Track Listings (8) - Disc #1| All Artists: Lake & Palmer Emerson Title: Brain Salad Surgery Members Wishing: 2 Total Copies: 0 Label: Jvc Japan Original Release Date: 1/1/2005 Re-Release Date: 10/3/2005 Album Type: Import, Original recording remastered Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock Styles: Progressive, Progressive Rock, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
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Japanese limited reissue of the 1973 album has been fully remastered and features the original 8 tracks packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Victor. 2005. |
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Album Description Japanese limited reissue of the 1973 album has been fully remastered and features the original 8 tracks packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Victor. 2005. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsLandmark Album That Monkeys Appear To Have Remastered Parrish A. Highley | Somewhere I've Never Travelled | 11/27/2009 (3 out of 5 stars) "The album itself is five stars, but the primates let loose to remaster this bring it down to three. Now, I like the strong presentation of the midrange that SACD renders, but the midrange on this SACD is so inordinately exaggerated that it is almost unlistenable. If you have two-way speakers and are slightly tone deaf to midrange frequencies, then this mix might work for you. However, if you have normal sensitivity to midrange frequencies AND a dedicate midrange on three-way speakers, then this is a far, far cry from what this music is supposed to sound like. The loudness issue rears its ugly head as well, but even that pales to what these monkeys did to the midrange. If you are an audiophile, you may want to track down the dvd-audio of this album instead. My only hope is that, once again, Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs will step up to the plate and show everyone how a remaster is supposed to be done. I normally refrain from scathing reviews as I would like to give the potential target of my ire the benefit of the doubt, but there is no doubt here. If this was intended for audiophiles, then this remaster is unforgivable." If you are interested in the SACD disc, forget this album D. Follette | upstate NY | 04/28/2010 (1 out of 5 stars) "I am one of the few people (the rest of you know who you are) who believe that SACD has been the missed opportunity that audio fans and music lovers who don't want to be bothered with vinyl were waiting for. So with that in mind, I really purchased this for the SACD portion of the set. I am of an age that I remember ELP at their peak and always hoped to get a great digital remaster of one or all of their best recordings. As far as the SACD disc goes this is not it. In fact it is by far the worst SACD I have ever purchased, popular or classical. I own two of the best SACD players ever built, the Sony SCD-XA9000ES and the Marantz reference player. I first decided to preview the SACD disc on the Sony using the headphone jack and my Sennheiser HD600s. The sound on the first track Jerusalem was so bad- literally distorted, that I thought there was a problem with the player or the headphones. I switched to the Marantz and my Sony MDR-F1 headphones and it sounded even worse! At that moment I realized I should have taken some of the negative reviews more seriously. Although some of the later tracks on the SACD disc are better, overall in is bad, just bad. It is an embarrassment that any studio engineer and any recording label actually issued this disc. The CDs are good, not great, but listenable. But if you were hoping for the full SACD experience that was possible for ELP you will be bitterly disappointed." Don't waste your money John Montgomery | 03/08/2010 (1 out of 5 stars) "The only reason to buy this packaging over previous versions is the SACD disc, so this review concerns only that disc.
This is quite possibly the worst SACD engineering effort ever. If there's a worse one, I certainly don't want to hear it. After the opening song I was switching with known discs to make sure my system was not broken. After the second song I moved to another system to ensure there weren't compatibility issues with that player. The mid range is highly boosted in most places, the bass is nearly nonexistent, the high frequencies come and go within songs, but mostly from the rear channels, rarely from the front. Lake's vocals disappear into the background as if he's singing from a pub next door, only to come out full force from nowhere, then retreat again. The volume of the rear channels is jacked way up relative to the front. Instruments switch channels at apparently random times, creating an experience like a Quadrophonic demo LP. Rather than feeling like you're in the middle of the studio, you feel as if you are listening to a child with a panning joystick. Given the imbalance in equalization and volume, this effect is particularly grating, as within a single passage an instrument will jump from a boosted channel with full high end to a softer one with compressed highs then back again. Even the liner notes are a mess, with "Manticore" sometimes spelled "Manicure," and incorrect references to the musicians' respective backgrounds. If you want the CD, buy another edition. This set is not worth having at any price, let alone a high one." |
