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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 - Storgårds | Scott A. - June 13, 2025
After emailing Chandos, I was told the forthcoming disc of symphonies 1 & 3 was switched to CD because the only hybrid SACD plant went down for 12 weeks of maintenance. They ...
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 - Storgårds | Scott A. - June 1, 2025
The next issue in the cycle, as listed on Presto, contains Symphonies 1 and 3 and is slated for release on August 15th. Unfortunately, it appears to be a plain CD, catalog ...
Holst: The Planets - Martin | diw - Today 01:29 pm
Can anyone who owns this SACD verify that this is a Multichannel recording? NativeDSD is only offering downloads in stereo. I am surprised because two previous recordings on ...
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 - Wilson | DYB - June 9, 2025
What puzzles me is 24/96. Why stop at 96? Why not go to DXD? Is there a reason not to? Does the set-up change if the resolution is bumped to it? They can't be worried about ...
Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - Chauhan | Stephen Wright - May 26, 2025
The 2nd suite !!! Maybe Chandos will record all four?????
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 - Wilson | Peter Martin - May 25, 2025
Does anyone else find Chandos SACDs to be edgy and harsh in the strings? The better my playback equipment has become during the past decade, the worse Chandos discs have ...
Mozart the Progressive - Wessel | EugenF - June 5, 2025
The next Volume scheduled for March 2025 was again postponed ?
Mozart the Progressive - Wessel | Adrian Quanjer - June 8, 2025
The recording was scheduled for March, the release may be later. I'll ask again. It's now done.Release in the coming months
Allan Holdsworth: IOU
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Comment by Paul - November 18, 2024 (1 of 3)
Does anyone have any information on the record label that is issuing this release, IAC Music Japan?
Based on the research that I have done this appears to be an Japanese bootleg record label that according to the Discogs database has issued over 150 CD’s and SACD’s and of that number all are listed as “Unofficial Releases” with only about 25 not being labelled as such.
It seems pretty clear that IAC Music Japan is a bootleg record label so one has to wonder what source(s) are they using for the four Allan Holdsworth SACD releases. Most likely these will be sourced from the Manifesto Records CD remasters and simply be pressed and released on the SACD format which will yield zero audio benefits whatsoever.
If anyone has any additional info on IAC Music Japan or these upcoming Holdsworth SACD releases please leave a comment here to follow up.
Comment by Paul - January 19, 2025 (2 of 3)
I just received my SACD copy of this recording yesterday and I am pleased to report that this is indeed a 100% official release in addition to the other three Allan Holdsworth SACD titles that were also just released on IAC Music Japan.
Comment by Paul - February 9, 2025 (3 of 3)
Holdsworth’s classic I.O.U. album has finally arrived on the ultimate audio format… SACD!
Anyone that appreciates and loves Holdsworth’s music is going to want a copy of this album on SACD. This is without question THE definitive version of this album and is likely to never be surpassed in anyones lifetime sonically speaking. It’s all here: The high end, the bottom end the mids, all perfectly captured on the SACD audio format.
I have been listening to this album for over 40 years having originally purchased it on LP and then many CD reissued versions over the years. This SACD puts every other version to shame, there simply is no comparison…
Buy it before it goes out of print!
R.I.P. Allan Holdsworth