Sons of Apollo (feat. Portnoy & Sherinian)

[cramx3]

  I've seen those claims here plenty of times and don't deny them, my ears don't notice unless I really try. I know others have more sensitive ears and that stuff bothers them though, I get it, I'd rather them not loop the crowd noises and fake it.  If it's not there, it's not there. 

[Learning2Live]

Live at Luna Park is borderline infuriating to me because of this. I can't un-hear the crowd loop anymore whenever I pull that album out, which unfortunately isn't very often for me. Seems like a stupid reason to not listen to it I know, but it just interferes with my overall enjoyment of that album.

[Anguyen92]

^^ Nahhh, it's not a stupid reason to not listen to Live at Luna Park.  You think for a show in South America, I would expect the crowd there to be almost as ampted as Rush in Rio or Iron Maiden's Rock in Rio, and I feel like that didn't happen there and if it did, it wasn't as well mixed.   I did feel like the crowd was better mixed in Breaking the Fourth Wall (which apparently, I hear around here that they also added some post-production effects to that as well?).

[TAC]

LALP simply is not a good live album. It literally sounds like the entire thing was done in the studio with a crowd dubbed in. BTFW might actually be worse.

[The Walrus]

LALP simply is not a good live album. It literally sounds like the entire thing was done in the studio with a crowd dubbed in. BTFW might actually be worse.

Gotta agree with this. I like the production values of the two but maaan they don't feel live at all

[TAC]

The boot to the BTFW show is awesome.

Like James not remembering Erin's name, and thanking the "Boston" college of music.

[KevShmev]

No one should ever thank a Boston anything.

[Architeuthis]

No one should ever thank a Boston anything.

Unless it's Tom Scholz.. 

[Max Kuehnau]

LALP simply is not a good live album. It literally sounds like the entire thing was done in the studio with a crowd dubbed in. BTFW might actually be worse.

Gotta agree with this. I like the production values of the two but maaan they don't feel live at all

the notes are good though, that's what matters to me and so I listen to both of them regularly
Back to the topic at hand: I like how the live recording preserves some of the dynamics IMHO (which is not a given nowadays) and I'm sure that the guys had a good time that evening. (in that nothing is ever sounding "forced" in any way, in case you see what I mean) One thing I absolutely didn't take to kindly at all was The Show Must Go On. There only was one Freddie.

[KevShmev]

No one should ever thank a Boston anything.

Unless it's Tom Scholz.. 

Good point.

[faizoff]

I listened to the first track on Google Play Music and the recording sounds very muted, does anyone know if that is how the sound quality is for the blu-ray as well? I mean I don't care about audience noise or lack thereof and if it's piped in or not. I pay more attention to the instruments and if they are mixed in well.

I imagine the bluray to have more depth and meat in the audio track.
I can't find any technical details on the streams, does anyone have the bluray and care to chime in?

[ytserush]

No one should ever thank a Boston anything.

Unless it's Tom Scholz.. 

Or Robert Gordon Orr......

[ytserush]

Almost wondering if I should get the CD and DVD separately. I don't think I need an art book from this band. The level of interest just isn't there.

[Max Kuehnau]

Almost wondering if I should get the CD and DVD separately. I don't think I need an art book from this band. The level of interest just isn't there.

I'd say yes go get the CD/DVD version, because it features the entire show on the CDs. (in case you want to listen to the entire show that is)

[ytserush]

Almost wondering if I should get the CD and DVD separately. I don't think I need an art book from this band. The level of interest just isn't there.

I'd say yes go get the CD/DVD version, because it features the entire show on the CDs. (in case you want to listen to the entire show that is)

Losing the covers (especially those covers) doesn't really bother me like it might to some others.

 I just want something basic to hear and watch as the mood strikes.  Have to assume it's better than the studio album which I've not pulled off of the shelf in almost a year.

[Max Kuehnau]

Almost wondering if I should get the CD and DVD separately. I don't think I need an art book from this band. The level of interest just isn't there.

I'd say yes go get the CD/DVD version, because it features the entire show on the CDs. (in case you want to listen to the entire show that is)

Losing the covers (especially those covers) doesn't really bother me like it might to some others.

 I just want something basic to hear and watch as the mood strikes.  Have to assume it's better than the studio album which I've not pulled off of the shelf in almost a year.

I like to think it is better than the studio album (by quite a considerable margin if I may say so myself, having only listened to the studio album once. The live album is a lot more "vibrant", if that word is a good descriptor)

[Lowdz]

Not had chance to watch the full thing yet with any great volume but I played the covers on the blu Ray. I liked what I heard but the guitar and vocals are mixed a bit low for me.

I’m a fan of the album so quite looking forward to seeing the whole thing.

[Max Kuehnau]

Not had chance to watch the full thing yet with any great volume but I played the covers on the blu Ray. I liked what I heard but the guitar and vocals are mixed a bit low for me.

