Other than a new remaster, there's nothing in this that isn't in the Immersion box (which actually has more content). In fact, other than the '23 remaster and high res, this new one has nothing, in terms of actual content, that the double-disc 2011 remaster had.Originally Posted by lovecraft
So either the double disc if you're not into high res and demos, or the Immersion box if you are...in either case you get a good remaster plus the Wembley DSOTM performance. That they decided to break the full show up between three releases (double disc DSOTM & WYWH, plus Echoes in the Early Years box in the bonus set that you can't buy separately) only means there will come a time when they will reissue the show in full...and, no doubt, for a ridiculous price.
I mean, I bought the 2018 Animals remix on SACD because it's great, and it was reasonably priced at $34.99 USD. But it's the only recent Floyd reissue/archival set that was. All those 1971/72 live shows that are audience recordings, selling for $20.99 at HDTracks, is outrageous. I mean, Crimson and Giant have included audience recordings in their mega box sets, but (a) along with other high fidelity recordings and (b) for historical reasons. You could argue the Floyds are for historical reasons too (and would be correct), but you can buy the 15-disc Crimson LTIA set for 93GBP, including seven restored boots and two shows of good to very good quality, along with the remixes, bonus material etc. To buy all the Floyd shows (16 in total, and why release them at 24/44.1 and charge more for them...you can't polish a turd, as they say!) would cost $335 USD. And you don't get anything else.
If they'd bundled them in with a "middle years" box that covers 1973-1982, and put the "high res" boots on one or two Blu Rays, then they could be delivered without breaking the bank. Though, of course, given the prices of the early and later years box sets, a middle years box with 21 live shows would, I suspect, but in the $600-$700 range anyway.
<sigh>. It really is a scam, plain and simple.
I loved the Later Year box, which I reviewed, and love the 2018 Animals mix as well as the relatively reasonably priced Immersion box sets (but why no high res of The Wall?). But this new DSOTM and the live shows from '71/'72 are just outrageous.
As if they need the money (not that they shouldn't be able to charge, but do they really need to soak folks for $300 for this feature-light DSOTM remaster?)...
True! She likes Gentle Giant and The Flower Kings as well, so she's a keeper. She's not crazy about more avant stuff, though some of it she finds amusing (she used to take the Cardboard Amanda CD to work with her....her coworkers hated it but she thinks it's awesome, in a hilarious kind of way...she has similar feelings about Samla Mammas Manna). She was a huge Floyd fan as a teenager and young adult, which is when she bought up all those bootleg CD's. A lot of good stuff on them too (though sometimes the sound quality makes them almost unlistenable)
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