Pink Floyd / The Division Bell: 20th Anniversary seven disc box

I think this is great. I love all the vinyl in it.

Ordered just the Blu-ray disc as I’m not a LP collector. Got notified late last week that the disc [well in North America] is already backordered.

I hope to see the delivery soon.

I would never buy this. I hate this vynil revival – why, oh why? – and if there’s no new music, what’s the point? Give us a real incentive to buy this again, or just forget it.

If this were Animals or Meddle I would have ordered it already.
Anybody agree?

Thanx, Phil!

I suppose this means that the PF re-issue concept still has a pulse, so to speak. Sadly, the imperative will be to make money and sometimes you’re worse off with a big name band because they know people will buy practically anything. Why didn’t they include an 8 track cartridge, a wax cylinder maybe? This really should have been left as a blu-ray, with separate vinyl. Like others, I’m happy to get marbles and scarves elsewhere if I’m cold or bored, so glad they’ve been dispensed with.

The only things most people would want here are either the unedited vinyl and/or the 5.1 mix. The Marooned video is on YouTube and elsewhere so don’t see the point in including that, it should have been purely a promotional tool.

The initial price renders this as bad as the Oasis box considering the content, even if it drops to £70-£90 it is overpriced. The vinyl and 5.1 are the only new things here and the rest is paper based art and reproduction vinyl that has no exclusive content.

So we have a vinyl that should be £20 and a CD and 5.1 mix disc that should be no more than £20 if you consider the price of similar Jethro Tull or King Crimson releases for example.

If you are going to deservedly call out the Oasis box then this deserves equal criticism as a padded out, overpriced monstrosity.

Enrico. The full length tracks have always been on the cd. They were edited to fit on the original single LP vinyl but now the LP will be a double LP so the unedited songs will be used on that.

I think this box is overkill. The replica 7″ singles should be left out and you could have a nice vinyl, CD and 5.1 Bluray box with an artwork book which also has pics of memorabilia rather than actual reproduction items. That should be around £60-ish at current equivalent prices, although they would obviously charge more.

Then release the vinyl, CD (again?) and Bluray individually.

Also no reason why downloads can’t be high-res. If they are including a CD which can be copied losslessly extremely easily, why include a 320kbps download card?

Sorry, but for me is this only like old wine in new bootles.

Are the full length tracks also on the CD version?

Regarding the ELP Brain Salad Surgery release mentioned above, the 5.1 now only comes with the expensive deluxe box, not the standard edition. I had to cancel my order as the record company does not want my money.

My “pulse” still goes but the wife won’t let me put batteries in it , she says it annoys her

No unreleased music, No Sale. While I’m equipped to play vinyl, I’ve seldom bought or played any since 1987 (three years after I started collecting CD’s). The inclusion of all this vinyl in this boxed set is just a way to inflate the price.

Not my favorite Pink Floyd album. The emphasis on vinyl and the lack of unreleased music bodes poorly for future Pink Floyd “Immersion” boxes. Hopefully, the 5.1 mix of “The Division Bell” will eventually appear as a sold separately Blu-Ray or an SACD.

Pre-ordered the LP standalone through amazon – hopefully the price will drop a little before release and match on the online store – but maybe you will have to pay a shipping charge through the official online store which take it up the near the current amazon price.

why ohh Why do record companies keep mixing Digital and anloge in box sets.

The only new thing in this box is the 5.1 disc which i would snap up in an instant if it was released outside of the box or without all the vinyl.

CD/DVD collectors are different from vinyl collectors and there is little crossover.

My feelings are that record companies would be better off splitting Vinyl and Digital releases. Those mega fans that want both will buy both those that don’t will buy their preferred format.

for me this is a lost sale just too much redundant stuff.

These bloated overpriced deluxe box sets piss me off. All I want is the 5.1 Blu ray disc, not a bunch of vinyl and eye candy. The Who have been doing it right: fancy box sets for the folks who want them, simpler versions for those who don’t. Also, the upcoming ELP release has two versions, a music only set and a bloated box.

Wait till Prince becomes super-deluxed!!! We are not millionaires for Christ’s shake.

@ Thom

That’s a very good idea, but may be difficult to administer for SDE?

No marbles????
NO SALE!!!!

Hm, something wrong today with Amazon.de, as I placed order on the page today in the morning (21.5.) the price was 116€+postage.
Now just as looked the page, its gone up back to 164€.

Hey SDE – this seems like a good basis to set up some sort of Super Deluxe Swap Shop. I see comments from folk who want the three singles (unavailable outside the overpriced deluxe sets), and others that just want the 5.1 mix but not the vinyl; how about setting up a forum or something where folk can post their wants lists from bundles like this, and others can offer them at a sensible price or in trade for somethin else? Everybody wins.

Personally i think led zep have the right idea by just releasing expanded versions of each album. People shouldnt have to buy a load of stuff they dont want just to get a blu ray or a dvd. Record companies are trying too hard to get money out of people. Maybe they should ask the fans what they really want before commissioning a major release.

Seems that all bundles (box with t-shirt and DVD) are now currently out o stock as well as the double LP with DVD.

Does the headline on the Oasis review also apply here? Comparing a single album box set to a career spanning box set for the same price. I am coming to the conclusion that very few albums are deserving of a deluxe edition costing more than £20.00. Let alone these ~£100 monstrosities.

Tubular Bells yes, WYWH & TDSOTM yes, The Wall no. Achtung Baby no, Station to Station no.

I’m amazed that EMI aren’t making these boxes for the Beatles catalogue, but maybe thev have better quality control.

