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

[Dyanez]

Where is the link to buy it now, now!!

 

[rtbluray]

What's amazing is that @rontoon was right all along.
The delay of this release had nothing to do with the mix itself (or Gilmour's preference for working with Andy Jackson.)
It was all down to "petty, internal squabbles" (rontoon's words) over SLEEVE NOTES...

WOW...

I could be wrong, but I doubt Roger would be posting this video along with the new cover art at the very end unless they actually have all agreed on the final release.

Is it too much to hope for a July release of "Animals" and a November release of "The Wall" 5.1 mix?
(Hopefully Roger, David, and Nick learned their lessons with this release and won't have the 5.1 mix of "The Wall" delayed because of sleeve notes...)

Hope Springs Eternal!!!

 

[jeromejohn]

I can’t get over how petty and insecure that post makes Roger look. Misreading a 40 year old quote to try and paint Gilmour as a liar just to reemphasize that RW was the true genius of PF (right down to the cash register sound on Money, not Gilmour!). I can’t imagine what an egomaniacal slog his memoir will be.

 

[Electric Moo]

Glad it's finally going to be released!!

Too bad Roger & David can't settle their differences: they compliment each other well ( musically, not verbally lol ) and when they were collaborating together magic happened. Along with the rest of the band, RIP

 

[IMachine]

Yessssss!

 

[Neil Palfreyman]

 

[beerking]

My early morning ritual is to open QQ and head for 'What's New'.

Is this for real?
Is it?

Is the squabbling finally resolved?

I'm sure Rontoon will be here soon to confirm.

There was me saying 'Pigs will Fly' before we will see this released.

 

[César]

Well, if you watch the video and ignore Water's ranting, the new mix sounds glorious to my humble ears. The bass specially sounds round and meaty, apologies for my non technical words.
Another blink and you miss it moment is an image of David in the studio that apparently looks recent and I can't understand why Roger decided to include. Not that I care as the video is just a provocation, but I was hoping to get a documentary as part of the deluxe edition (that we know somehow exists as a fragment was played at the Floyd exhibition). So not a single mention to any doc, outtakes or live tracks in the sticker on the new cover. A bit of a bummer but the 5.1 will surely make me forget about the rest.

 

[rontoon]

What's amazing is that @rontoon was right all along.
The delay of this release had nothing to do with the mix itself (or Gilmour's preference for working with Andy Jackson.)
It was all down to "petty, internal squabbles" (rontoon's words) over SLEEVE NOTES...

WOW...

I could be wrong, but I doubt Roger would be posting this video along with the new cover art at the very end unless they actually have all agreed on the final release.

Is it too much to hope for a July release of "Animals" and a November release of "The Wall" 5.1 mix?
(Hopefully Roger, David, and Nick learned their lessons with this release and won't have the 5.1 mix of "The Wall" delayed because of sleeve notes...)

Hope Springs Eternal!!!

Thanks for the props. I know... hard to believe, even when it comes from Roger.

I'm just happy that this will make a whole lotta folks happy. I've only heard great things about the new mix.

 

[Dyanez]

No mention of the Pigs on the wing with the Snowy White solo. I guess no bonuses unless they keeping that a secret for now

 

[Old Quad Guy]

Now all we need to know is the when. Before Christmas? I’m betting on a September or October release. So far, haven’t seen any presale/release dates.

 

[Mcallister]

Now for Obscured By Clouds and Meddle to get there due! @rontoon any rumors about those since the settled on an Animals release?

 

[wilberforce55]

What's amazing is that @rontoon was right all along.
The delay of this release had nothing to do with the mix itself (or Gilmour's preference for working with Andy Jackson.)
It was all down to "petty, internal squabbles" (rontoon's words) over SLEEVE NOTES...

WOW...

I could be wrong, but I doubt Roger would be posting this video along with the new cover art at the very end unless they actually have all agreed on the final release.

Is it too much to hope for a July release of "Animals" and a November release of "The Wall" 5.1 mix?
(Hopefully Roger, David, and Nick learned their lessons with this release and won't have the 5.1 mix of "The Wall" delayed because of sleeve notes...)

Hope Springs Eternal!!!

Nothing amazing about RonToon being right!

 

[IMachine]

Now for Obscured By Clouds and Meddle to get there due! @rontoon any rumors about those since the settled on an Animals release?

After posting the liner notes on his website…..

 

[César]

After posting the liner notes on his website…..

With all my respect to Mark Blake, the notes posted by Roger and rejected by David do not add nothing at all to the release. They add 0 details to the history of the album we all now and look more like a teenager's summary rather than proper, well researched and in depth notes to honour such a cornerstone album. I had the same impression after reading the poor liner notes coming with The Early Years box.
Compare them with the long essays and notes we have in the Beatles and Lennon's releases, they are just pointless.
Anyway, at this stage I just need the music, so I'm really happy they reached this agreement to remove the notes. I hope we will get bare bones releases for The Wall and why not, in the future, for Final Cut, OBC and Meddle

 

[wrat]

Until its on Floyd's website.............

