Blu-ray Audio · Dolby Atmos · 5.1 Surround · Stereo · 4.0 Quadraphonic
Jethro Tull's Aqualung, remixed in Dolby Atmos by Steven Wilson.
This Blu-ray Audio brings together the Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround and stereo mixes by Steven Wilson, the 4.0 quadraphonic mix prepared in 1974 and 23 tracks spanning the album, alternative versions and studio recordings.
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Hard riffs, acoustic pauses and a flute you never forget
Issued in 1971, Aqualung is the fourth studio album by Jethro Tull and the one that made them known worldwide. It moves between rock songs with cutting guitars and acoustic pages close to chamber music: from the title track "Aqualung" to the drive of "Locomotive Breath" and the gentleness of "Wond'ring Aloud".
Ian Anderson's flute and voice lead the sound, Martin Barre's guitars give it weight and John Evans' organ bridges the two sides of the record. That play of opposites made it a cornerstone of progressive rock, loved even by listeners who rarely go near the genre.
In the Dolby Atmos mix every layer finds its place: acoustic and electric guitars, voice, flute and organ, packed tightly in the original mix, open up in the room without losing the gap between the loudest passages and the most intimate ones. And it is the first time Aqualung in Atmos comes out on disc.
Four ways to hear the same album
DOLBY ATMOS
Steven Wilson's new mix, at 24 bit/48 kHz: instruments and voices are placed in front, to the sides, behind and above the listener.
5.1 SURROUND
The multichannel mix at 24 bit/96 kHz, for surround systems without height channels.
STEREO
The two-channel mix at 24 bit/96 kHz, made together with the multichannel ones.
1974 4.0 QUADRAPHONIC
The four-channel mix from the Seventies: a period piece well worth hearing next to today's mixes.
Why this edition
Steven Wilson's Dolby Atmos
An immersive listen for an album built on contrasts.
High resolution
Stereo and 5.1 in 24 bit/96 kHz, Atmos in 24 bit/48 kHz.
The original quadraphonic too
The disc carries the 1974 4.0 mix, not only the new mixes.
23 tracks
The album, alternative versions and material from the original sessions, with the first drafts of "Aqualung" and "Locomotive Breath".
You can listen before you buy
Record of the month for November — you can hear it at our premises. In Videosell's Ellipse room you can compare the same passage in stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos.
Listening is free, by appointment and with no obligation to buy, at our premises in Trezzano sul Naviglio.
