A Lark Ascending Posted July 25, 2011 Report Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Side-Moon-Immersion-Boxset/dp/B004ZNARH4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311597905&sr=8-1 Anyone who buys these deserves to have their voice added to the sound effects on the album! Or for US customers: http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Side-Moon-Immersion-Box/dp/B004ZNARH4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311598336&sr=8-1 A snip at $127.06 And it's only 2011. What on earth will they pull out of the hat for the 40th anniversary in 2013? A version actually remixed on the dark side of the moon! A version with enhanced, computer generated Syd Barrett vocals? Edited July 25, 2011 by A Lark Ascending Quote
king ubu Posted July 25, 2011 Report Posted July 25, 2011 so it's packed as a gigantic smartphone? I'm waiting for the day when they'll invent the inversion box set... as soon as you open it, you'll be swallowed by the box set and turn invisble (like Calvin when he's wearing his cape)... you'll need a special gadget to be released again, if you lose it (or buy a Chinese counterfeit) you'll never find your way out again!Oh, and shouldn't this be in the boxset bargain thread? Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) Oh look! That's not all: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004ZNACA6/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d0_i3?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=06WPXBCNED7XYFJ9SAMY&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294 Includes one of Dave Gilmour's plectrum's, perhaps? And: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wish-Were-Here-Immersion-Boxset/dp/B004ZNAUVW/ref=pd_bxgy_m_h__img_c Personally, I'm saving up for the eagerly anticipated John Cage 4'33 boxset. Runs to about 200 discs, each one with a performance in one of the countries of the world, each in its own individual digi-pack sleeve. They've only just got the South Sudan disc in the can. Rumour has it they're waiting on Palestine. Edited July 25, 2011 by A Lark Ascending Quote
king ubu Posted July 25, 2011 Report Posted July 25, 2011 I saw that one... as someone who owns zero Floyd discs at this time, it might be of interest... but would be overkill, too. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted July 25, 2011 Report Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) I can't remember all the details, but aren't those really huge 'single-album' floyd sets like 6 or 7 discs long each? - and half of them DVD's? Surely too expensive at $130, but if they ever come down to $90 or $100, they might be a lot more tempting. Edited July 25, 2011 by Rooster_Ties Quote
Shawn Posted July 25, 2011 Report Posted July 25, 2011 Not just classic rock albums getting this kind of treatment. There is a 25th anniversary edition of Megadeth's Peace Sells I just saw a few days ago, retail priced at $130! Who are they kidding with this crap? Greedy record label cash-grabs like this makes me WANT to steal music, jokers are in charge. Quote
mikeweil Posted July 25, 2011 Report Posted July 25, 2011 so it's packed as a gigantic smartphone? I'm waiting for the day when they'll invent the inversion box set... as soon as you open it, you'll be swallowed by the box set and turn invisble (like Calvin when he's wearing his cape)... you'll need a special gadget to be released again, if you lose it (or buy a Chinese counterfeit) you'll never find your way out again! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Posted July 25, 2011 Well given that when it came out in March 1973 it was filled with all manner of rubbish - postcards, a poster I seem to recall - I don't suppose I should be surprised. Quote
Shawn Posted July 25, 2011 Report Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) Even the late 70's pressings had the posters and stickers inside. I know, I had the posters on my bedroom wall and I'm pretty sure one of the stickers was on my stereo and the other on my lunchbox. Edited July 25, 2011 by Shawn Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Posted July 25, 2011 Strangely I can't remember the stickers. In my memory I bought DSoTM and King Crimson's 'Lark's Tongues in Aspic' in the same week (a huge outlay in those days for a 17 year old on pocket money!). But Wikipedia says the first came out on 1st March, the second on 23rd. Given how eagerly I was awaiting LTiA (I'd seen the band the previous November and made a second visit sometime during March) I can't imagine I'd have waited! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Posted July 25, 2011 Oh yes! Not sure where I stuck those. On an LP case, I suspect. When I was going to see my parents in Germany during university holidays I used to carry one of these, stuffed with as many albums as possible, on the ferry going over and back. The case in my other hand had about two shirts, a change of underwear and a pair of jeans. The iPod generation just don't know how lucky they are! Quote
