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DiscountDelight - Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition
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Manufacturer: Capitol
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724358213621
Format: Hybrid SACD
Label: Capitol
Manufacturer: Capitol
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Capitol
Release Date: 2003-03-25
Studio: Capitol
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: pleasing sound
Comment: Playing this from the SACD portion of the cd, the engineers took the original music and separated the accentual sounds (backround) ie. running feet, chatting, etc. into independent speakers.
as and example, with the song money. The begining section had the register, reciept tear, coin dropping, and the bell of sale in each individual speaker -- mains and rear surrounds. Everything reproduced very clear and crisp. this causing the music to envelop you.
I am not one to harp if this recording preserves how the '76 version was ment to be played-- never had it or heard it. When I listen to this SACD, I am quite pleased with what it does produce.
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Summary: Good SACD mix, but redbook CD mix is flawed.
Comment: The other reviews on the 30th anniversary edition are mostly right. While the SACD mix is breathtaking, the the mix on the CD layer has fatal flaws. The level matching was incorrectly done, and there are many clipping in loud passages. The clippings are measurable, and in many case audible as well.
http://www.stereophile.com/news/11649/
See the measurement done by the popular audio magazine.
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Summary: Wonderful music, poor production
Comment: Yes, I'm not here to bash Pink Floyd. They are titanic in the world of musical evolution and this album receives well-deserved acclaim. There are also others like Animals that don't get the acclaim they deserve, which shows even more just how ideal of a group they were. And that's because without getting lots of money for the truly deserving works, they still produce highest caliber art. And it's on this line of thought that I review this album.
The 30th Anniversary Edition seems to me to be another way to make some more money off the name Dark Side of the Moon. It looks like a hastily-assembled and -produced remaster of the album. The reason I say this is because of very small things that would have never been overlooked if someone was meaning to remaster it with care. Typo on the CD spine (as stated in a spotlight review, good call. I thought I was the only one who noticed that). The biggest pain in my musical ass is the track index positions. Everything is screwed up when you consider how the album was originally released. Breaks are in the wrong spots and it takes a good bit of the intention and feeling out of the songs. Also, the mixing is defacing to the emotions of the songs too. The lead parts don't stand out as much, and the backup clouds the mix more than something should which is dubbed as backup. Get a different version.
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Summary: Way after the fact
Comment: I know this is way after the fact, but let me start out by saying the reviewer of "Imitation of the Dark Side" is an idiot. I could care a less that your a certified sound engineer, who had a professor that recorderd the drums on this album. The fact that you tried to impress everyone with your AKG K240 Studio Monitor headphones proves even further that you are an idiot. The fact of the matter is that the SACD version is very good for what that particular techology offers, but the mobile fidelity recording is also very good. The audible differences between the 30th anniversary, mobile fidelity, remastered CD, and original LP are marginal and only if you are listening on superior audio equipment will you hear the spaciousness of the original recording. if your superior audio equipment is a recording studio, then more power to you, but most people own run of the mill equipment, not audiophile high end equipment, therefore you could listen to the best version known to mankind, but if the source equipment is run of the mill you will hear no noticeable
difference. No CD will ever compare to LP sound quality whether its Harvest or any other label!!
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Summary: Epic
Comment: Dark Side of the Moon is the greatest album ever made without a doubt. It was released March 27,1973 and had an impact right away. It stayed on Billboards top 200 Chart for 741 weeks and consectively for 591 weeks. This was the first time anyone that wasn't into undergrond Brit Rock was exposed to Floyd and boy what an impact they made.
True fans of the group who have followed them their whole career know just how great a songwriter Roger Waters is, so really, I can't say Dark Side is his greatest piece of work(that would be "The Wall"). However, I do think this is the entire band's best work. There was no fight for control of the band at this point and everyone was working quite well together. This also displays David Gilmour's best guitar work. The Solo on "Time" is one of the top 10 greatest of all-time and Gilmour's second greatest("Comfortably Numb"). His solo on the other Billboard top 15 hit,"Money", is also quite good.
There are several instrumentals on this album including "On the Run" and "Any Colour You Like". All an all I gave this album 5 stars, because it not only displays the greatness of Gilmour, but also the greatness of Richard Wright(keyboards) and Nick Mason(Drums). It is Floyd's most complete album and deserves every bit, if not more of the praise it has recived over the years. I suggest this to any fan of great rock music.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Dark Side of the Moon, originally released in 1973, is one of those albums that is discovered anew by each generation of rock listeners. This complex, often psychedelic music works very well because Pink Floyd doesn't rush anything; the songs are mainly slow to mid-tempo, with attention paid throughout to musical texture and mood. The sound effects on songs like "On the Run," "Time" and especially "Money" (with sampled sounds of clinking coins and cash registers turned into rhythmic accompaniment) are impressive, especially when we remember that 1973 was before the advent of digital recording techniques. This is probably Pink Floyd's best-known work, and it's an excellent place to start if you're new to the band. --Genevieve Williams
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