Imagine, a Beethoven recording seem (for my sake the "Ninth") and the buyer would murmur, coaster and a silly scarf expected as an accessory. Unthinkable? Yep. The Floydianer But such shall find great. The two acclaimed booklets bring photos that you can scroll through time, but stingy with further information - not even experiences in the group portraits, where & when the photographs were taken or what names are hidden behind the faces of guest musicians. No history of the album, no transcription of the spoken passages. Short and bad: What I miss in this set, is substance.
DeLuxe editions are currently climbing the list, which I expressly welcome; with "Download now" I have nothing to do. But it's not about the inclined fan to flush out another batch Memorabilia in the apartment, but the proper illumination of a significant work of art. Example "Quadrophenia" - to the forthcoming box I read: "Deluxe 100-page, hard-back book featuring a brand new 13,000 word essay by Pete Townshend So features Pete's in depth, track-by-track guide to the demos. and revealing studio diary. The book therefore includes many Previously unseen personal notes, photographs, handwritten lyrics and memorabilia from the period, all recently uncovered in Pete's archive. " So what. Go then. And that's what I would have also wished for this set. Of course it is nice to see the picture of a laughing Roger Waters, who was not yet married to "The Wall" - but a look at his "little black book full of poems in" would have promised me more. How I miss any statements, comments, memories of any kind, let alone a detailed essay, which engages the album in the work context and in the music of the time and in equal detail represents the genesis. (The beautiful video documentary can not afford this.) In other bands that seem to go only with the Floyd reigns here None. Quite obviously had the makers of the box to make do with what already lying around at the EMI in the basement, and for the rest of the good times afloat Storm T. has what zurechtgehuddelt. That the box was also poorly designed (four CDs cumbersome reached the bottom, two around freely fluttering in limp cardboard sleeves), others have noticed.
Conclusion: Of course it's great that the archives be opened. I too am of the "live" version in this set impressed - really that is almost worth my money alone. But would not have been voiced a complete version? And why was not Alan Parsons in charge of the remastering, the only one who is really predestined for the job? Money, huh? "That grave cash with Both Hands and make a stash."
All right: The box contains fascinating things, it was announced correctly, and there is no reason to feel cheated. I deplore only the only partially occupied chance the fragmentary result and the fact that the set of the band Pink Floyd is not justice. Because their albums always have the standard time set - and did not lag behind him.
