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Oregon: Beyond Words. Recorded in 1995, at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, New York City; remastered for surround sound in 2003. Engineer: Bob Katz. 71+ minutes. Chesky SACD 252.
This SACD release, which musically reminds me of some of the Yellow Jackets, Flim and the BBs, and Spies CD recordings I have heard (with the addition of some well-handled guitar playing), was clearly not recorded with surround sound in mind. How do I know? Well, the blurb sheet that came with the disc says that it was recorded direct to two tracks, meaning that any surround or discrete-center feeds applicable to SACD multi-channel production would have to have been added later on as afterthoughts.
OK, there is no problem with the center-channel feed, because there is no discrete center information at all. The center is a phantom image. The surrounds are fairly low in ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Oregon: Beyond Words.(Sound Recording Review)