Some more fantastic news on the 5.1 surround sound remix front. Richard Chycki has announced on his blog that he is going to remix three more superb Rush albums… Fly By Night, A Farewell To Kings and the wonderful Signals.
The only worrying thing about the announcement is that these albums are
to be included in their ‘Sector’ series of box set releases currently under way.
I hope this doesn’t mean very costly box sets like the current Immersion releases from Pink Floyd. The Dark Side Of The Moon edition is retailing at a staggering £99.99 in our local HMV store and selling for about £85 on Amazon!
Although, if I could only have one 5.1 surround sound album, very close to the top of the list for me would be my beloved Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. It is without doubt my favourite Pink Floyd CD and even at the inflated price of £85 it’s going to be very hard to resist. It’s only money, afterall. 
Update : 22nd October 2011
The Sector box sets have been announced… Sector 1 with Fly By Night 5.1, Sector 2 with A Farewell To Kings 5.1 and Sector 3 with Signals 5.1. Prices range from £48 to £36 at the time of writing. So at those prices, I’ll be waiting until at least the new year to see if the prices drop. The 5.1 mixes on their own would be an instant purchase, but not when I own all the other CDs in the box sets. I’m not happy.
After our recent trip to foreign lands the boys and I finally found time to devote 40 minutes of our time to listening to Moving Pictures in 5.1 surround sound.
Wow is the correct word to describe this remix, it’s been used in other reviews and it’s perfect. The clarity and strength of this remix is superb.
I know this album pretty much note for note, I still remember buying the vinyl on release day some 30 years ago, but I didn’t notice the typewriter in The Camera Eye before. The solos are clearer and more defined. The Bass in Red Barchetta is sublime, yes, I know it always has been, but it actually improves on my enjoyment of that driving Bass sound.
A wonderful birthday present for me, perfect timing. Thanks guys… now how about 5.1 mixes of Permanent Waves, 2112… oh and Power Windows… and Presto, Roll The Bones… and… 
My son recently popped up on instant messenger and asked if I’d heard the news about Rush’s Moving Pictures album?
My reply was, ‘Tell me it’s a 5.1 surround sound mix’.
‘Yes it is!’
Moving Pictures is still one of my favourite albums of all time. Seven tracks that mean a lot to me, even 30 years later. I’ve already mentioned elsewhere my sheer enjoyment of the night our eldest son played the Bass part in YYZ for his A-Level music recital, I’ll never forget that.
Richard Chycki is carrying out the remix and quite frankly I can’t wait for this. It’s being released 14 days before my birthday… and no I won’t be able to resist it for another 2 weeks I’m sure!
It seems we have the terrible original mix of Vapor Trails to thank for this project. Rush have finally admitted that the mix was bad and Vapor Trails is being remixed too.
Just listen to the difference between the two remixed tracks from Vapor Trails on the third Retrospective CD and you’ll hear what I mean. It was a sad day back then, when I released even Rush had been a victim of the Loudness Wars.
And to top it all, Rush are working on a new CD, expected to be released early 2012, with longer songs again. Excellent!