Pink Floyd At Pompeii - Mcmlxxii

A nice album. Good sound quality, good presentation. Perfect condition for a good price.

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.

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*.

This is a great album from Pink Floyd live from Pompeii with some of their best songs, well worth buying.

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

Great to have this iconic 1971 closed concert in audio format. The remastering and pressing processes are first rate. Every Pink Floyd fans or any music enthusiast must get s copy. Most recommended.

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, plus at least now the definitive versions of 'Echoes', 'Set The Controls', and 'A Saucerful of Secrets' are widely available on record for anyone to hear, the Pompeii performances still remain the best these songs ever sounded and were played.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.

I’ve given the album 5 Stars but the vinyl is warped and scratched sadly. It was sealed when I got it delivered so I wondered if it’s a dodgy LP that escaped??? Blu ray looks and sounds amazing if your a Floyd Fan this one is Excellent