PINK FLOYD, dark side of the moon. PICTURE DISC, C R 1-017/01, 12''LP

There's very little that I can add to the heaps of praise that this SACD has attracted. I received my brand new sealed copy today from an Amazon Marketplace vendor in New York for a little over £6 (what a bargain!) and by the time I reached track 4 I was so excited I had to tell someone about it. Unfortunately nobody at home has the same rabid level of interest in music and things technical that I have so I have logged on to direct my enthusiasm to Amazon customers instead.The SACD audio quality is spectacular for a start. The noise is absolutely zero on this release so the initial heartbeat sound really did creep up on me. Sonically it was so natural and realistic that if I didn't know the album back-to-front I would have thought that my SACD player was not playing anything and that there was some kind of pulsing sound coming from outside or next door.It doesn't seem to matter that the original recording engineers didn't work on this mix, the people who have done it have done such a truly faithful job of taking this classic recording and giving it the 3-D treatment that it doesn't sound odd or unbalanced or anything. It actually sounds (to me) as though I have taken something hallucinogenic and sat in the middle of my front room while the sounds and instruments from the album all come to life and materialise on cue around me, while the electronic effects and reverberations dance in psychadelic waves across the space!Listening to this on SACD is more exciting than the first time I heard the remastered 20th Anniversary release from a aural point of view, and from an artistic point of view, with the incredible surround mix, it is every bit as good as hearing the album for the first time. I feel as though I am hearing it anew!Seriously, folks, I recently picked up my Sony surround system 2nd hand for under £50 (see my other review) and it is giving me this much pleasure. If you don't have an SACD player get online and order one now. If you have an SACD player but don't have the 5.1 surround mix of Dark Side of the Moon then shame on you! Get it now! The Amazon Marketplace vendors will sort you out with a brand new copy nice and cheap.

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If you haven't got this Album in your collection then you can only be about 20 something that is all I can say... or if you are older then shame on you for NOT having it. I bought the original on Vinyl back in 73......Got it on CD and it got damaged then replaced it and this is ANOTHER replacement. It is a 5* Album from a 5* Band. It is faultless. It is actually a great chill out album and is ideal to listen to late at night. They like Led Zepplin were not a singles band but songs like "Time" and "Money" and "Us and Them" are often played on the radio although they were not singles. An excellent crafted album that knits together well......If you haven't got it.....Order it from Amazon NOW> Its a fine album for ALL agee

In the eighties I was listening to a CD copy and said that I couldn't understand the hype about this album. The person I was talking to told me that it sounded incredible on vinyl. It took 25 years for a record player and a vinyl copy to drift into my hands, and to say I was excited when I started playing it and could hear the bass drum and the nuances of the guitar, keyboards, and David Gilmour's vocals properly for the first time is an understatement. Unfortunately the record I'd inherited was decrepit and skipped and looped, but the truth of what I'd been told had been made abundantly clear - so I came to Amazon to find a new pressing of the vinyl. This page was confusing, but I eventually recognised that it was selling the 30th Anniversary CD, so I bit the bullet and bought it instead of the vinyl. What arrived in the post was not the 30th but the 40th Anniversary edition, without any live version CD. I couldn't resist playing it, having realised I'd missed out on something special for so long. The clarity of the sounds is astonishing. The only exception is the climaxes of "Us and Them", which sound like every track has been turned up to full volume, the result being a distorted mash (limitations of stereo, perhaps, but I've tried it on a few now with the same result). Is the 30th anniversary edition any different from the 40th, particularly on "Us and Them"? Can anyone tell me?

Like so many people, I know this album inside out and back to front. I bought it to hear the SACD 5.1 mix and was expecting improved sound but quite a lot was completely unexpected. Yes, the sound is more enveloping and there are one or two effects to show off the surround mix but on the whole, it's just that much more detailed and spatial.The highlight for me is 'Us and them'; those familiar chords and gentle drums all warmly presented and then the sax appears right in front of you as though he's just in the middle of the room - and not just better sound; I can actually hear notes I have never spotted before.One to play to anyone who believes that MP3s are good enough.

