Elton John SACD releases


Some of Elton John's catalog have been re-released as hybrid multi-channel SACDs. They are:

Elton John (1st Album)
Madman Across the Water
Tumbleweed Connection
Honky Chateau
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

I was wondering how they sounded. Has anyone out there picked them up? If so, what are your impressions?

Cheers

Tom
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I finally listened to these discs in multi-channel. Also very nice. I still prefer two-channel, however.
Yellow Brick Road came out some time ago and I was very happy with it. I'm not a huge Elton John fan, but I'll likely buy another one or two of the SACD releases, and I'm looking to find which are the concensus favorites.

Tom
Just to bring this thread up to date... since my initial posting I've bought 'Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy' and 'Honky Chateau'.
I'd like to stress again that I'm not an EJ fan. Having said that, right now I would say that 'Captain Fantastic' might very well be the best sounding SACD I've ever heard. And 'Honky Chateau' might be second.
Also, I've only listened to the 2 channel versions so far. I'll give multi-channel a spin eventually.

Agreers? Dissenters? You don't care because Elton's a lamo pop weenie now?
I think that the Super Audio Center in Boulder Colorado is doing it right! These discs were mastered there. I read also that the new John Hiatt album is being done there.