Pink Floyd - "Animals" 5.1 Surround Sound Mix (Blu-Ray & SACD editions out in September 2022!)

[rontoon]

Guthrie did the multichannel mix of Animals. Jackson was never asked to do it. Steve Wilson will never touch anything from the Floyd catalog in fact no one will unless their name ends with Guthrie or Jackson. They're not holding it back because they don't like what Guthrie did, it's more of a personal reason. A grudge.

 

[IMachine]

Guthrie did the multichannel mix of Animals. Jackson was never asked to do it. Steve Wilson will never touch anything from the Floyd catalog in fact no one will unless their name ends with Guthrie or Jackson. They're not holding it back because they don't like what Guthrie did, it's more of a personal reason. A grudge.

Too bad, as this is my favorite PF album

 

[rontoon]

Neither Roger's solo stuff, David's solo stuff or the Watersless Floyd has amounted to very much at all. IMHO.....it was HUGE mistake for them to go their separate ways.....it hurt all of them monetarily as well as creatively.

The AMLOR and Division Bell tours were record-breaking at the time. Waters has never done better than he did during his last 2 tours. I don't think that any of them suffered monetarily from the split. While they never achieved the creative peaks they did as a group their solo efforts have been enjoyable for the most part.

 

[rontoon]

Well, that changed yesterday. Water's birthday was announced in PF social media and his concert release was briefly mentioned as well. Maybe there's some hope to an agreement now

The Pink Floyd FB page acknowledges Roger's birthday every year just like every other member of the band. We'll see if the brief mention of his DVD release gets mentioned again when it's officially released.

 

[Cyber 1]

I'd sure like to hear the 5.1 as I do like Animals, that said in the bigger scheme of things they as a band have had there moment in the sun which has now long passed, they are plenty plenty rich
no need to even think about who or what did what in there passed drama's.

 

[ssully]

So how about doing a double shot and release both the Guthrie and Jackson 5.1 mixes on one blurry disc along with a high Rez stereo version and an original mix too? Win win for everyone then.

Blurry *and* high Rez? I'm not sure that would sell.

 

[ssully]

Even better in my mind is to release seperate versions and let the fans select which one they want to own.... that would provide a good barometer for which engineer and style surround enthusiast prefer. And sorry, I would not want to see Wilson do this mix, while his sonics are excellent, his creativity in using the surroundscape often lacks, IMO. One other side note, if an Atmos was done, then they would have to go back and do the same for DSOTM and WYWH - so I don't see that happening.

Agreed about Wilson...he is not the be-all and end-all of surround mixers. Elliot Scheiner would be a fascinating choice, for example. So would Greg Penny. But we know PF will go with their 'own' people every time, so it's all pipe dreams.

(Disagree about 'Time would not exist without music'...quite the reverse actually.)

 

[ssully]

They could throw in the Quad Mix of Atom Heart Mother while they're at it. Amazingly every Pink Floyd studio release from 1970 to 2014 has been mixed in surround EXCEPT The Final Cut (and possibly The Wall; it was mixed in 5.1 for the film and and the album may have been attempted). That could be a heck of a box set.

Go for broke: I want surround mixes of Ummagumma and More too!

 

[ssully]

Any surround mix of Animals needs to sound as good or better than the best upmix that is out there...which is very, very good. Otherwise why bother?

 

[knifeman]

Too bad, as this is my favorite PF album

One of my top three, along with DSOTM and WYWH. I was really looking forward to this one, so I'll remain optimistic, just like I did with the Doobies Quadio (and look what happened).

 

[Frogmort]

 

[baward]

Maybe the way out is to get someone else who has no previous history with the band. I'd be happy if Steven Wilson had a go - I'd just like to see SOMEONE do it before we all go the way that the dogs did on the album.

At this rate, I’ll be even longer than the time some of us have had to wait for the ‘missing’ Elton John Greg Penny surrounds!

 

[harync]

Guthrie did the multichannel mix of Animals. Jackson was never asked to do it. Steve Wilson will never touch anything from the Floyd catalog in fact no one will unless their name ends with Guthrie or Jackson. They're not holding it back because they don't like what Guthrie did, it's more of a personal reason. A grudge.

The only solace I can take from this is if said grudge could be resolved (big IF), then there could potentially be 3 more Pink Floyd studio albums officially released in 5.1? Better yet, let Guthrie finish the Wall and mix The Final Cut, and all the albums post 1970 would be available.

 

[leahypc]

I want to hear Animals in 5.1 - absolutely. I believe that they will get it worked out. The mysterious stealth 'release' of Meddle is what I'm afraid I might never hear...

 

[harync]

I want to hear Animals in 5.1 - absolutely. I believe that they will get it worked out. The mysterious stealth 'release' of Meddle is what I'm afraid I might never hear...

You might check inter-library loan. I'm in the Chicago suburbs and there is a huge network of libraries. One of them happened to have the original pressing of the REVERBER/ATION blu-ray from the Early Years.

 

[Electric Moo]

that sounds great!!

will have to hunt down the recording, thx for posting it

Roger Waters playing the Animals material live, was one of the best live show moments I've seen

hopefully a surround mix of the album sees the light of day

 

[Starkenstein]

You might check inter-library loan. I'm in the Chicago suburbs and there is a huge network of libraries. One of them happened to have the original pressing of the REVERBER/ATION blu-ray from the Early Years.

You made me pull my copy and listen to Meddle for the first time in years. Pretty dang good quad mix. A bit sad today; my friend who introduced me to DSOTM sent word that he has lung cancer.

 

[rtbluray]

Mike Mettler took the opportunity to ask Nick about the "Animals" reissue stuck in limbo, here's what Nick had to say about it:

Mettler: If you don't mind me asking, Animals has already been done in surround, and some kind of release idea was drawn up with bonus materials, right?

Mason: Yes—well, I don't know where we've really gotten to with that one. There's been a disagreement between Roger [Waters, original Pink Floyd bassist/vocalist] and David [Gilmour, Pink Floyd guitarist/vocalist] on some aspect of it, yeah. And, to be honest, I'm just waiting to see when the dust settles.

Mettler: Right, right. But you, obviously, would like to see Animals come out in surround, because that was the first album Pink Floyd recorded in your own Britannia Road Studios [in London, from April-December 1976], and it's an album that had a bit of the punk influence on it as well.

Mason: Yeah. It was fun and interesting to record in our own studios, but we didn't quite have the tech-level of an Abbey Road. The equipment was ok—we had an MCI machine [recording console], and we had a good engineer, Brian Humphries, working with us. But it just probably lacked the sort of polish that perhaps Abbey Road would have brought to it.

Mettler: Well, hopefully, a 5.1 mix of Animals will be able to get through the pipeline, so we can truly get the full "Pigs on the Wing" experience in surround.

Mason: Yes, I'd like that. It could be something.

https://www.soundandvision.com/content/nick-mason-spills-saucerful-secrets-page-2

 

[musicmemorabiliashoppellc]

Mike Mettler took the opportunity to ask Nick about the "Animals" reissue stuck in limbo, here's what Nick had to say about it:



https://www.soundandvision.com/content/nick-mason-spills-saucerful-secrets-page-2

How long ago was this interview done?

 

[privateuniverse]

How long ago was this interview done?

The interview was published two days ago.