Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon 180G LP (2011 "Why Pink Floyd?" Collector's Edition LP!) (NEW AND SEALED) (SOLD)

Pressed on 180 Gram Heavyweight Vinyl, Cut by Doug Sax & Remastered by James Guthrie!
Includes all Original packaging including posters, stickers & Limited Time 320kbps mp3 Download!
2011 "Why Pink Floyd?" Collector's Edition LP!

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 43/500!

Pink Floyd's most successful and singularly defining album is here to stay. The Dark Side of the Moon has sold over 40 million copies worldwide since its release in 1973, and it shows no signs of letting up. With lush, immaculate production and sweeping instrumentals, The Dark Side of the Moon is unrivaled in sonic brilliance. The complex textures found within have captivated audiophiles for over thirty years.

With lyrics about seemingly mundane details set against dreamy, atmospheric backdrops, the songs on The Dark Side of the Moon achieve a truly emotional response. Performances are not virtuosic, but they are brilliant nonetheless and were likewise brilliantly recorded. Abbey Road Studios engineer Alan Parsons and Pink Floyd made use of some of the most advanced techniques available at the time to craft a sound that was innovative yet entirely classic, by any sense of the word. Swirling organs, mellow drums, and spacious guitars are signature sounds that have been inextricably linked with Pink Floyd's magnificent songwriting.

The Dark Side of the Moon is a peerless entry in the annals of classic rock history. No record collection should be without this multi-platinum masterpiece.

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London between June 1972 and January 1973.

"I think every album was a step towards Dark Side of the Moon," keyboardist Rick Wright said. "We were learning all the time, the techniques of the recording and our writing was getting better." As a culmination of their inner-space explorations of the early 1970s, the Floyd toured the bulk of Dark Side in Britain for months prior to recording. But in the studio, the band articulated bassist Roger Waters' lyric reveries on the madness of everyday life with melodic precision ("Breathe," "Us and Them") and cinematic lustre (Clare Torry's guest vocal aria "The Great Gig in the Sky"). Dark Side is one of the best-produced rock albums ever, and "Money" may be rock's only Top Twenty hit in 7/8 time." - www.rollingstone.com

"The audiophile vinyl treatment of Dark Side Of The Moon is a sonic and visual treasure. Like the CD reissue, the intricate complexity of the recording is captured vibrantly on the LP. Guitar separation is outstanding with crisp balance. The multi-tracking layers the vocals on top of the instruments (“Breathe”, “Time”) creating a fuller sound. Even with a terse electronic aesthetic, the shrillness is mitigated. The sequencer and special effects (chimes, tape loops) display unexpected subtlety. The analogue synthesizers blend discreetly with the rock melody lines. Clare Torry’s mind-numbing vocal improvisation (“Great Gig In The Sky”) has an acoustic, gospel resonance." - Robbie Gerson,, 5 Stars!!!, www.audaud.com

Features:
• 180 Gram Heavyweight Vinyl
• 2011"Why Pink Floyd?" Collector's Edition LP
• Cut by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab
• Remastered by James Guthrie
• Gatefold Jacket with Lyrics
• Artwork by Storm Thorgerson
• Limited time 320kbps mp3 download of the entire album!
• 2 - 4"x6" Pyramid Stickers
• 2 - 20"x30" Posters: Pyramids w/Purple Background Poster & Band Member Pics w/Red Live Performance Image Poster
• 1 - 21" x 21" Poster: Exclusive New Artwork for 2011!
• 1 - 10"x10" DSOTM Image Sticker with the following text printed on it: PINK FLOYD - The Dark Side Of The Moon - 180 Gram Heavyweight Vinyl - Original packaging including stickers and posters plus free 320kbps mp3 album download and exclusive new poster

Musicians:
David Gilmour, vocals, guitars, VCS3
Nick Mason, percussion, tape effects
Richard Wright, keyboards, vocals, VCS3
Roger Waters, bass guitar, vocals, VCS3, tape effects
Dick Perry, sax ('Us And Them', 'Money')
Clare Torry, vocals ('The Great Gig In The Sky')
Doris Troy, Leslie Duncan, Liza Strike, Barry St. John, backing vocals

Selections:
Side One:
1. Speak To Me
2. Breathe In The Air
3. On The Run
4. Time
5. The Great Gig In The Sky
Side Two:
1. Money
2. Us And Them
3. Any Colour You Like
4. Brain Damage
5. Eclipse

Condition : New and Sealed
Price : SOLD
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The thing is ... this 2011 version is a "Digital Remaster". Ironic huh ... ?

