(I'm done. I'll wait for the SACDs to come out later this fall...)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: 12 Mini LP HQCD Reissues + A Live Album!

Emerson, Lake & Palmer's 12 masterpieces will be reissued this May! All the albums feature the high-fidelity HQCD format
(compatible with standard CD players) and cardboard sleeve jacket.

Titles are: "Emerson, Lake & Palmer," "Tarkus," "Pictures At An Exhibition," "Trilogy," "Brain Salad Surgery," "Welcome
Back, My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends - Ladies And Gentlemen," "Works Volume 1," "Works Volume 2," "Love
Beach," "Works Live," "Black Moon," and "In The Hot Seat."

Plus, their new live album "High Voltage Festival 2010" will be out on the same day. This album features the one-night only
reunion act held at High Voltage Festival in London on July 25, 2010. This Japanese edition exclusively features K2HD
mastering + HQCD format (compatible with standard CD players). Features Japanese original cardboard sleeve jacket.

Are you serious about SACD's scheduled or just joking?

I'm waiting for the rumored 5.1 discs.

Google Robert Fripp / Steven Wilson / ELP 5.1 and you'll learn more about Wilson's treatment of
the ELP catalog similar to his King Crimson assignment that resulted in KC's 5.1 remasters,
which are similar to the Pink Floyd 5.1 editions. SACD-wise, who knows if ELP will release their
catalog like Genesis and Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here where it was SACD in Europe and
select other areas and DVD-A / Dolby stateside...

HQCD? Is this the new SHM-CD?

HQCD is Toshiba/EMI's new competition for JVC/Universal's SHM-CD, so expect another few thousand reissues by the end of this year.

None of which will be newly remastered, I assume....

Some people swear that the super high material makes an audible difference, and that's the upgrade. There are also SHM-SACDs, also with no new mastering, but new transfers in hi-rez. I'd sure love to see some "HQSACDs" from the EMI catalogue ....

I just bought Yes's Fragile on japanese SHM-SACD. I own alot of Fragile's.

I would LOVE to hear Close To The Edge in that format!

+1

Rick A.

Ironically I just got to hear the SHM Fragile Sacd today.

Short version: better than the cd, but they used more compression that i would have liked; especially on Roundabout.

It sounds best where the music isn't too dense. (i.e. either quieter passages &/or not all instruments playing full volume at once).