[net.audio] Versions of Floyd

jobusch@isucs1.UUCP (09/03/85)

I purchased The Wall on CD around March of this year, and recently, I 
bought Wish You Were Here (Dont buy this one unless you are willing
to put up with a LOT of hiss - for a CD -).

A friend recently bought the same disks, but had different liner notes.
The WYWH disk had a completely different cover, while the Wall cover
was different in only a CBS logo on the back. So what gives? Are
there two versions of these disks? 

My Wall disk lists "HARVEST" on the case as the label, I assume, whereas
the CBS disk is probably from CBS, right? I havent checked WYWH for a 
different label, but suspect so.

Question : Do you suppose that there is any difference in the recordings
	   and not just the label on the box?

Dave Jobusch at Iowa State University
jobusch@iowa-state
isucs1!jobusch

{As far as I know, ISU does not have any opinions on or relating to
 Pink Floyd. The above are mine.                                   }
 "...there is no dark side of the moon, really. As a matter of fact
  its all dark..."  - the last 15.0928327 seconds of Dark Side

knf@druxo.UUCP (FricklasK) (09/08/85)

>I purchased The Wall on CD around March of this year, and recently, I 
>bought Wish You Were Here (Dont buy this one unless you are willing
>to put up with a LOT of hiss - for a CD -).

>A friend recently bought the same disks, but had different liner notes.
>The WYWH disk had a completely different cover, while the Wall cover
>was different in only a CBS logo on the back. So what gives? Are
>there two versions of these disks? 
>
>My Wall disk lists "HARVEST" on the case as the label, I assume, whereas
>the CBS disk is probably from CBS, right? I havent checked WYWH for a 
>different label, but suspect so.
>
>Question : Do you suppose that there is any difference in the recordings
>	   and not just the label on the box?
>
>Dave Jobusch at Iowa State University

I have heard both the Japanese (Harvest) and US (Capitol, I think) recordings
of "Dark Side" on the same system, and the Harvest sounds considerably
better.  This seems to be in keeping with the quality of Japanese vinyl discs.
I don't know whether this is true of all the Japanese stuff, but I have
been very impressed by several Japanese masterings, most notable that of
"Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, etc." , Bruno Walker conducting, on Sony/CBS Japan,
recorded 1958-1961(!).  If you don't mind not being able to read the liner
notes, I generally buy the Japanese equivalents of domestic recordings.  Any
comments?
    '`'`'`
     Ken
    '`'`'

terryl@tekcrl.UUCP () (09/11/85)

> I purchased The Wall on CD around March of this year, and recently, I 
> bought Wish You Were Here (Dont buy this one unless you are willing
> to put up with a LOT of hiss - for a CD -).

     I have the CBS version of "Wish You Were Here", and my copy doesn't
have any more hiss than any other analog-mastered CD. In fact, it's
definitely a lot quieter than Stevie Nick's "Bella Donna", as someone else
has already pointed out.

> A friend recently bought the same disks, but had different liner notes.
> The WYWH disk had a completely different cover, while the Wall cover
> was different in only a CBS logo on the back. So what gives? Are
> there two versions of these disks? 

     Don't know about "The Wall", but there's definitely two versions of
"Wish You Were Here", one made by HARVEST, the other made by CBS (at least
that's what the labels say). The HARVEST CD has a dark blue liner, with
drawings of various machinery parts on the cover. The CBS CD has a light
yellow liner with the picture of the guy on fire that's found on the LP.

> My Wall disk lists "HARVEST" on the case as the label, I assume, whereas
> the CBS disk is probably from CBS, right? I havent checked WYWH for a 
> different label, but suspect so.
> 
> Question : Do you suppose that there is any difference in the recordings
> 	   and not just the label on the box?

     Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men (or CD's, for that matter)