Pink floyd

Is it just me, or do most other artists struggle to get as good a recording as floyd?
Like the music or not, the recordings are fantastic!

[colin.hepburn]

Most of Floyd's stuff was recorded on valve in the studio so your amp will work great with it i am listening to Floyd on my single ended headphone amp with the best tweak i know but you have to roll it

I read nick masons book a while ago, some good insites into there recording practices.

If i want to show of my system, its always a floyd recording that will demonstrate detail the best.
Then chuck on some led zep and its all different.
If only zep was recorded as well

[colin.hepburn]

yep i think Floyd had more money to throw into the studio and got the best gear available at the time

[Greg.]

Yep, Led Zep has **** recording/mixing quality.

I am also a die-hard Floyd fan and agree their stuff demonstrates good valve PP amps well. Most SE amps run out of breath....... (OK, I've ducked!)

I understand that the live 'Pulse' album was recorded on a Ferrograph rescued from a skip, rebuilt and revalved. Every concert from the 94 world tour was recorded on it so at no point were the band thinking about any specific performance being set up for the definative recording which might have effected their performance on the day.

I was at Earls Court. front row, centre stage. So close, my missus started to visually flirt with bassist, Guy Pratt it's ok, she's still with me.......just.

Best wishes,

Greg

[Shane]

Have there been any good re-issues or re-masters of Zep 1 - 4 either on CD or, more to the point, on vinyl? All mine are original copies from when they were released and have suffered from my enthusiasm over the years.

[colin.hepburn]

Now need to duck Greg i think my SE headphone works well with the sennhiser HD 650s

[David Mccallum]

Try Diverse vinyl they should help,they sure sold me a lot of Led Zep vinyl of late,ive nearly got a full house including the perverts dream-houses of the holy with it's dodgey cover, arty sceen of naked kiddies no less.Wouldnt be allowed nowadays(id have to go along with them on this one)not an album to leave lying around for sure.

[Greg.]

Diverse Vinyl....... that's more dodgy than potential paedophiliac artwork. I've not yet had one of their pressings I've found satisfactoy. 'Pressings' is not intended to be a pun.

Best wishes,

Greg

[David Mccallum]

Hi Greg,as far as i know Diverse vinyl are just a shop in south wales&dont do their own pressings,i could be wrong though.Ive had a couple of dodgey records from them but most have been fine.