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.
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> 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.
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> 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
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> Thanks for your review, I was about to get it. I think I'll keep my money
> for something else.
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> 2012/5/2 scolumbo <sacolumbo@gmail.com>
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> 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.
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> 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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