Anyone heard the Toshiba EMI Pink Floyds

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!!!

dweller: interesting. the capitol/emi reissues are in cardboard sleeves that replicate the lp covers, but they simply envelop a standard jewel box. guess we now have a sure way to differentiate the toshiba's from the other reissues. from your description, however, the new cd's use the same remasterings done in 92-94 in the usa. hmmm. -kelly

Thanks, everybody. I will try to find out more.

I had a hard time believing that Pink Floyd would have let anyone other than Steve Sax touch their master tapes, (from what I hear.) I have the Sax "Wish You Were Here" and it is very good. If this is a reissue, somehow, of his work, I would be happy to know it.

They are $27.99 US from Music Direct. And they do describe them as a "Japanese mastering." ??? !!! Charlie