Analogman Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Twitter Questions: Nick Mason (video) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I've got so many copies of the other albums, I'd like Meddle on vinyl please! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I picked up WIsh You Were Here and Animals on Cd - they both sound good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Is this a straight forward remastering exercise? The wikipedia article read more like an advert than giving me proper information. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I picked up WIsh You Were Here and Animals on Cd - they both sound good. not too loud? i want to get those as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 not too loud? i want to get those as well. I don't think so - but I am far from an expert. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I've got so many copies of the other albums, I'd like Meddle on vinyl please! There are still vinyl copies of Meddle floating around out there. I bought one in recent years. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Is this a straight forward remastering exercise? The wikipedia article read more like an advert than giving me proper information. Not really sure what you mean by "straight forward remastering", but it is a new remaster or different than previous ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 So far the consensus on the Hoffman board is that the 2011 remaster are an improvement over the 1994 ones - not that really means anything, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 There are still vinyl copies of Meddle floating around out there. I bought one in recent years. LouieB I always keep my eyes peeled, but without resorting to ebay, it's a poor selection. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I always keep my eyes peeled, but without resorting to ebay, it's a poor selection. Okay I will find you one. If I can. Not on eBay. and It might not be perfect. I have such pleasant memories of listening to this album during college. It was one of the dorm faves. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I remember walking home one dark night as a teenager listening to Echoes. All was good and soothing until it got to the spooky middle section. Started freaking me out and I had to flip the tape. What a great album, I love the sound of Wright/Gilmour singing together. They should have done more of that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 It may actually be PF greatest album. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I will not rest until I find of of these for you. Recycled Records in Springfield may find me one. The clerk there did call me and said he would hold one if they get one in. I am going down there in a couple weeks. Will check with Laurie's too. I am willing to bet you can find one for around 10 bucks on eBay. I bid someone up to 8 bucks and they got it for 8.50 when I quit. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I did check Hyde Park Records today - no luck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 So Welch Rich where do you live? I keep looking for a reasonable copy. So far the eBay copies have mostly gone for over 10 buciks. But when I find one it is coming your way. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 So Welch Rich where do you live? I keep looking for a reasonable copy. So far the eBay copies have mostly gone for over 10 buciks. But when I find one it is coming your way. LouieB I'm in the UK - we're a bit short on second hand record shops in Cambridge, which is real disappointment! Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I'm in the UK - we're a bit short on second hand record shops in Cambridge, which is real disappointment! Thanks! Well if I find one I will PM you. I keep being outbid on these things. I may find one at a store however. You never know. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Well if I find one I will PM you. I keep being outbid on these things. I may find one at a store however. You never know. LouieB Thanks very much Louie, you're very kind! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I almost bought the immersion WYWH at costco today ($89). Did anyone get this? Worth it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 I almost bought the immersion WYWH at costco today ($89). Did anyone get this? Worth it?I've heard mixed reviews about the Immersion WYWH. I have the vinyl (great) and the experience edition bonus material. The sound is amazing, or certainly good enough for me. I don't need all the extra stuff in the Immmerson set. It looks completist x10. If I had $90 (or the pound sterling equivalent) I would buy the cheaper one and then treat myself to something else. How about the 'experience' edition and a $60 bottle of red wine to drink whilst experiencing it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I've heard mixed reviews about the Immersion WYWH. I have the vinyl (great) and the experience edition bonus material. The sound is amazing, or certainly good enough for me. I don't need all the extra stuff in the Immmerson set. It looks completist x10. If I had $90 (or the pound sterling equivalent) I would buy the cheaper one and then treat myself to something else. How about the 'experience' edition and a $60 bottle of red wine to drink whilst experiencing it?Thanks for that. I am prolly gonna pass. You are right: better things to spend my money on... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Muzzle of Dan Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 The 2 disc set is pretty awesome. I think the remastered version of WYWH sounds great; and the bonus disc with Shine On, Raving and Drooling, and You've Got To Be Crazy is worth checking out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Some good news for those who like the early stuff: By way of Billboard.com: Pink Floyd Mulling More Reissues After Exapanded 'Wall' Releases As the Pink Floyd camp prepares for the Feb. 28 release of "The Wall's" expanded "Immersion" and "Experience" editions -- the last scheduled title in the Why Pink Floyd? archival campaign -- talk is turning to what else can be culled from the group's vaults. "The idea was always to see whether people like these things or not. If they do, of course we could do more," drummer Nick Mason tells Billboard.com. "I think it's an exercise that bears repeating... but I think there might be things to be done that would be rather different to what we've done so far." Mason, in fact, says he'd like to see a package from Pink Floyd's early years rather than more expanded editions of a particular album. "We wouldn't do one album like 'Piper (at the Gates of Dawn)' on its own," he explains. "Maybe we'll take 'Saucer (Full of Secrets)' and 'Piper' and maybe one other one and do an early years thing -- partly because there just isn't the material in some cases. That might be a more interesting exercise." If Pink Floyd does take that route, engineer Andy Jackson -- who worked on the expanded versions of "Dark Side of the Moon," "Wish You Were Here" and "The Wall" -- has one gem that he discovered from "a huge box of assorted tapes" Mason possessed. "There's quite a bit of very, very early stuff, before they had a deal, with Syd (Barrett) in the band when they were still trying to be an R&B band," Jackson relates. "It's not, like, early versions of songs that turned up on their albums or anything. It's R&B classics, the same as everybody else was playing back them. There's a lot of recordings that may be brilliant for a future project." Fans, meanwhile, have been asking if 1977's "Animals" is in line for the same expanded treatment as Pink Floyd's other 70s albums. "The answer is I don't know," Mason says. " 'Animals' is the one record Roger (Waters) said he'd like to have a go at remixing. That might be an exercise worth doing. Maybe David (Gilmour) disagreed enough that we could release David's remix and Roger's remix and, ideally, my remix as well." Jackson, meanwhile, notes that, "There's only a finite amount of stuff in the archives. It's a question of what there is and can we find it? That will determine what we do in the future." Meanwhile, Mason is happy to see "The Wall" getting the deluxe treatment, including Water's original demos and the band's demos that track the evolution of material into what became the final 1979 version that's sold more than 11 million copies in the U.S. Most striking is "The Doctor," which ultimately became "Comfortably Numb." The seven-disc "Immersion" set also includes 2000's "Is There Anybody Out There: The Wall Live 1980-81" remastered by engineer James Guthrie, and a DVD featuring a performance clip from that tour, a "Behind the Wall" documentary and an interview with "The Wall" cover artist Gerald Scarfe. "What's great is we have a greater depth of material for ('The Wall') than we had for the other albums," Mason says. "We have Roger's demos followed by the band demos followed by the final thing, and that makes a big difference. You can really hear how ('The Wall') came together." For Mason -- who joined Waters and Gilmour during the former's performance of "The Wall" on May 12 at London's O2 Arena -- the tales of great acrimony in the studio while Pink Floyd was making the album are somewhat overstated. "The sort of concept people have is that this was a record hewn out of rock by very angry people, and I think that's not really the case," Mason contends. "A lot of the album was pretty civilized in terms of people getting on with it. I think it all felt fairly positive. Things fragmented later on, quite late in the recording. There was a big blowup, particularly between Roger and Rick (Wright, who was kicked out of the band) towards the end of the process. But the majority of that process I remember as being pretty creative and businesslike, really." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 That is great news. I hope they do it soon. I have been waiting for years for something like this, and it better include more than just Lucy Leave and I'm a King Bee!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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