7.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
"Rattle That Lock" is David Gilmour’s fourth solo album and follows his 2006 No 1 On An Island. Primary lyricist is Gilmour’s long-term writing partner, Polly Samson, and it is co-produced by David Gilmour and Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera. This 2-Disc box set includes CD, Blu-ray with bonus 14 audio-visual items (four video tracks, four audio tracks, two promo films and four documentaries), album in Surround Sound and memorabilia including poster, postcard, plectrum and 32-page hardback lyric/photo book including artist photographs by Kevin Westenberg and album session photographs by Polly Samson. The package also includes the 48 page ‘Paradise Lost’ (Book II).
Starring: David GilmourMusic | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Music: LPCM 2.0 (96kHz, 24-bit)
Music: LPCM 5.1 (96kHz, 24-bit)
Music: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (96kHz, 24-bit)
From disc info
English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Cantonese, Dutch, Mandarin (Simplified), Polish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 CD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 5.0 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
In a rare example of me cutting to the chase, if you're a David Gilmour fan and don't have this release, I'd immediately click the "Buy Now" button if this release is as significantly discounted (over 50%) as it is at the time of pushing this review live. My recent David Gilmour: Live at Pompeii Blu-ray review prompted a reader to ask if I knew about this older Sony release, which I actually didn't, and I was a little gobsmacked to see how cheap it was, considering the fact that it looked from marketing descriptions to be at least in the same ballpark as some of the other Pink Floyd and Gilmour Blu-ray offerings, many of which are rather nicely packaged and come with some fun non-disc swag. That's most definitely the case with this release, which offers lossless audio of Gilmour's Rattle That Lock album, as well as both audio and audio-visual "supplements" on a Blu-ray disc, along with a CD and quite a bit of other assorted goodies.
David Gilmour Rattle That Lock has video elements that are presented via an AVC encoded 1080p transfer (mostly) in 1.78:1. As the "fine print" indicates on the back of this release, the Barn Jams were sourced from standard definition, and what looks to be perhaps interlaced at that, given some recurrent combing artifacts. The fuzziness of the Barn Jams is probably the least appealing video element of this release, which otherwise offers a really sharp looking accounting of the animated music videos, as well as more current interview and/or talking head sequences.
David Gilmour Rattle That Lock features the complete album in both 5.1 and stereo mixes, offered via PCM 2.0, PCM 5.1 and DTS-HD Master
Audio 5.1 tracks (all at 96/24). I noticed no substantial difference between the two surround tracks, and both offered superb accountings of Gilmour's
often
multilayered foundational elements. In somewhat the same way I felt about some of the Pompeii concert offerings, there's an almost ambient
feeling to some of these tunes that wafts almost magically in the surround mixes. The stereo mix offers a different though enjoyable rendering, with
vocals that might be slightly more forward sounding. Fidelity is superb across the board, supporting all frequency ranges effortlessly.
All of the "supplements" listed in section below feature LPCM 2.0 tracks which obviously don't offer the spaciousness of the album's surround tracks,
but which sound nicely full bodied, especially in the kind of "fly on the wall" Barn Jam sequences.
I'm placing this data in this section since on the disc it's called "Extras", even though for some Blu-ray consumers this will probably be the main
focus, aside from the high definition audio.
Extras (1080p; 1:51:09)
Rattle That Lock has been a rather pleasant surprise from a musical standpoint, and this deluxe Blu-ray package is a steal in my not so humble opinion at its current price. With both non-disc and disc supplements in large supply, and sterling audio, David Gilmour Rattle That Lock comes Highly recommended.
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