Pink Floyd Dark Side Moon 30Th Anniversary Edition

Looking Back At Some Of The Weirder Limited Edition Consoles. In 2. 01. 7 most video game consoles look pretty similar black boxes of varying size aimed at being as discrete as possible. The brands who manufacture and distribute them also have more clout and prestige of their own. So its weird to think that in the late 9. Nintendo thought it was important to use Tommy Hilfiger to promote the Game Boy Color. Nintendos and Tommy Hilfigers ingenuity is more than just fun and games. We strive to push the envelope with innovative marketing strategies, said Peter Main, former VP of Sales and Marketing for Nintendo of America in the summer of 1. Nintendo of Americas executive vice president, sales and marketing. This promotion is a natural partnership, since both companies tailor to the trendsetters who dress to impress and enjoy interactive entertainment. Re read that last part and just let the cynical whimsy of it wash over you. Then take a second to imagine the floppy haired designer behind the self titled line of over priced normcore flashing a Pikachu inspired gadget while waiting at the bar. Nintendo recently partnered with other fashion brands to create a line of gaming inspired clothes, but its hard to imagine a limited edition, torn denim Urban Outfitters Nintendo Switch coming out in 2. Still, theres something quaint to the idea of two completely unrelated companies like Nintendo and Tommy Hilfiger collaborating to exploit peoples insecurities about whether theyre cool enough. In fact, the random, cross promotional, special edition video game console has a longer than expected history that acts as something of a time capsule for conspicuous consumption over the past several decades. Part of me hopes that in the future these unlikely partnerships will continue, but in the meanwhile heres a brief look at some of the more random ones. Audi R8 Xbox One SProbably the ugliest special edition console ever designed, the Audi R8 was meant to combine the allure of sporty German cars with a box of computer chips. Maybe there was a way to square this circle, but an Xbox One S in the shape of a faux Audi R8 hood was not it the Lamborghini One S is gaudy but still better looking. The shear audacity of it was inspiring though, and I applaud any and all efforts to design any future video game consoles in the shapes and colors of un related everyday objects. Taco Bell Xbox 3. Minecraft Military Base Maps. A deep purple case with the Taco Bell icon peaking out from the lower right made this particular limited edition console particularly brazen. Instead of just awarding the winner of a contest selected from those feasting on crunchwrap supremes a simple box they could play Gears of War on, Taco Bell decided that lucky individual would have to shoulder the burden of showcasing the companies marketing for whatever wanton soul passed through their abode. It wouldnt even be that terrible without the logo I went with the purple 3. DS because, while the color does nothing for me in general, Ive had a special place in my heart for eggplant looking hues ever since Kid Icarus. MTV Gamecube. As Console Variations reported earlier this year, MTV made a number of branded Gamecubes in 2. Tickets for Concerts, Sports, Theatre and More Online at TicketsInventory. Title The Red Knight of Germany Author Floyd Gibbons 18871939 A Project Gutenberg Australia eBook eBook No. Language English Date first. Phases Phase 1. Phase 1 of the Why Pink Floyd. September 2011 with the release of The Dark Side of the Moon Experience, Immersion and. Its cake versus ice cream for Splatoon 2s first Splatfest and were streaming all the fun live on our Twitch channel. Come and join the mayhemThey were given away during daily broadcasts and went from Zebra Gum like the above to camouflage and even faux wood veneer, because nothing said Super Smash Bros. Melee like a Snow White brick being raffled off in between music videos for In da Club and Crazy in Love. Men in Black Play. Station. A great movie, a terrible game, and a really lazy console. The Men in Black Play. Station is incredibly rare, fetching over a 1,0. Just jet black with the movies logo plastered over the disc lid. N.1151345152_50it.jpg' alt='Pink Floyd Dark Side Moon 30Th Anniversary Edition' title='Pink Floyd Dark Side Moon 30Th Anniversary Edition' />But it was also emblematic of a time when being a blockbuster film insured some sort of video game spin off, and in this particular case, even a console sku. I talked about this particular one at the top, and it remains my personal favorite, mostly because of how dissonant the combination is. The Game Boy sold for 6. Pokmon craze if you purchased a certain amount of Hilfiger merchandise. Thats not something