I've now listened to the album (probably) a hundred times, the last ten this SACD surround version. Amazing: it's almost impossible to accept that this was recorded such a long time ago. Particularly on "Time" and "The Great Gig", the warm and deep bass underpinning the crisply-reproduced high frequency sounds is just beautiful, and testament to the original concept.The CD version sounds ropey in comparison, and even the stereo SACD version lacks "oomph" after getting used to the full-on surround mix. One can nitpick about a few sections, but I can hardly imagine a better advert for this revolutionary format. The smoother, fuller sound from SACD suits Pink Floyd entirely, and I'm surprised that "Wish you were here" isn't available as I'd buy it straight away despite not being a huge Floyd fan (and despite having the album on CD already).

Mit dem Album bin ich quasi aufgewachsen.Pink Floyd, und vor allem "The dark side" waren eine Art Inbegriff von Musik für mich.Mit 15 legten mein Kumpel und ich uns ins völlig abgedunkelte "Jugendzimmer"und ließen dieses Jahrhundertalbum über uns hinwegdonnern.Dann Platte umdrehen und weiter - aber Achtung! Ja keinen Kratzer verursachen!Mein großer Bruder bringt mich um!Über all die Jahre hab ich diese Musik immer wieder gehört und lieb behalten.Und jetzt das:Kristallklarer Sound, die Misch-Arbeit geriet zum Kunstwerk.Kein Effekt übertrieben, alles stimmig. Die gesprochenen Stimmen werden durch ihreeindeutige Positionierung im Raum verständlicher. Auf einmal reden die zu miranstatt wie früher vor sich hin zu brabbeln.Und dann der Raumklang: Zusammenhängend und den ganzen Raumin differenzierter Weise ausfüllend und nutzend - eine mächtige musikalische Wucht!Es ist zum Heulen, dass ich erst als alter Mann mit schwindendem Gehörin den Genuss einer solchen Delikatesse kommen darf...

Il CD è arrivato dal Giappone in ottime condizioni. I tempi di consegna sono stati rapidi: il pacco è arrivato prima di quanto previsto. Il suono è perfetto, così come ci si aspetta dalla qualità della registrazione. È stato piacevole trovare un messaggio di ringraziamento del venditore personalizzato.

Me encanta esta versión y es totalmente para coleccionistas, tardó un poco en llegar, pero sin duda alguna valió la pena.

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I'm not one of the lucky owners of the original '73 Harvest release of this album. I do have a decent sounding '73 LP Canadian release by Capitol which beats pretty much every other version I've purchased over the years, despite wear and the occasional click and pop. I don't remember where exactly I've read somewhere this SACD release is the closest digital has ever come to the original master tape and I'm pleased that reviewer was not wrong. The dynamics are better and so are the details but to avoid disappointment one would have to have pretty decent replay gear. Some people may prefer the somewhat mellower LP sound, especially on lower priced turntables. I have an Oracle Delphi and I can say my DSOTM LP is not mellow at all. It is rich and full sounding with perhaps a bit of "air" missing around the higher notes. The SACD release adds a layer of detail and that "air" back on, at least on my system it does.Fully recommended!(Update) The addition of a Musical Fidelity phono pre in my replay chain made me essentially re-discover my old LP. There's simply more detail especially at medium-high and high frequencies I simply did not know it existed. That being said, this particular SACD release is still the best digital version of this album I've ever owned and worth owning.(Update 2) I'm now one of the lucky owners of the '73 Harvest release. It is simply magnificent, edging my '73 Capitol release by a slim margin. For the average listener however, especially for someone who does not have access to an original release, the SACD recording is the fastest, not to mention the cheapest way to get really, really close so it's still worth owning.