Denada [SACD] - Helge Sunde & Norske Store Orkester

Advantages: The Music & SACD 5.1 Surround Sound
Disadvantages: None

...This is the third time I have bought this album, the first on vinyl, second on CD and now on SACD. This is one of Dylans best, the lyrics are superb, poetry that only Dylan can write. For example, the lyrics on buckets of rain (1:28 into the track), and I quote. " I Like The Cool Way You Look At Me......Every Thing About You Is Bringing Me Misery". Just wonderfull. The acoustic guitar on Buckets of Rain sounds superb, you can hear the full resonance and quality as if Dylan was playing in the same room. The same goes for the other nine tracks, they are just as impressive with superlative sound quality and lyrics. In conclusion I suppose you could say that the overall feel of this album is intimate and sublime to real life. This Album is part of the Bob Dylan Reissue Series on SACD (also playable on CD in Stereo), and is remastered from... Read review

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Advantages: All the benefits of the quadrophonic recording without the crackle
Disadvantages: the vinal still sounds warmer

...What can I add after that title? I have my original pressing first release vinal album which still sounds superb although getting a quadrophonic amp that still works is a bitch! This SACD presentation brings back much of the original feel and nearly the depth of the original which the cd lacked particuarily if used via naff kit. This is Floyd at their peak in my humble opinion and one of the defining albums of the twentieth century. If you don't already own it buy it now forget Seargent Pepper and th White Album this is the must buy album of all time. Ok you need a sacd player and a decent 5.1 amp to appreciate this album at its best having said that if you have the kit sit back and enjoy. It's hard to believe this album was recorded so long ago considering the multi level nature of the tracks that are so far ahead of their time.... Read review

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Advantages: One of the defining Moody Blues albums - as good as it ever was
Disadvantages: None really

...In 2003 Universal Music embarked on a project to re-master the first five of the Moody Blues albums from the original tapes using modern production techniques. They also decided to issue additional tracks - alternative takes and versions - which were not included on the final album. As an avid Moody's fan, already of 40 years standing, I decided to buy all five of these new remasters even though I have the older CDs in my collection. This is the fourth of a cycle of reviews written about the 2006 deluxe SACD edition series. "Children's" was the second of two albums that the Moody Blues recorded in 1969 and the first to be released on their own Threshold label - the label that still hosts their releases in the UK. Interestingly the initial Moody's releases were the odd numbers. I recollect the even numbers were assigned to emerging... Read review

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