my parents would have ever done, but I can still remember looking through a fall catalog imagining what boring polos I might wear in exchange for the opportunity to capture an Oddish in full handheld color. Rush Pa Program Supplemental here. Coca Cola Game Gear. Unlike a lot of other weird branded stuff, theres plenty of stuff bearing the Coca Cola script Toy trucks, cups at somewhere around half of all chain restaurants, any time you see a polar bear sitting on an ice cap. A Coca Cola Game Gear though Something about it still feels unnerving, like Id always be thirsty while playing sub par platformers on a really tiny screen. Maybe when the soda company realizes the error of its way and brings back Coca Cola Zero proper they can cross promote with the Vitas successor. Marlboro Atari Lynx. No doubt the oddest of all, Marlboro, a cigarette company, went in on the failed Atari Lynx handheld. In the end it was something of a match made in heaven, given the declining fortunes of both companies, even if Marlboro still sells nicotine and Atari no longer sells handhelds and the latter never killed anyone while the former has battled endless lawsuits about the lethality of its product. Customers would work up points with each new box of smokes which could be traded for different stuff, including a giant red brick of a handheld. While the prospect of another cigarette branded console might seem like an impossibility, vape enthusiasts seem to have a way of making things happen. Even if Nintendo doesnt release a vapa able Joy. Con in the near future, I wouldnt put it past DIY gamers to make it happen. Pink Floyd Dark Side Moon 30Th Anniversary Edition' title='Pink Floyd Dark Side Moon 30Th Anniversary Edition' />INXS Kick 2. INXS Kick 2. 5 Super Deluxe Edition Click to enlargeMajor record labels cling to blockbuster albums like a toddler clings to a security blanket. They just dont want to let go. In an uncertain world full of fickle fans and bleak economic conditions there is always someone who wants to buy Rumours or The Dark Side Of The Moon. The big corporations would prefer to give the public what they know they like, not what they might like. This explains why in 1. EMI reissued Paul Mc. Cartneys Band on the Run as a boxed two disc deluxe edition and then tackled nothing further from his catalogue for the next eight years. EMI apparently lacked the enthusiasm or inclination to work up deluxe versions of Wings albums like London Town or Back To The Egg, when the rewards were uncertain rather than guaranteed. This lack of inspiration may have contributed to Mc. Cartney bidding the institution adieu in 2. Scott Rodger, the ex Beatle started sorting out his archive and began planning for an extensive reissue campaign. The first fruits of this labour emerged in 2. Band On The Run  was reissued again. INXS have suffered similarly, as far as back catalogue goes. Kick dominates record label thinking. It is the worlds favourite INXS album, and the situation almost mirrors that of Band On The Run. The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973 by Harvest Records. The album built on ideas explored in. The principal creators of Pink Floyds masterpiece The Dark Side of the Moon all spoke with Rolling Stone senior writer Brian Hiatt for our latest issue, on stands. Find new action figures, toys, bobbleheads, collectibles, products, merchandise and more at Entertainment Earth. Mint Condition Guaranteed. Shop nowA 2. CD deluxe edition was released in 2. Hutchence era INXS albums since that time, Universal have chosen to reissue Kick again in 2. Packaging. This is interesting, because although the set is being marketed as a super deluxe edition, it is smaller and cheaper than standard SDE sets around 4. UK. Its actually a lovely size. Just short of ten inches square, its easy to hold in your hands, but weighty enough to feel substantial. The sturdy outer slipcase has good artwork reproduction and feels very well made. Inside resides an 8. CDs and DVD the music a large reproduction of a Mystify poster and a sticker sheet. Extensive photos can be found here. The book is good. A cut down version of the big books you get in super deluxe editions like The Whos Quadrophenia or The Rolling Stones Some Girls. Its great to have something to read, not just photos from the era. The volume takes as through the making of the album, the sleeve design, videos and the success and aftermath of Kick. To be honest it looks and feels like it has been digitally printed, rather than using the traditional four colour repro print process. The slightly shiny pages and photo reproductions offer tell tale signs. A minor point maybe, but dont expect anything like the quality of the books in Mc. Cartneys deluxe sets which are in a different league