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    Albums you'd love to hear in surround sound

    What are some of the albums not done in surround sound yet that you would love to hear?

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    Meddle
    Atom Heart Mother
    Tales
    Dreamboat Annie
    LZ IV
    LZ Houses of the Holy
    Who's Next
    Abbey Road
    Yes The Ladder
    APP Pyramid

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    Any piece of electronic music that was conceived with the intent of being heard in surround sound. Stockhausen had a number of such pieces, like Song Of The Youths (though apparently the only tape of the surround mix is a moribund format of which no functioning playback machines exist), Hymnen, Sirius or the piece he did (I've forgotten the title) for the three orchestras which are positioned in a horseshoe pattern around the audience.

    I know Wendy Carlos said once that Sonic Seasonings was supposed to be heard in quad, but Columbia punked out and refused to issue the album in a proper quad mix (preferring instead their own "pseudo-quad" format, which Wendy found unsatisfying).

    Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends might be good to have in surround sound, since apparently that's the way ELP intended it to be heard, to the point of there never being a proper stereo mix done of the full album.

    There's other electronic music pieces that I'd like to have in surround sound, though I think at least some of them (like some of the Subotnick and Xenakis things, I think have been issued on DVD in that fashion, I just haven't heard them yet).

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    Anything from:

    Jimi Hendrix
    Juan Esquivel
    The Beatles
    any Floyd that's pre-The Wall
    Lounge Lizards
    Eno
    Morphine
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    Happy The Man's Crafty Hands
    Supertramp's Crime Of The Century
    (actually: a lot of Ken Scott's productions)
    UK: UK
    Bill Bruford: Feels Good To Me
    Colin Towns: Full Circle (my favourite sound-track)
    Martha & The Muffins: This Is The Ice Age
    Stomu Yamashta's Go
    Japan: Tin Drum and Oil On Canvas

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    ELP-WBMF & Works vol. 1
    Uriah Heep-Demons & Wizards/Look at Yourself
    UFO-Obsession/Force it/Lights Out & Strangers in the Night
    Yes-Tales & Drama
    Utopia-RA

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rufus View Post
    ELP-WBMF & Works vol. 1
    Uriah Heep-Demons & Wizards/Look at Yourself
    UFO-Obsession/Force it/Lights Out & Strangers in the Night
    Yes-Tales & Drama
    Utopia-RA
    Couldn't agree more!!!
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    Todd Rundgren's Utopia

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    The Beatles Mono box.


    Wait, what?

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    A Wizard, A True Star. Surround is probably the only way that acid trip of sound would make sense *lol*

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    Kind of surprised by all the votes for UK's debut. I always thought that was the most sterile of productions...

    Quote Originally Posted by Dave (in MA) View Post
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    Yep, some TD would be good, and those are two greats. I've always heard that some of their albums, particularly the ones recorded at the Manor, suffered from less than optimal recording, and no masters. Krautrock in general hasn't received much 5.1 treatment come to think about it.

    Quote Originally Posted by interbellum View Post
    Supertramp's Crime Of The Century
    (actually: a lot of Ken Scott's productions)
    For sure, he's work is so pristine, and Crime is one of the best.
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    Gong's You - "A Sprinkling of Clouds" especially would be glorious in surround!

    Any of Klaus Schulze's greater releases: Timewind, Moondawn, Mirage & "X"

    Van der Graaf Generator's Pawn Hearts

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave (in MA) View Post
    The Beatles Mono box.


    Wait, what?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsmith1002 View Post
    Gong's You - "A Sprinkling of Clouds" especially would be glorious in surround!

    Any of Klaus Schulze's greater releases: Timewind, Moondawn, Mirage & "X"

    Van der Graaf Generator's Pawn Hearts
    Good ones!
    "Always ready with the ray of sunshine"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Giant View Post
    Roger Waters - Amused To Death
    Should be released "soon": http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest...r-delayed.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by interbellum View Post
    More information (for those the few who haven't seen it yet): http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/89...tichannel_SACD

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    Yes - "Tales"
    Floyd - "Meddle"

    would both be awesome.

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    Ogdens nutgone Fllake
    Third Stone from the Sun - Are U ExP
    Astra - Galactic Vibes
    Olias of Sunhillow
    Journey - Galactic Zoo Dossier - Kingdom Come
    White Album
    Elements - Jade Warrior - Now
    Shady Grove

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    Quote Originally Posted by GuitarGeek View Post
    Any piece of electronic music that was conceived with the intent of being heard in surround sound.
    Seriously! James Dashow had a bunch of pieces that were of the ilk, "piece for <...> and computer generated tape" -- it would translate so perfectly to surround -- the 4 channels generated by computer could go to FL, FR, SL, and SR, and then the remaining instrument (voice, violin, trumpet, etc.) could go in the center channel...man, that would be perfect...

    I second all the electronica suggestions, especially those for which there should be 4.0 masters, such as Mike Oldfield's Boxed...Tangerine Dream...Jean-Michel Jarre...Kraftwerk (yes, even the older Krautrock stuff would sound awesome in surround, especially 1 & 2)...Klaus Schulze (X, Mirage, Dune, Dig It)...

    And can I add Talk Talk's entire catalog, but especially Spirit of Eden.

    Wouldn't mind hearing Rob Dougan's Furious Angels or Matt Elliott's The Broken Man or Howling Songs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave (in MA) View Post
    The Beatles Mono box.


    Wait, what?

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