Best version of Pink Floyd - The Wall on CD?

Hi, new to the forums here and looking to buy The Wall by Pink Floyd on CD. I've had a read through some topics and have come across the following version for sale and wanted to check here before I buy if it is a decent quality version.

It looks to be the Harvest version, Made in Holland.
CD 1 is CDP 7 46036 2 (with "One of My Turns" mislabelled as "One of My Tunes")
CD 2 is CDP 7 46037 2

I have attached an image.

Thanks!

 

Expect this thread to be merged into one of the 100 already existing.

 

I don't personally own it (being happy enough with my original vinyl and the Shine On box set discs), but I think this JPN "black face" is generally considered to be the best CD version of The Wall:

 

You should be fine with this one. Some people obsess about the click at the start of Comfortably Numb on almost all early CDs, but most people don't even hear it. So, if the price is right for you, go ahead.

 

Think that 'click' is only on the old pre-emphasis Japan mastering (50DP), which carried over to the early US manufactures.
That one he posted is a later UK EMI mastering. No clue on how it sounds.

 

Oh man! Now I’ll never be able to stop hearing that! Never noticed before.

 

Well, that's good to know, then the OP shouldn't have to worry about it.

 

see forum post https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/your-25-best-sounding-cds.549103/page-27#post-26294242

FWIW, for best, I ended up with the Japan for US Denon pressing. It does have the pre-emphasis, although there does appear to be a click or pop "spike" visible in Audacity at 2:20.697 on Comfortably Numb.

 

Love this mastering, There are a couple other 'glitches' but I won't point them out
Not a fan of the later remasters, including the hi-rez from which they are based.

 

I do. And I think it is. I also have the original Columbia, the Sax, and the 2011. I do like the LP's better though that I have (original US w/TML-M, Canada pressing, Japan pressing).

 

Regarding the old Harvest CDs:
The mastering on European made Silverfaces is basically the same as on Japan made Blackfaces, just with the levels raised a bit. (They cancel out in a null-test.)
They sound great, and better than their Columbia counterparts, IMO.

 

We haven't heard back from the OP. Hey, @YoinkyYoinkers, any of this info useful? What did you decide in the end?

 

Hi again, thanks for all the input everyone I decided to go for (the one in my original post) it as it was only ~$15 anyway and it wasn't really any cheaper anywhere else.

 

I just got the Columbia set, and what exactly is better about the Harvest discs?

 

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Well, to my ears the Harvest is more "natural" sounding, while the Columbia seemed a bit smiley faced in comparison.
That doesn't mean the Columbia sounds bad, and I'm sure there's many members here who would disagree with me and say the Columbia is punchier, and the Harvest sounds veiled in comparison.

The clicking noise at the start of Comfortably Numb on the Columbia is, of course, also a bit of a nuisance, but probably not a deal breaker. (?)

 

Oddly I find the Columbia to sound a bit muffled or less clean than some versions. But can not remember which sounded clearer.

 

I loved my original pressing from back in the day same for WYWH but my CDs of choice are the Harvest CDP 7 46036 8 German pressing of The Wall. I'm sure same are Japanese pressing. For WYWH is the two track CK 33453 CBS pressing almost better than vinyl.

 

That Holland pressing and the 1994 UK remaster by Doug Sax are my favorites.

 

HD Download burned on to a CD.

 

I've compared the Harvest "blackface" CD, the Columbia CD, the 2011 remaster, the hi res download, the 50DP JPN and the MFSL Ultradisc 1 and I prefer the MFSL Ultradisc 1. The drums sound more natural to me and there is no boost on the high end. Steve is pretty sure the Ultradisc 1s were flat transfers from the masters, which I imagine is perhaps the only time that has been done for this title: Is there any definitive list of MFSLs with smiley eq

 

I didn't notice any treble boost on the old pre-emphasis mastering. Unless of course it's not getting properly EQ'd.
Nice natural sounding presentation which pretty much mimics my old Mastering Lab cut.

 

I'm happy with the Shine On box version...it works for me.

 

I have found just about every version to sound different in some way, but none to sound bad in any way.

 

seems to be the case...I originally had a Japanese 2 LP pressing from the 80's...then I got the Shine On box and that suited me just fine and still does...

 

Lot of them to choose from.

I prefer the black face but the mix is pretty quiet. Have to turn the volume up to get the most out of it.