Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Trilogy"

Posted by Mr_Steady (A) on September 21, 2015 at 18:26:00

So you don't trust the record companies? Thinking they might pull a fast one? Well do I have a hi-res release for you. I had to analyze all 19 songs to figure out what these guys were up to.

This album is sold in Deluxe Edition as a 24/96 download. It has the original mix album, a remastered version of the album, and a bonus track. 19 songs for $20.

Now for the bad news.

Of the original mix, 8 songs are upsampled 16/44, and one is a poor quality MP3, like 128kbps, and yes it's upsampled to 24/96.

The bonus track is listed as 24/48, and it is solid.

The remastered version has 7 songs that look to be very good quality hi-res files. I would put them at 24/88, but they qualify as 24/96. The above graph shows a quality hi-res file.

Of the two remaining songs. "Trilogy" is a straight 16/44 upsample, and they don't even try to hide it.

The song "Fugue" looks like a 320kbps MP3 upsampled to 24/96. No I'm not joking.

Fugue is just Keith Emerson's piano. It sounds so great on my big horns, and Razor and Tie record company says I can only have a MP3 version of it? Should that be good enough for me? I could type out a long answer, and state my opinion that they are a bunch of dirty rotten bastards, but I won't.

My one point is; they must have offered these two compromised songs for proprietary reasons. Are these two songs so great that people would copy them and use them in commercials, or in some other way siphon off their coke money? Has anyone heard Trilogy or Fugue played on the radio lately?

I guess if you figure that hi-res songs are $2.50 a piece, then it's not a rip off, sort of.

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Topic - Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Trilogy" - Mr_Steady 18:26:00 09/21/15 (24)

RE: Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Trilogy" - Dave_K 04:52:08 09/23/15 (1)

RE: Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Trilogy" - Mr_Steady 18:17:32 09/23/15 (0)

RE: Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Trilogy" - Mr_Steady 18:30:30 09/21/15 (21)

Can you explain - tcell 10:56:59 09/22/15 (7)

RE: Can you explain - Mr_Steady 15:30:33 09/22/15 (6)

Yes, your modified interpretation makes more sense - tcell 05:43:26 09/23/15 (1)

RE: Yes, your modified interpretation makes more sense - Mr_Steady 18:39:20 09/23/15 (0)

RE: Can you explain - John Elison 01:08:57 09/23/15 (3)

RE: Can you explain - Mr_Steady 17:55:59 09/23/15 (1)

Thanks! /nt\ - John Elison 00:21:01 09/24/15 (0)

RE: Can you explain - BE 10:00:11 09/23/15 (0)

RE: Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Trilogy" - Mr_Steady 18:44:15 09/21/15 (12)

recorded from vinyl - rrob 07:51:44 09/27/15 (9)

RE: recorded from vinyl - Mr_Steady 08:08:25 09/27/15 (0)

RE: recorded from vinyl - John Elison 08:05:58 09/27/15 (7)

RE: recorded from vinyl - Mr_Steady 08:23:51 09/27/15 (5)

RE: recorded from vinyl - John Elison 10:04:29 09/27/15 (4)

RE: recorded from vinyl - Mr_Steady 18:11:00 09/27/15 (0)

Another thing.... - John Elison 10:16:40 09/27/15 (2)

half speed - rrob 14:12:31 09/27/15 (1)

RE: half speed - John Elison 14:57:58 09/27/15 (0)

another view of Fugue - rrob 08:13:54 09/27/15 (0)

RE: Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Trilogy" - fantja 15:25:41 09/22/15 (1)

RE: Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Trilogy" - Mr_Steady 15:55:01 09/22/15 (0)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Trilogy"

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