy Thorpe's "Children of the Sun". One of my favorites, even in 2 channel.

[peteyspambucket]

In no particular order:

Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach - Painted from Memory
Elvis Costello - All This Useless Beauty
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Arcadia - So Red the Rose
Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Elton John - Jump Up
Elton John - Too Low For Zero
Elton John - Blue Moves
Elton John - The Fox
Elton John - Caribou
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Pat Benatar - Tropico
Joni Mitchell - Travelogue
Tangerine Dream - Thief (soundtrack)
Giorgio Moroder - Metropolis (soundtrack)
Giorgio Moroder - Midnight Express (soundtrack)
John Williams - Star Wars (original trilogy)
Alanis Morissette - So Called Infatuation Junkie
Art of Noise - The Life of Debussy
U2 - Unforgettable Fire
Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs
Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do With It? (soundtrack)

Richard Strauss - Elektra - Birgit Nilsson - Solti
Beethoven - Symphonies - Karajan (Final Cycle on DG)
Mahler - Symphony #9 - Karajan (final live performance)
Schoenberg - Gurrelieder - Chailly
Massenet - Werther - Carreras - Colin Davis

[casey10s]

A few of my favorites:

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Beatles - Abbey Road
Over the Rhine - Ohio
Over the Rhine - Drunkard's Prayer
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
New Order - Substance
Neil Young - Decade
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Counting Crows - August and Everthing After
Spoon - Girls Can Tell
Jet - Get Born
The Who - Who's Next
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells

[gman8691]

King Crimson "The Court Of The Crimson King"

[Andre Smith]

. . . and anything by the "Alan Parsons Project"! Didn't he invent multi-channel sound???

[ematcion]

Originally posted by Ovation
Any Genesis from Foxtrot to Duke would be great in 5.1 hi-res.

From Genesis' official website comes the following news...

Nick Davis has completed work on the 5.1 SACD remix of the early Genesis classic 'Nursery Cryme'. In about ten days he will start work on a similar re-working of the 'Foxtrot' album.