Multichannel Audio Recommendations?

Because I really enjoy multichannel music, I'm looking for multichannel audio recommendations (DVD-Audio, SACD, Blu-ray Audio, Downloads); any genre.

I already own the following multichannel audio discs:

Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic (SACD)
Carole King - Tapestry (SACD)
Derek & The Dominos - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (SACD)
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (DVD-Audio)
Eagles - Hotel California (SACD)
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors (DVD-Audio)
George Harrison - Live In Japan (SACD)
Graham Nash - Songs For Beginners (DVD-Audio)
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (DVD-Audio)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (SACD)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (SACD)
R.E.M. - Automatic For The People (DVD-Audio)
R.E.M. - Document (DVD-Audio)
Stay in Tune with PentaTone (SACD)
The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (SACD)
The Police - Every Breath You Take - The Classics (SACD)

Please let me know your favorites.

 

Pink Floyd-Division Bell and Endless River
David Gilmour-On An Island, Rattle that Lock
Billy Joel-52nd St., The Stranger (exceptional!)
ELP-Tarkus, ELP,
Steely Dan-Gaucho
Toto-IV
All the R.E.M. DVD-A's
David Crosby-If I Could Only Remember My Name
Queen-The Game, ANATO
Tears For Fears-Songs From the Big Chair
Beck-Sea Change
Mark Knopfler-Sailing to Philadelphia
All King Crimson DVD-A Sets
All XTC Blu-Ray Sets
All of the SW Jethro Tull Sets (awesome stuff and I am not a huge fan!)
Neil Young-Harvest
Genesis-I like all of the surround mixes but some hate them
Blue Oyster Cult-Secret Treaties
Bread-Best of Bread
All of the Talking Heads discs

That should be enough to get you started!!!

 

speaking of dvd-a i just bought the beatles love dvd-a i have a denon 2900 as my player. it will play my other dvd-a discs but not this one any suggestions.

 

Beyond what you already mentioned:

Queen - A Night At The Opera
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi vs the Pink Robots
Elton John - Madman Across The Water
Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
Roxy Music - Avalon
Steely Dan - Gaucho
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Lyle Lovett - Joshua Judges Ruth
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
Chicago - Chicago VII
XTC - Skylarking
Beatles - Love
Pat Metheny Group - Imaginary Day
Yes - Close to the Edge
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain

 

-Any Steven Wilson remix (King Crimson are my favorite) or any of his solo or Porcupine Tree albums.
-Deep Purple Machine Head DVDA
-The Allman Brothers Eat a Peach SACD
-Rush Moving Pictures, Farewell to Kings

 

All the AF SACD quad discs are a must have in my opinion.

 

Yes, yes, I have that same CD+DVD package. My Win7 computer will not play the CD of that package.
I think, EMI was trying and playing with some "copy protection" schemes, which are more correctly described as playback prevention and honest-customer frustration devices.
Maybe, they also corrupted the DVD with such "copy protection" and honest-customer frustration devices.

Had you, unintentionally, bought the Love CD+DVD package from a counterfeit pirate producer, you would not have to worry about these playback problems.
Had you downloaded the content of that package from some internet file sharing websites, you would not be plagued by such playback problems.
But, you fool, you was honest and bought that album from the legitimate copyright owners, and as a reward for your honesty, you are prevented from just using what you have payed for.

That's the way the record industry bussiness goes, that's the way they try to win their honest devoted customers in buying theirs corrupted playback-prevented releases.
Because, if they do so, their customers get the kick in the crotch (no playback).
While all those who downloaded the contents from file sharing website, received a much better product which will playback on any device.
And those, who unintentionally bought a counterfeit product, will not experience any playback problems at all.

Sorry, I cannot help you with your playback problem.
I jsut want to make it clear, where the problem lies.

 

Elton John SACDs
King Crimson
All the Yes BluRays
Emerson Lake Palmer 1st 2 albums
Tubular Bells
Oxygen Jean Michelle Jarre

 

Some good ones-
Essential 5.1 mixes?

