Days of Future Passed (Deluxe Edition) [Extra tracks, Hybrid SACD - DSD, Original recording remastered]

The Moody Blues | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 18, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1967
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Extra tracks, Hybrid SACD - DSD, Original recording remastered
• Label: Deram
• ASIN: B000E8NQTU
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,646 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Day Begins/Morning Glory

2. Dawn: Dawn Is a Feeling

3. The Morning: Another Morning

4. Lunch Break: Peak Hour

5. The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)/Time to Get Away

6. Evening: The Sun Set/Twilight Time

7. The Night: Nights in White Satin

Disc: 2

1. Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) [Alternate Mix]

2. Dawn Is a Feelin [Alternate Version]

3. The Sun Set [Alternate Version Without Orchestra]

4. Twilight Time [Alternate Vocal Mix]

5. Nights in White Satin [Mono Version]

6. Fly Me High [Mono Version]

7. I Really Haven't Got the Time [Mono Version]

8. Love and Beauty [Mono Version]

9. Leave This Man Alone [Mono Version]

10. Cities [Mono Version]

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

SACD/Hybrid. Digitally remastered digi-pack edition with the album mixed in 5.1 SACD sound Surround Sound, plus the original stereo mix with added tracks along with an expansive booklet containing sleeve notes are rare photographs. 'Days of Future Passed' features 19 bonus tracks. Universal. 2006.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here's the Info you Need:, June 25, 2008

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C. Lichiello "Ole Troll" (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Days of Future Passed (Deluxe Edition) (Audio CD)

If the viciously opposed viewpoints you've read under this product heading have you "on the fence," about whether it's worth 30-odd dollars plunked down, allow me to provide one, carefully considered clarification.

I'm sure you already know this work... probably intimately. I can't imagine you have any want or need for my opinion or analysis of the art, or its creators. But I honestly can't think of a good reason why someone would "invest" in this particular issue of it, IF THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE INFORMATION ENCODED ON THE DISCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Well ok... they can retrieve disc 2. I listened to it once. I doubt if I ever will again. It's fine, but I have always felt bonus tracks were primarly for completists, which if you ARE, of Moodies material, then it will be of value to you. Most of it sounds decent, but none of it sounds as good the SACD.

Ahhhh... the SACD... let me put it this way:

IT'S F-----G TRANSCENDENTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's as PERFECT as I can possibly imagine a mass-produced transfer of this album that you can own in your home being! Not only is it worth the $30-odd bucks for the set, IT'S ALSO WORTH ANOTHER $500 TO PURCHASE A COMPLETE SACD-capable SURROUND-SOUND SYSTEM AND SPEND TWO DAYS SETTING IT UP AND TWEAKING IT UNTIL IT'S PERFECT BEFORE TREATING YOUR EARS TO THIS INCREDIBLY SUBLIME BLISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have I given you a clue? Some people who already wrote reviews without ever HEARING the product, NEED one.

I was not concerned about the "cd layer" of the SACD, and I could never drag myself away from the totally immersing experience of the SACD in order to test it. If you want a "cd" of this title, there are much, MUCH less expensive options on the market, which you probably already own.

A final technical note:
As you know this SACD edition was sourced from a Quadrophonic mix made from the original 4-Track x 2 session masters, by (I think) Hugh Mendl in 1972. They chose to remain somewhat true to that source by NOT creating a fake (digital) center-channel, so the center speaker on a typical home theatre setup remains silent during playback. Had the decision been mine, I would have done the exact same thing. This one's spot - on!!!!!!!

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Collectors Version Is Finally Here!, April 18, 2006

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Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Days of Future Passed (Deluxe Edition) (Audio CD)

This latest edition of "Days Of Future Passed" has to be the last, as it is nearly perfect. The Moody Blues have never been keen on keeping old unused material, so what is presented here is very, very good and very, very rare. Now on SACD, the sound is faultless and the mixing is astounding. Besides the first seven tracks of the original, the second CD contains outtakes, singles, B-Sides and alternate versions of pre-"Days Of Future Passes" songs and BBC Sessions that are as solid and pure as a studio recording. This is the sound that will keep you mesmerized for years.

The remaining tracks are listed here and it is great to hear the complete album songs without the orchestration:

Tuesday Afternoon (Alternate Mix)
Dawn Is A Feeling (Alternate Version)
Sun Set (Alternate Vocal Mix)
Twilight Time (Alternate Vocal Mix)
Night In White Satin (Mono Single Version)
Fly Me High (Mono Single Version)
I Really Haven't Got The Time (Mono Single Version)
Love & Beauty (Mono Single Version)
Leave This Man Alone (Mono Single Version)
Cities (Mono Single Version)
Long Summer Days (Stereo Version)
Please Think About It (Stereo Version)
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (BBC Saturday Club 5/9/67)
Love & Beauty (BBC Easybeat Session 9/20/67
Leave This Man Alone (BBC Easybeat Session 9/20/67
Peak Hour (BBC Easybeat Session 9/20/67
Nights In White Satin (BBC Dave Symonds Session 1/1/68
Fly Me High (BBC Dave Symonds Session 1/1/68
Twilight Time (Live BBC Dave Symonds Session 1/1/68)

This is the ultimate collection of the Moody Blues first successful album and an important piece in musical history. The box is half plastic and half cardboard which might not last as long as a regular CD package. However, the liner package notes are exhaustive with many new pictures and a complete history.

(Note: Disc 1 is an SACD mix made from the original quadraphonic tapes. Disc 2 is the original remastered quadraphonic tapes - not SACD. This is seen as Disc 1 is gold colored and Disc 2 is silver).

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get an SACD Player and Hear For Yourself, May 25, 2007

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Andrew (Casselberry, FL, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Days of Future Passed (Deluxe Edition) (Audio CD)

I'm impressed by the lengths that some reviewers have taken to compare waveforms, etc. of the older discs compared to the new release of this album. However (coming from an audio engineer), if you do not have an SACD player, you cannot appreciate the sound that this disc produces. Direct Stream Digital technology, pioneered by Sony/Philips, is the closest a consumer can hear to what the original analog tapes sounded like. As far as I am concerned, the Mobility Sound Lab discs are propaganada that are worth nothing more than expensive toilet paper. Sure, it's great to get to hear someone else's remastered version of a disc. We all enjoy that to an extent. But if you want to hear what this album was designed to sound like in either stereo or quadrophonic format, you must do one of two things: 1)Buy this disc and 2)Make sure that you have an SACD player. This is a hybird (dual format) disc, so be sure that you're listening to the SACD version and not the CD version.