Pink Floyd PULSE Blu-Ray out in February

[stoopid]

Great set! Watched a few weeks ago and Blu-ray has improved it!

[watching now] Sound quality is top notch (for a live show). Video transfer done well, vibrant and dynamic. I have a large screen and it's enjoyable to watch despite it being a legacy format. I never had the DVD and may have never seen the video for it before. Had the CDs, which I think most did. The Momentary Lapse/Division Bell era stuff sounds all too same-y for me. Everything through The Wall on here are good performances. Boxed set quality good. This is a good value at $30-ish, probably would have been fine paying full price to be honest but don't tell PF/Amazon that. lol

Only nit (and I read this in reviews) is that occasionally I notice the out of sync video/audio, as a musician that's like fingernails across a chalkboard. It would seem like something obvious that could have been avoided, or corrected if that was the case.

I like that Gilmour is heavily involved, as front man and plays a lot of the leads. He carries the show. I feel that's missing with Waters stuff post Floyd, and I much prefer Waters over Gilmour (as solo artists and vocalists).

It's nice having classic concerts by this band getting re-released in better formats. I missed out on much of this at the time as I wasn't as interested as I am now.

I do have to ask -- what's up with the coked up 80s reject second percussionist? His 'performance' seems a bit tone deaf, he knows he's playing with Pink Floyd right? Not Miami Sound Machine!? [nevermind, wikipedia answered this for me. tl;dr he was a bad idea to inject energy into the show, but instead IMHO sticks out like a sore thumb]

 

[César]

Well, I came late to the party and purchased this week the Pulse cassette. I was curious about the soundscapes that appear at the end of side 4 and, even though I had a soft copy, I wanted to have the physical copy.
I played them in the morning with DTS Neural upmixer on and what a surprise! They upmix beautifully, with very discrete elements popping here and there (the frog!). There are also some effects that later appeared on The Endless River.
If you have the cassette, give this a try.
(And at least the DVD included a shortened version of the soundscape in proper 5.1, never checked the Blu-ray)

 

[Quadkid]

[watching now] Sound quality is top notch (for a live show). Video transfer done well, vibrant and dynamic. I have a large screen and it's enjoyable to watch despite it being a legacy format. I never had the DVD and may have never seen the video for it before. Had the CDs, which I think most did. The Momentary Lapse/Division Bell era stuff sounds all too same-y for me. Everything through The Wall on here are good performances. Boxed set quality good. This is a good value at $30-ish, probably would have been fine paying full price to be honest but don't tell PF/Amazon that. lol

Only nit (and I read this in reviews) is that occasionally I notice the out of sync video/audio, as a musician that's like fingernails across a chalkboard. It would seem like something obvious that could have been avoided, or corrected if that was the case.

I like that Gilmour is heavily involved, as front man and plays a lot of the leads. He carries the show. I feel that's missing with Waters stuff post Floyd, and I much prefer Waters over Gilmour (as solo artists and vocalists).

It's nice having classic concerts by this band getting re-released in better formats. I missed out on much of this at the time as I wasn't as interested as I am now.

I do have to ask -- what's up with the coked up 80s reject second percussionist? His 'performance' seems a bit tone deaf, he knows he's playing with Pink Floyd right? Not Miami Sound Machine!? [nevermind, wikipedia answered this for me. tl;dr he was a bad idea to inject energy into the show, but instead IMHO sticks out like a sore thumb]

One of my favorites! Very well done!

 

[Schymark]

Well, I came late to the party and purchased this week the Pulse cassette. I was curious about the soundscapes that appear at the end of side 4 and, even though I had a soft copy, I wanted to have the physical copy.
I played them in the morning with DTS Neural upmixer on and what a surprise! They upmix beautifully, with very discrete elements popping here and there (the frog!). There are also some effects that later appeared on The Endless River.
If you have the cassette, give this a try.
(And at least the DVD included a shortened version of the soundscape in proper 5.1, never checked the Blu-ray)

It’s on YouTube the full soundscape

 

[hedkandi]

A new mix done by Alan Parsons, including atmos, will be available soon.
Even in the final credits appears that have those new mixes.
https://www.facebook.com/share/mEMovC9cdFSTbn2Q/

 

[Owen Smith]

A new mix done by Alan Parsons, including atmos, will be available soon.
Even in the final credits appears that have those new mixes.
https://www.facebook.com/share/mEMovC9cdFSTbn2Q/

Seems a bit ridiculous it is so soon after Pulse was released on Blu Ray.