 

Thanks folks for your inputs.

Any recommendations for superb versions of multichannel opera or classical?

 

There have been some cute uses of multi-channel

There a James Taylor multi-channel SACD where he sing "I'm in the back seat" or something like that, and the voice moves to the rear speakers for that line. Can't remember which album.

There's a Destiny's Child SACD where the guitar lick on "Bootylicious" (sampled from Stevie Nicks' "Edge of Seventeen"), goes around the room from speaker to speaker, essentially circling the listener for the whole track.

 

Hello,
the Moody Blues "Days of Future passed" sounds good in surround. I have a dts CD of it.

 

I'd like to agree with you but few are my taste in music!

 

Definitely hit and miss depending on your taste for the albums they have chosen thus far to release in Quad. However, it's great that they have done so and I hope the program continues! These old quad mixes that have been languishing in the vaults for decades really need to see the light of day before its too late.

 

The Bjork surrounded box is excellent even if it is DTS surround. Homogenic Might be my pick but debut and post are also great!

 

Seal - Best...worth it for Kiss Like a Rose, let alone the rest.

All the Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson surround stuff.

Gavin Harrison - Cheating the Polygraph

Bryan Adams - Reckless...only the PCM 5.1 stream though, the other two are dreadful!

 

If you like quality pop/rock I would suggest Toy Matinee, if you're able to seek out the DVD-audio disc. Stunnig, immersive mix.

Lark's Tounges In Aspic (DVD-audio) is another winner for me, with the combo of Brufords drumming and Muirs percussion really surrounding you.

 

Most classical surround releases use the rear channels mostly for room ambience. I always found that dissatisfying. Then I discovered TACET, a German label that releases great quality recordings in what they call "Real Surround", meaning that the instruments are placed all around you.



I have almost all of their surround releases and I love them. You get to hear so much more details than in a stereo recording.

Here is a list of their titles in surround (for some strange reason, the SACD of Beethoven's 9th is not on it - a big recommendation from me).

Unfortunately, they are not really cheap, especially when you buy them from abroad. The UK vendor MDT has some decent prices, though.

 

Super Furry Animals:

Rings Around The World

Phantom Power

Amazing value.

 

Anything by Steven Wilson (King Crimson, Jethro Tull, XTC, it's all great). Also:
Roxy Music - Avalon (SACD)
Jeff Wayne - War Of The Worlds (SACD)
Elton John - Elton John (SACD), it makes Paul Buckmaster's orchestrations sound less overblown
Beatles - Love (DVD-A)
Genesis - The more recent titles like Duke, Genesis (Mama) and Invisible Touch. I don't really like those of the 70s albums, which is sad since I like the music a lot more.
Steely Dan - Gaucho (SACD), when are we going to get the other albums?

 

There have been so many multichannel mixes that originally weren't my taste, that I now think are great, I have lost count. They are expensive however, and I fully understand the apprehension. My taste is very broad and I like every one of them.

 

Paul McCartney & Wings - Venus & Mars DTS (better than Band on the Run DTS, imho)
Moody Blues - the 'core 7' are available on SACD with surround (quad) To Our Childrens Childrens Children is great in surround.
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle DTS
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Roxy Music - Avalon - sounds fantastic but is expensive now.

There's a Chicago box set called QUADIO (Blu-ray) that sounds wonderful in surround. And it's a bargain.

 

To those recommending Roxy Music - Avalon on SACD, good luck to anybody who can find a used copy for < $100!

 

Thanks for the heads up on this, I'll have to keep an eye out. I'm a very casual classical listener (I really enjoy going to see our symphony, but rarely listen at home for some reason), but the idea of a surround mix that feels like you're on the stage is really intriguing. I don't know why more don't do that...the 'rear ambience' thing doesn't really add much in this genre, IMO.

 

If you are patient and look hard enough the Avalon hybrid SACD can be found for $50-$75.

Amazon.com: Buying Choices: Avalon
Buy Roxy Music - Avalon (SACD) at Discogs Marketplace