Sundog Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 These immersion sets are a bit crazy, but a nice byproduct of this craziness is the fact that the entire "floyd" catalog is being remastered and will be available as single disc releases. I'd like to pick up new remasters of Animals, Wish You Were Here, Atom Heart Mother, and Meddle. Quote
Shawn Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 These immersion sets are a bit crazy, but a nice byproduct of this craziness is the fact that the entire "floyd" catalog is being remastered and will be available as single disc releases. I'd like to pick up new remasters of Animals, Wish You Were Here, Atom Heart Mother, and Meddle. All the Capitols & Columbia releases have been remastered at least once. Not counting MFSL, Japanese issues, box sets, etc. They'd have to do some heavy improving for me to buy this stuff yet again. Although 200gram vinyl reissues might do it. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 They're also releasing expanded 2-disc versions of Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, and a 3-disc Wall (with a full extra disc of previously unreleased material each) -- for those who don't want to buy the huge boxes. Quote
papsrus Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 I'm not sure I got this the first time it was released. Quote
Sundog Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 (edited) I have very little of this music on CD so I welcome the latest remasterings. I might even spring for a couple of the 2 disc-releases depending on what the extra goodies are. Edited July 27, 2011 by Sundog Quote
Leeway Posted August 17, 2011 Report Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) The King Of Packaging Lunacy? $658.98. Somebody say something about a recession? Edited August 17, 2011 by Leeway Quote
GregK Posted August 17, 2011 Report Posted August 17, 2011 I don't see what the problem is. Pink Floyd was known for their packaging and artwork. It fits, really. And it sure as hell beats a download! Quote
Dave Garrett Posted August 17, 2011 Report Posted August 17, 2011 The King Of Packaging Lunacy? $658.98. Somebody say something about a recession? Not that I'm defending yet another overpriced box set, but... Achtung Baby Price Tracker Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 18, 2011 Author Report Posted August 18, 2011 (edited) I don't see what the problem is. Pink Floyd was known for their packaging and artwork. It fits, really. And it sure as hell beats a download! As I recall they were primarily known for their music which was distinctive and different from other bands of the time (and, to my ears at least, music that still repays listening to whether for pure enjoyment or nostalgic reasons). They also had distinctive sleeves. I'm not sure all the extra gimmicks began until around '73. Clearly there isn't an actual problem - as with the endless Miles repackaging the marketing people have clearly done their work and decided they can resell this by the bucketload in new packaging with 'extra material' and a promised sonic upgrade. I'm just a bit dubious that this is much more than a way of EMI (or whoever owns them) realising its assets. I'd be interested in hearing one or two live shows from the pre DSotM days (I recall hearing a radio broadcast of some of Meddle just before the album release - be interesting to hear that). But not interested enough to pay a fortune for a bunch of alternative mixes and outtakes alongside. I've still never heard 'Animals' and will probably get that...but as a download! [i'm not purist on this - have been picking up the King Crimson 40th Anniversary sets as earlier releases were a bit flat soundwise. The Pink Floyd CDs I have sound fine.) Edited August 18, 2011 by A Lark Ascending Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted August 18, 2011 Report Posted August 18, 2011 I've still never heard 'Animals' and will probably get that...but as a download! One way or another, do get Animals. It's probably my single favorite Pink Floyd album (in total), even if there are individual cuts prior that I might like even better. Quote
Dave James Posted August 18, 2011 Report Posted August 18, 2011 I remember anxiously defrocking The Who's LP, Live at Leeds and having all manner of detritus tumble from the packaging. I thought back then there was no way anything could ever again rise to this level. Little did I know. Quote
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