Steve Hoffman Best Pink Floyd Vinyl Releases
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.
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. No one seems to know. If you re going to just own one this is the one. In the court of the crimson king subtitled an observation by king crimson is the debut studio album by english rock band king crimson released on 10 october 1969 by island records the album is one of the first and most influential of the progressive rock genre where the band combined the blues influences that rock music was founded upon with elements of jazz classical and symphonic music.
The whole album is essentially a tribute to floyd s founding. The german recording is also very good as is the 180 gram remaster in 2016. Prog rock giants serving up complex and immaculately produced albums full of lengthy songs. Digital most likely 48 24k.
Pink floyd is probably regarded as the archetypal band for audiophiles. Steve hoffman in 2010 called 2u 2u the best master for this album and i have to agree. I don t think the wikipedia release sequence you reference is exactly correct for us releases. Digital most likely 48 24 but adam ayant didn t want to say.
He obviously never heard a steely dan or pink floyd album from the 70 s. But this one is very clean complex and good depth. Rolling stones rarities 1971 2005. This version his hard to fi.
Fast forward to modern times and i am looking for the best mastering for a cd release of the wall. And never more so than on wish you were here an album that features only five tracks but runs well over 40 minutes. The michael kiwanuka sounds indescribably bad i think due to the failure of the producer to produce a so called retro sound. Check out the steve hoffman forum for mastering questions even without looking i m 99 99 sure that there s more.
Rolling stones stripped double lp.