The Dark Side Of The Moon (Immersion Box Set)

[Guest Bru]

Appena uscito.

Mi hanno passato ieri l'originale, ma non ho ancora ascoltato, se non a piccoli sprazzi il live.

Immersion Editions present the complete artistic experience. Lavishly packaged in a sturdy 29cm square box, the sets contain remastered, previously unreleased and audio-visual material, plus much additional content – reproduced memorabilia, brand new graphics, art prints, collectors’ items, lavish booklets and more.

Originally released in 1973, The Dark Side of The Moon became Pink Floyd’s first number 1 album in the US, remaining on the chart for 741 weeks between 1973 and 1988. One of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed albums of all time The Dark Side of The Moon also introduced The iconic album cover artwork by Hipgnosis featuring a prism representing the band’s stage lighting, the record’s lyrics, and the request for a ‘simple and bold’ design. The Immersion version features the classic Studio album digitally remastered and presented as a limited edition high quality boxset featuring 6 discs of rare and unreleased audio and video material, plus a new 40 page oversized perfect-bound booklet, a book of original photographs edited by Jill Furmanovsky, exclusive merchandise and facsimile collectables.

DISC 1 – CD 1: The Dark Side Of The Moon digitally remastered by James Guthrie 2011

DISC 2 – CD 2: The Dark Side Of The Moon performed live at Wembley in 1974 (2011 Mix and previously unreleased)

DISC 3 – DVD 1, ALL AUDIO: The Dark Side Of The Moon, James Guthrie 2003 5.1 Surround Mix (previously released only on SACD) in standard resolution audio at 448 kbps / The Dark Side Of The Moon, James Guthrie 2003 5.1 Surround Mix (previously released only on SACD) in high resolution audio at 640 kbps / The Dark Side Of The Moon, LPCM Stereo mix (as disc 1) / The Dark Side Of The Moon, Alan Parsons Quad Mix (previously released only on vinyl LP/8 track tape in 1973) in standard resolution audio at 448 kbps / The Dark Side Of The Moon, Alan Parsons Quad Mix (previously released only on vinyl LP/8 track tape in 1973) in high resolution audio at 640 kbps

DISC 4 - DVD 2, ALL AUDIO VISUAL: Live In Brighton 1972: Careful With That Axe, Eugene (previously unreleased on DVD) / Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (previously unreleased on DVD) / The Dark Side Of The Moon, 2003 documentary (25 min EPK) / Concert Screen Films (60 min total): British Tour 1974, French Tour 1974, North American Tour 1975. Screen films play in stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound

DISC 5 – BLURAY, AUDIO+AUDIO VISUAL: The Dark Side Of The Moon, James Guthrie 2003 5.1 Surround Mix (previously released only on SACD) in high resolution audio at 96 kHz/24-bit / The Dark Side Of The Moon, Original stereo mix (1973) mastered in high resolution audio at 96 kHz/24-bit / Live In Brighton 1972: Careful With That Axe, Eugene (previously unreleased on DVD/BluRay) / Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (previously unreleased on DVD/BluRay) / The Dark Side Of The Moon, 2003 documentary (EPK) / Concert Screen Films (5.1 Surround Mix): British Tour 1974, French Tour 1974, North American Tour 1975 / Concert Screen Films (High Resolution Stereo Mix): British Tour 1974, French Tour 1974, North American Tour 1975

DISC 6 - CD 3: The Dark Side Of The Moon 1972 Early Album Mix engineered by Alan Parsons (previously unreleased) / The Hard Way (from ‘Household Objects’ project) / Us And Them, Richard Wright Demo (previously unreleased) / The Travel Sequence, live from Brighton June 1972 (previously unreleased) / The Mortality Sequence, live from Brighton June 1972 (previously unreleased) / Any Colour You Like, live from Brighton June 1972 (previously unreleased) / The Travel Sequence, studio recording 1972 (previously unreleased) / Money, Roger Waters’ demo (previously unreleased)

This all comes with a 40 page 27cm x 27cm booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson, an exclusive photo book edited by Jill Furmanovsky, an exclusive Storm Thorgerson Art Print, 5 x Collectors' Cards featuring art and comments by Storm Thorgerson, replica of The Dark Side Of The Moon tour ticket, replica of The Dark Side Of The Moon backstage pass, scarf, 3 x black marbles, 9 x Coasters (unique to this box) featuring early Storm Thorgerson design sketches, and a 12 page credits booklet.

