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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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update, I found Alan Parsons Project - I Robot for under $20

Maybe that means it will be released on Blu ray :-)

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