What is the best CD version of the Wall by Pink Floyd

hello,

Can you help me to choice the best version of the album "The Wall".

 

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Thanks.

 

Hope you have a good therapist !

 

and a friendly Bank Manager.

 

Much debate over which one is the best....

 

I really like the one performed by Pink Floyd.

 

If you ask four different people you will get four different answers.

I was recently informed that the best sounding version is the West German Harvest set. I hope to aquire one soon. I do know that I do not recommend the MFSL. It's mastered too low and has too much bass in my opinion.

 

I just have MFSL UDCD 537 UDI, CBS Sony 48DP 5007-8 JPN, and CBS Sony 50DP 361-2 JPN. I give the nod to the 50.

 

Isn't the 50DP identical to the 48DP so it should be a draw between the two

 

I recommend the MFSL. Lots of bass.

 

have a listen to your two copies and you tell me.

 

Ah, the very foundation this place is built on... gotta love it.

 

There's no peak room to make it any louder.

The best version of The Wall exists on my HDD and nowhere else

 

Going from memory they sounded identical on my and a friends gear and IIRC they had the same EAC values so I sold one.

Maybe the memory fails, who knows Maybe the EAC values were not the same.

 

Must be a needledrop I assume?

 

I recently acquired the black face Harvest (Japan) pressing and I prefer it over the Columbia "C2K" and MFSL gold disc.

 

I would agree with this. In general, I prefer the EMI masterings over the CBS/Columbia masterings. There are quite a few variations for both.

Some of my highly recommended versions:
Blackface WG Harvest
Blackface Japan (for UK) Harvest

And, I really like the European remaster, probably my preferred version although the above two are also very nice. If you just want to have a very nice sounding version without spending an arm and a leg, just get the European remaster. It is different from the US remaster (different peak levels, and also different timings, IIRC).

 

And you will need to wait for the forthcoming re-issue(s) to see how that one compares as well.

 

Good assumption but no, just a re-equalized mofi

 

That's my fave CD set as well.

 

Mine as well. It was your recommendation that led me to it. Thanks! My guess is many here won't even give it a shot do one bias or another. Not that I'm immune to anti-remaster bias myself but at least am honest enough to admit it.

 

Would that be the one listed as a 1994 release at Amazon.uk and Amazon.de ? I assume it is EMI since it is European?

Thanks in advance Roland.

 

Now he tells us

 

First, befriend the bank manager. Next, get 'em all. Then, do a shoot-out. Finally, see the therapist. Rinse. Repeat.