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Topic: Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon and Apollo 17
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paulus humungus
Member Posts: 400
From: Burton, Derbyshire, England
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 09-28-2011 06:54 AM
   
On Pink Floyd's new The Dark Side Of The Moon: Immersion Box Set , a very rare early mix of the "Dark Side of the Moon" album from December 1972 has been released and interestingly incorporated Gene Cernan's final speech as he left the moon's surface for the last time. This was obviously very topical in December 1972, but as we know, the speech did not make the final mix and release. |
Paul23
Member Posts: 836
From: South East, UK
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-28-2011 06:59 AM
Sounds interesting though not sure I can quite bring myself to stump up the £90 for the box set.On a similar subject, there was a repeated documentary about Pink Floyd on BBC4 last week which had some footage of Pink Floyd playing along with video clips from the Moon Landings. |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 09-28-2011 07:17 AM
Do you have a specific track name for Cernan's speech? It seems these are available separately on iTunes. Thank you. |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 09-28-2011 07:33 AM
This makes me want to get the set even more. I love Floyd. Last year I saw Waters do the entire Wall in Philly. |
xlsteve
Member Posts: 391
From: Holbrook MA, USA
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted 09-28-2011 10:24 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Fezman92:
...I love Floyd. Last year I saw Waters do the entire Wall in Philly.
Hippy. Get a haircut!  |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 09-28-2011 03:04 PM
From what I can remember through the haze surrounding my college life in the 70's, "Dark Side of the Moon"'s double album cover was also a very practical and useful device for ... uh ... sorting and cleaning ... uh ... vegetable matter. A boxed CD set would provide a very pale reflection of the experience with that album. |
Spacefest
Member Posts: 1168
From: Tucson, AZ
Registered: Jan 2009
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posted 09-28-2011 07:31 PM
Which one's Pink? |
fredtrav
Member Posts: 1673
From: Birmingham AL
Registered: Aug 2010
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posted 09-28-2011 08:06 PM
It was also great music to listen to after "cleaning up the vegetable matter". In fact I still have my copy of the album (vegetable matter all gone). |
nojnj
Member Posts: 503
From: Highland Heights, KY
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 09-28-2011 09:12 PM
I have seen the Immersion set and can't wait to get mine this weekend! It has some wonderful "extras" items in it! Pink Floyd is absolutely my favorite! For those of you who are in the Cincinnati area, check out my friend's band Signs of Life, which is a Pink Floyd tribute band! They are the best around, very true to the music of Pink Floyd. |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 09-29-2011 05:22 AM
If you go to the Amazon listing for this item there is an MP3 download version of this. I downloaded the track "Great Gig in the Sky" (thanks to Paul for the name) but it does not contain the Cernan speech. The MP3 version is not the same as the Immersion set.And iTunes is selling something called Dark Side of the Moon (Deluxe Experience Version) (Remastered). This also does not contain the Gene Cernan speech referenced above. |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 09-29-2011 07:04 AM
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Originally posted by xlsteve:
Hippy. Get a haircut!
That's what my mom said to me yesterday.  |
Max Q
Member Posts: 399
From: Whyalla South Australia
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 09-29-2011 08:26 AM
I will also be getting the Immersion set as I am a mad Floyd fan. |
Paul23
Member Posts: 836
From: South East, UK
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-29-2011 08:28 AM
There's more hippies on this forum than I realised! |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 09-29-2011 08:44 AM
A group that follows the major space events of the 60's and 70's and you're surprised at the number of Hippies?I was in the Navy for the whole Hippie era, so I can't relate. I was on the business side of the end they put flowers in. |
Paul23
Member Posts: 836
From: South East, UK
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-29-2011 09:45 AM
I'd always figured that would be more representative of the people on here, people with haircuts you could set your watch to! |
paulus humungus
Member Posts: 400
From: Burton, Derbyshire, England
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 09-30-2011 04:40 PM
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Originally posted by garymilgrom:
iTunes is selling something called Dark Side of the Moon (Deluxe Experience Version) (Remastered). This also does not contain the Gene Cernan speech referenced above.
Gary - this probably means then that the only way of obtaining the early December 1972 mix of Dark side of the Moon which contains the Cernan speech is to buy the quite expensive six CD "Immersion" box set version of the album. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-08-2011 04:12 PM
You may be interested in the Buzz Aldrin foreword to Nancy Conrad's book "Rocketman," recounting Aldrin and Pete Conrad at a Dark Side of the Moon anniversary event. |
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