Pop up menus are my thing. Integral part of my complex rating formula.I never noticed the pop up pig. But then I tend not to use pop up menus.
I gave Animals a 10 also adding 1 point for price and choice but I believe everyone hears music differently. If someone give a score lower than most members I am ok with it as long as their decision was considered fairly.Don't know how you can't give this a 10. This is what we live for. '70s premier prog in 5.1.
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Literally my only complaint--and it's got nothing to do with the sound or the mix--is the lack of the 8-track version of PotW. To be fair, it was never promised and I really wasn't expecting it, but it's very weird to me that there remains an officially-released Pink Floyd song that you simply can't buy in a modern format for any amount of money. The only other one I can think of is the "obscured version" of "Not Now John" that was rushed out after radio stations started making their own badly-censored versions.
I'm not going to jump straight to "contempt for their fans!" but it does seem like a major oversight. Maybe they simply forgot. Or the master is damaged. Or Snowy White wanted a fortune. Or...whatever. In the end it doesn't affect the simple fact that this is a great surround mix.
This is 100% a case of you get what you pay for....downgraded my final score to a 9, because of the really crappy packaging. Pink Floyd was always on the cutting edge of how their product was presented. This one is a bust.
It's a VERY different mix.It was released officially on Snowy's CD Goldtop RPM 154. so one can easily take the CD and burn
this to the rest of the release.
Ha! I’ve received my blu ray (from Burning Shed) and am waiting for the right time for a good listen. I’m OK with the cover/packaging. The disc seems to slip out and in safely.This is 100% a case of you get what you pay for.
I'm not here to defend PF, but there is a reasonably-priced deluxe version available.
For every post like this, there are a thousand on this forum of "just give me the blu ray, forget the extra crap, means nothing to me, a big rip-of, I'll never buy this."
Where are all those folks now, giving gratitude, praise and bonus points for this?
Apparently some are in the 70-odd votes of 10.
Welcome to the Animals club.I've just got the SACD from Analogue productions and have listened during the weekend. A 10. For me, Pink Floyd was first and foremost The Dark Side Of The Moon (first heard during music tuition, at the tender age of 6, in Mr. Small's class), then The Wall, which came out during my traumatic puberty. Only much later did I connect with Wish You Were Here and Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. And that has basically been it. Up and until now. Never listened to Animals before. But this is tremendous.
My son is going to love this. His favourite Beatles song is Piggies.Welcome to the Animals club.
All good. I bought the Blu-ray myself. It was cheaper.Sorry - Not meant to be harsh. Just saying there is no difference. Understand for collector reasons, etc. But no difference in audio/fidelity
and more easily available. I bought the BD in my local media store on release day.All good. I bought the Blu-ray myself. It was cheaper.