Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon's 50th anniversary... - Page 1
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author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2023, 11:13:11 pm
content: Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon's 50th anniversary...For those lucky enough to have a quality LP pressing, or a true non-remastered full dynamic range Toshiba CD version of the album, it is time to find a good quiet hour to enjoy this one...

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2023, 12:13:22 am
content: My personal #1 album of all time.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2023, 01:34:14 am
content: so good i bought ittwicethrice on vinyl,plus the original 80's cd ,a later remastered cd and 5.1 sacd,no really i don't have a problem

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2023, 02:02:45 am
content: Most of these old bands celebrate anniversaries of significant milestones in different ways. The Stones celebrated with a 60th anniversary tour. The Shadows did a TV doco. David and Polly celebrated by calling Roger what he is.

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2023, 04:27:57 am
content: Track by track, how each song was made and what they mean:

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2023, 05:13:24 am
content: Nice. I have it on CD remastered, but also in 24-bit FLAC that was recorded from vinyl. Don't have the original vinyl though.

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2023, 08:53:09 am
content: Quote from: BrianHG on March 01, 2023, 11:13:11 pmGulp. I do. With the blue pyramids poster.It isstillan excellent way of checking the quality of sound reproduction, since it exposes all sorts of flaws in systems.Today's yougsters will never understand the first two verses, more's the pity. I contend they would have fewer mental problems if they did. Boredom is a great spur for inventiveness.Almost everybody will come to understand the final two verses.Ticking away the moments that make up a dull dayYou fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home townWaiting for someone or something to show you the way.Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinkingRacing around to come up behind you again.The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled linesHanging on in quiet desperation is the English wayThe time is gone, the song is over,Thought I'd something more to say.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2023, 11:01:30 am
content: As it happens, I accidentally picked up a copy of the Japanese CD pressing a couple of months ago. It sounds a little less dynamic (in your face) than the standard one, but that's the effect of fitting it into the 16 bit dynamic range without compression.

author: TomKatt
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2023, 11:21:37 am
content: One of our "cool" HS teachers had a quadraphonic setup in his classroom... We used to play the 4 ch version of this album all the time - the sound effects bit in Money is really cool as it spins around the room. I don't think the overall audio quality of the 4 channel version is as good as the stereo version, but the effects make up for it.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2023, 11:37:33 am
content: Quote from: BrianHG on March 01, 2023, 11:13:11 pmSome halfwits became outraged because the cover "has a rainbow" on it!

author: TomKatt
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2023, 12:23:02 pm
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on March 02, 2023, 11:37:33 amI guess they don't watch the Wizard of Oz while they listen to the album...Somewhere, over the rainbow...

author: pcprogrammer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2023, 02:52:52 pm
content: Great album for sure.Still have the vinyl. Also have "Animals" another good album in my opinion and thought I also had "Wish you were here", but can't find it.Brings back memories of them "good old days"

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2023, 08:11:13 pm
content: Quote from: TomKatt on March 02, 2023, 11:21:37 amAnoriginalquadraphonic mix. Now this is a version I would like to experience personally.Non of this modern 5.1 Dolby garbage.

author: westfw
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2023, 02:03:14 am
content: Quotemeh. Still pretty good, even if you're listening to the YouTube version on laptop speakers...QuoteFor years, no DECADES, the US magazine "Consumer Reports" recommended it for that purpose.I somewhat prefer WYWH.

author: eti
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2023, 02:50:46 am
content: My close friend, now passed on since June 2019 - Mr Peter Whitehead - was cameraman, friends and flat mate to PF, back in the sixties. He was also tour cameraman for The Stones, friend of Marianne Faithfull and Michael Caine, et cetera. I worked with him and repaired his Macs and PCs, and any other technology he needed maintaining, from ‘99 until around 2015. Lovely chap and very generous with his time and I have many fond memories.Look for “Tonite let’s all make love in London” - possibly his most well known film. I have a copy but I can’t share due to respect and copyright; you’ll find it elsewhere I’m sure.That’s my knowledge for the day. Hehehttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/movies/peter-whitehead-dead.html

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2023, 03:33:33 am
content: Yep, it was the go to record, and later CD, for showing off your system. I can also say it's my most purchased recording, I recall at least two LPs, a cassette, and several CDs.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2023, 03:35:42 am
content: One often overlooked advantage of the vinyl version of any album (except led zep 3 and the stones sticky fingers) over cd,cassette or 8 track is there's a lot more room on the cover to roll up a :cough: cigarette :cough:QuoteThe films a bit meh,but its got a great soundtrack.

author: eti
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2023, 04:03:11 am
content: Quote from: themadhippy on March 03, 2023, 03:35:42 am"A bit meh"?

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2023, 05:06:44 am
content: Quote from: TomKatt on March 02, 2023, 12:23:02 pmDamn, I'm almost tempted to give that Wizard of Oz thing a try....It may be too much and blow my mind...

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2023, 07:33:06 am
content: Quote from: BrianHG on March 03, 2023, 05:06:44 amNow you're getting it!

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2023, 07:56:53 am
content: Quote from: westfw on March 03, 2023, 02:03:14 amI didn't know that. Shows both good taste and good judgement"Consumer Reports" is leftpondian so I wouldn't have heard about that, especially not in the 70s when comms were slightly slower and more expensive."Which?" is the rightpondian version of CR

author: 2N3055
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2023, 08:01:57 am
content: Since I was a kid, Dark side of the moon was considered a reference test for bass range of speakers..

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2023, 08:23:33 pm
content: Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on March 03, 2023, 07:33:06 amDark Side of the Rainbow - The Theory Explained

author: bingo600
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2023, 11:12:32 am
content: The Guitar Solo in Time , has twice blown my "middle tones" in two different LSPKR sets.I love that album ...

author: mawyatt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2023, 04:33:12 pm
content: As a kid about 12~13 started repairing TVs, Guitar amps, stereos, and anything electronic for spending money (sure beat mowing yards and painting houses!!). This carried over while I was in grad school and repaired guitar amps & stereos and such for many of the music & stereo stores in the area as a source of income along with working on university research projects.One morning 3 English band fellows came in the repair store and asked if I could repair their light show control box. Turns out the PS was blown and I rigged up a PS for US 120VAC use. They were so happy it was fixed they offered me a bunch of front row tickets at the Tampa National Guard Armory shown here.http://www.scottymoore.net/FtHomer.htmlThey noted I played guitar (wasn't any good tho), and offered to teach me a couple songs and I could be on stage with them!!Anyway, I had something else to do that night and didn't take up on the offer.A year or so later the album came out, and yes it was the earlyoriginalPink Floydhttps://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pink-floyd/1972/fort-homer-hesterly-armory-tampa-fl-5bd77fcc.htmlBest,

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2023, 05:32:19 pm
content: Quotenope,not the original line up if it was 1972, syd hadn't been with them for 4 years

author: mawyatt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2023, 06:40:39 pm
content: They played at the Tampa Armory 4/14/1972 according to the article, thought it was earlier tho.Didn't know much about them at the time since I was more into instrumentals, the Yardbirds and Clapton, recall even having a Mosrite (Ventures) then but could have been the Les Paul I still own (Walnut version called The Paul) today....memory way back then is fadingAnyway, thanks for the clarification!!Best,