Quote:The original quadraphonic mix,[nb 11] though commissioned by EMI, was never endorsed by the band,[37] but to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary an updated surround version was released in 2003. Some surprise was expressed when the band elected not to use Parson's quadraphonic mix (done shortly after the original release), and instead chose to have their current engineer James Guthrie create a new 5.1 channel surround sound mix on the SACD format.[37][99] Guthrie has worked with the band since co-producing and engineering their 1979 release, The Wall, and had previously worked on surround versions of The Wall for DVD-video, and Waters's In the Flesh for SACD. Speaking in 2003, Alan Parsons expressed some disappointment with Guthrie's SACD mix, suggesting that Guthrie was "possibly a little too true to the original mix", but was generally complimentary to the release.[37]

Referring to "On the Run", Parsons said: "After hearing his mix for a while, I think I'm hearing stereo with a bit of surround." He praised the mix for other songs, particularly "The Great Gig in the Sky": "I tip my hat to James for sorting out the correct bits of Clare's vocals. And he has improved on the stereo mix, which is a bit wishy-washy. The stereo is heavy on the Hammond organ, and Clare's a little too far down. In my quad mix, the Hammond is barely there, which shows you I really wasn't being faithful to the stereo mix. The quad sounds pretty good, but James still has the edge. His mix is definitely cleaner, and he's brought Clare out a bit more."[100] This 30th-anniversary edition won four Surround Music Awards in 2003,[101] and has since sold more than 800,000 copies.[102] The cover image was created by a team of designers that again included Storm Thorgerson. The image is a photograph of a custom-made stained glass window, built to match the exact dimensions and proportions of the original prism design. Transparent glass, held in place by strips of lead, was used in place of the opaque colours of the original. The idea is derived from the "sense of purity in the sound quality, being 5.1 surround sound ..." The image was created out of a desire to be "the same but different, such that the design was clearly DSoM, still the recognisable prism design, but was different and hence new".[98]

(03-13-2010 07:42 PM)a7a7a7a7a7a7a7 Wrote:  I don't have a SACD player or record player, I was going to put the CD on my iPod.

I heard that they put too much of a space between songs on the SACD anniversary version, is that true?

(03-13-2010 02:04 PM)Electrophile Wrote:  Truly, I'd advise getting the original, from 1973. My vinyl is one of my prized possessions and in the case of a house fire, after making sure my puppy and both cats made it out alright with my family, I'd grab it.

(03-14-2010 10:44 AM)Electrophile Wrote:  Oooh, you need a record player. The only way to listen to PF properly is on a record player.

(03-15-2010 10:24 AM)codayo61 Wrote:  

(03-14-2010 10:44 AM)Electrophile Wrote:  Oooh, you need a record player. The only way to listen to PF properly is on a record player.

Really? Ive never heard them on record. Now Im inspired to buy one!

(03-15-2010 03:43 PM)Electrophile Wrote:  I'm not dissing digital, my iPod is my baby and it goes with me everywhere (well, not everywhere) but there's something about opening up the jacket, pulling the sleeve out and putting the vinyl on the platter and then moving the arm over that is just so.......cool.