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Joe, Sorry to hear you haven't been able to experience SACD, hopefully you were able to hear some of the 5.1 mixes in the studio? The 5.1 mix of "You Saved My Life" is absolutely an incredible experiece and there is nothing gimmicky about the mix at all which only adds to the spaciality. I was disappointed to see Surfing Deluxe Edition only be released on CD as it doesn't do the music justice. Listening in high resolution, whether it be 24/96 .flac files (like the new NIN album Trent released on his website for download), DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD or Blu-ray Disc, it really allows for a greater appreciation of all the nuances of the music. I hope that if and when you decide to revisit Flying in a Blue Dream that you might consider releasing it as a Blu-ray/CD combo set (2 discs) with high resolution 5.1 PCM and stereo mixes on the Blu-ray Disc and any remastering on the CD. I can assure you, there are people out there looking forward to new high rez releases like this. The record companies won't ask you for it, but if you express an interest in it they will set it up. That's the feedback I received from SonyBMG's VP of new product development when I called....so if you command it, it shall be done. There's nothing like hearing four guitar tracks in harmony coming from each corner of your room, especially when it's Satch. I would love to hear a 5.1 mix of The Forgotten (parts 1 and 2) Anyway, I just scored 6th row dead centre seats for the Buffalo show. I'm looking forward to it completely. Best regards, ~dobyblue

Wed Jul 9 '08 9:25:18 am

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dobyblue

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Joe - I don't see any news in the recent e-mail of a Blu-ray of the Live in Paris show...please say it isn't only coming out on DVD?

DVD = lossy multi-channel surround up to 6.1

Blu-ray = lossless high resolution multi-channel surround up to 7.1

DVD = low bit-rate (8 Mbps) archaic 480i MPEG-2 video

Blu-ray = high bit-rate (40 Mbps) efficient 1080p MPEG-4 video

If you check out the Steve Vai Blu-ray release you'll know immediately that it is a THOUSAND times better than the DVD release for audio fidelity and picture quality.

I hope you'll consider doing a Blu-ray release, I'm sure the releasing company would be happy to help out in this regard. Surely the show was shot on film or HD cameras anyway?

Also some deluxe HD versions of Surfing, Extremist, Blue Dream, etc., etc., with 24/192 5.1 PCM would be kickass!!!!

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Edited Wed Oct 21 '09 6:01 am

Wed Oct 21 '09 6:00:46 am

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dobyblue

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Hi Joe, There's mention of a "Deluxe Edition" coming exclusively to Best Buy. I think retailer exclusives hurt people, particularly iTunes because then everyone is stuck with lossy audio.

Have you ever listened to the 5.1 SACD mix of Strange Beautiful Music? I noticed one of your posts said Flying was 48-track. What I wouldn't give for a re-mastered 24-bit/192kHz 5.1 mix of Flying on Blu-ray Audio. Tom Petty's new album "Mojo" was released in high rez stereo and surround on Blu-ray and it is terrific. Neil Young's latest album "Le Noise", produced by Daniel Lanois, will be released on Blu-ray a few weeks after the CD/DD/vinyl release and will contain new video footage of Neil as well as the album in high resolution.

Have you considered releasing the new album on Blu-ray? In addition, it was a bit disappointing to see the "deluxe" edition of Surfing only contain 16-bit CD-DA audio in stereo. Truly these days a "Deluxe" edition should contain a high resoluiton and hopefully multi-channel mix? The reason I ask about Strange on SACD is because the multi-channel mix is simply fantastic. The four guitar lines on You Saved My Life are brought out so much more beautifully on the SACD. It's simply a must own disc in my opinion thanks to the gorgeous surround mix and DSD high resolution audio.

I don't think new SACD titles are a wise decision simply because for pop/rock music the SACD/DVD-A boat has sailed. But with no format war around and all studios part of the Blu-ray Disc Association (for live concert releases) I think you'd be leaping ahead of the competition by looking into a deluxe 5.1 Blu-ray edition of Flying, then Extremist, etc., etc., and of course the new album perhaps first. There is a market for Blu-ray Audio and I believe it's already bigger than the vinyl market, so clearly it's sustainable. A little bit of extra money for the studio time to do the surround mix would definitely be worth it. Pearl Jam's "Backspacer" moved only 11,500 copies on vinyl and DMB's "Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King" moved 11,400. I have no doubt they'd have moved triple that on Blu-ray with surround mixes and video footage, interactive discographies, etc., etc.

Please consider doing deluxe Blu-ray releases of the back catalogue and the new album.

Any chance the digital downloads might be offered in 24-bit?

Thanks for reading, looking forward to the tour.

Wed Sep 1 '10 7:34:05 am

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dobyblue 4 posts total \| IP Logged	Got the news e-mail about the CD/DVD set...very disappointing though, is there really not going to be a Blu-ray with 24-bit high resolution audio? Lossy DVD multi-channel and bit-rate starved MPEG-2 480i video is so 1990's. Got the HD Net broadcast on my PVR, hoping someday I can delete it in favour of a Blu-ray.
Tue May 3 '11 9:41:01 am	Set this message as last read

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