Author Topic: Pink Floyd's DSOTM Immersion set - Anyone get it? (Read 2333 times)

cfmoran13 · « **on:** September 28, 2011, 07:19:48 AM »

So, yesterday was a huge Pink Floyd release day. I was wondering if anyone picked up the DSOTM Immersion set? If so, what do you think? It's something I definitely want to pick up. I just don't have $110 to spare right now. Everyone over at a PF site I frequent has gone gaga over it. I'd just like to hear about it from some people outside the FLOYD internet community.

ReaperKK · « **Reply #1 on:** September 28, 2011, 07:30:11 AM »

Fuck, that snuck up on me. I have to order it now.

ReaperKK · « **Reply #2 on:** September 28, 2011, 07:31:13 AM »

Damn I gotta pick up Wish You Were Here

Today is going to be an expensive day.

Super Dude · « **Reply #3 on:** September 28, 2011, 07:42:50 AM »

What is it exactly? (Don't lmgtfy, just briefly explain)

Zydar · « **Reply #4 on:** September 28, 2011, 07:49:34 AM »

The "Immersion" boxsets of Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here will both feature 5.1 surround sound mixes of the original albums; The Wall box set will not.

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Disc 1

The original album, newly remastered for 2011. (This is also the "Discovery" edition and the "Experience" edition.)

Disc 2

Recorded live at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London, 1974. Previously unreleased. (This is also included in the "Experience" two-CD set.)

"Speak to Me"
"Breathe (In the Air)"
"On the Run"
"Time"
"The Great Gig in the Sky"
"Money"
"Us and Them"
"Any Colour You Like"
"Brain Damage"
"Eclipse"

Disc 3

Audio DVD featuring the original album in a variety of multi-channel audio mixes:

5.1 Surround Sound (2003) 480kbps / 640kbps
4.0 Quadrophonic Mix (1973) 480kbps / 640kbps
LPCM Stereo Mix (1973) (2011 remaster) (same as Disc 1)

Disc 4

Audio-visual material lasting approximately 101 minutes.

"Careful With That Axe, Eugene" (Live in Brighton, 1972)
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (Live in Brighton, 1972)
Making of The Dark Side of the Moon 2003 documentary
Concert screen films in LPDM stereo & 5.1 surround sound (Previously unreleased).
British & French tours, 1974
North American tour, 1975

Disc 5

Blu-ray Disc, contains everything from Disc 3 and Disc 4 in high resolution video and audio.

Disc 6

CD of previously unreleased audio:

Early mix of The Dark Side of the Moon, supervised by Alan Parsons (1972)

"Breathe (In the Air)"
"On the Run"
"Time"
"The Great Gig in the Sky"
"Money"
"Us and Them"
"Any Colour You Like"
"Brain Damage"
"Eclipse"

Other previously unreleased material:

"The Hard Way" (from the "Household Objects Experiment")
"Us and Them" (Richard Wright demo)
"The Travel Sequence" (Live in Brighton, 1972)
"The Mortality Sequence" (Live in Brighton, 1972)
"Any Colour You Like" (Live in Brighton, 1972)
"The Travel Sequence" (studio recording)
"Money" (Roger Waters demo)

Other contents

36-page booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson
Photo book edited by Jill Furmanovsky
Storm Thorgerson art print
4 collector's cards with art and comments by Storm Thorgerson
Replica of the Dark Side of the Moon tour ticket and backstage pass
Scarf designed by Storm Thorgerson
3 Dark Side of the Moon marbles (with pouch)
9 coasters featuring early art sketches by Storm Thorgerson

Super Dude · « **Reply #5 on:** September 28, 2011, 07:57:31 AM »

Thanks Zook.

Now, to lament my inability to buy it for lack of necessary munny.

cfmoran13 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 28, 2011, 08:25:21 AM »

Wish You Were Here comes out in November. The Wall comes out in February. At least they spaced them out a little to give people some time to save up.

Zydar · « **Reply #7 on:** September 28, 2011, 08:30:50 AM »

Quote from: Super Dude on September 28, 2011, 07:57:31 AM

Thanks Zook.

No problem

zxlkho · « **Reply #8 on:** September 28, 2011, 08:31:51 AM »

As good as these remasters sound, I can't help but think everything about these is a total cash grab. I really don't like it.

ZBomber · « **Reply #9 on:** September 28, 2011, 08:44:39 AM »

Quote from: zxlkho on September 28, 2011, 08:31:51 AM

As good as these remasters sound, I can't help but think everything about these is a total cash grab. I really don't like it.

This. My friend got the boxset + all the remasters and said that they sound great. I love when bands do boxsets and stuff, but... well, I won't be buying it. So many bands are re-releasing everything, and it's more or less the last hurrah for the CD format.

The blu-ray on the WYWH boxset is super tempting though. Hope that gets an eventual separate release.

ReaperKK · « **Reply #10 on:** September 28, 2011, 11:10:03 AM »

Quote from: zxlkho on September 28, 2011, 08:31:51 AM

As good as these remasters sound, I can't help but think everything about these is a total cash grab. I really don't like it.

I don't see it as such. PF is one of the few bands that I would get a box-set for.

zxlkho · « **Reply #11 on:** September 28, 2011, 11:28:45 AM »

Quote from: ReaperKK on September 28, 2011, 11:10:03 AM

Quote from: zxlkho on September 28, 2011, 08:31:51 AM
As good as these remasters sound, I can't help but think everything about these is a total cash grab. I really don't like it.

I don't see it as such. PF is one of the few bands that I would get a box-set for.