to what is presented here. Nevertheless, as a physical set the Kick 2. Id like to see utilised for more releases in the future. Discs one to three CDs. Disc one is the standard album with no bonus tracks appended disc two is a selection of bonus tracks including demos, live songs, remixes and b sides and disc three contains further remixes. There are seven tracks on this three CD selection that were not on the previous two CD set. They are made up of seven inch edits New Sensation, Devil Inside, Different World a B side Do Wot You Do also on the Pretty In Pink soundtrack, an extended remix Devil Inside and finally, two previously unreleased remixes, a Soul Version of New Sensation appears to be a period remix and a June 2. Kids On Bridges Remix of Calling All Nations. You can hear the later in full here. Why Universal are spending time and money commissioning new remixes when they are still missing many period remixes is anyones guess. Heres a few that they could have included Guns in the Sky Kookaburra Mix Need You Tonight Mendelsohn 7 mix Need You Tonight Ben Liebrand 1. Different World 1. Those tracks were all officially released on singles at the time. Its not as if there is a lack of space. Disc three only contains 3. In fact the three discs in this set offer 2. Just over half. Also, the tracks included over the two bonus CDs have no structure around the running order. Extended remixes could have been grouped together, as could seven inch edits and B sides. If nothing else that would have prevented two versions of New Sensation and two versions of Devil Inside sequenced together, as happens on the third disc. Another issue is that the listener, who may not be an INXS expert, is not given much help around where the tracks came from in the first place. Not everyone will know that Move On was the B side to Need You Tonight or that Different World was from the Crocodile Dundee soundtrack. Why not inform and educate the listener as to what they are listening to Below The video to New Sensation a click away on You. Tube but not on the DVD in this super deluxe edition box set. Disc four DVDThe DVD offers a brand new documentary called Track Baby Track, about the making of the album. Song by song, all the band members offer their own personal memories of making the record. Obviously, with Michael Hutchence, archive interview footage is used. Its a very interesting piece, with Andrew Farriss in particular delivering some good insight in terms of the band and what they were trying to achieve with Kick. There are plenty of video clips to keep things interesting. A fifteen minute section of home movie footage Through Our Eyes Only  from the Calling All Nations world tour gives us a band members eye of life on the road. Cue lots of larking around. Although the first two features on the DVD are very good, the final section of the disc is entitled promos and contains just three videos from the album Mystify, Guns In The Sky and Need You Tonight. Arguably, only Need You Tonight has a higher profile than Never Tear Us Apart or New Sensation, but inexplicably the videos for the later two songs are missing from this section. We know they exist because there are clips of them in the documentary and director Richard Lowenstein talks about them in the book that forms part of this super deluxe edition. About New Sensation I knew wed made something special in Prague. Yes, so special that Universal dont want it to be part of Kick 2. Also missing are videos for Mediate a homage to Bob Dylans Subterranean Homesick Blues and Devil Inside. So thats four videos gone AWOL. Unacceptable. Someone please direct me to the nearest brick wall so I can bang my head against it. The DVD only runs for just over an hour in total, so there is bags of space for more content. Period interviews and TV appearances could also have been included. Summary. Kick remains a superb album. A defining record of the era. But Im sorry to say that another super deluxe edition box set comes and goes and you are left thinking about what could have been, what should have been. The INXS Kick 2. 5 box is a great physical package, but it needs to be more than that. Essential content like promo videos are lacking and as far as the audio content goes, the record label had the space across three discs to make this a completely comprehensive round up of all officially released Kick era tracks. Why is it so hard to give fans what they want Answers on a postcard please. It is in the best interest of the record labels after all, they will make more money. Do they do this deliberately saving some content for the 3. Who knows All I can say is if this is their idea of a 2. Universal Music to organise your birthday party. Theyll forget the cake and only invite half of your friends.