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May 19, 2008 - 1:36pm
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Alan Parsons Project "I Robot" DVD-A
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Interesting post, dc! I was never able to connect to APP in the '70's- too austere and numb. I wanted to be stoned- NOT my music. I preferred Traffic, ELO, Zappa, The Band, Capt. Beefheart, Bob Marley and a hundred others. I might just try APP based on your positive experience.
But I also share your desire for a hi-rez re-do of The Beatles catalog. My Beatle cd's are pretty horrible. "Love" is nice, but the originals would be better, to me anyway. With my luck someone will Blu-Ray the whole catalog and I'll be left in the dust.
Yeah, at the time APP seemed like studio drivel to me also. Compared to "Dark Side of the Moon" this was playing around. Now I look back at it and can't think of anything that equals "I Robot" as a studio tour de force. Most of, not all, the music stands up to the test of time and the instrumentals have a unique power.
It's under 20-bucks, so you can't go too far wrong.
Dave
Has I Robot been re-issued on DVD-A? You have to spend $89.99 for the DVD-A now. I hesitated because Alan Parson is a little hit and miss for me. at $90 I won't find out if it's a hit.
Interesting. It was only a month or two ago that I got it for under 20-bucks, in 24/192 format. It's certainly worth 20, but only you can tell if it's worth 4+ times as much.
If you really like it when new, then it's probably a must-have. For me it's more of a document of an amazing mix and production, even today, but amazingly new and fresh in its time.
Dave
My copy is a HDAD, with 24/96 on one side (playable by any DVD player) and 24/192 on the other, playable only on a DVD-A deck.
$90 seems pretty dear, but I suppose if it is out of print, someone that has a real APP jones would pay it.
Brian
update, I found Alan Parsons Project - I Robot for under $20
Maybe that means it will be released on Blu ray :-)