Pink Floyd At Pompeii - Mcmlxxii

Very happy with this, I had to order the vinyl record and the cd. I bought Meddle when it first come out, I loved it then and love it now all those years later. Sounds great thanks to Steven Wilson whose done a excellent job on this. Bought all his Yes remixes and they are excellent too. Didn't think I was going to get the vinyl order today as Amazon said it was going to be delayed. But thanks to them they got it to me today. Brilliant music from one of the best bands around, well (used to be). Hope PF keep upgrading their albums for many years to come. Recommended album 5*/5*.

Peculiarities of vinyl, one side has a few crackles and pops the other three all silent. A weird kind of warp on one disc but looks perfectly flat on the turntable. The sound overall is perfect though and preferable to the CD in my opinion, one tends to listen to the music more on vinyl for some reason. If you put a cd on sometimes it becomes just back ground music as you don't have to bother with stopping and turning over the vinyl, doing so enhances the experience somehow.Maybe it's an age thing having grown up with vinyl since the early 70's.I wish they had sequenced the full mix of Saucerful of Secrets into the vinyl program and had the shorter edited version as a bonus.

The standard of the music is of course excellent but in line with many Pink Floyd commemorative releases the packaging is shockingly poor and obviously done on the cheap.

THIS IS THE THIRD EDITION OF THIS MIGHTY FILM/CONCERT THAT IVE HAD(THE OTHERS BEING LASERDISC AND DVD),SO I'M A FAN,THATS A GIVEN.HOWEVER, I WAS A LITTLE RELUCTANT AS TO WHETHER TO BUY THIS SET OR NOT....BUT IM SOOO GLAD THAT I HAVE.FIRSTLY THE IMAGERY HAS BEEN WORKED UPON AND,AS A CONSEQUENCE,IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED.SECONDLY,THE AUDIO MAESTRO KNOWN AS STEVEN WILSON HAS REJIGGED THE SOUNDTRACK,AND ADDED SEVERAL LAYERS OF DEPTH TO THE ORIGINAL .THIRDLY,THIS IS WHAT I CALL REAL ART,IE A THING THAT IS POSITIVELY DAZZLING IN ITS AFFECT ON THE BODY AND SOUL....NO NEED TO SAY ANY MORE...JUST BUY AND THOROUGHLY ENJOY

A stunning remastering in terms of picture quality and sound mixThe colours pop off of the screen and it really does look like it could have all been shot yesterday!The DTS mix is amazing and has no comparison to the DVD version from 20 years back at allYou need this

Quintessential Floyd. The quality of this recording is astounding even before it was remastered. If you’re a Floyd fan why are you even reading this, just buy it. But maybe not from Amazon! Have a shop around there are some better deals. Or even better buy this directly of Pink Floyd’s website 👍🏼👍🏼

Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii CD won't sync with my Apple Music : it seems its' a physical CD, and not digital Apple compatible ? "Not very pleased" !

I'm sure many Floyd fans have been waiting eons for this, an actual live album of their legendary Pompeii performance, sure took 'em long enough to get round to doing it didn't it? still, better late then never I guess.As for the new mix by Steven Wilson, it's brilliant, loud (No, not the bad Rick Rubin kind of 'loud' so don't panic!), and heavy! basically it sounds just like what it would have really sounded like had you been standing right there in front of the band's massive PA system, this isn't some rush-job this-will-do thing (Hi 2016 remix!), there's been real care and attention to detail put in here, every instrument sounds crisp and clear as daylight in the new mix, Nick Mason's drums seem to have been given special care with a more crisp modern sound to them. Some may bemoan the rather 'dry' sound and lack of reverb but that really doesn't matter considering how good it sounds, plus this is as close as you'll get to how it truly sounded.Of course, I know there are those who hate the the idea of remixing older records and may even consider it blasphemy, but personally, I think it breathes new life into them, plus it can help younger listeners understand better what all the fuss was/is about. However, I will also agree that it can be a risky thing of done badly, which brings me nicely to my next subject......Now, you may know that this is actually the second time the Pompeii performance has been remixed, and for good reason too, the first 'attempt' was in 2016 for the 'Early Years' box set, though sadly, that version was hamstrung by poor mixing choices (David's guitar and vocals, and Nick's drums, being pushed back in the mix) and full of imperfections (tape hiss, very obvious distortions on Rick's keyboards), a true obvious rush-job, the fact that it was relegated to just box-set materiel instead of given its own release shows that even band were likely unhappy with it.Anyway, this is easily Pink Floyd's best live album next to P.U.L.S.E.As for my rating, and much like with the Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes re-issue, had to knock off a star because once again, we're treated to the usual crappy cheap thin piece of card 'packaging' instead of some nice deluxe packaging that a release like this is worthy of.