 

[Bill B]

Awesome news. Animals is one of my desert island albums. I hope there is a way to get it without having to buy vinyl, which is 100% useless to me.
It's both hilarious and sad that there is so much pettiness between these old men who should just be happy they wake up each day.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Guthrie mentioned in interviews working on The Wall in 5.1 as far back as 2011. It was brought up during The Wall Immersion release as well as the WYWH and Amused to Death SACD releases. The Wall was slated to be worked on next while Guthrie remarked that he would like to work on Animals. He also mentioned the problematic state of the original multitracks. Here we are 8 years later with Animals in 5.1 slated to be released this year and no word about The Wall in years. It's not such a huge leap to assume that The Wall project has been problematic, perhaps it still is, when Animals has been done and dusted in the interim. If there were other multitrack options available Mr. Guthrie would know better than anyone.

Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here: SACD review and interviews including James Guthrie

Is Pink Floyd's The Wall Immersion edition going to have a 5.1 Surround Mix?

James: My understanding is that EMI plan to stick to their release schedule for the 'Why Pink Floyd?' campaign, which means there wouldn't be time to include a 5.1 mix in 'The Wall' Immersion Box. I will be doing a 5.1 mix of The Wall for release on SACD, but we don't have a planned release date for that yet. The original multitrack tapes are in pretty bad shape, so the project will take some time. I'm currently working on a Blu-ray release of 'The Wall' Movie.

By "the original multitrack tapes being in pretty bad shape" - are you referring to the Ampex (or other brand) reel tapes manufactured post 1978 that can gum up tape machines and shed magnetic oxide?

James: Yes. Half-way (ish) through the 70s, and unbeknownst to all of us in the studio world, the tape manufacturers changed the formula of the glue that bonds the oxide to the backing of the tape. I'm told that the original glue contained whale oil, so they had to change to a synthetic oil and that synthetic oil unfortunately causes the glue to break down over time, producing a gummy substance that seeps through the oxide making the tapes unplayable. Fortunately, a bright spark bravely discovered that you could bake the tapes and then safely play them a few times. But, that's not the only challenge when it comes to restoration - Edits, or tape splices, and the breakdown of the glue in the splicing tape that holds those edits together, have caused huge problems. I made hundreds of edits on both the 2" and the ¼” tapes of 'The Wall', so you start to get an idea of how time-consuming the restoration can be.

Additionally, there was a manufacturing period of 2 or 3 years where the tapes were particularly unstable. Of course, they appeared fine at the time. Both 'The Wall' and 'The Final Cut' albums are recorded on the peak of that bad tape.

Are any other Floyd multitrack tapes, in your experience, suffering from this particular problem?

James: Everything after 1976 or 1977 is susceptible to the problem. Even the tape we are using now. And it's not just the multitrack tapes that are affected – the ¼” and ½” masters are in the same predicament.

Some more interviews where he mentioned working on The Wall in 5.1

Building the 5.1 Wall: Producer James Guthrie Discusses Pink Floyd and Roger Waters’ Surround Sound Plans at Academic Conference | SoundBard

During the Q&A portion, Guthrie confirmed he’d like to do more Pink Floyd 5.1 mixes, but that it often comes down to a matter of the time available on his and the band’s collective schedules, so “don’t hold your breath.” That said, he was willing to concede that The Wall seems to be the most likely next candidate in the 5.1 queue, but the album he’d be most interested to do in surround is Animals.

An Interview With James Guthrie Perfect 5.1 Sense Interview By Mike Mettler

One thing Guthrie can confirm is his next surround assignment: "I'm going to be starting a 5.1 mix of The Wall soon — the original studio album, that is," he reports. "And we have discussed Animals." No timetable on when The Wall in 5.1 will be completed for release as of yet, but rest assured, we'll be right on top of it.

Pink Floyd: The Wall 5.1 coming to SACD says James Guthrie – SuperDeluxeEdition

Pink Floyd engineer James Guthrie has confirmed that he will be mixing The Wallalbum in 5.1 Surround and that this mix will appear on SACD (Super Audio CD), although there is no release date planned as yet.

Reading through some old posts in this thread, rontoon’s post makes all this sound like a miracle any of these get released given the bickering and tape issues. Is there any chance in hell for a proper surround release of “The Wall”?

 

[rontoon]

Reading through some old posts in this thread, rontoon’s post makes all this sound like a miracle any of these get released given the bickering and tape issues. Is there any chance in hell for a proper surround release of “The Wall”?

The Wall in 5.1 should be up next. AFAIK, Meddle and OBC multichannel mixes are still shelved indefinitely.

 

[Rorschach247]

The Wall in 5.1 should be up next. AFAIK, Meddle and OBC multichannel mixes are still shelved indefinitely.

Because they were done by Mr. Jackson and not by Mr. Guthrie?