Pink Floyd The Later Years - Specul/ation (Pre-release)

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  1. Liquid77

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    Posting just to help get to 100. I like PF.
     
  2. jɑmbo

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    Intriguing
     
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  3. Hattipper

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    What could it be?....:waiting:
     
  4. mando_dan

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    That truly might be the most exciting thing on this set
     
  5. floydfan2410

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    I guess you're not first in line for the new box :laugh:
     
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  6. Six Bachelors

    Six Bachelors Troublemaking enthusiast

    Firstly, thanks to @rontoon for sharing a lot of information about the box in his usual circumspect manner.

    I'm looking forward to this quite a bit. I really hope there is no Continuation-style set that tricks me into buying the full box but I think it's inevitable, especially as this time around they know that we know that the individual volumes will likely come out later.

    That said, just to poison the good atmosphere in this thread (which I am really enjoying), I'll mention my strong hope that this boxset has better quality control than Early Years did in terms of the audio content. Please nothing out of phase, no weird editing issues, no inferior sources when superior sources are available and no fatiguing high frequency mastering. As great as TEY was (and is) it did seem like the audio side of things was bit...rushed.
     
  7. croquetlawns

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    Considering how long they spent working on the box, the audio content for TEY certainly should not have been rushed!
     
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  8. Hardhog

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    No...
    Anyway I hope for the official announcement next week. :goodie:
     
  9. johnjohnstone

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    I also hope that the manufacturing of the bluray discs is better this time round as well. I have just had to get two of the TEY ones replaced and one other looks suspect ...
     
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  10. floydfan2410

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    I hope the Blu-rays/DVDs will have easter eggs the same way Gilmour's Remember That Night did! The menu design was a bit dull on TEY to be honest.
     
  11. Tiago Fernandes

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    This is so true. There's no Floyd without him imo. My first memories, even before I spun one of their records, are picking up the awesome 'A Nice Pair', 'Meddle' and 'Animals' LP from my father's collection and being in awe.

    I truly believe that one of the reasons that 'The Endless River' wasn't as well received or felt as special as the former albums was the lack of Thorgerson input on the artwork. It looked cheap and forced imo.

    I miss him the same as I miss Rick or Syd.
     
  12. Outside The Wall

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    And it'll be interesting to hear the menu music loops, and then work out the sources of the music excerpts used, just as was possible with TEY DVD/Blu-Ray menu music loops.
    ( Mind you, I think that the Dramatis/ation menu music remained a bit of a mystery, IIRC.)
     
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  13. floydfan2410

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    I hope they include the aerial shots of the beds from AMLOR cover that was also seen in the Taken By Storm documentary.
    Interviews about the creation of the album would also be great! The same goes of course for The Division Bell :)
    I know you can read all about it in books, but I just love interviews and documentaries about that stuff :)
     
  14. xXFloydianXx

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    Here's a Barcelona 88 poster

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  15. Runicen

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    Actually, I'm cautiously optimistic about this box because I love this era of the band (though, granted, there's not a lot that I don't love from the band). My only real hangup would be if the content is out-stripped by the price as it was when TEY was announced. Fortunately, I did end up getting TEY when the price dipped a bit a few months after release. I expect that's my "worst case scenario" here.

    As for DSoT, I can't really say why I never tracked down a copy. Ages ago, I picked up a used copy but the second disc was all jacked up and unplayable. Maybe I was just being bloody-minded, but I never made an attempt to replace it. :shrug:

    That said, Pulse is in pretty heavy rotation for me most of the time, so I'd say latter-day Floyd live is well-represented in my listening.
     
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  16. tommyball

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    I’d imagine the new set might be cheaper because it seems like it would take less work to compile. By the mid-80s the band’s popularity was well established and they had more control over their audio & video releases and appearances, so versus TEY, material should be easier to track down.
     
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  17. rontoon

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    Amen to that.
     
  18. Simon A

    Simon A Arrr!

    I second that. He definitely gets the "Cheerleader of the year" trophy for his rational, good spirited attitude and quality spoilers and info he brings to us. :cheers:


    I'm 50% with you here because without the hungover vibe of QT of The Early Years we would not have gotten the Andy Jackson 5.1 mix of Meddle, which is one of my favourites. :)
     
  19. Philrock90

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    I agree with the quality, i was dissapointed with the bbc sessions that they used yet we have superior in bootlegs
     
  20. Sytze

    Sytze Senior Member

    Sad but true...
     
  21. Mike burgess

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    Looking forward to this set. I’m not the biggest Floyd collector, but like to have as much material as possible. Here’s hoping for an announcement soon!
     
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  22. mestreech

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    @rontoon.
    Can you tell us if there will be an announcement in August or is that also under embargo?
     
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  23. Oh man, is that a thing of beauty!!! I work for an Architecture museum, and I absolutely LOVE the Sagrada Familia. Always have, since I saw it just once back in the early 90's, long before much more than those spires had been completed.

    I would frame that for my wall, if I had the chance. Glorious!!
     
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  24. akmonday

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    one of my lasting regrets was not seeing Floyd in Oakland in 91.
     
  25. rontoon

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    I've posted everything I know and will update as any additional info leaks my way.
     
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