 

[César]

Milking away the cow, as much as possible. But, if you think carefully about it, it may make sense because of the anniversary of the concerts. I wonder if the full gig is remixed or only the Dark Side part.

 

[Sal1950]

Milking away the cow, as much as possible. But, if you think carefully about it, it may make sense because of the anniversary of the concerts. I wonder if the full gig is remixed or only the Dark Side part.

With the current popularity of Atmos, and PF music being the perfect source, it's probably best to get them all done while we fans are still alive. LOL

 

[JediJoker]

Milking away the cow, as much as possible. But, if you think carefully about it, it may make sense because of the anniversary of the concerts. I wonder if the full gig is remixed or only the Dark Side part.

The blurb from Alan sure makes it sound like it's just the Dark Side performance.

 

[rtbluray]

a lot of things concern me about this.
while Guthrie's mixes are not that exciting from a surround standpoint, they are sonically very close to perfection, so while I'm sure Alan will be more adventurous with the surround placement, my concern is that a lot of Guthrie's sonic qualities will be lost in the new mix.
also as others have already pointed out, we got the restored Blu-Ray edition first in the "Later Years" box set 5 years ago and then another release in 2022 outside of the big box set.
so another release to buy within 2-3 years of the previous one?
finally if they are honestly going to release this later this year instead of "The Wall" then PF should get rid of their management cause they are doing nothing for us fans.
the best stuff is rotting on a shelf while we get more reissues of the same stuff...

 

[SharpKnight]

I got a good deal on the 5.1 Blu-Ray off Amazon and haven't even had time to open the shipping box yet. Sure are milking the same thing over and over. They just pulled this prank with Animals.

 

[marpow]

Should this announcement be on a different titled thread? Not really Pulse.

"Alan is delighted to announce the new stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos mixes of the recently completed Pink Floyd: Live at Earls Court in London 1994 that played the entirety of The Dark Side Of The Moon."

 

[Owen Smith]

I got a good deal on the 5.1 Blu-Ray off Amazon and haven't even had time to open the shipping box yet. Sure are milking the same thing over and over. They just pulled this prank with Animals.

Atmos has taken the market by surprise and disrupted all the release cycles. So stuff that normally would be regarded as finished, or not getting another release for a decade or more, suddenly needs a release to bring out an Atmos mix.

 

[Owen Smith]

Should this announcement be on a different titled thread? Not really Pulse.

"Alan is delighted to announce the new stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos mixes of the recently completed Pink Floyd: Live at Earls Court in London 1994 that played the entirety of The Dark Side Of The Moon."

That's the same concert as Pulse though isn't it?

 

[madscot]

That's the same concert as Pulse though isn't it?

It is but it looks like only the DSOTM part is being done in atmos!

 

[marpow]

That's the same concert as Pulse though isn't it?

I don't know, but Pulse has at least 3 albums on it, Dark Side, The Wall, A Momentary, etc.

I vote to properly change this thread to Pink Floyd: Live at Earls Court in London 1994 in Atmos.

 

[Owen Smith]

It is but it looks like only the DSOTM part is being done in atmos!

That's not clear to me from what has been said, and it would be very strange not to do the entire concert.

 

[madscot]

I don't know, but Pulse has at least 3 albums on it, Dark Side, The Wall, A Momentary, etc.

I vote to properly change this thread to Pink Floyd: Live at Earls Court in London 1994 in Atmos.

They played the whole DSOTM album in sequence, which was the first time since the 70’s I believe, I was there and was sure it was only one night they did it but subsequently it seems they did it numerous times

 

[marpow]

They played the whole DSOTM album in sequence, which was the first time since the 70’s I believe, I was there and was sure it was only one night they did it but subsequently it seems they did it numerous times

I believe you but It's still not Pulse.

 

[Owen Smith]

I don't know, but Pulse has at least 3 albums on it, Dark Side, The Wall, A Momentary, etc.

Wish You Were Here tracks are on there I'm pretty certain, as is Division Bell.

I vote to properly change this thread to Pink Floyd: Live at Earls Court in London 1994 in Atmos.

The thread needs splitting if you want that, because originally it was about the Pulse blu ray.