I have converted Empty Sky into Surround 5.1 DTS and you can download it
from the following Binary Newsgroups.
alt.binaries.multimedia.elton-john
alt.binaries.sounds.dts
or you can download it as a Torrent from the following location.
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2162391/4896583/
The file burns to a CD just like any music CD but you will need to be able
to decode DTS to listen to it. Below are full details.
Enjoy
Paulg
Music : Pop : Lossless
Created by paulguk
Music : Pop : Other quality
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Elton John - Empty Sky (DTS 5.1 Surround CD).
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General Information
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Type.................: Stereo To Surround Using Plogue Bidule and a High
Separation Conversion/Upmix Method
Title................: Empty Sky
Artist...............: Elton John
Year.................: 1969
Genre................: Pop
Type.................: Studio
Number of Songs......: 13
Audio Format.........: dts
Encoder..............: Surcode dts Encoder
Hz...................: 44,100
Channels.............: 5.1
Source...............: Lossless Files from The Stereo of the Retail CD
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Notes
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Not released in the U.S. until 1975, after he'd achieved superstardom, Elton
John's first album is as much a part of late-'60s blues-rock and the
burgeoning singer-songwriter movement as it is part of the grandiose pop
catalogue that wouldsoon follow. The eight-minute-plus title song includes a
long flute-harmonica-piano jam that wouldn't have been out of place on a
Traffic album; the closing "Gulliver/It's Hay Chewed/Reprise" connects a
waltz-time requiem with an acoustic-jazz instrumental and (rather
audiciously for an unknown singer's debut) a reprise of bits from every song
on the album.
Elsewhere, one can find a Lennonesque melody on "WesternFord Gateway", a
breezy Summer-Of-Love feel on "Hymn 2000",and recurring imagery of a caged
bird dreaming of flying away--most notably in the title song and the
harsichord-and-organ tune "Skyline Pigeon". It all bursts with pop-rock
melodicism, even when John was adding music to some of collaborator Bernie
Taupin's most opaque, image-heavy lyrics. John would later call EMPTY SKY a
"naive" record, but it contains the seeds of almost everything he would
eventually do.
TRACK 01 "Empty Sky"
TRACK 02 "Val-Hala"
TRACK 03 "Western Ford Gateway"
TRACK 04 "Hymn 2000"
TRACK 05 "Lady What's Tomorrow"
TRACK 06 "Sails"
TRACK 07 "The Scaffold"
TRACK 08 "Skyline Pigeon"
TRACK 09 "Gulliver - It's Hay Chewed - Reprise"
Bonus Tracks.
TRACK 10 "Lady Samantha"
TRACK 11 "All Across The Havens"
TRACK 12 "It's Me That You Need"
TRACK 13 "Just Like Strange Rain"
Note: These tracks are remixed into surround 5.1 and encoded into DTS. They
can be played through a stand alone home theatre decoder capable of decoding
a DTS signal provided that the CD or DVD player is
connected digitally to the decoder using either a digital coaxial or digital
optical toslink cable. If the player is connected using analogue cables you
will only hear white noise and could damage your loudspeakers. These tracks
can also be played on computers with player programs like Foobar (with dts
plugin), KM Player, VLC Player, etc.
This download contains a DTS encoded WAV file of the entire album and a CUE
sheet to enable burning to CD with the correct track pointers.
Ensure both these files are downloaded to the same folder (create a folder
if you like) and DO NOT rename the files.
If you have a popular burning program such as Roxio or Nero installed it may
recognise the CUE file so just double click it to load and then burn to a
CD.
Alternatively, you can install the enclosed (Free) program "ImgBurn" and use
that.
Visit either of these websites if you're interested in creating your own
surround sound conversions:
http://www.surroundbyus.com
http://www.dtsac3.com
Enjoy.
PaulG