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Definitive Oakland (Sigma 37) is a three disc set with the May 9th, 1977 Oakland Coliseum show. This is sourced from the same excellent quality tape and is, after Oaklands (Siréne 055) and Oakland (Sigma 2) the third release by this label. They promise this to be a high upgrade overall previous edition of this often booted show.
Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck Compared To What is a three disc title with the February 22nd, 2009 Saitma show taken from a DAT recording.
Finally Mick Taylor Live Inn 1987 1st Show is from April 3rd, 1987 in Tokyo pressed onto one disc.
Related posts:April 21st, 2008 News and new releases An Invitation to Shop with Great Discounts News and new releses 13 Responses to “New Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor!”Subscribes to this topic Comment RSS or TrackBack URLI love you Sigma…but I’m a bit apprehensive regarding the new Pink Floyd title. I literally just listened to Sigma 2 the other day and it sounds so good. I can’t imagine utilizing the same source will provide a significant improvement. And since this is supposed to be a ‘definitive’ release, why not use the existing source for the show on the 10th and give us a Sigma upgrade of that show as well? This is definitely a title that I’m going to wait for a review before buying. Sorry Sigma. Well, believe it or not, it may be stooooopid, but I’m actually considering ordering this one as soon as I reasonably can since I remember gsparaco’s review of “Oakland” (Sigma 2) giving his opinion that the older Siréne version (“Oaklands”) is still slightly or a tiny bit superior to it. At least the front cover of this new Sigma 37 is probably a slight upgrade of the one of Sigma 2. I have Sigma 2 and think it’s already outstanding enough, but I’ve still never heard the old Siréne release, so I’m still somewhat curiously wondering about it, and what I’m speculating is that Sigma 37 will probably be sort of a ‘compromise’ between Sigma 2 & the old Sirene version. I still have both of the two different Highland versions of “Mr. Pig”, as well as the very old Discurios’ “Plays the Animals” and the incomplete Blue Cafe 1-pro-CD-R “Most Memoratle (sic)”. Yes DLee, please send in your thoughts. And let’s also send out good thoughts to our Pink Floyd review Plomerus. Because of family concerns will be not be able to submit reviews for the time being. Hopefully everything will get better and he can come back to writing the great reviews we’ve come to expect. I was thinking along the exact same lines. The review of the 5-disc Sirene release always hinted at a slight “liveliness” over Sigma 2. This always struck me as strange, bearing in mind they are really one-and-the-same label and could have issued the same (ie. best) version available on both releases. Or maybe they did…? If it’s such a close call, perhaps it’s just a case of subjective reviewer’s ears…? I think you hit the nail on the head strummerville. At this point I think we are splitting hairs with sound quality improvment on this well traveled tape. Hard to beleive it can get much better to where most collectors would consider it a major upgrade..Most likely some will feel the new release is an improvment while others will prefer the older versions….But that is part of the fun of our hobby I think, always seeking the ultimate version of a tape… There definitely is a difference between Sigma 2 and Sigma 37 sonically, but it’s ultimately a matter of preference in the same capacity as Highland’s Mr. Pig vs. it’s remaster was as to which is “better.” I personally prefer the brightness, vitality, and 3D sound of Sigma 37 as opposed to the slightly darker, less dynamic Mr. Pig (original) or Sigma 2. There are surely further editions of 5/9/77 on the horizon, but I’d be surprised if we see them from Sigma, as they don’t have much of a history of recycling their own releases – only a handful of upgrades, that actually ARE upgrades. Mind you, in some cases these involve minute details that a casual listener might overlook or not even care about, but for myself…who has all of the Ayanami, Sirene, Sigma…I’m not at all disappointed with this purchase. Let’s see what DLee’s verdict is. Sorry the comment area are closed |
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