Re: [SurroundSound] Yessongs on Blu-Ray

Yes, I saw it in Boston when it originally came out.   However, seeing as I was pretty young and not the most discriminating listener, I thought the whole thing was awesome, although too short.   Everyone else I know who saw the movie back then had opinions more like yours, where they thought the sound was kind of spotty..

   Concerning Yessongs,  it was always my impression that it was live to 2-track, which would make a new mix impossible.  Any confirmation of that.   Seeing as Yessongs was done as quad, I suppose it could have been mixed on the fly but doubt it.  Maybe there's multitracks lying around somewhere.  - CP

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From: Steven Sullivan <ssully@panix.com>
To: surroundsound <surroundsound@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wed, May 2, 2012 3:18 pm
Subject: Re: [SurroundSound] Yessongs on Blu-Ray

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.)          > 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  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  > -----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.  >  > --  > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups  > "SurroundSound" group.  > To post to this group, send email to SurroundSound@googlegroups.com  > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to  > SurroundSound-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com  > For more options, visit this group at  > http://groups.google.com/group/SurroundSound  >  >  >  > --  > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups  > "SurroundSound" group.  > To post to this group, send email to SurroundSound@googlegroups.com  > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to  > SurroundSound-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com  > For more options, visit this group at  > http://groups.google.com/group/SurroundSound  >  > --  > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups  > "SurroundSound" group.  > To post to this group, send email to SurroundSound@googlegroups.com  > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to  > SurroundSound-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com  > For more options, visit this group at  > http://groups.google.com/group/SurroundSound  >    --   You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups   "SurroundSound" group.  To post to this group, send email to SurroundSound@googlegroups.com  To unsubscribe from this group, send email to SurroundSound-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com  For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SurroundSound  

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