Comments on: Pink Floyd – Definitive Oakland (Sigma 37)

By: aleebee

aleebee — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:10:43 +0000

I have tonight finally got around to comparing all five versions of this show that I have. Now, I preferred ‘Mr Pig’ (Highland Prime Masters) to ‘Oakland’ (Sigma 2), the former having more life to it, IMO. However, it was marred by the two edits. When I read of ‘Definitve Oakland’ I decided to take the chance and add it to my collection. To these ears, it definitely has more life to it than ‘Oakland’ and I even prefer it to ‘Mr Pig’, which is good as Sigma releases are not cheap, as well we know! So, my own rankings are ‘Definitive Oakland’ (Sigma) > ‘Mr Pig’ (Highland PM) > ‘Oakland’ (Sigma) > ‘Welcome To The Machine’ (Cannonball) > In The Flesh (Great Dane). I do not own the Sirene set and now have no intention of getting it. Indeed, I can now relegate the lesser editions in order to thin out my collection.

By: DLee

DLee — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:25:21 +0000

As for the non-commercial “Animal Instincts” release, never have heard it, but from what I’ve read/heard about it, it’s probably only a slight upgrade of Discurios’ old “Plays the Animals”, which was thought to be great at the time it was popular after its release, but now gets blown away by the latest versions – esp. Sigma’s “Definitive Oakland”. Sigma 37 beats the hell out of “Plays the Animals”.

By: Jona

Jona — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:49:16 +0000

Does anyone know how the sound quality of this compares to the Harvested CD-R release of this show called “Animal Instincts”?

By: DLee

DLee — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:48:17 +0000

According to what I know, mostly from what’s been said here in the past, the only part of the recording that comes from that particular source, if any at all, are the 2 bits that must have been used to fill in the couple gaps relating to the pair of tape flips. Otherwise, it’s highly improbable that Wolfgang’s Vault was used.

By: Plomerus

Plomerus — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:36:02 +0000

I concur…Sigma 37 is indeed the definitive version of this excellent recording…surpassing all prior releases. Amazing sound quality and mastering. I will be updating the “Essential Floyd” article accordingly. Don’t hesitate if you’re on the fence about this one!

By: vigotone

vigotone — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:04:41 +0000

I highly doubt it, Chambau, as WV only has Pigs (Three DIfferent Ones) through Us and Them in their archives.

By: chambau

chambau — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:42:17 +0000

DLee: It looks like we have a winner here. I was told this release is probably sourced from Wolfgang’s Vault (MP3). Any comments?