Hi everyone. Not being a big Floyd fan, but enjoying their music occasionally, I wondered how the sound quality of the new "ECHOES " compilation compares to the MoFi audiophile CD's or previous remasterings.
I liked the set too, although I also question some of the tracks & their placement (seems like chronological order would make more sense - like "Beatles 1"). Worthwhile adding to your Floyd collection.
Excellent CD, especially disk 1 for my tastes...reminds me of the "good old days " !!
Thank goodness the limited there very early music like bike to 3 or so tracks.. I really hate the early British pop and the cutesy rhyming lyrics...really does not fit as a Pink Floyd standard !
I think this compilation works far better than you'd expect considering the track sequence throws very different era's of Floyd together rather than the safe method of earliest recordings first . It sounds great too(probably the best versions yet) and sequencened and edited very well. Quite cleary finishing on a Barrett song is to take the journey full circle,a very Floydian approach. It's a very good reflection of their total output although if you wanted to be a purist you could say the edits on Echoes and especially the joined but edited Shine On You Crazy Diamond don't work as well as the originals. For me too it reflects quite clearly where it went wrong on the lesser quality Waters meglomania tracks and the Gilmour "decent forgery" attempts when Roger Waters left. Worth getting even if like me you had most of it anyway. Does beg the question when will the back catalogue be remastered to this standard?
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