Production Notes

Considerable care has been taken to ensure the audio on this disc is of highest quality. The original 1980 24-track analogue master recordings were transfered to a Pro Tools HD digital audio workstation at 192kHz 24 bit. For each song, the 24-track elements were meticulously compared with the stereo mix to ensure all the correct parts were selected for the multi-channel mix. It should be noted that some of the vocal performances on the 5.1 mix of Coming Soon are different from those on the stereo mix because the exact multi-track tape used for the original mix was not available.

The multi-channel version was created with a Neve 72 channel 88R analogue mixing console. Additional analogue outboard processing included vintage equipment by Pultec, Fairchild and EMT. The self-powered monitoring system was comprised of five matched Genelec 1031A speakers and a Genelec 109A sub-woofer. The 5.1 mixes were recorded on an analogue Studer A827 machine with an 8-track headblock and 2 inch EMTEC Studio Master 900 tape.

Mastering for 5.1 was done from the 2 inch tapes and the resultant 96 kHz 24 bit files were used to generate the DTS 96/24 and DVD-Audio versions. A PCM 96/24 stereo version was mastered from the 1/4 inch original analogue mix master and is compatible with all DVD players.

The multi-channel mix was made to be compatible with 5.1 playback systems designed for home theatre and car surround audio. The musical information distributed into each of the five full-range channels and the L.F.E. (.1) sub-woofer track will vary between each song depending on how the artist and producer chose to mix the multi-channel master.