Disc 1 - CD - 2011 Remaster:

01. Speak To Me 1:07

02. Breathe (In The Air) 2:49

03. On The Run 3:45

04. Time 6:53

05. The Great Gig In The Sky 4:44

06. Money 6:23

07. Us And Them 7:49

08. Any Colour You Like 3:26

09. Brain Damage 3:46

10. Eclipse 2:12

Disc 2 - CD - Live At Wembley 1974:

(Recorded at The Empire Pool, Wembley, London, November 1974)

01. Speak To Me 2:45

02. Breathe (In The Air) 2:50

03. On The Run 5:08

04. Time 6:31

05. The Great Gig In The Sky 6:50

06. Money 8:41

07. Us And Them 8:09

08. Any Colour You Like 8:10

09. Brain Damage 3:43

10. Eclipse 2:19

Disc 6 - CD - Previously Unreleased Tracks:

01. Breathe (In The Air) (Early Mix 1972) 3:10

02. On The Run (Early Mix 1972) 3:30

03. Time (Early Mix 1972) 6:56

04. The Great Gig In The Sky (Early Mix 1972) 4:11

05. Money (Early Mix 1972) 6:52

06. Us And Them (Early Mix 1972) 7:15

07. Any Colour You Like (Early Mix 1972) 3:25

08. Brain Damage (Early Mix 1972) 3:50

09. Eclipse (Early Mix 1972) 1:38

10. The Hard Way (from 'Household Objects' ) 3:09

11. Us And Them (Richard Wright Demo) 5:39

12. The Travel Sequence (Live In Brighton June 1972) 4:36

13. The Morality Sequence (Live In Brighton June 1972) 3:24

14. Any Colour You Like (Live In Brighton June 1972) 4:44

15. The Travel Sequence (Previously Unreleased) 2:21

16. Money (Roger Waters Demo) 2:37

Stephen Thomas Erlewine From All Music Guide :

By condensing the sonic explorations of Meddle to actual songs and adding a lush, immaculate production to their trippiest instrumental sections, Pink Floyd inadvertently designed their commercial breakthrough with Dark Side of the Moon. The primary revelation of Dark Side of the Moon is what a little focus does for the band. Roger Waters wrote a series of songs about mundane, everyday details which aren't that impressive by themselves, but when given the sonic backdrop of Floyd's slow, atmospheric soundscapes and carefully placed sound effects, they achieve an emotional resonance. But what gives the album true power is the subtly textured music, which evolves from ponderous, neo-psychedelic art rock to jazz fusion and blues-rock before turning back to psychedelia. It's dense with detail, but leisurely paced, creating its own dark, haunting world. Pink Floyd may have better albums than Dark Side of the Moon, but no other record defines them quite as well as this one.

The Immersion Edition is the name Pink Floyd invented for their massive, mega-deluxe single-album reissue campaign, inaugurating the series with a six-disc box set of Dark Side of the Moon in the fall of 2011. Previously reluctant to open their vaults, Floyd now overcompensate with a ludicrously lavish box that truly does immerse a listener within the album's world. The original album, remastered again in 2011 by James Guthrie, accounts for the first disc, along with the first DVD-Audio that contains Guthrie's 5.1 mix from 2003, and Alan Parsons' quadraphonic mix from 1973, never before reissued. Also never issued officially is the Floyd's live set from Wembley in 1974, here as a second CD, nor has Parsons' original 1972 mix, issued here on an exclusive CD that also contains "The Hard Way," from the abandoned Household Objects album, live versions of blueprints for Dark Side in "Any Colour You Like," "The Mortality Sequence," and "The Travel Sequence," the latter also present in a studio version, and demos of "Us and Them" and "Money." All this doesn't account for the books, the collector cards and prints, the backstage and ticket replicas, the coasters and scarf that push this set to the cusp of parody while retaining a sense of silken indulgence for the dedicated Floyd fan. As nice as the packaging is, the real news of the set is the bonus audio: the live concert is excellent, the Parsons mix is notably different in parts - particularly during extended instrumental sections on "The Great Gig in the Sky," "Us and Them," "Any Colour You Like," and "Brain Damage" -- and the skeletal demos, along with the live run-throughs, contain the thrill of hearing an overly familiar piece at its tentative origin. Whether this is worth over a hundred dollars is totally up to the listener but for those who invest, they won't be disappointed in immersing themselves in this super-deluxe box.

Patrick Humphries From The BBC :

Dark Side of the Moon propelled Pink Floyd into the commercial stratosphere, shooting them from the underground into one of the most successful British bands of all time. On its original release in 1973, the Floyd's eighth album was memorably described as "a stereo wet dream for hi-fi snobs everywhere". But there are no sexual metaphors to even begin to describe this six-disc, purse-stretching, memorabilia-packed box. Central among the replica backstage passes, tour photos, coasters and, uh, marbles though is the music, the same music which has mesmerised successive generations for nearly 40 years.

Long overdue for boxing up, for the first time ever Pink Floyd have dipped back into their back catalogue to officially allow long-time fans to get to hear another side of them. Dark Side… is not the only album to receive this expanded treatment – and in addition to these standalone sets, a mammoth 16-disc package, Discovery, is available, allowing the newcomer to take home all of Pink Floyd's studio LPs with a single purchase.

But back to the album at hand. In a sense, the scale of the success of Dark Side of the Moon – 724 weeks on the US charts, 28-odd million copies sold – has overwhelmed its content. There does remain something majestic and monumental about the original album – the audacious use of sound effects and dialogue; the commercial favourites Money and Brain Damage; the sonic landscapes of Breathe and The Great Gig in the Sky; the tranquility of Us and Them. While it may not be the band's best album, from the cover in, it's the one most associated with them.

