Is 2016 the year, or the number of times BSS has been reissued?
Is 2016 the year, or the number of times BSS has been reissued?
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
My BSS vinyl.
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And to add insult to injury -- yet again -- the 5.1 surround sound mix (one of the two 5.1 mixes that exist from the past) is not going to be available at all.
Sony/BMG should have released a Super Deluxe 2CD+2DVD or 2CD+BlueRayAudio version of BSS along with this new standard 2CD version.
I may pick this up. All I have is the original, and it just doesnt sound as good as it could.
I got nothin' :
...avoiding any implication that I have ever entertained a cognizant thought.
live samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwbCFGbAtFc
https://youtu.be/AEE5OZXJioE
https://soundcloud.com/yodelgoat/yod...om-a-live-show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUe3YhCjy6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VOCJokzL_s
Jakko's remixes are ok, I just don't find they add any Quality, and some of the lead synth sounds tinny to me, where on the original Album it sounds fat. It's interesting because there are little details, like synth overdubs on Toccata that I'd never heard before, but there is also a reason they were quiet in the original mix...it supported the energy without grabbing attention. And the vocals on "Jerusalem" seem drowned in even more reverb than the original, which was already pushing it. All in all, I'll go for the original mix, which is nicely remastered on this set.
The new mix is on the DVD, the 2nd CD has "the alternative Brain Salad Surgery", which is fascinating but frustrating. The latter because the alternative versions aren't in the order of the original album (which every good "alternative" bootleg knows better). But it's interesting to hear alternate takes, instrumental versions, and additional cuts.
You can always check things out on Discogs.
Right now they list 126 versions of Brain Salad Surgery. Since Discogs isn't always comprehensive, there may be more.
However there's also:
Emerson Lake & Palmer - 148 versions
Tarkus - 142 versions
Pictures At An Exhibition - 140 versions
Trilogy - 147 versions
...So BSS has some catching up to do.
I have the 1999 Victor CD remaster. I don't think it ever gets great comments here, but it sounds fine to me.
I don't like those, where there is no gap between Impressions, 5 tracks only. Plus, Emerson's synths on this record sound very extreme, and most of CD editions miss it - synths sound too thin, in comparison to original LP. There are few albums, that cannot be replicated convincingly on CD...seems that BSS is one of those.
A BSS non-reissue-related question:
I heard KE9 3d impression on the radio today (ok, Sirius XM!), and when I heard the "Dust in the Wind" part, I wondered if the band have ever addressed this and mentioned why they put in that reference to Kansas - the line sung to the tune of Kansas' song? Did they like and/or know Kansas, or was it just a reference impossible to avoid because the song was so ubiquitous?
Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
https://michaelpdawson.bandcamp.com
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...MCD-spc-7.aspx
Hey, I don't memorize what years these albums were released! It does sound like he's singing the Kansas song though, doesn't it?
The Kansas song was from 1977. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_i...nd?wprov=sfla1
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-=Will you stand by me against the cold night, or are you afraid of the ice?=-
Jed... maybe time to cut your losses?
I believe the "similar" section in KE9 is in a major key, and the Kansas song is the ultimate minor-key song . So I'm just going to say no, you're making too much of a superficial similarity.
Got the latest CD today. I'll compare the sound to the original vinyl with my Sony MDR-7506 headphones.
Update: the vinyl sounds better than the CD. The CD lacks punch and sounds thin.
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