This one's been 36 years in the making — or you could call it 100 years ahead of schedule, depending on how you look at it. I’m talking about the DTS-HD Master Audio 96-kHz/24-bit 5.1 Blu-ray version of it’s-about-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Rush’s 1976 epic 2112 (Anthem/Mercury).
Porcupine Tree mastermind Steven Wilson (holding down the middle position and leaning on the center channel in the accompanying photo) dropped by the S&V offices yesterday for a 2-hour surround-sound listening session with yours truly (at right) and entertainment editor Ken Richardson (at left).
Also: The National, Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke, Audra McDonald, “Women of Brazil,” and more. Plus: notable historical items from the Rolling Stones, Primus, and Captain Beyond.
Also, Side Effects, Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Classics: The Public Enemy, The Petrified Forest, Little Caesar, White Heat, True Bloods: Season 5, Beautiful Creatures, Parker, The Last Stand, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle.
