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So I saw this posted on the King Crimson website and found it was a cool to see what people thought were the best surround sound albums of all time. While the list is very prog heavy there are some great albums in there, some I haven't heard in a while and have to revisit, and some Ive never heard and will have to check out. They break it into the categories of Hi-Rez Audio, Audio DVD's/DTS-CD's, Quad LP's and Tapes, and Music Videos. Only American Beauty and Workingman's Dead make the list, but obviously this aint a bunch of deadheads voting either. Just thought I'd share it with you music freaks out there... what do you think, what are your favorite surround sound albums? I gotta admit DSOTM and Led Zeppelin II have got to be at the top of my list.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
Grateful Dead live had some
Grateful Dead live had some great surround sound moments.
As for studio albums, the studio portion of Ummagumma by the Pink Floyd is pretty wild. Dropped acid once and put that on and had to get up and walk out the room at certain point because the sounds circling around the room were too intense.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: DEDHED
Yeah, I wouldn't consider
Yeah, I wouldn't consider American Beauty and Workingman's Dead to really be "surround sound" type albums... which is probably why they ranked so low.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sigmund
I agree with Court of the
I agree with Court of the Crimson King but Animals is too far down(non exhistant)
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Vann Kliburn
Grateful Dead live had some
Grateful Dead live had some great surround sound moments.<<<<<<<<
McNichols 1990 comes to mind
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: TommyGutt
Pittsburg,summer 88
Pittsburg,summer 88 SPACEBALLS WERE FLYIN all over that room
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
>>>>McNichols 1990 comes to
>>>>McNichols 1990 comes to mind
Ha! That is exactly what I was thinking of.
Those were my first GD shows too. I was into heavy metal and hard rock and had heard a lot of crappy, muddy sound systems, but went to those Denver shows to see what all my hippie friends kept raving about, ate the acid, and was blown away by the music, lights, and especially that sound system. Got on the bus and never looked back.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
Something to look up and
Something to look up and research might be the "Europe '72" standard-issue LP. I am not saying for sure if it was recorded in Quad, but a High-School pal had some Quad setup with JBL speakers. Rather, his parents had all that.
Played Europe '72 LP there, and it seemed to have quite more soundscape compared to regular 2-speaker Stereo setup.
They had a pretty large listening room with larger JBL 3-way speakers up front, and a pair of smaller JBL 10 or 12 feet further away.
Only other comment is that certain Quad 8-track tapes were worth the big bucks on eBane last time I checked.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Thumbkinetic
Was there anything that was
Was there anything that was considered a primo, top-of-the-line 8-track player?
There must have been one that was strictly for stupid people with too much money.
Did any audio nerds embrace it or did they all stick with their reel-to-reels?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
Bluest --
Bluest --
No doubt someone made the audiophile 8-track deck. Even up through the early-mid '80's TV stations and Radio stations had the same basic format as their 'Cart-Machines' for bumper music and such.
Those decks were industrial grade, and never ate a tape. Can't recall the brand name. If you watch old WKRP In Cincinnati episodes, they probably have one in the studio.
Sadly I've no 8-track decks in my stable of Vintage Audio Shit :(
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mice elf
There is a quad pressing of
There is a quad pressing of Powerglide out there somewhere, for your awareness.
There is also a version with a gold foil printed cover.
They are not listed on discogs, but I have seen the gold one. Nelson said someone asked him to sign the quadrophonic version and he almost fell over - never knew it existed. NRPS tour east coast 2016 I think someone brought it to him.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Thomas O' Bagenhammers
God gave us two ears, not
God gave us two ears, not four.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
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The Gods also gave us many different approaches to Quad audio and other surround-sound schemes.
Sure, Stereo and the earlier Binaural are really groovy.
Nothing wrong with that.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: DEDHED
>>>. God gave us two ears,
>>>. God gave us two ears, not four.
But what about mono recordings? Should i only use 1 ear? Now I'm confused....