And then there were five: Pink Floyd briefly existed as a five piece group with Syd Barrett and his friend David Gilmour sharing guitar duties. This image was taken about the time that Saucerful of Secrets was being recorded.
The band doing an endorsement for Rotosound strings. The background in the photo appears to be that of Studio Two at Abbey Road. This was probably taken during the Piper sessions in early 1967.
The band in the control room toward the end of the sessions for Piper. The studio may be Abbey Road's Studio Three -- if so, then this is the console that Syd used to assist Peter Bown with the final mix. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Syd Barrett, as many might like to remember him -- ready to start work on Pink Floyd's first album, early 1967.
Certainly not my experience with this reissues, all my mine are quiet without pops and clicks. While there are ofcourse differences of opinions on the sound and different preferences for one pressing or another, I never read complains about bad pressings and them being full of clicks and surface noise. In fact these reissues have been mostly praised here on the forum. The first time I read anyone refering them as worst of two world offenders?
I am done discussing on the SQ and pressings quality of these reissues. The SQ is very good to excellent and there was some reported issues here and there but nothing plaguing the whole catalog aside from DSOT. Best value for your money if you do not have any vinyl copies of the band or if your precious A/B/1/2/3 pressings are not in a so mint condition. BTW, Bernie Grundman mastering is bringing a fresh sound perspective to these albums. I like to use the word ‘tubey’ sound when speaking about the 2016 campaign sound signature.
guess I was in bad luck then? "Animals" was my first buy of the reissue series. I have two german original copies in ex / vg++ state. Was hoping for a clear soundstage in the new reissue. While the sound was ok, too many clicks and pops (even after cleaning) were drawing me back to my original copies. "WYWH" I have two old copies, one from germany, one from yugoslavia. both share a side a with some surface noise. the new reissue didnt have this problem, but again - too many clicks and pops on both sides throughout play, plus a strange one dimensional soundspace. "Dark Side" The worst offender in terms of vinyl quality - but in terms of sound it just couldnt compete with my other copies: nm Japanese pro use, ex early german pressing, minty 30th anniversary AAA lp. That said, all 3 of those reissues seemed to be not so great. Felt unlucky with these products and returned the purchase to my store. Good for other people who enjoy this remaster series - I'll be good with my old vinyl copies and 90s cd reissues.
I received a noisy copy of Animals as well. I had read some people had problems with noise on the side 2 so I listened to it first. My copy (from Amazon Italy) was completely silent on side 2. With a sigh of relief, I played side 1. Half way through Pigs On The Wing pt.1, constant pops and clicks that continued throughout the intro to Dogs. I had to stop the record before the vocals even came in. I cleaned it three times without any success in getting rid of any clicks or pops. That was the first and last reissue I've bought. I will definitely give PULSE a chance if it's released.
Surely, Bernie was involved solely in the vinyl process. Remastered by Guthrie, Plante and Grundman. It’s on all of the Hypesticker.
So it took me about 3 months to get thru 556 pages of this thread. I have the entire group of these re-issues, some US and some EU, more on that later. It’s been great reading all of this, and I am still hoping for Pulse, Relics, Echos, A Foot In The Door and The Wall Live. Ed
Has any of you purchased new vinyl, and it came with major flaws? I'm not talking pops and crackles. But, say, a record that skips?
I have the new reissues from Meddle through Animals. I play them on my AT-LP 120 with the stock 95e cart. Listening through headphones or speakers; All discs are very clean and surface noise-free.
Of course not. I never said ever album was damaged. You should read more carefully. Only the side one of the Animals reissue was bad. I have vintage copies of Pink Floyd's albums from Piper through Delicate Sound of Thunder. I thought I'd give the Animals reissue a shot and I got a dud so I didn't bother with any of the others. I'm happy with my vintage copies since they are pretty clean copies. I didn't want to spend any more money on the reissues after my first purchase being a bad one. I've never owned PULSE on vinyl and won't pay the going rate for an original copy. I would purchase it if it were reissued and have my fingers crossed that I'd get a nice copy.
The new reissues might be AAA recordings as well. No one actually knows for sure, and no official statement has been made from the band. But nearly everyone seems to assume they're digitally sourced. Personally I don't give a damn, I'm just happy to finally own some Floyd titles on vinyl!
I think they are all rather good and very good value for money. I recently added delicate sound of thunder, not my favourite Floyd album but it sounds very good and only £12.99 from Amazon. Gary
Interesting, it seems you've had some bad luck. I also have tried a few of the reissues and IMHO I must say they aren't bad at all. My go to copies are in many cases original UK pressings but I find these reissues to be affordable if one doesn't want to pay the serious money that most of the originals goes for these days. The reissues I've sound analog and warm and the timeless magic is also there in most cases- at least to these ears. The Wall is stunningly good as an example, in general I think they did a great job on these reissues. What kind of sound system do you have?
If they were really AAA, the people here who say they can tell the difference between analog and digital vinyl would certainly not stay silent about it.