It definitely is a cash grab. How many other times have these albums been remastered?

ReaperKK · « **Reply #12 on:** September 28, 2011, 11:49:11 AM »

The remasters aren't what's important to me, the live stuff and the 36 page Storm book is really what I'm going for.

zxlkho · « **Reply #13 on:** September 28, 2011, 11:50:09 AM »

But dude, it's $110 dollars...

Xanthul · « **Reply #14 on:** September 28, 2011, 11:57:37 AM »

I was at the store dicking around today (didn't buy anything) and I saw the immersion boxset for 110€ and the discovery remasters for 200€... not happening anytime soon. I'll probably eventually get the DSOTM, WYWH and Animals vinyls and call it a day, not that big of a PF fan anyway.

ReaperKK · « **Reply #15 on:** September 28, 2011, 12:08:19 PM »

Quote from: zxlkho on September 28, 2011, 11:50:09 AM

But dude, it's $110 dollars...

The same argument could be said for SW stuff as well as the new DT boxset except with those two I don't care enough to spend $110

Ben_Jamin · « **Reply #16 on:** September 28, 2011, 12:11:06 PM »

This is worth $110. Just for The Travelers Sequence and all the other unreleased and live stuff.

bosk1 · « **Reply #17 on:** September 28, 2011, 12:35:21 PM »

Quote from: zxlkho on September 28, 2011, 08:31:51 AM

As good as these remasters sound, I can't help but think everything about these is a total cash grab. I really don't like it.

Of course it's a cash grab. But why is that a problem?

ariich · « **Reply #18 on:** September 28, 2011, 02:07:10 PM »

Quote from: Zydar on September 28, 2011, 08:30:50 AM

Quote from: Super Dude on September 28, 2011, 07:57:31 AM
Thanks Zook.

No problem

What the hell just happened?

Anyway I'm not really interested in this set. But the box set of the complete remasters... *drools*

Samsara · « **Reply #19 on:** September 28, 2011, 02:13:06 PM »

Too expensive. I think these box sets are great ideas, and I understand the type of fan that is being targeted with them. But way too rich for my blood.

I just don't think I'd get enough use out of the set, nor would I listen to all the different mixes as often to justify the cost.

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #20 on:** September 28, 2011, 03:52:52 PM »

Dak Side, Wish and The Wall...

WHERE THE FUCK IS ANIMALS.

SlickSy · « **Reply #21 on:** September 28, 2011, 04:46:49 PM »

I would love to own this. Unfortunately I don't have a sound system that would do those high resolution audiophile mixes justice which makes me buying it pointless. Shame really.

Zook · « **Reply #22 on:** September 28, 2011, 04:56:42 PM »

Quote from: Super Dude on September 28, 2011, 07:57:31 AM

Thanks Zook.

Now, to lament my inability to buy it for lack of necessary munny.

Glad I could help.

Nel · « **Reply #23 on:** September 28, 2011, 05:46:51 PM »

My fav band, but I just finished collecting every album earlier this year, and I'm already satisfied with the way those sound, so no double-dipping for me.

The King in Crimson · « **Reply #24 on:** September 28, 2011, 08:00:25 PM »

I was thinking of picking up a few of the new remasters of some of the albums that I don't have yet, but the 'regular' editions are in shoddy cardboard-sleeve thingies. Ugh, I hate those things.

If I want something resembling a decent case, I'd need to get the $20 and up versions.

ZBomber · « **Reply #25 on:** September 28, 2011, 08:12:09 PM »

Quote from: ACID_FOX on September 28, 2011, 03:52:52 PM

Dak Side, Wish and The Wall...

WHERE THE FUCK IS ANIMALS.

THIS. I would buy Animals in a heartbeat, it is one of my favorite albums ever. And imagining it in 5.1.... AHH!

Also, The Wall doesn't include the blu-ray 5.1 which is a total rip off. So if anyone is planning on buying that... just be aware of that.

ShadowWalker · « **Reply #26 on:** September 29, 2011, 07:39:54 AM »

I was in Best Buy and had it in my hands, wanting to buy it, but finding it hard to justify pulling the trigger. Back on the shelf it went. Serioulsy, how many different versions of the same album does one really need? I don't think the extras were enough to justify the price. Had it been about $50 or so cheaper, it would be on my shelf. I will grab the "Experience" 2CD edition at some point.

And while on the subject of these remasters, I have another issue. Between the DSotM and WYWH sets, we get an almost complete 1974 show (as of now, the encore of Echoes is not available). Instead of using them as bonus tracks on separate releases, why not just offer that show, in its entirety, as its own release?

Complaint number 2 - the catalog box set. Why aren't at least the "Experience" versions included. So you can buy the Discover box set and STILL need to buy three more copies of the same album if you want those extras. Terrible packaging decisions.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #27 on:** September 29, 2011, 07:08:21 PM »

It will be a sad day when albums are no longer released on CD.

I want something physical in WAV format, with a box and a booklet to look through and a DVD with extra features.

Fuck downloading 256kbps mp3 with no artwork whatsoever and burning onto a CD-R

skydivingninja · « **Reply #28 on:** September 29, 2011, 07:39:47 PM »

I don't really plan on getting anything like this till WYWH comes out (spoiler for my top 50!)

King Postwhore · « **Reply #29 on:** September 29, 2011, 07:44:04 PM »

My cousin got it so I'll check it out soon. We'll be doing a bit of A/B ing.

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Author Topic: Pink Floyd's DSOTM Immersion set - Anyone get it? (Read 2333 times)