@francis , why do you need a turntable to be a proper music lover ? I’m sure there are lots of floyd fans and other classic rock lovers who weren’t even born when vinyl died first time around

This will be the first release of Pink Floyd in a very long time I will not buy.
between the Immersion Box set’s and this one Pink Floyd changed Record Company, I think this is Warner’s way to get a lot of money out of the Pink Floyd music.

Is the standalone vinyl version the same as the one included in the box set?

Those who do not own turntables anymore – Ha, Ha, Ha.

All those moaning because vinyl records are included in the box set, if they are proper music lovers like myself they would have a turntable (in fact, I have two). The same can be said for those who do not have CD Players. YOUR LOSS, not mine!

It’s not a bluray in that bundle though it’s a DVD.

DISAPPOINTMENT. What kind of bullshit. Lot of vinyl – but only ONE cd? And no “Experience Editon” with 2 or 3 cds …?

The £49 set doesn’t include the DVD. I added it to my basket and at checkout it itemises what you are getting -very helpful. So I’ve ordered the £57 set with small t-shirt as the other sizes no longer add to the basket! HURRY if you want these bundles, they’re selling fast!

Why do record co’s / marketing peeps do this paying for extra stuff you don’t want scam so often? Forcing fans to (at least) consider having to buy things they don’t want or need or can’t do anything with is really low. It’s almost like they have no comprehension of real world scenarios.

I know you don’t have to buy it, but it’s always a dilemma if you are a completist.

The official shop doesn’t have a vinyl and Bluray bundle that I can see – it’s got vinyl+DVD, but that can’t be the same thing, as you can also get a bundle with the deluxe set on its own or deluxe set + DVD. So there seems to be a DVD as well as the Bluray – no idea what’s on it, though!

Seems a shame that whilst they’ve learnt their lesson by not including mindless peripherals like marbles (what were they thinking..) they are still lumping the one thing people want (bluray audio) in with other items simply to push up sales/cash figures…now record companies are releasing some quality bluray audio (the recent Grace Jones is just brilliant!) you’d think they would respond by offering this as a stand alone product…they would fly off the shelves and probably increase total sales! As others have said, hopefully they will eventually offer it stand alone….

Reminder to self: check and see if the LED on ‘Pulse’ CD box set is still blinking ;-)

Well, I bit hook, line and sinker for the $180.00 Deluxe Box Bundle. I have to agree that they would probably be better off and get more instant sales by separating the items into what each individual might want. Pink Floyd is my favorite band, and TDB one of my favorite albums…so I was helpless…again.

That’s good info. Still, the fact that it’s a “bundle” would seem to indicate it could be made available separately. I think I’ll be waiting.

Yeah, if I knew they were releasing the 5:1 mix separately–and they did so for WYWH, and had already done so for DSotM, right?–then this would hold no temptation for me whatsoever. I have to think they’ll do that with this, too. There doesn’t even seem to be a decent book–it looks like a pretty straightforward lyrics/art book, but nothing new there, either.

And I agree, they need to separate the vinyl from the high-rez digital stuff, or at least make sure that everything comes on both formats, and is really worth spending the kind of money for both formats. I don’t mind some extra art prints or knick-knacks, but it seems silly to force everyone to buy a format that only a small percentage can even use–especially when it adds so much extra size and cost.

If it comes down to below the Floyd Immersion set prices I would buy it reluctantly to get the 5.1 mix but I simply do not want all that vinyl and would feel that it has been forced on me to some extent. There needs to be some separation between vinyl enthusiasts, memorabilia enthusiasts and the people who want high quality digital audio on high-res formats. We need to be given the choice which formats we want to buy and for them to stop bundling loads of stuff in together resulting in silly pricing and alienating a lot of the people who would love to get their hands on certain items.

Having the Discovery box already the only draw is the 5.1 which has just got to be released separately.

I know the original Division Bell vinyl goes for ridiculous money on the likes of eBay so there is also a good draw here for the vinyl crowd.

The upcoming ‘Quadrophenia Live In London’ compilers have got it right by releasing everything in the box set separately as well so that the consumer is given the choice to pick and choose what they want.

Who is buying all these super expensive boxsets. I love surround but not when it cost me over $100 to get it. They at least give vinyl fans a option to buy just the Lp but not just the Bluray or at least cd\bluray or cd\dvd, just stupid.

I just don’t understand how this is so difficult. Other than vinyl enthusiasts, who wants all of that vinyl? And why do we need to buy all of the vinyl to get the ONE new item that’s actually worth it–the 5:1 mix? Unless you’re a vinyl enthusiast, there’s literally no new audio there–the b-sides (which are inessential anyway) are only on vinyl. So I’m looking at a price tag of over $100 for a 5:1 mix. That’s it.

I disagree with Dave J–yes, the other sets had a bunch of inessential toys, but they also all had previously unreleased audio, while this does not. No demos or alternate mixes, no previously unheard material, and no b-sides/live material except on vinyl–which is pretty skippable considering the Pulse release has (nearly) everything you would need anyway.

Another set I won’t buy because vinyl is being forced on me.

What a horrible trend.

Hopefully the Blu-Ray will be released separately in the future. Although I’m happy to hear that another Floyd album is getting the box set treatment, I was hoping Meddle and Animals would be announced by now.
I do understand that this is a 20th anniversary edition and not a immersion release.

…i just don’t understand: why not concert videos, why not a video collection???

The double dipping is so annoying. As is the 5.1 on blu-ray only. Blu-ray still takes up significantly less place in a high street shop than DVD. I’m not investing in a player and new amp just to play one disc in an overpriced box set!