No one seems to know.
Steve hoffman best pink floyd vinyl releases.
I want this to be the catch all thread for discussion on all pink floyd album cd masterings instead of just for one album.
In the court of the crimson king subtitled an observation by king crimson is the debut studio album by english rock band king crimson released on 10 october 1969 by island records the album is one of the first and most influential of the progressive rock genre where the band combined the blues influences that rock music was founded upon with elements of jazz classical and symphonic music.
Rolling stones stripped double lp.
Pink floyd dark side of the moon and the wall recent reissues both 96 24k the doors box set from a few years ago 192 24k digital.
He obviously never heard a steely dan or pink floyd album from the 70 s.
And never more so than on wish you were here an album that features only five tracks but runs well over 40 minutes.
I don t think the wikipedia release sequence you reference is exactly correct for us releases.
Prog rock giants serving up complex and immaculately produced albums full of lengthy songs.
The whole album is essentially a tribute to floyd s founding.
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.
Pink floyd is probably regarded as the archetypal band for audiophiles.
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 24k.
This version his hard to fi.
The german recording is also very good as is the 180 gram remaster in 2016.
If you re going to just own one this is the one.
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 in 2010 called 2u 2u the best master for this album and i have to agree.
Fast forward to modern times and i am looking for the best mastering for a cd release of the wall.
But this one is very clean complex and good depth.