{"id":10950,"date":"2022-06-30T10:16:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T14:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/?p=10950"},"modified":"2022-06-30T10:21:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T14:21:47","slug":"animals-remix-coming-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/2022\/06\/animals-remix-coming-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Animals remix coming in September"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The long-awaited remix of Pink Floyd’s 1977 “Animals” album is coming to LP, CD, Blu-Ray and SACD this fall.<\/p>\n

Dubbed the “Animals 2018 Remix,” this new version has been in the works for four years; and delayed, in part, by disagreements among the band members, especially Roger Waters<\/strong> and David Gilmour<\/strong>. (See “Roger Waters posts contentious liner notes; announces memoirs”<\/a> [June 1, 2021])<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>The deluxe four-disc version, dropping Oct. 7, will consist of one (1) LP on 180-gram black heavyweight vinyl, one (1) CD, one (1) DVD,\u00a0 one (1) Blu-ray and a 32-page booklet all housed in a hardcover book-style cover.<\/p>\n

The Blu-ray, SACD and DVD discs will contain a 5.1 Surround Sound remix by James Guthrie<\/strong> and Joel Plante<\/strong>, the same pair who remixed the new stereo version. Each individual disc will be available as a stand-alone release Sept. 16.<\/p>\n

The booklet will feature rarely-seen behind the scenes photographs of the album sleeve shoot, along with live images and memorabilia.<\/p>\n

The album artwork has been reimagined for this new release as well. The original, conceived by Waters and designed by Storm Thorgerson<\/strong>, featured a huge inflatable pig floating among the chimneys of the Battersea Power Station. It’s become one of the most recognizable images of all the band’s iconography.<\/p>\n

Thorgerson’s one-time partner in Hipgnosis, Aubrey “Po” Powell<\/strong>, took new photographs of Battersea as it appeared during recent renovations. (Listen to our 2015 interview with Powell<\/a>, who recounts the original “Animals” cover shoot.)<\/em><\/p>\n

“With the original 1977 album cover being such an iconic piece of stand-alone art, I had the chance to update it, which was a rather daunting task, but Hipgnosis took the opportunity to re-photograph the image to reflect a changing world,” Powell says, “and by using modern digital coloring techniques I kept Pink Floyd\u2019s rather bleak message of moral decay using the Orwellian themes of animals, the pig ‘Algie,’ faithful to the message of the album.”<\/p>\n

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It’s unclear whether Powell’s team actually floated a dirigible porcine above the plant for this reshoot or opted for digital techniques.<\/p>\n

Animals was the tenth studio album by Floyd, originally released in January 1977. It was recorded at the band’s Britannia Row Studios in London during 1976 and early-’77, and was produced by the band. The original release peaked at #2 in the U.K. and #3 in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Warner Music will release the album in Europe, while Sony Music will handle the international release.<\/p>\n

Pre-order Animals here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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