RE: [SurroundSound] Yessongs on Blu-Ray

I've seen rumours of quad sound having been used on the 1972/3 "Close to
the Edge' tour (the one most of Yessongs was taken from), but certainly
some of the 1973/74 Tales from Topographic shows were played in
quad...with Eddie Offord again at the soundboard.

They performed all of the 'Close to the Edge' album at those shows too.



> I remember the concerts well and they were in quad - If my memory serves
> me
> well on the Yessongs tour in the UK they hired the Floyds PA system.
>
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> On Behalf Of Steven Sullivan
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> Subject: Re: [SurroundSound] Yessongs on Blu-Ray
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> I saw Yessongs in a NYC theater when the film was first released in the
> USA. The sound even then -- nominally 'quad' (I suspect it was 3 front
> channels, and one channel distributed in mono to two rear speakers) -- was
> not that great, though others have different recollections -- see this
> thread for more anecdotes:
>
> http://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?3078-Yessongs-Quad
>
>
> (I say the movie always sounded like the Yessongs album, only worse. ;>
> If the masters ever turn up I'd love to be proved wrong.)
>
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>> This is sad to hear, but not surprising in the least. Even from the
>> first vhs releases, sounds like they have all been made from the same
>> awful print, and not from a master. The story I have always heard is
>> that
>> the originals have been lost, and no one has been able to track them
>> down.Even finding a decent copy of the audio would be a big help, but
>> that
>> seems to be a dead issue as well. There are certain people in that band
>> who have not managed their money wisely, and if they and their
>> management
>> had paid more attention to these things they could have a steady stream
>> of
>> legitimately good archival stuff to live off of from now until whenever.
>> Instead, we are left with releases like this.
>>
>> One final lesson to be learned. Just because it's a blu-ray
>> disc, there's no guarantee that it's going to either look or
>> sound good.
>>
>> You never know though, a good version may turn up yet. -CP
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: thierry <smiley69@gmail.com>
>> To: surroundsound <surroundsound@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Wed, May 2, 2012 2:18 pm
>> Subject: Re: [SurroundSound] Yessongs on Blu-Ray
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your review, I was about to get it. I think I'll keep my
>> money
>> for something else.
>>
>>
>> 2012/5/2 scolumbo <sacolumbo@gmail.com>
>>
>> Ok, I was suckered into the promise of a "newly created 5.1 DTS-HD MA
>> remix" on this re-release of Yessongs on Blu-Ray. What a crock. This is
>> perhaps the worst recording I now own. It's basically a mono track in 5
>> channels, and sound quality is horrible. Hollow and highly distorted, it
>> has no low-end, or much of a high-end.
>>
>> I had heard the original DVD was bad, but I had no idea it could be this
>> miserable. Evidently, whatever original recording this came from must be
>> awful, and no amount of remixing or remastering will improve it. If
>> you're
>> tempted to check this out, save your money. Unfortunately, another
>> attempt
>> by Yes to fleece their fans with a subpar release.
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