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.

Steve hoffman best pink floyd vinyl releases.

This version his hard to fi. Digital most likely 48 24k. The michael kiwanuka sounds indescribably bad i think due to the failure of the producer to produce a so called retro sound. But this one is very clean complex and good depth.

Fast forward to modern times and i am looking for the best mastering for a cd release of the wall. Prog rock giants serving up complex and immaculately produced albums full of lengthy songs. Steve hoffman in 2010 called 2u 2u the best master for this album and i have to agree. If you re going to just own one this is the one.

No one seems to know. 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. 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. Rolling stones rarities 1971 2005.

I don t think the wikipedia release sequence you reference is exactly correct for us releases. Following the original release of a momentary lapse of reason and the subsequent tour pink floyd went on to record the division bell followed 20 years later with the ambient swansong album the. The whole album is essentially a tribute to floyd s founding. Per the pinkfloydarchives discography the first cd release of the wall in the us was on the harvest records label in 1985.

The german recording is also very good as is the 180 gram remaster in 2016. 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. Pink floyd is probably regarded as the archetypal band for audiophiles.

Digital most likely 48 24 but adam ayant didn t want to say.