Post by hawk January 28, 2008 (1 of 13)
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I am just wondering about new non-classical SACDs: I am not seeing too
many jazz, pop etc being produced out there lately- I mean even less than the normal-which was not very many to begin with. Have things slowed to a drizzle?
I know we have the Genesis releases, but not much besides. Even the latest news items on this site are more than a few months old. The classical music releases seem to be going strong, especially with teh new Japanese releases, but what about the other genres-is there anything to report???
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Yes, what you suggest is absolutely correct. However, there is still a rich source of past titles to choose thanks to the world wide web. I buy on average 1 SACD a week, pretty much all non-classical, and waht I want rather than buying them for the sake of SACD. It's just knowing where to look so you don't pay extortionate prices.
As for BRAND new non-classicals I fear the market is pretty much dead. In fact I know so.
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Post by Claude January 28, 2008 (3 of 13)
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As far as jazz goes, not much has been released last year, apart from several Chesky "New York Sessions" discs, a few MFSL reissues from the Fantasy catalog, and a couple of Herbie Hancock/V.S.O.P. JSACDs.
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Post by zeus January 28, 2008 (4 of 13)
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hawk said:
Even the latest news items on this site are more than a few months old.
I wouldn't read too much into this. It just means that I don't often get around to it, and labels haven't cottoned on to the fact that they can email me press releases for posting as news. If it's newsworthy and in a form ready for posting, I'll post it!
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Post by hawk January 29, 2008 (5 of 13)
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Thanks for the replies...I guess it is just a matter of ordering the old from the many choices available on the web...a shame though because I still hold on to the hope of coming across something new in a music store as I go through their Jazz collection, for example. I guess I am a bit old fashioned that way :)
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Post by azure January 29, 2008 (6 of 13)
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what happen to the other Pink Floyd albums (WYWH and Animals) ? :-(
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Post by azure January 30, 2008 (8 of 13)
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we may also find a Cure album will be released this year on SACD:
He (Smith) says "Disintegration" will feature a bonus disc of new remixes, and that he's pushing for "Wish" to include a new 5.1 audio mix.
"People seem to want to kill that off, which is a shame," he says of that format. "It's far and away the most fantastic way of listening to music."
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003614421
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Post by Claude January 30, 2008 (9 of 13)
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azure said:
we may also find a Cure album will be released this year on SACD:
He (Smith) says "Disintegration" will feature a bonus disc of new remixes, and that he's pushing for "Wish" to include a new 5.1 audio mix.
In that case, a CD+DVD set seems more likely, and if we are lucky, it will be a hybrid SACD + DVD set.
Today, releasing a multichannel mix on SACD only means a much too small number of SACD player owners will be able to listen to them, as less and less affordable SACD-capable players are being put on the market.
So for the 5.1-remix of a pop album, a DVD seems mandatory to me, but it lessens the relevance of the SACD format, as labels may ignore the hi-rez factor and think that a CD+DVD package fulfills all the consumer's needs.
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Claude said:
In that case, a CD+DVD set seems more likely, and if we are lucky, it will be a hybrid SACD + DVD set.
Today, releasing a multichannel mix on SACD only means a much too small number of SACD player owners will be able to listen to them, as less and less affordable SACD-capable players are being put on the market.
So for the 5.1-remix of a pop album, a DVD seems mandatory to me, but it lessens the relevance of the SACD format, as labels may ignore the hi-rez factor and think that a CD+DVD package fulfills all the consumer's needs.
Or it could be a Blu Ray high-res release. Doubt it though.
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