Last week saw EMI reissue Pink
Floyd's 1995 PULSE double CD in Europe, and we have had a number of
emails asking if there is any difference between this and the original
version.
The differences on this new
edition appear to be purely cosmetic. The 2006 version uses a standard
modern double jewel case CD box instead of the lavish booklet/slipcase
version we are used to (original copies of which featured a flashing
red LED on the spine... until the battery ran out, that is).
The new edition comes with a 20
page booklet in the jewel case, and this booklet features a new layout
with a few minor text edits. The tracklisting is now shown on both CDs,
and there is a new eye design inside the "O" of Pink Floyd on the
spine. For those interested in differing editions, the catalogue number
of this new edition is 724349143623.
There are NO reports of any
audible differences between the editions, however, the price of the
double CD seems to be pegged at a very low level - below the standard
price of a new release (at Amazon, anyway). With the track listing
different to the recently released DVD (the CD includes Astronomy
Domine which - going by our mailbox - was the number one thing that
fans wanted to see on the DVD, but which didn't appear), this new
edition should prove popular.
It can be ordered through the following special links: Amazon UK/Europe, France, or Germany.
For those outside these countries, these branches of Amazon DO ship CDs
to anywhere in the world. Also, please remember that any item bought
through our links to Amazon (not just Floyd items) helps with the
running costs of the site, and we really appreciate it.
Our thanks to Rob Deighton for his thorough help with this story.
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