Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition
by: Pink Floyd
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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
Album Description:
The Super Audio CD (SACD) features two disc layers.One layer contains a standard version of the album that works on any CD player. The other layer includes high-resolution stereo and a 5.1 surround version of the recording that works on SACD-compatible DVD players and home theater systems.Both layers employ SACD's Direct Stream Digital (DSD) encoding process that samples the music 64 times faster than CD for unprecedented fidelity.
Album Description:
Full Title - Dark Side of the Moon 30th AnniversaryEdition. It's been 30 years since 'Floyd released theirmasterwork, and it's been on the charts for most of them!And now comes a new dimension to what was already theultimate headphone experience-this new edition includes anewly-remastered conventional version and a Super Audio CD5.1 surround mix version playable on SACD-compatible DVDplayers and home theater systems. Original designer StormThorgerson chips in with new art inside the 20-pagebooklet. Capitol. 2003.
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
Album Description:
The Super Audio CD (SACD) features two disc layers.One layer contains a standard version of the album that works on any CD player. The other layer includes high-resolution stereo and a 5.1 surround version of the recording that works on SACD-compatible DVD players and home theater systems.Both layers employ SACD's Direct Stream Digital (DSD) encoding process that samples the music 64 times faster than CD for unprecedented fidelity.
Album Description:
Full Title - Dark Side of the Moon 30th AnniversaryEdition. It's been 30 years since 'Floyd released theirmasterwork, and it's been on the charts for most of them!And now comes a new dimension to what was already theultimate headphone experience-this new edition includes anewly-remastered conventional version and a Super Audio CD5.1 surround mix version playable on SACD-compatible DVDplayers and home theater systems. Original designer StormThorgerson chips in with new art inside the 20-pagebooklet. Capitol. 2003.
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- Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition
Brought this for my husband as he had lost the vinyl version when we last moved.Has always love Pink Floyd.Great music, never to be outdone.Will get heaps of playing time.
Rating: - The best gets better
I was on to these guys early - 1967 - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - still have the rather well-played and scratchy LP. At that time no-one predicted that the group would become as huge as it did. Although the album was successful in the UK (#6) it went unnoticed in the US (#131). Ironic then that over thirty years after it was released Rolling Stone would have it as 347/500 all time! As the years passed Floyd remained a mainstay in the UK album charts while in the US none of the group's subsequent ... Read More
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- Decent is about as enthusiastic as I can get
Some songs/passages are impressive (Breathe, Us and Them), others starkly lacking (Time, Great Gig, Money) on this SACD. Instruments are discretely placed in separate channels about as much or as often as they should/could have been, but various vocal sections and istrumental ones are very hushed or subdued to the point of barely being present. And yes, all my channel levels are set correctly. Not like the original, for sure. This is the least impressive of my 5.1 SACD/DVD-Audio discs. Only a minor improvement ... Read More
Rating: - Un sonido increble
Desde que puse este cd por primera vez quede impresionado por la calidad del sonido... es de otro mundo!!!! hasta ude percatarme de pequeños detalles que nunca habia escuchado en las ediciones anteriores como minusculas voces mas debiles que las conocidas por todos o detalles de los instrumentos que se escuchan tan nitidos que no lo podia creer
deben tenerlo sean fans o no!!!
Rating: - Stranded on a desert island?Alan Parsons to the rescue.
I couldn't possibly improve on any of the positive comments made previously, but DSOTM brought us into a new time and space that had never before been explored sonically. I don't care if this masterwork, on some levels, might sound a bit "dated", even on SACD. It is beyond "a timeless classic. It was a gift from the gods!
- Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary EditionBrought this for my husband as he had lost the vinyl version when we last moved.Has always love Pink Floyd.Great music, never to be outdone.Will get heaps of playing time.
- The best gets betterI was on to these guys early - 1967 - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - still have the rather well-played and scratchy LP. At that time no-one predicted that the group would become as huge as it did. Although the album was successful in the UK (#6) it went unnoticed in the US (#131). Ironic then that over thirty years after it was released Rolling Stone would have it as 347/500 all time! As the years passed Floyd remained a mainstay in the UK album charts while in the US none of the group's subsequent ... Read More
- Decent is about as enthusiastic as I can getSome songs/passages are impressive (Breathe, Us and Them), others starkly lacking (Time, Great Gig, Money) on this SACD. Instruments are discretely placed in separate channels about as much or as often as they should/could have been, but various vocal sections and istrumental ones are very hushed or subdued to the point of barely being present. And yes, all my channel levels are set correctly. Not like the original, for sure. This is the least impressive of my 5.1 SACD/DVD-Audio discs. Only a minor improvement ... Read More
- Un sonido increbleDesde que puse este cd por primera vez quede impresionado por la calidad del sonido... es de otro mundo!!!! hasta ude percatarme de pequeños detalles que nunca habia escuchado en las ediciones anteriores como minusculas voces mas debiles que las conocidas por todos o detalles de los instrumentos que se escuchan tan nitidos que no lo podia creer
deben tenerlo sean fans o no!!!
- Stranded on a desert island?Alan Parsons to the rescue.I couldn't possibly improve on any of the positive comments made previously, but DSOTM brought us into a new time and space that had never before been explored sonically. I don't care if this masterwork, on some levels, might sound a bit "dated", even on SACD. It is beyond "a timeless classic. It was a gift from the gods!
