Pink Floyd have always been looking for ways to make listening more imitative of how the human brain perceives sound. In 1967, they became the first group to present their music live with a custom-built quadraphonic speaker system and a panning control device they nicknamed the Azimuth Coordinator. More recently, there has been a plethora of spatial audio editions of The Dark Side Of The Moon to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
The scuffle for repackaged Animals products has been less frenzied. It’s the black sheep of their 70s era – a challenging, sometimes confrontational album that nevertheless sold four million copies.
