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Roger Waters says a 5.1 Surround Sound edition of Pink Floyd‘s “Animals” (1977) is on its way.

According to Super Deluxe Edition, the Floyd co-founder mentioned the release during an interview on Dutch radio station NPO Radio 2:

“I’ve just been working with Po (Aubrey Powell),” he said. “There’s a reissue of ‘Animals,’ I think, a 5.1 remix of ‘Animals,’ and so he came up with some new photographs of Battersea Power Station, as it is now, to use as a CD cover for the new 5.1 mix. It’s beautiful.”

Any 5.1 remix wouldn’t be pressed to compact disc, since the format doesn’t support the technology. So Waters most likely was referring to an upcoming Blu-ray or DVD.

Roger Waters will make a guest appearance on the upcoming Lucius album “Nudes.”

Waters is featured on the band’s cover of Lead Belly’s “Goodnight Irene.”

Lucius is a four-person L.A.-based band most recognizable for its look-alike lead vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig. The pair provided backing vocals on Waters’ recent Us + Them tour.

“Nudes” is an acoustic collection of original and re-recorded Lucius tracks, as well as cover songs, recorded over two days at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.

The album drops March 2 and is available now for pre-order now.

Roger Waters‘s “Is This the Life We Really Want?” has earned a Grammy nomination.

The album’s in the running to win “Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.”

It was engineered by Nigel Godrich, Sam Petts-Davies and Darrell Thorp. Bob Ludwig acted as mastering engineer.

Other albums nominated in that category are “Every Where Is Some Where,” K. Flay; “Natural Conclusion,” Rose Cousins; “No Shape,” Perfume Genius; and “24K Magic,” Bruno Mars.

The Grammys will be held Jan. 28 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.

Addendum (Posted Jan. 30, 2018): The Grammy went to “24K Magic,” Bruno Mars.