Queen A Night At The Opera DVD-A cue?

Very disappointing - it seems that the last track is missing on the LPCM version :-(. So, I'm afraid that my only option is to dowmix the 6ch. to stereo with all the negative impacts on the SQ.

When I tried to extract the 2ch PCM from this one a while back, all I could get were the 6ch tracks.  Luckily it's not one of the better sounding DVD-As.  Certainly not a patch on the Grateful Dead releases.

@Simon, the single WAV file is 1.073.741.804 Bytes

@Richard, you are right - the sound is not really great. What software have you used to rip it - DVD audio extractor shows both the 6ch and the 2ch LPCM with the above limitations - single track and "God Save The Queen" missing :-(

I saw now there is a new 2011 double CD remaster on amazon - any experience with it? There is not info about the second CD - here is the German Amazon link:

http://www.amazon.de/Night-Ope..._tracks_all_1#disc_1

Because it costs around 20 EUR the question is - is it worth it?

> Certainly not a patch on the Grateful Dead releases.

True in every respect, Richard, especially the music . I have the DVD-A of American Beauty ripped to my computer and it is staggering. The HDCD releases are really superb as well. AOTS and Aoxomoxoa sound even better than the vinyl, but I think there is some Phil Lesh remixing involved, as he always seems to want to do what he can to give us the best sound - one of music's Mr Nice Guys is Phil; spent lots of his cash helping artists across the world who couldn't get funding and didn't even want to claim the credit for it.  

The few Queen albums I have, which include, NATO, are Japanese and the sound is fine in my view. I have ripped these. DVD-As seem to vary; plus I have no way of playing a DVD-A except by ripping to my computer.  

Ilko - you could use Audacity to split the tricks - it is free and really easy to use. 

All the best, Guy

Hi Guy -

Your comments about Phil Lesh are so very true.  Really nice man, and one fine bass player!

Mrs. Hook is traveling this weekend, so I spent most of last night turning back the clock to 1972...

http://www.amazon.com/Dicks-Pi...tanley/dp/B00004TYB9

This was one of their first gigs after Donna and Keith joined the band (and after Pigpen became ill).  One of the concert's highlights was a 30m+ version of Dark Star.  I think this must have been one of the last times this anthem was played live.  They pretty much retired it after Pigpen died.  This concert was very well recorded, and the CD has excellent sound quality.  Highly recommended!

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before on this forum that I attended dozens and dozens of Dead shows during my mostly misspent youth, and still have a great fondness for the band.   And despite all the smoke (and the occasional window pane), I do recall many of the them quite vividly!   It seemed like during every concert, there would be 3 or 4 periods of about 10-15 minutes each, where everything just fell into sync -- the sound system, the playing, the singing, the crowd -- and the result was just so freaking blissful!   I get chills thinking back to those times.

My favorite memory of the Dead was in Norfolk, Virgina, in April of 1982.  Mrs. Hook and I had been married about a year, and we stayed at the near-empty Strawberry Inn.   And so did the Dead.   The morning after the show, at about 10am, we were sitting alone in their dining room.   The band came in, and sat down too.   We spent the next thirty minutes trying really hard to act cool...but of course we were straining to hear each and every thread of their private conversations!    We left them alone, until they started to leave, at which point we walked over and thanked them for the show.  I mentioned to Bob Weir that my favorite venue for seeing them was the Uptown theater on the north side of Chicago.   He got a big smile, and said "Yeah, we love playing there."  

Oh well, sorry to ramble on.   This was one of my very few brushes with fame, and the memories just came flooding back.   I'll never forget how big and black (and dilated) Jerry's eyes were.  Better stop now before I start misting up....

Hook

Simon,  thanks for the suggestion - EAC can really load the file, but I haven't split it because I re-rip the 6ch version. It is interesting, that some parts sound as they took something from the surround mix - at least to my ears, but I must say that I don't have DVD-A player / surround setup to compare with. I can't say it is an improvement over the 2ch rip - the general impression to me is something dull and flat with parts expressing something which shouldn't be expressed - at least to my ears. Perhaps, I'll really purchase the new 2011 remaster.

Hook, thanks for the memories... My last was Portland Maine around '84. We drove the pants off a "borrowed" (and rather wheezy) diesel Rabbit to get there in time, but I seem to recall it was worth it.  Can't be sure though as the memory is still a bit hazy...

G, you must hear the hi-res Workingman's Dead.  From a SQ point of view it's one of the very best DVD-As of all, and even works well in 5.1.

+1 on the Dead!