Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - Steven Wilson mix?

[César]

I believe this deserves a dedicated thread. Info comes from SHF:
While not IMAX, yesterday Cinemark posted a listing for "Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII" with an April 24th 2025 release date. The description is as follows:
"The newly restored 4K version, scanned from the original negative, presents the first full 90-minute cut, combining the 60-minute source edit of the performance, with additional Abbey Road Studios documentary segments covering the recording of 1973's The Dark Side of the Moon. The amphitheater concert includes performances of seminal tracks Echoes and One of These Days, alongside earlier hits Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun and A Saucerful of Secrets. Also features a brand-new audio remix by Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, preserving the authenticity and spirit of the original recording."

 

[ogrequad]

If true, this is very exciting news!

 

[PurpleMoustache]

Been toying with ordering the Blu with the existing 5.1 and footage and… if true glad I held off! Bring it on!

 

[Fourplay]

Also features a brand-new audio remix by Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, preserving the authenticity and spirit of the original recording."

I'm hoping the word "authenticity" does not connote stereo only. There was a rare official quad mix, so hopefully that opens the door for a full surround treatment.

 

[atrocity]

I'm hoping the word "authenticity" does not connote stereo only. There was a rare official quad mix, so hopefully that opens the door for a full surround treatment.

The original "stereo" version was always 4-track LCRS. It REALLY annoys me that the 4-track mix never made it to video.

 

[Steve Bruzonsky]

I believe this deserves a dedicated thread. Info comes from SHF:
While not IMAX, yesterday Cinemark posted a listing for "Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII" with an April 24th 2025 release date. The description is as follows:
"The newly restored 4K version, scanned from the original negative, presents the first full 90-minute cut, combining the 60-minute source edit of the performance, with additional Abbey Road Studios documentary segments covering the recording of 1973's The Dark Side of the Moon. The amphitheater concert includes performances of seminal tracks Echoes and One of These Days, alongside earlier hits Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun and A Saucerful of Secrets. Also features a brand-new audio remix by Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, preserving the authenticity and spirit of the original recording."

"not IMAX"?

 

[DrKlahn]

That's exciting. As a Floyd fan I always enjoyed this as a documentary, but the audio mastering on the DVD was never all that inspiring. It wasn't bad, but it didn't really instill a desire for a re-watch that often. Hopefully we'll see a 4K disc release soon.

It wasn't shot with IMAX cameras and a lot of "IMAX" content is just branding anyway. So, that's a non-issue to me.

 

[stoopid]

Haven't watched this in a long while. Not my favorite set list and once I got past the location gimmick there isn't much else to get excited about. For me the bonus material is probably as valuable as the main content.

** Just checked my DVD, and it makes no mention of surround (only 'Dolby Digital') so maybe having the audio remixed/remastered by the capable Mr Wilson will breath a bit of life into it. If the price is right, maybe I'll bite.

 

[mutant_matt]

IF the re-mix includes sorting out the often poor, and inconsistent bass, then I'm ALL IN!!! (even though this sucker already bought the last Blu version).

IF it's basically more of the same, with that annoying, constantly changing in "thickness" and timbre of the bass, then count me out (that was noticeable both in the cinema when I first saw it, and sadly, the same on the BluRay, which I bought).

I love SW as well as PF, so fingers crossed for an awesome "how it should have originally have been", version...

 

[Mcallister]

This is a dream come true if true

 

[Atomic Punk]

This is a dream come true if true

so true

 

[lovecraft]

so true

True dat.

 

[GOS]

True dat.

word

 

[bayards]

Right Nice.

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Well if there is a quad mix available..., Steven Wilson has a history of including any quad mixes with 5.1 etc.
Such as he did with all of the new remixes of Jethro Tull's 70's quad albums.

 

[lovecraft]

I was just listening to the quad mix of Echoes from The Early Years box set last night. It is a beauty.

 

[ssully]

Well if there is a quad mix available..., Steven Wilson has a history of including any quad mixes with 5.1 etc.
Such as he did with all of the new remixes of Jethro Tull's 70's quad albums.

I doubt 'he' has anything to do with including those quad mix digital releases (which on a few occasions seems to have been done with less than stellar quality control)

Wilson is responsible only for the new remixes, which he creates from digital multitrack files supplied to him by the record company.
He isn't the producer of the Tull boxed sets...or any such legacy releases afaik.

 

[mandrix]

We'll see I guess.
I would like to have a UHD of Gilmour's Pompeii concert myself.....