Pink Floyd's "30th Anniversary Edition" of <i>Dark Side of the Moon</i>

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I mean.....really. How differnt could it be? Barring slightly re-tooled cover art (casting the iconic prism in stained glass), how different is it from, say, the digitally re-mastered "Twentieth Anniversary" edition from 1993?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 4 April 2003 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh Lord Give Us More Money

― Joe (Joe), Friday, 4 April 2003 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

[cue 7/4 bass line]

― Joe (Joe), Friday, 4 April 2003 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I luckily heard it cannot be played on CD-Rom players. Now that's a good thing because it means I save those money. I mean, the only place where I have surround sound available is my computer, so...

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 4 April 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

DIE Pink Floyd DIE

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 4 April 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

They should release a new edition every ten years. How awesome would THAT be?

― Sam J. (samjeff), Friday, 4 April 2003 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

They should release a new edition every ten years. How awesome would THAT be?

The fact here is that indeed most albums belonging to the "canon" will probably have a new edition every ten years....

I mean: How many times has "Ziggy Stardust" been re-released since its first appearance on CD?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 4 April 2003 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I've always thought Bowie letting his stuff go out of print and then be constantly sporadically reissued was just clever marketing bullshit. You know, every ten years some more kids hear/read about how great those Bowie albums are but - 'doh! - they're all out of print! Time for another overpriced reissue!

I'll stick w/my $4 vinyl copies, thank you.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 4 April 2003 21:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I am in favour of remasters as long as there is actually something to remaster. I mean, as long as there is actually an obvious improvement in sound. For instance, I feel like time has come for a 24 bit remaster of The Beatles' entire catalog, as obviously, technology has changed a bit since 1987.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 4 April 2003 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)

It's one of those "Hybrid Discs" just like The Stones and now The new Police re-masters.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Friday, 4 April 2003 22:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Have any of you actually listened to the album, though? Rumor is it sounds insane.

― Evan (Evan), Friday, 4 April 2003 22:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Has anyone here ever heard SACD, period?

― Sam J. (samjeff), Friday, 4 April 2003 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I could see it if they are actually making a special master for DVD audio, considering this is one of those old stoner audiophile records.

The master has to be upgraded at some point and it is much more profititable for their label than signing a new artist.

I'm not going to be buying.

The Stones remasters sound a whole lot better than the original CDs, but I haven't heard them on the new equipment.

― earlnash, Friday, 4 April 2003 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I heard that if you play both "Dark Side of the Moon" and the movie "The Wiz" simultaneously a heavenly host will descend and make love to you.

― slutsky (slutsky), Friday, 4 April 2003 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought it was Nipsy Russell...

― Joe (Joe), Friday, 4 April 2003 23:55 (twenty-two years ago)

How many times has "Ziggy Stardust" been re-released since its first appearance on CD?

Did you say this on purpose because this version of DSOTM came out the same week as a remastered Ziggy and Ziggy on DVD?

Anyway, I got a copy of DSOTM in the mail and didn't even bother unwrapping it...maybe I'll do so, though I don't have surround sound. This album meant quite a bit to me when I was fifteen...why doesn't it do anything for me now?

― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 5 April 2003 01:21 (twenty-two years ago)

DSOTM was the very first album I ever bought, so I'm pretty curious as to how it sounds. Specificially, I wonder if it's just another "stunt" type of recording like those old quadrophonic sound discs from the 70s. Which in turn leads me to wonder if the whole SACD/DVD rumbling is just about dressing up crap songs and crap playing with glossy effects.

The other thing that burns me is that I'd need an upgraded stereo to take advantage of it and I just can't see laying out that kind of cash for an audio delivery system. I'd rather spend the cash on albums (or on recording gear for my own studio)

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 5 April 2003 01:27 (twenty-two years ago)

BTW, in case folks haven't seen it yet - Floyd sound engineer James Guthrie speaks out about the SACD release here.

Somewhat light on the technical details, but worth a read nevertheless.

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 5 April 2003 01:29 (twenty-two years ago)

This one syncs up with citizen Kane

― SplendidMullet (iamamonkey), Saturday, 5 April 2003 07:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, it synchs up with "Weekend at Bernie's"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 5 April 2003 07:43 (twenty-two years ago)

the end of 'breathe' coincides perfectly with the discovery of the body. clearly this is no coincidence.

― Dave M. (rotten03), Saturday, 5 April 2003 07:48 (twenty-two years ago)

You all have been smoking tooo much....

― brg30 (brg30), Saturday, 5 April 2003 21:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Did you say this on purpose because this version of DSOTM came out the same week as a remastered Ziggy and Ziggy on DVD?

That would be the movie and the live recording, not the album itself. "Ziggy Stardust" (the album) was released in s special version last year. However, I understand that David Bowie intends to release a new version of "Aladdin Sane" this year, only some 3-4 years after the last remaster series.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 6 April 2003 09:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Pink Floyd's "30th Anniversary Edition" of "Dark Side of the Moon"? What can they possibly do to improve it - it'll still sound like a pedestrian piece of shit.

― Dadaismus, Sunday, 6 April 2003 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

No, it'd still sound great. On the other hand, it already sounds great, and you don't need to buy another copy every five years for it to sound great.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 6 April 2003 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)

the last lot of bowie remasters were put out because of a change in record label. some were an improvement on the ryko lot in terms of sound, but didn't have some of the nice bonus tracks.
the ziggy special edition did have some nice extras, but generally not an improvement on the ryko.i believe thats at most the 4th edition, which if you consider two label changes, not that bad.
what actually pisses me off about the latest lot of bowie re-releases is that you can get most of them for about a fiver now, and i paid full price for the lot of them......

― big d (big d), Sunday, 6 April 2003 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

I just got an SACD player and bought DSOTM to try the whole shebang out. It's pretty fucking awesome, to say the least. I don't have a great ear, nor do I have a terrific stereo system. The difference is immediately noticeable, even without the surround sound aspect. The texture of the instruments in SACD is incredibly rich, and the only way I can put it into words is to say that it feels as though there is no artificial sound source. It sounds like the band playing live in my living room. I wouldn't have gotten the SACD player (Onkyo=$300) if my DVD player hadn't died, and I wouldn't have bought DSOTM again if they had a copy of Lovekraft on SACD (sept. 13!). But things being as they are, it sounds tremendous and beautiful, and it's been a long time since I heard this album sound New again. Dark Side Of The Moon 30th Anniversary Edition=CLASSIC.

― Joseph Cowart (Joseph Cowart), Monday, 29 August 2005 23:26 (nineteen years ago)

Has it been two years without a new special edition of this album? Time for another one!

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 00:11 (nineteen years ago)

If Pink Floyd played live in my living room, it would sound like shit.

No fault of the band's, mind you...

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 01:49 (nineteen years ago)

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Pink Floyd's "30th Anniversary Edition" of Dark Side of the Moon