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Pink Floyd - The Division Bell 対 (TSUI) [SIJP 26~7 JPN 2016 24-Bit FLAC]

Here is another of my acquisitions on a trip to Tokyo a few years back. Originally released in 1994, The Division Bell was the last/final album proper by Pink Floyd. For me, it stands comfortable head an shoulders above anything they have done since the seventies and whilst anthemic stadium rock may not be to everybody's taste, it is an album I have enjoyed since I first bought the UK compact disc.

The remastering of the original audio was completed by James Guthrie at his Das Boot studios in California at the turn of the last decade and his trademark light touch approach lifts the compact disc original to new levels. This album needs to be enjoyed in full on proper hi-fi equipment, portable audio just won't do it justice as these lush soundscapes need your full immersion. I am not a top-end audiophile hardware buyer, but this album sounds amazing on playback through my meagre Cambridge Audio amp and Wharfedale Diamond speakers. 

A1 Cluster One
A2 What Do You Want From Me
A3 Poles Apart
B1 Marooned
B2 A Great Day For Freedom
B3 Wearing The Inside Out
C1 Take It Back
C2 Coming Back To Life
C3 Keep Talking
D1 Lost For Words
D2 High Hopes

Comments

  1. Blogmeister4 May 2021 at 11:10

    https://mega.nz/file/DU4QUS5S#NhJPfIF_vLvGH-6iEreUj6Qmh7eOBG0rv-PSRiZLydg

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  2. senser644 May 2021 at 15:01

    Wharfedale Laser were my first speakers. It has been bit too dark for my sore ears (artillery war vet). I'll check this on Magnum and B&W (3.1).

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  3. rkipp8 May 2021 at 18:13

    Pressing sounds fantastic, as well as your capture of it. Definitely one of the better of the 2016 reissues not least because the full-length cuts are finally pressed to double-vinyl (the original '94 vinyl issues featured truncated versions of most of the tunes).

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