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No. 12 in the SDE Surround Series of exclusive Blu-ray Audio is a 40th anniversary exploration of ABC's seminal 1982 album 'The Lexicon Of Love'. Enjoy FOUR Steven Wilson Remixes (including Dolby Atmos). Limited to 5,000 units worldwide > https://bit.ly/3JxO2dq

In terms of what’s on the SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio, it very much mirrors what we did with the best-selling (and now sold out) blu-ray audio of Tears For Fears’ The Hurting. It includes FIVE versions of the album:

The Lexicon of Love – Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix
The Lexicon of Love – Steven Wilson DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix (96/24)
The Lexicon of Love – Steven Wilson Stereo Mix in hi-res (96/24)
The Lexicon of Love – Steven Wilson Instrumental mix in hi-res stereo (96/24)
The Lexicon of Love – Original 1982 mix in hi-res stereo 96/24
All four Steven Wilson mixes are previously unreleased and an instrumental version of the album is entirely unheard (and fascinating!).

Here’s what Martin Fry has to say about Wilson’s work on this album: “…Part-alchemy and part-archaeology. Steven had unearthed all the magic that lay within the analogue tapes of the original recordings with dexterity and diligence, shining a light on all that lay inside. The mix is vivid and crystal clear. True to the spirit of what was on tape all those years ago”.

A point of detail: the blu-ray in the 4LP vinyl box offers the promo videos (including Mantrap) – these don’t feature on the SDE version. However, the blu-ray that comes with the vinyl box doesn’t include the original 1982 mix of The Lexicon of Love (it’s on the SDE disc in hi-res 96/24 stereo) so the disc in the vinyl box set has four versions of the album and not five.

Of course, the SDE-exclusive doesn’t require you to buy four vinyl records to enjoy the spatial audio mixes, which is a positive! This ABC blu-ray audio is No 12 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series
The SDE Surround Series so far is:

#1 Tears For Fears: The Tipping Point

#2 xPropaganda: The Heart Is Strange

#3 Gilbert O’Sullivan: Driven

#4 Shakespears Sister: Hormonally Yours

#5 Brian Eno: FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE

#6 Orbital: Optical Delusion

#6.5 Various Arists: Concert For George

#7 Ten Years After: A Space In Time

#8 Bob Dylan: Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

#9 Tears For Fears: The Hurting

#10 Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells

#11 Suede

I wake up in the middle of the night thinking the Erasure BDs have come only to realize it's a dream again.

C'mon, BMG....

Tin Soldier wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:38 am I wake up in the middle of the night thinking the Erasure BDs have come only to realize it's a dream again.

C'mon, BMG....

I'd honestly buy every single album again if they released them in BD audio. Come on BMG just give me a reason to give you my money.
Wouldn't say no to a few BD video releases either. I'm sure they could get Yahoo to flog them the rights to the Violet Flame Boston gig.

opalfruit wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 11:53 am

Tin Soldier wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:38 am I wake up in the middle of the night thinking the Erasure BDs have come only to realize it's a dream again.

C'mon, BMG....

I'd honestly buy every single album again if they released them in BD audio. Come on BMG just give me a reason to give you my money.
Wouldn't say no to a few BD video releases either. I'm sure they could get Yahoo to flog them the rights to the Violet Flame Boston gig.

I'd be on cloud nine for all of that, but I imagine BMG would see more value in BD album releases as the rights are already held.