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Exclusive to the SDE shop Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix 14 bonus tracks Exclusive Instrumental Mixes #30 in the SDE Surround Series Region-free blu-ray Release date: 17 January 2025.
The Who’s classic 1971 album Who’s Next – “arguably their artistic pinnacle” in the words of Alexis Petridis is now available to pre-order as an SDE-exclusive standalone blu-ray audio.
The bands fifth studio long-player emerged from the ashes of a project calledLifehouse, an ambitious multi-mediarock operaconceived byPete Townshend in 1969, but ultimately aborted.Whos Nextfeatures some of The Whos best known songs, including Baba ORiley and Wont Get Fooled Again.
The blu-ray was previously only available as part of the excellent, but expensive, super deluxe edition of Who’s Next, which was released just over a year ago. It features Steven Wilson remixes of Who’s Next and 14 bonus tracks. Those bonus tracks are of the highest quality and include unedited versions of singles such as ‘The Seeker’, ‘Let’s See Action’ and ‘Join Together’.
Wilson has created Dolby Atmos Mixes, dedicated 5.1 mixes and new stereo mixes of all 23 tracks on the blu-ray with the exception of ‘Bargain’ for which the multi-tracks unfortunately could not be found (a Penteo ‘upmix’ was created for that track for the spatial/surround mixes).
The SDE blu-ray exclusively features Steven Wilson instrumental mixes of the album and all the bonus tracks (except ‘Bargain’ for the reasons stated above). These instrumentals do not features on the blu-ray in the box set.
The audio streamsof Who’s Next on the SDE-exclusiveblu-ray are as follows:
- Who’s NextSteven Wilson Dolby Atmos mix (48/24)
- Who’s Next Steven Wilson 5.1 mix (96/24)
- Who’s Next Steven Wilson Stereo mix (96/24)
- Who’s Next – Steven Wilson Stereo Instrumentals (96/24)*
- Who’s Next – Original 1971 Stereo mix (96/24)
The following 14 bonus tracks are available in SW Atmos (48/24), SW 5.1 (96/24), SW New Stereo (96/24)and SW Stereo Instrumentals (96/24):
- The Seeker (Unedited Version)
- Here For More
- Now Im A Farmer
- I Dont Know Myself (Eel Pie Sound Version)
- Water (IBC Version)
- Naked Eye (Olympic Sound Version)
- Pure And Easy
- Too Much of Anything
- Lets See Action
- When I Was a Boy
- Join Together (Unedited Version)
- Put The Money Down
- Relay (Unedited Version)
- Long Live Rock
The Who’s Next (Region-free) Blu-ray Audio is #30 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will released on 17 January 2025. It will be packaged similarly to previous editions and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.
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