Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here

Perfect sounding reissue. DEAD silent, no clicks/pops, no distortion, absolute high quality.

In a way, this is the most Floydian Pink Floyd record they made. The opening track (SHINE ON…) is a slow canoe trip down a river of melody. Followed by Orwellian darkness and the reprieve of the classic WYWH. I grew up listening to this on CD in the mid-to-late 90s and this 2016 BG cut is close to flawless and sounds absolutely wonderful. DSD pressed well is the future of reissues anyway, once all the tapes are dead, so we’ll probably shelve our analogue stridency.

I replaced this with a much more expensive UK 1st press (-1 -5), but I honestly can’t say it’s better than this 2016. It’s just an historical artifact with a little more value.

I also owned the 2016 cut of DSOTM and, in the spirit of finding analogue cuts, I bought NM copies of MoFi’s 1979 and Kevin Gray’s 2003 pressings. While I ultimately replaced this 2016 with a UK 1st press Quadraphonic, I admit the 2016 sounds better than both of the previous analogue cuts I had. That’s not to say it’s the best cut out there - obviously - but it is to say these 2016 remasters are really phenomenal, especially if you just want great sounding cuts of these records. I also have the 2016 cuts of THE WALL and had ANIMALS before I replaced it with the “2018” remix (which is the best version of ANIMALS to my ears due to the remix).

You really won’t go wrong with these 2016 reissues.

Fantastic record but terrible mastering - sounds flat and soulless when comparing to other versions, no Pink Floyd "oomph!" in the sound.
Played it side by side on the same system with a flac rip of an older release, completely different experience.

my first contact with Pink Floyd in the early 80’s and still my favorite album. the pressing is fantastic. killer sound. very nice reproduction worth the money. only recommendation: clean it good and put it in Nagaoka inner sleeves. the LP is a dust magnet.

No noise worth mentioning and overall just excellent sound. Nothing to complain about.

The outer sleeve is probably the best and most resistant one I've ever seen. I don't get why some people are upset because of the inner sleeve. Mine looks amazing and extremely resistant as well. About the overall album quality, this one is a timeless classic, and this pressing is phenomenal. One of the cleanest sounds I ever got on vinyl. I definitely recommend checking it out.

Sounds absolutely phenomenal. No surface noise. Lots of depth, lots of dynamics.

Great reissue. If only they were all this good. Words words words

Really love quality of black envelope. The envelope looks very strong and I hope it won't tear while it's on the shelf. The quality of the record is just great. I've never heard the first prints, and I don't think it's necessary. I really love this album, and I was very happy to listen to it on vinyl. The postcard inside pleased me, I did not expect that there would be something inside besides the record. But the lack of an antistatic envelope upset. There was such an envelope in the DSotM. And this record it's just a cardboard envelope inside a cardboard envelope inside a black film.

Bob Ludwig 1 Bernie Grudman 0, Ok I have to agree with the bad opinions. To start I had to take this album to the same second hand shop where I was sold the original 1975 version, their cleaning machine extracted wax as it was an ear canal. After much digging I could hear the mix and that is where the problem lies. On a two channel system the mix is just flat, regardless of the low noise; engineers of the era loved to play with the stereo and when Bob Ludwig remastered "A Night at The Opera" he did not shy from it, digital and all the modern "a Night at the Opera" is like a modern HDR movie, accurate the hell no but the illusion goes right to the 70s intention and take it forward. I wish you were here is remastered in a flat way, guitars that should be thrown at you are mixed with the rest in a let's call it wall of sound. Pleasant? Of course, it is still "I wish you were here" but effects and tricks are flattened with a snow plough. The comparison is to make clear that digital vs analog is not the problem, it is forgetting that Vinyl is for two channel home audio and not EarPods.