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Neil Young's Toast"

Toast
Due Out TBD

Eight years ago, Young cut an entire disc of new material with Crazy Horse, only to abandon it just before it was done. "I didn't like it when I first made it," Young says. He likes the album now: "It's a mind-blowing record, very moody, kind of jazzy. The whole thing has got a massive sound." Young has mastered the disc's 5.1 surround sound and plans to release it in the near future. But even if there's a new Crazy Horse record, will there be a tour? "Maybe," says Young, sounding uncertain. "I'm not thinking about that right now."

Wish You Were Here in 2009

I just lifted this from brain-damage.co.uk...keep your picts crossed Possibly in 2009: Wish You Were Here SACD (Super Audio CD) One of the most anticipated releases, that is still not on a confirmed release footing, is the Super Audio CD (SACD) of Wish You Were Here. This has been promised for some time, and indeed, in Storm Thorgerson's latest edition of Mind Over Matter, he showcases the artwork for the release which he states "is due in February 2008", which clearly didn't happen! In an interview with David Gilmour published in September 2008 he confirmed that work was still ongoing on the release, and this is the latest information we have on this. As and when we hear anything else, we will update this page.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 06 December 2008 )

Grammy's for 2009

The annual Grammy awards for 2009 were announced last week. For those of you care and are still picking over what's left of our depleted choices on the new release schedules...whew.

For recordings released during the Eligibility Year
October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008

...and the nominees for Best Surround Sound Album of the year are NOT David Gilmour's " On An Island" found in the 5 disc edition of "Live in Gdansk", don't look for No-Man's "Schoolyard Ghosts" either, Porcupine Tree's "Lightbulb Sun", nope, no "Watershed" for Opeth and not a single album from the 2nd box set release from Genesis...instead...take a breath...RINGO DID?!...the horror..go Mussorgsky...I guess...

Best Surround Sound Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• Divertimenti
  Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L'Orange, surround mix engineers; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse & TrondheimSolistene)
  [2L]
  
  
• Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina
  Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Robert Woods, surround producer (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
  [Telarc]
  
  
• Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works
  John Newton, surround mix engineer; Jonathan Cooper & Mark Donahue, surround mastering engineers; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)
  [Chandos]
  
  
• Ringo 5.1 The Surround Sound Collection
  Bruce Sugar, surround mix engineer; Chris Bellman, surround mastering engineer; Bill Crowley, Ringo Starr & Bruce Sugar, surround producers (Ringo Starr)
  [Koch]
  
  
• Sensurround + B-Sides
  Toru Takayama, surround mix engineer; Ryuichi Tanaka & Yu Yamaguchi, surround mastering engineers; Keigo Oyamada, surround producer (Cornelius)
  [Everloving]