I’m a fan of the album so quite looking forward to seeing the whole thing.

I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself

[Evermind]

Not had chance to watch the full thing yet with any great volume but I played the covers on the blu Ray. I liked what I heard but the guitar and vocals are mixed a bit low for me.

I’m a fan of the album so quite looking forward to seeing the whole thing.

I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself

I'm also sure he will. What about Sons of Apollo though?

[Madman Shepherd]

Delivery delayed another week. My friend didn't preorder and new orders are saying they will be shipped in one month. What the hell is going on?

[ytserush]

Delivery delayed another week. My friend didn't preorder and new orders are saying they will be shipped in one month. What the hell is going on?

Isn't that the modus operandi for Amazon these days?  I don't bother with ordering music from them any more since it doesn't seem to be a priority.

[JayOctavarium]

Delivery delayed another week. My friend didn't preorder and new orders are saying they will be shipped in one month. What the hell is going on?

Isn't that the modus operandi for Amazon these days?  I don't bother with ordering music from them any more since it doesn't seem to be a priority.

I remember when I'd order things on Amazon and it would arrive a day or 2 before the release date.


Those were good times.

[ProfessorPeart]

Amazon and Inside Out seem to have issues. I pre-order lots of music from Amazon and I routinely run into issues with Inside Out pre-orders. Not sure what the deal is with that.

[Adami]

Amazon said delivery would by Sep 29th. Walmart said Sep 5th.

Walmart it is.

[Max Kuehnau]

Delivery delayed another week. My friend didn't preorder and new orders are saying they will be shipped in one month. What the hell is going on?

Isn't that the modus operandi for Amazon these days?  I don't bother with ordering music from them any more since it doesn't seem to be a priority.

I remember when I'd order things on Amazon and it would arrive a day or 2 before the release date.


Those were good times.

very much so, and this is why I don't order my records with them anymore. I prefer Highresaudio.de (it's the German equivalent to HDtracks)

[cramx3]

Amazon said delivery would by Sep 29th. Walmart said Sep 5th.

Walmart it is.

hmm I see walmart sells the blu-ray only as well.  Might be getting mine there, but I'll hold off until after my travels the next couple weeks.

[MinistroRaven]

FROM MP FB page

I hope you are all now enjoying the brand new Sons Of Apollo Live release “Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony”
As you may have noticed, there are 2 cover songs that are on the CDs that we weren’t allowed to include on the Blu-ray or DVD because the label could not secure the video synch liscenses from the original bands. 😔

I’m sharing these 2 tracks for you to enjoy while you can…
I encourage you all to copy, save and share just in case “the powers that BLEED” eventually take it down...
Enjoy! 😎

Dream On:
https://youtu.be/jUzjilTxdzk

Comfortably Numb:
https://youtu.be/FwrXiM6590s

[cramx3]

That's awesome, I'll watch them later.

[TAC]

MP being very cool!

[MinistroRaven]

That's awesome, I'll watch them later.

I just downloaded them before YT blocks/remove them (It's a possibilty)

[Adami]

Watched Dream On.

It was okay. Jeff did okay.  The band played it as close to identical as possible, minus some drum fills, which I’m never a fan of.

Also another example of a pointless orchestra/choir.

But hey, based on what I’ve seen, might be the easiest pay day for them.

[Cool Chris]

Just watched Comfortably Numb. Here's something I never, ever thought I would say in my lifetime: Mike's vocals were better than those of the lead singer.

[Ben_Jamin]

Dream On is actually pretty good. Even though JSS sounds like he's straining, the song suited his voice, like his gritty high "Dream On".

[Madman Shepherd]

Delivery delayed another week. My friend didn't preorder and new orders are saying they will be shipped in one month. What the hell is going on?

Isn't that the modus operandi for Amazon these days?  I don't bother with ordering music from them any more since it doesn't seem to be a priority.

Yeah, last three new release I bought from there were all delayed. 2 were Inside Out, one was Frontier Records.

On the flip side, when I ordered the new Sacred Reich from indiemerch, it came 4 days early.

Just watched Comfortably Numb. Here's something I never, ever thought I would say in my lifetime: Mike's vocals were better than those of the lead singer.

You noticed that too? A little suspect to me, though. I suspect dubbing. He has never sounded that smooth live.

[BelichickFan]

This thread encouraged me to go back and listen to the debut again. My recollection was it was "OK but not Dream Theater".

So...yikes. This is awful. Some decent parts in God of the Sun. Solid, though, generic, chorus in Labyrinth. But as an album this is unlistenable for me. Just bland, disjointed songwriting with nothing to lift it up.

Dream Theater with a different singer would be better than this but it's scary that Portnoy wanted to replace James with a more powerful, lower voice.