New Pink Floyd vinyl reissues

To me yes.

 

Yep no doubt it will be the BG.

 

Short answer from me (this whole thread is the long answer): Yes, these recent reissues are up to standard.

 

Yes, the 2016 reissues are most certainly up to standard. Considering they're cut from digital, they sound wonderful.

I have everything up to and including The Wall and I only had problems with two of them. The first was the Wish You Were Here EU pressing, which sounds a little dull to me and also has the whooshing sound people talk about. amazon.co.uk told me they had quite a number of complaints on that one and told me to just keep it and refunded me immediately. The second was the US pressing of The Wall , which sounds really great but was severely warped. I decided to just keep it and flatten it.

One of the great surprises to me was how amazing Relics sounds! I've never heard those early singles sound so good. Excellent pressing and highly recommended for fans of the early Floyd.

 

They (WYWH reissues) are not quite as good as a 1st UK press but try finding a good 1st UK press without crackle!
The 2016 Pink Floyd reissues are my everyday players. My more valuable PF vinyl just for special times.

 

How do you mean dull?

 

Kind of muffled, lacking any high end sparkle. I know this was always a warm sounding album but the copy I bought is not the best I've heard it. Just my opinion.

 

I wouldnt recommend the UK original then, its even lower in the EQ than the 2016 BG. Maybe a Japanese is best for you.

 

Yeah. Both DS 2011 and BG 2016 have their strengths. Just wanted to clarify that I don't rate them high when compared to 1st US, 1&2ndUK or even early German press. I don't have those myself, but spent the whole summer few years ago, at my cousin in Europe. He's an audiophile and Pink Floyd record collector. I have 1975 Australian CBS copy that eclipses both digitally sourced reissues from 2011,2016.

Regards

 

Awesome, thanks guys

 

That’s my impression as well. The BG 2016 sounds nice but is in no way comparable to the drama and depth of early U.K. or German pressings. Out of curiosity I did an A-B test last night and the difference was obvious.

 

The original Aussie pressings sound great too. I bought a mint pretty much unplayed copy of The Wall and it sounds bloody phenomenal. On the same haul I got first Aussie pressings of WYWH and Animals as well, and they sound fantastic - when I play the 2016 reissues they sound good, but I always can't help but think that something is missing - I can't put my finger on it. But the originals sound more involving.

Edit - Thanks to the above poster, 'drama and depth' pretty much nails it.

 

I agree with you guys, the 2011 and 2016 are very good but they don’t beat the UK 1st nor the German A2/B2 IMHO. The drama and depth described by Solace is really there in another way than on the two most recent reissues. Here in Sweden the German A2/B2 is quite common in the used bins and is often sold cheap as it doesn’t get the same attention as the original UK pressings. To these ears the German A2/B2 is the best sounding among the different pressings I have in my collection.

 

Just curious - is that the 062-96 918 first issue or 064-96 918 second? Both have similar matrix numbers which is confusing.

 

I’ve the 062 version but now I’ll have to find a 064 as well to find out if it sounds the same. Which one do you have?

 

A 064 second. It sounds brilliant.

 

Which album, it depends.

 

Which album? All 3: BG 2016, UK 1975 A1/B3, Germany 1976 064-96 918 A3/B3 (plus Germany 1985 DMM 064-7460351, which I like a lot). The 2016 was the least engaging of the lot.

 

No I mean which Pink Floyd album did you use.

 

The one we were discussing: Wish You Were Here.

 

Thought so, but Im sure this thread is regarding all Floyd albums so its unclear after a while of not naming which album.

 

I have no complaints with the CDs but it would be a cool package.

 

My copy of The Wall was horribly pressed, constant ticks and noise on side 2. Dark Side of the Moon and Animals are great though.

 

Maybe I am strange, but I prefer live concerts on CD. The less I have to change sides, discs the better when it comes to concerts, however I do like studio albums on record. My CDs of all the live albums are enough for me.

 

I understand your view perfectly, it's anoying changing vinyl all the time, but since it's the only album that wasn't released in that format and having those photos from the album in a great booklet and all the artwork that is present on the cd in a wide format it's very attempting, in my opinion! And obviously The Wall Live Blu-Ray/DVD from the original tour 1980-1981 it's the next big thing to be released from Pink Floyd, no doubt about that. I truly hope that David and Roger will bury the axe!