I have been anticipating this release for a while. I can't afford to actually buy it right now but I thought that this might help some other Floyd tragic. Amazon UK = $201.36 & USA = $200 and so this represents a nice 10% (almost) saving. Needless to say the local shops are mostly selling the set for $249. I have not been able to find anyone under the $200 mark in Oz.
Or you can get ripped off entirely and pay $199 at the Australian iTunes shop for an mp3 download with none of the special collectors media that goes with it! Seriously, who would accept mp3 copies of remastered works? Anyway that is the end of my anti-iTunes rant :-)
Taken directly from the Hut website…
Product Review
Release Date: 26 September 2011
Pink Floyd were jointly one of the most influential and successful bands in the history of music with “Dark Side of the Moon” being the third biggest selling studio album of all time. “The Discovery 14 Studio Album Catalogue Boxset” is a complete collection of Pink Floyd's studio album spanning the years 1967 to 1994. Also included is an exclusive 60 page book of artwork created by Storm Thorgerson whom created the majority of the bands artwork. - A.B.
Includes the following remastered studio albums:
•The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
•A Saucerful Of Secrets
•More
•Ummagumma
•Atom Heart Mother
•Meddle
•Obscured By Clouds
•The Dark Side Of The Moon
•Wish You Were Here
•Animals
•The Wall
•The Final Cut
•A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
•The Division Bell
I arrived at the Australian price based on £134.95 less 20% VAT (as per the British Govt. website) and using the currency converter at xe.com/ucc this morning. If I am wrong please let me know.
Not sure how you got AUD181 unless you're taking off the VAT and AFAIK The Hutt does not remove VAT so, given 1 GBP = 1.62 AUD:
The Hutt: GBP135 * 1.62 * 1.025 = AUD224.17
Amazon UK: GBP150 * 1.62 * 1.025 / 1.20 = AUD207.56
The 1.025 is the currency conversion charge.
Will unneg if wrong.