Setting aside whether it's total lunacy to spend $200 to get a box set of CDs one already has (ahem) just to get mini LP fascimile artwork, two coasters and a poster, does anyone have any idea which Floyd remasters were used for this box set? My copy of
Oh By The Way is an EU import and uses EMI discs, but there's no info on which remasters were used. My understanding is that all Floyd EMI CDs use remasters from the
Shine On box set of 15 years ago, except for the 2003 remaster of
Dark Side for SACD, the 2004 remaster of
The Final Cut with the extra track and the 2007 remaster of
Piper. That being said, Columbia in the U.S. released a set of Floyd remasters (including
Wish You Were Here, Animals, and
The Wall) in 1997, which I have, and I read that the most recent Columbia issue of
Momentary Lapse, which I have, was remastered in 2005 because the label lost the 1997 remasters. Anyone know whether the Columbia remasters use a different/better source than the
Oh By The Way/EMI versions?
To my ears, my Columbia version of
Animals sounds significantly better than the
Oh By The Way version, but the
Oh By The Way version of
Momentary Lapse sounds better than my Columbia version. The others (
Wish You Were Here and
The Wall) sound about the same on both formats. I was going to sell all my jewel box Floyd CDs, but now I'm not so sure, at least in the case of
Animals. Insight/knowledge? All of this is a bit trainspotting, but hence this forum.