And with Christmas on the horizon, here is fresh, eye-watering content – the remastered original album; the rarely heard quad mix; a 1974 live at Wembley concert version; Blu-ray and 5.1 Surround mixes; DVDs of concert and screen films. But the real jewels in this crown are the 'previously unreleased' recordings: an early mix of the album minus many effects; a funkier Any Colour You Like; Roger Waters' demo for Money; live concert variations. And among these, the most revealing is The Hard Way from the unreleased Household Objects, the album without musical instruments which the Floyd tried to make to follow-up Dark Side of the Moon, but which was ditched before they went on to make Wish You Were Here. But that's another story for another Immersion...

[Ric]

Fetish!!

[Guest Auro]

Parliamo di money: how much?

[Guest MauroTheWall]

Troppe uscite Floydiane...sono appena usciti anche tutti gli album di studio rimasterizzati, da quello che ho sentito in radio il sound è fantastico. Ho paura di sapere i prezzi.

[Guest MauroTheWall]

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Ci sono gli immersion box di altri album dei Pink...

Non c'è un'icona adatta per decrivere le mie sensazioni...dovrebbe essere un facepalm tendente ad infinito.

[Guest Arturo il Nutria]

Eh! Ci sono delle belle chicche live....

[gianimaurizio]

semplicemente URCAAAAAAAA!!!!

[Guest Arturo il Nutria]

Ho capito: stasera vado a fare un esproprio proletar-floydiano

[koluilkuale]

Parliamo di money:

è la quinta traccia del cd 6

[Guest Arturo il Nutria]

è la quinta traccia del cd 6

Sei una persona senza nessuna considerazione per i viali di cipressi. Vergognati!

[koluilkuale]

. Vergognati!

in un angolo?

[Guest Arturo il Nutria]

in un angolo?

A tua discrezione

[koluilkuale]

A tua discrezione

fidati,

sarò discreta

[Guest Arturo il Nutria]

Bru, mi interesserebbe conoscere il tuo giudizio circa la qualità audio delle parti live. Ne va della mia sanità mentale (quella poca rimasta...)

[koluilkuale]

Ne va della mia sanità mentale (quella poca rimasta...)

dovresti chiamare "chi l'ha visto" il Bru non credo arrivi a tanto

[hivez]

Drogati!

ps:

ammazza tutta la discografia rimasterizzata.. sento già il portafoglio alleggerirsi.. comunque non è possibile ogni dieci anni ne viene fuori una versione nuova! Non si fa!

[Guest Bru]

Bru, mi interesserebbe conoscere il tuo giudizio circa la qualità audio delle parti live. Ne va della mia sanità mentale (quella poca rimasta...)

Buona.

Il problema è che la versione in studio è alquanto allucinante e, quindi, il live scompare.

Ho fatto un po' di zapping anche sul CD sampler, con degli estratti dai vari remaster. Qui, di primo acchito, non son rimasto particolarmente sorpreso, boh, Another brick o wish you where here non mi sembran poi diverse.

Il lavoro sui remaster dei Beatles mi lasciò invece di stucco.

[Guest Arturo il Nutria]

Buona.

Il problema è che la versione in studio è alquanto allucinante e, quindi, il live scompare.

Ho fatto un po' di zapping anche sul CD sampler, con degli estratti dai vari remaster. Qui, di primo acchito, non son rimasto particolarmente sorpreso, boh, Another brick o wish you where here non mi sembran poi diverse.

Il lavoro sui remaster dei Beatles mi lasciò invece di stucco.

Azz! E' così devastante questo nuovo mastering?

Diciamo che le versioni live citate le ho già in bootleg, ma non sono qualitativamente rilevanti. Se solo il suono fosse ripulito per bene...

Ma ci sono Another e Wish nel pacchetto di DSOTM?

[Guest Bru]

Azz! E' così devastante questo nuovo mastering?

Diciamo che le versioni live citate le ho già in bootleg, ma non sono qualitativamente rilevanti. Se solo il suono fosse ripulito per bene...

Ma ci sono Another e Wish nel pacchetto di DSOTM?

Il Live è ripulito molto bene, ma non ho mai sentito quel bootleg. C'è qualche momento di acidità, per esempio nel sax su money, ma teniamo conto che abbiamo in testa la versione in studio e, sebbene bravi, non è che live possa rendere allo stesso modo.

In ogni caso, non ho ancora ascoltato nulla per bene, ma solo zapping; non sono in vena da Pink Floyd e sto ascoltando i Metallica

Wish, brick e altro sono in un altro CD, "Sampler", una mini raccoltra con le anteprime dei remasters.

PS: ti mando un pm.

[Guest Bru]

[davideblues]

mi sa che per natale ho trovato il regalo da farmi

[Guest Bru]

Ho visto il documentario nel dvd, molto molto bello, con le interviste di tutti e 4, Wright compreso.

Spiegano poi come nella versione SACD si sentano un sacco di cose che manco loro ricordavano più.

Io non ho il SACD e manco la quadrofonia, e il disco è stato registrato appunto a questo scopo, in ogni caso ho sentito voci, frasi, rumori e suoni che prima non c'erano proprio.