Pink Floyd Animals in 5.1 Speculation, Now Pricing & Shipping thread starting Page 248

With a nurse like that- who needs porn?!?!?

 

The first has a pig in the air, the second has one in the air and one on the ground.

 

YES. We absolutely NEED an Animals Immersion set.

 

Would prefer a king crimson or Tull style set. Those immersion boxes were tough on the wallet.

 

I use this as the desktop background on my PC at work -- an even more hi-res (i.e. 'bigger') version that this -- and it's pretty damn glorious.

The flying pig isn't quite as noticeable, nor is the power-station quite a prominent -- and it all just looks like a wild, dramatic industrial scene - with all the clouds and such.

Nobody who doesn't know it's Pink Floyd related, would never guess.

To be perfectly honest, I've gotten *less and less* enamored with nearly all of Pink Floyd's various album covers over the years (I'll be 50 next year, and have been a fan for 30 odd years now). With the lone exception of the cover for Animals, which is just as incredible as always. A few of the more obscure 45 picture-sleeves float my boat quite nicely (especially the international ones) -- but none of the core catalog's covers have any of the mystique (at least for me), that I used to associate with them 20-30 years ago. Except Animals.

 

For those who are interested, the power station was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott who also designed the amazing Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Waterloo Bridge and other similarly imposing buildings.

Giles Gilbert Scott - Wikipedia

However, Scott is best remembered not for one of his iconic buildings, but for the red telephone boxes which were used throughout the UK in the days of the GPO.

What a legacy!

It is easy to imagine Battersea as a cathedral to power generation.

 

Nice. I love trivia like this.

 

I regret not buying a print when Storm was in town.

 

Oakland Please

 

day one purchase for me (now if we could just get a 5.1 of The Final Cut)

 

every Floyd album should be remixed to surround. that's just....duh.
weren't some of their '67 shows in surround?

 

This is what "Animals" in 5.1 looks like:

 

^^this is so good!

 

I may be optimistic but is it possible the band is preparing a box set of all studio albums with a new sacd w new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes? And release each album individually in the sacd format. Either way excited to hear that Animals 5.1 may be released this year.

 

I seriously doubt it, with the recent reissue campaign.
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Thanks! Agree. It’s been 7 years since the discovery immersion reissue campaign. Wishful thinking on my part but after the Early Years release would be great to have all 15 albums proper on sacd w full liner notes by Rontoon who I have learned is simply a source of incredible information about the band. Thanks all.

 

Wrong topic! Start a thread about those

 

5.1 for the entire catalog?

 

But it's only been 2 years since the stunningly jaw-dropping vinyl reissues.

 

Not the "Early Years" stuff, but look at what's been happening with the material after that (1973+), there's a reasonable chance we'll see 5.1 mixes for every album recorded after 1972.

 

I wouldn't hold my breath on The Wall.

 

Why does that strike me as funny? Low oxygen up so high???

Spoiler: OT for DC native

Anyway- up your way for 1st foray to 9:30 club. Saw Steven Wilson- great show, don't suppose you were there?

 

Guthrie has said that he was doing 2 5.1 channel mixes of The Wall, one for the movie and another one for the album. He said the movie was first. BTW he said it would take years of work.

No one is holding their breath.

If word ever leaks of the movie on Blu Ray it’s close or if he personally says he gives up, or what ever, then it’s over. There’s no way that they would give up on it without saying that they tried but failed

 

He said there was a “reasonable chance” we’ll see 5.1 for everything after 1972 - presumably including The Wall. For several obvious reasons I don’t think there is a reasonable chance we’ll see a 5.1 mix of The Wall. One, Guthrie’s comments were years ago. Two, the opportunity came and went with the Immersion box. Three, the multi-tracks are apparently quite a challenge to work with.

I’d like to see it too and sure there is always a chance PF, Inc will pull a rabbit out if their hat. But there is little reason to think there is a reasonable chance it will happen. Sorry if my comment upsets people’s wishful thinking disguised as informed likelihood but I live in the real world.