Heartland

Now that Nine Inch Nails have re-released 'The Downward Spiral' in remastered SACD and 5.1 Surround DVD formats (and that album is ten years old), maybe now is the time to bung out a 5.1 version of Floodland.

Can you imagine?

yes good idea... even better 6 months prior a new album! AND A TOUR!

Oh ffs what is the point of SACD or 5.1 surround sound? Does it actually sound that much better than stereo? (Especially in the smallish rooms that I'd imagine most of us have our stereos in.)

A 5.1 re-release of Floodland would be seen in some camps as just another excuse to fleece the (ever-dwindling) fanbase.

An album of the "new" material would be preferable thank you. Or even an album of genuinely new material.

Or, how about re-release Shot on DVD with commentaries, interviews, documentaries, behind the scene footage from Petra.

The Green Lantern wrote:Or, how about re-release Shot on DVD with commentaries, interviews, documentaries, behind the scene footage from Petra.

just how does von go to the toilet?

detracts from the music

the pop video is probaly the worst thing to ever happen to the MUSIC industry.

i look at the pictures in my head....they dont cost anything.......and they are probably better

nigel d wrote:i look at the pictures in my head....they dont cost anything.......and they are probably better

is it available for download?

"pass me the probes Igor"

"yeth Mathter"...(limps to the base of the lightning conductor....)

SACD or 5.1 surround sound.

Wasn't there something called 'quadraphonic' sound in the seventies (sound split into 'four' channels as the word says)?

yes there was.dont remember it being too popular.
expensive i believe.
you can stil get that pseudo 3d sound thing too.
the eurythmics used it on one of their albums a few years back.something like extended stereo

I've got Johnny Cash's "Live In San Quentin" on Quadrophonic, but I don't have an adaptor to listen to it, so it just comes out as stereo. Still a damn fine recording though

http://www.wendycarlos.com/surround/sur ... ml#optquad

this is quite good about "true" quadraphonic

hallucienate wrote:I've got Johnny Cash's "Live In San Quentin" on Quadrophonic, but I don't have an adaptor to listen to it, so it just comes out as stereo. Still a damn fine recording though

Is that the performance in prison/jail house?

Hojyuu-obi wrote:

hallucienate wrote:I've got Johnny Cash's "Live In San Quentin" on Quadrophonic, but I don't have an adaptor to listen to it, so it just comes out as stereo. Still a damn fine recording though

Is that the performance in prison/jail house?

yup, there is San Quentin and Folsom, both live recordings in front of a prison audience

I got Mike Oldfart's Boxed in Quardrophonic back in the 70s: Tubular Bells; Hergest Ridge; Ommadawn and a collection Collaborations. The vinyl hasn't stood the test of time as it was prone to serious ware with each playing.

hallucienate wrote:

Hojyuu-obi wrote:

hallucienate wrote:I've got Johnny Cash's "Live In San Quentin" on Quadrophonic, but I don't have an adaptor to listen to it, so it just comes out as stereo. Still a damn fine recording though

Is that the performance in prison/jail house?

yup, there is San Quentin and Folsom, both live recordings in front of a prison audience

Cool! must check that one out ...

markfiend wrote:Oh ffs what is the point of SACD or 5.1 surround sound? Does it actually sound that much better than stereo?

Hell yeah.

I get a headache when Depeche Mode do weird things with stereo, let alone surround.

Having said that, how about a version of Ribbons where "INCOMING!" comes out of a random speaker each time? Now that would be cool... for a few minutes at least

slicepack wrote:

markfiend wrote:Oh ffs what is the point of SACD or 5.1 surround sound? Does it actually sound that much better than stereo?

Hell yeah.

Fair enough.

Fooked if I'm laying out for 4 extra speakers and a 5.1 decoder though.