Best of releases from any band are rarely great, even if they include outtakes, the outtakes seem to be included to extract a few more $ or € from the fans who already have all the material.
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The Endless River. We really did not need that one. Even AMLOR, despite its mediocrity, at least had some worthwhile moments. The Endless River, on the other hand, is wasted time even trying to listen to. I remember how disappointed I was after all the hype about a "new Pink Floyd album". So I bought the CD on the day at release and was so excited to hear it. And then the huge disappointment, and after listening through that long boredom and coming to the only song with lyrics, I did not first believe what I heard when Gilmour started singing Polly's lyrics who have now become a common joke. It was terrible, the whole thing was, with no mitigating moments at all.
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Originally posted by ConsequentlyCrackers View PostThere's also the whole Seabirds travesty
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Originally posted by ILuvHoney View PostThe Endless River. We really did not need that one.Last edited by DaveTheRave; 08-09-2023, 03:51 PM.
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Originally posted by ILuvHoney View PostThe Endless River. We really did not need that one. Even AMLOR, despite its mediocrity, at least had some worthwhile moments. The Endless River, on the other hand, is wasted time even trying to listen to. I remember how disappointed I was after all the hype about a "new Pink Floyd album". So I bought the CD on the day at release and was so excited to hear it. And then the huge disappointment, and after listening through that long boredom and coming to the only song with lyrics, I did not first believe what I heard when Gilmour started singing Polly's lyrics who have now become a common joke. It was terrible, the whole thing was, with no mitigating moments at all.
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Originally posted by TheGreenStrat View PostI encourage everyone here to do that especially with all of the live tracks available. My version of AHM is almost all live versions since imo it was much stronger live than in studio, although I will give a shout out to the AHM 4.0 stereo fold down that’s appeared online since the drums are finally centered and loud.We were all on the same page
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Basically I just made my own AHM in iTunes of the live versions of songs that occurred in and around the time period AHM came out. I included a version from ‘70 without the orchestra as the opening track and included the original version (the 4.0 fold down mix) as a bonus track. I also included some Zabriskie Point demos, BBC sessions, and other live versions of songs to make my own version of AHM.
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Originally posted by ILuvHoney View PostThe Endless River. We really did not need that one. Even AMLOR, despite its mediocrity, at least had some worthwhile moments. The Endless River, on the other hand, is wasted time even trying to listen to. I remember how disappointed I was after all the hype about a "new Pink Floyd album". So I bought the CD on the day at release and was so excited to hear it. And then the huge disappointment, and after listening through that long boredom and coming to the only song with lyrics, I did not first believe what I heard when Gilmour started singing Polly's lyrics who have now become a common joke. It was terrible, the whole thing was, with no mitigating moments at all.
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To me Live at Pompeii Directors Cut DVD was a huge disappointment. The CGI is horrible and the whole film was cropped to 16:9. The new interviews were nice to see, but they had also been cropped so a huge chunk of the image was missing. There was no 5.1 mix and the bonus content was overall disappointing. Best thing about the release was the Adrian Maben Interview and the inclusion of the original film.
Now if they would only release a Blu-ray edition of the film and include the Chit Chat With Oysters documentary! Some years ago a 2K transfer was shown to a small audience a couple of times, and supposedly it looked amazing!
The 5.1 mix included in the Early Years box set was also very disappointing, like they didnt really care, and once again they used the Directors Cut version of the film. My go to version is still the fan made Quad edition.
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Originally posted by Floydfan2410 View PostMy go to version is still the fan made Quad edition.
there is an original Adrian Maben quad version - https://www.discogs.com/ru/release/6...-Quadraphonic-
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: in 1974, associate producer Phil Borack (whose company April fools films handled distribution of the film in the United States) and director Adrian Maben visited Los Angeles for the purpose of finding someone to produce a quadraphonic mix of the film's original multi-tracks. Dan Wallin, who received an Oscar nomination 4 years earlier for his work on Woodstock was appointed for this task. The mix was done in discrete quad, the multi-tracks were mixed to mag at A&M record studios, and then the mags were taken over to Todd-AO where the final mix was done. The quad mix was featured in selected screenings of the film but has never seen the light of day since then. Pink Floyd was never involved with the quad mix and it's possible that they're completely unaware of its existence.
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Originally posted by svaerige View Post
why fan made ?
there is an original Adrian Maben quad version - https://www.discogs.com/ru/release/6...-Quadraphonic-
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: in 1974, associate producer Phil Borack (whose company April fools films handled distribution of the film in the United States) and director Adrian Maben visited Los Angeles for the purpose of finding someone to produce a quadraphonic mix of the film's original multi-tracks. Dan Wallin, who received an Oscar nomination 4 years earlier for his work on Woodstock was appointed for this task. The mix was done in discrete quad, the multi-tracks were mixed to mag at A&M record studios, and then the mags were taken over to Todd-AO where the final mix was done. The quad mix was featured in selected screenings of the film but has never seen the light of day since then. Pink Floyd was never involved with the quad mix and it's possible that they're completely unaware of its existence.
This is the one I have
https://archive.ph/ii9Al
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