Anyone heard the Toshiba EMI Pink Floyds

Listened to the "UmmaGumma" tonight. As usual, was blown away... The Floyd has always been a carefully recorded group so should you run out and scoop the new ones up?
Well, this issue is very strong sonically and certainly very quiet (low noise floor). There was no background cover included other than a blurb about Doug Sax mastering the material in 1994 (so why is it just being released now???) I don't know, if you DON'T have the albums you CAN'T go wrong with these but I wouldn't suggest ADDING these to what you already have (unless you are a collector/rabid fan, etc... (P.S. Belinda Carlisle naked in Playboy? Somebody pinch me!!!)

Guys
They are already available mail order,not too expensive here in the UK.
However are we sure they've been remastered?
They come in the little miniture LP sleeves like the Doors re-issues,but in the ad I've seen they do not mention remastering,nor have I read it anywhere else until you mentioned it Charlie.
Charlie,does your flyer mention who and where, on the remastering?
It is possible EMI have updated their versions but read on.....
Last year I bought Wish You Were Here-first time available in the small LP packaging (25th anniversary of that album,complete with shrink wrap,post card)however the CD is infact the version from 1992!
It should be noted this is labelled EMI 2000, this version.
For anybody not sure, the Floyd albums were remastered intially in 1992(EMI) but then in 1997 the albums were remastered again under the supervision of the band and labelled anniversary editions--these '97(Columbia) versions are noticably better than their '92(EMI) counterparts.
There is also the complication of the MF gold discs where their version of Wish You Were Here is arguably still the best,their versions of Meddle and DSOTM are so quietly mastered I would need a sound meter to accurately decide which version is best!
Hope this helps.
Ben

charlie: the emi/capitol reissues that justicles mentions (but for a couple of "anniversary editions") were remasters done in 1992-94 by doug sax at The Mastering Lab in LA; they were released last year (these also appear to be the same series noted by dweller). according to cdnow.com, there are at least a couple of titles released so far this year (the wall and ummagumma) that were produced in japan under the toshiba/emi label. i've not seen or heard these but i'd be interested in learning more about them, particularly whether they are different from the 1990's doug sax remasterings. BTW, i don't see the toshibas listed on musicdirect.com. -kelly

to make things even more confusing, i've just found some floyd reissues done in 2001 that are produced in the UK or Australia. I don't know from the limited information available online where or when these "albums" were mastered. there was also a 20th anniversary reissue of DSOTM released in 1993, which i beleive is another doug sax remaster. -kelly

Warning: The Toshiba_EMI UmmaGumma outer jacket is larger than a standard CD case and therefore does not fit into my storage cabinet... Surprise!!!