![]() | Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition by Pink Floyd
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $8.99 This is the ultimate in Surround Sound and was already WAY ahead of it's time in 1973. Should be your FIRST surround sound purchase (in SACD)!
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![]() | Days of Future Passed by The Moody Blues
Buy new: $29.98 / Used from: $19.49 A classic several times over, the SACD HYBRID version sounds different than the DTS version, but both are great. Note that the bass has been mixed down unfortunately. I like both versions.
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![]() | Bee Gees - One Night Only / The Official Story
Buy new: $20.99 / Used from: $10.94 This fantastic concert had minimal re-editing, it was so pure. The sound is amazing! The second disc has the Bee Gees Biography with lots of extras - a great bargain!
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![]() | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $15.50 Elton's Classic double album sounds better in SACD HYBRID than the DTS version, but both sound great! This is a toss up!
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![]() | Singles 1969-1981 by The Carpenters
Buy used from: $12.95 Before you roll your eyes, some of these songs are real masterpieces of pop. The original recordings were amazing in themselves. Now in HYBRID SACD, you don't just hear Karen Carpenter inhale and breathe before she sings - you can hear her initially part her lips!
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![]() | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour by The Moody Blues
Buy new: $29.99 / Used from: $40.07 One of the original "Seven" Moody Blues albums, the song, "Procession" takes full advantage of surround sound, emulating the progression of musical styles since the begining of man to the present. It is amazing!"
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![]() | Hot Rocks 1964-1971 [DSD Remastered] by The Rolling Stones
Buy new: $20.99 / Used from: $16.97 The best of the Rolling Stones remastered in DSD (similiar to HYBRID SACD), the bad boys sound even better in your living room. Check out all their earlier releases in this format, including, "Let It Bleed". Note that DSD is NOT surround sound, unless stated on box.
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![]() | Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $8.49 One of the best rock 'n roll albums ever, this "recommended to be play loudly" album makes it sound like the band is in your living room. Great stuff! This version in stereo only. Check out "Heathen" for Multi-channel surround sound!
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![]() | Tapestry (Multichannel/Stereo) by Carole King
Buy new: $18.97 / Used from: $14.01 The classic album that has more artists cover her songs than most. Sounds incredible in SACD multi-channel format. Read the reviews to see which issues are stereo and which are multi-channel.
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![]() | Seal IV by Seal
Buy new: $24.98 / Used from: $3.50 R & B at it's best! Seal sounds fantastic - listen to "Love's Divine" and try NOT to be moved! This multi-channel DVD-Audio is tough to find.
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![]() | Say You Will (DVD Audio)
Buy used from: $25.88 DVD Audio is arguably almost as good as SACD and this album proves it. Remixed to improve on the original masters, you hear things you never thought were there.
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![]() | Madman Across the Water by Elton John
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.95 "Levon" and "Tiny Dancer" are the highlights, but ANY of Elton John's HYBRID SACD albums rock! Check out "Tumbleweed Connection" through "Peachtree Road".
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![]() | In Search of the Lost Chord by The Moody Blues
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $19.95 "Departure", "Ride My See-Saw" and "Legend Of A Mind" along with the other classics really make the original recording sound like tape hiss. Great remix, but unfortunately the second disc with extras is only in stereo.
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![]() | Love (CD + Audio DVD) by The Beatles
Buy new: $17.97 / Used from: $12.75 Originally mixed by George Martin and his son for Cirque du Soleil, this fantastic and faithful mix contains only original songs and sound effects produced by the Beatles. Once it is on, there is no turning it off - wonderful!
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![]() | Heathen by David Bowie
Buy used from: $1.95 The SACD version of this is clearly multi-channel and will blow you away. Strong, distinct bass, guitars, keyboards, special effects and vocals with Bowie songwriting make this SACD a knock-out! Note: This version shown is NOT the SACD - you'll have to hunt it down here on Amazon.com.
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![]() | On the Threshold of a Dream by Moody Blues
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $12.60 One of their best psychedelic albums; it sounds really, really bizarrely wonderful in this format. It's like tripping without the LSD! Unfortunately, the nine extra songs are only in stereo, but it still sounds great!
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![]() | David Live by David Bowie
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $8.95 Bowie's live albums are not always perfect, but in DTS, he brings out the energy he shows on stage - and I was at this concert! Check out "Stage", as well!
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![]() | 461 Ocean Boulevard [DTS] by Eric Clapton
Buy new: $14.92 / Used from: $13.89 Clapton's so-called 'come-back' album has all the fantastic blues that he is famous for, plus some surprises! Now in DTS format (note that this disc says High Definition - it's the same thing), you can hear every guitar, every instrument and every provocative word that Yvonne Elliman is singing!
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![]() | David Bowie - A Reality Tour
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $4.92 Forget about the fancy camera angles. Bowie and his band really deliver in the 'round with this inexpensive DVD. Listen to Gail the bass player during "Under Pressure". Amazing! Also, check out "Reality" as a a HYBRID/SACD or as a DUALDISC (lots of extra video features) all in 5.1 surround!
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![]() | A Night at the Opera by Queen
Buy used from: $32.99 Actually, I am referring to the DVD-AUDIO version of this album. How many times can you hear Freddy scream, "Bohemian Rhapsody" from seven different speakers? Remarkable!!! Hunt this down...it is what Surround Sound for Rock is all about! The band was said to be THRILLED when they heard the final mix result.
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![]() | Frampton Comes Alive! by Peter Frampton
Buy new: $19.97 / Used from: $12.99 This 'particular' double CD is NOT an SACD or DVD. You'll have to hunt for those on Amazon.com. For some reason, I cannot edit them into this list. For the version that is multi-channel, you need the DVD. The SACD is stereo only. The SACD is clearer but only available in stereo. If you have a "matrix" selection on your receiver, you can simulate surround sound from a stereo SACD.
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![]() | Captain Fantastic by Elton John
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $6.79 This precursor to the recent "Captain & The Kid" is a multi-channel wonder. Not only are the original ten songs remastered and remixed, but there are three more otherwise unavailable (in this format) songs added on. I can't wait for "Captain & The Kid" to be remixed in SACD multi-channel!
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![]() | Young Americans by David Bowie
Buy new: $17.97 / Used from: $13.20 This double disc set is remarkable in that, Bowie recorded ALL vocals and instruments in one take. He then took the backing vocals and placed them in the rear, pronounced his vocals to center front and changed some of the mixes completely! Check out "Fame" in particular!
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![]() | Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos
Buy used from: $22.27 The Clapton/Allman/Gordon Rock 'n Blues in Surround Sound!? Fantastic! "Layla" and "Bell Bottom Blues" never looked or sounded so good! Its not the best separation in sound, but it's better than stereo!
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![]() | Guilty by Barbra Streisand
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $3.03 I don't LIKE Streisand, particularly, but Barry Gibb has written, produced and co-sung such a great album for her that I had to include it. However, this is in DUALDISC format. One side is 5.1 Surround with videos and the other is the regular stereo CD. It is a thick format and I don't think it will carry on as being as popular as SACD, DVD or Dts.
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![]() | Guilty Pleasures by Barbra Streisand
Buy new: $19.97 / Used from: $0.26 Not as good as "Guilty" but the 5.1 sound is very good and she interviews well, paying tribute to the band members that make her sound good. DUALDISC won't last however - too thick a format!
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