At usd29.90 overseas a pop....shipping at usd10-15? mmmmm.....

Just bought the cd last week , but honestly i didnt enjoy it. Maybe I need to be high on drugs first ..

Review by Michael Fremer of Stereophile :

Another decade, another reissue of DSOTM, this one using the very fragile original two track master tape, again supervised by James Guthrie. Guthrie had determined that the tape was in fragile shape back in 2003, which is why he opted for a remix in the analog domain. That edition was very good and worth having, especially if you didn't have a very clean early UK pressing, but in retrospect it departs from the original much as the Mo-Fi does: the EQ is a bit much at the frequency extremes, which bleaches out the mids. As for the mix's micro-elements and how close Guthrie came to reproducing the original mix, I have to surrender that to the DTOTM fanatics, of which I'm not one.
This time Guthrie took the original tape and very carefully converted it to digital at 96/24 resolution. He then went on a quest to provide lacquer cutter Doug Sax with the D/A converter that best expressed what he heard from the analog playback and that's what Sax used to cut the lacquers for this reissue, which appears to have been processed and pressed at Rainbo.
While Rainbo has long been known as a "commercial pressing house," owner and industry veteran Steve Sheldon told me has was ramping up quality to produce audiophile level 180g pressings and based upon most of the 180s I've gotten from Rainbo, he's succeeded, though the record edges have a weird quality that makes it look and feel as if two 100g biscuits have been pressed together to produce one 180g LP. I'm sure that's not the case. It's just looks and feels like it is.
Despite the tape's age and the digital roadblock, this new DSOTM is clearly superior to the 2003 edition. It's more coherent sonically, especially in terms of the EQ, which is essentially what Parsons and mixer Chris Thomas produced. Rainbo's pressing is thick, flat and quiet, with but a hint of "non-fill" noise for the first half minute or so. The 2003 edition pressed in The Netherlands had the same issue, but even more so—at least my copy did.
This one comes with all of the posters plus an MP3 download. The packaging is first class too. So how can you go wrong? As for the music, it expresses the '60s exhaustion most young people felt by the second year of the '70s, which was a time when it seemed like civilization as we knew it was decaying and dying as was the dream of a grand rebirth at the hands of a young generation. Both were of course, and DTOTM mirrored that exhaustion. Poking around in 2011 leads one to the same morbid state, so let the decay begin! And what better soundtrack to the action than Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon?

Caveat: Haven't heard the LP yet.. The Immersion Box Set is still in the cart..

IMHO DSOTM sounds best in surround, via SACD and/or DVD Audio but not as good as, IMHO as similar genre music like Avalon from Roxy Music. However the sound effects may not be so profound to later generation audiophiles saturated with Dolbys, DTSs etc... which may sound dated.

But the best is still LIVE .... No mental masturbation here... absolute delight with Gilmour's guitar and all the effects.. No worries about decay, layering, deep bass...blah'.. bla ..bla afflicting those with too much MM.

Yes, being bit high may help during the LIVE show (those with PG13 mindset need not read further) especially with the special effects and my personal favourite, the Humongous Pigs flying across the hall..

Real live immersive stuff .. no MM

Sorry but Pink Floyd and Roxy Music are not genre mates. They're nothing like each other. I'm really flabbergasted that such a comparison could even be conjured.

But yes, Pink Floyd does sound amazing in surround.

Mate, m referring to the surround bit kinda 'genre' not the music 'music' genre per se.. (was tryin to stick to the topic posted) Nothin flabbergastin' bout that mate.. Perhaps my Engilish not that powderful to conjure words worthy of level on par with the standards of Shakespere's Sonnets of the lingo posted here

Comprendo? No worries, I don't give a gnats arse about it either..