Remember The Future
Hill and Dale | Atlanta, GA USA | 09/27/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I do remember the future and the future is still today. This was an inspiring piece when it first appeared and I am so glad it's arrived on CD so it can be shared again. Sit back, put on the headphones and dance through the mental toadstools and clouds. The musicianship is simple, efficient and engaging. I did find the "extra" tracks to be a bit redundent - not different enough to make them really interesting - but I still enjoyed the original track, a lot!"
Nektar -- Remember The Future Hybrid SACD
A Music Fan | Forest Park, GA USA | 12/10/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Just listened to this with the 5.1 mix. As far as I can determine, it is the original quadraphonic mix, just sharper separation and wider dynamic range. The center channel contains low volume sound, essentially complementing the front channels. The difference is that where the quad decoder struggled to keep up with the quad mix, here the sound moves back and forth effortlessly, and you can hear what the band was originally intending. The blends of the vocal harmonies are really nice, and the placement of the vocals is unique to this record. Where many quad mixes maintained the main vocal parts up front, here they are all around you, sometimes coming from the rears with the keyboards and drums coming from the front. The lead guitar solo at the end of side one is still located in the left rear channel, but you can hear it moving between the front and back speakers, the reverb changing places with the main solo. This kind of nuance was tough to reproduce in matrix quad, even with a Tate. From a longtime fan's standpoint, that they didn't attempt to create a totally new mix appeals to me, the original sound is damn near perfect, so by preserving it in a sonically superior format they've made a statement that engineers working on other classic 'gem' albums would be wise to heed. The surround layer only contains the original record, the bonus cuts are on the SACD and CD stereo layers. Another good choice in my book, since when listening to multichannel versions of fave records, I rarely want to hear the extras, they tend to be distracting, at least to me. To sum it up, one of the true pioneering quad releases reproduced in the modern SACD format with class and reverence for what made it great to begin with. - Sandy, [...] 5/25/04"
Track Listings (4) - Disc #1