I thought my stylus was dead until input on a properly mastered album by steven wilson which sounded sublime on my technics sl 1700 mk2.
Steve hoffman best pink floyd vinyl releases.
And never more so than on wish you were here an album that features only five tracks but runs well over 40 minutes.
But this one is very clean complex and good depth.
The german recording is also very good as is the 180 gram remaster in 2016.
The michael kiwanuka sounds indescribably bad i think due to the failure of the producer to produce a so called retro sound.
Digital most likely 48 24 but adam ayant didn t want to say.
The whole album is essentially a tribute to floyd s founding.
I want this to be the catch all thread for discussion on all pink floyd album cd masterings instead of just for one album.
Digital most likely 48 24k.
Check out the steve hoffman forum for mastering questions even without looking i m 99 99 sure that there s more.
Per the pinkfloydarchives discography the first cd release of the wall in the us was on the harvest records label in 1985.
He obviously never heard a steely dan or pink floyd album from the 70 s.
Steve hoffman in 2010 called 2u 2u the best master for this album and i have to agree.
If you re going to just own one this is the one.
This version his hard to fi.
Fast forward to modern times and i am looking for the best mastering for a cd release of the wall.
Pink floyd is probably regarded as the archetypal band for audiophiles.
I don t think the wikipedia release sequence you reference is exactly correct for us releases.
Rolling stones stripped double lp.
Rolling stones rarities 1971 2005.
Following the original release of a momentary lapse of reason and the subsequent tour pink floyd went on to record the division bell followed 20 years later with the ambient swansong album the.
Prog rock giants serving up complex and immaculately produced albums full of lengthy songs.