Animals in vinyl

[nbaptista]

I have three choices:
2011 remastered
2016 remastered
1977 original portuguess pressing
So, what is the best choice?

 

[blossomchris]

Which one sounds best to your ears is the answer

Bloss

 

[nbaptista]

I can't ear the 2011 and 2016 remastered.Are sealed.

 

[scotty38]

The 2016 is the Bernie Grundman remaster isn't it? By all accounts it's a pretty good version.

 

[nbaptista]

Yes,the 2016 is the Bernie's remaster

 

[blossomchris]

I can't ear the 2011 and 2016 remastered.Are sealed.

Oops, my error.

Can you hear the Portuguese recording ?

Bloss

 

[nbaptista]

Can you hear the Portuguese recording ?

Yes, I can, at the shop. The shop turntable is fine, but the speakers are not so good. But I will try to ear tomorrow, let´s see.The record is just fine, no scratchs

 

[blossomchris]

Yes, I can, at the shop. The shop turntable is fine, but the speakers are not so good. But I will try to ear tomorrow, let´s see.The record is just fine, no scratchs

I understand your dilemma, been there myself. What is the cost of the shop copy against the re-masters

Bloss

 

[Paul R]

The original is no expense spared, but maybe not in Portugal. And I don't know how you'd tell.

OTOH the 2016 CD sounds much the same as UK original, but with less crackle.... If buying now, that's where I'd go, forget the vinyl.

 

[nbaptista]

The 2011 remaster is the cheaper(20€).Next is the original and the 2016 remaster(26€)

 

[Paul R]

I meant that it was recorded, engineered, cut and pressed to the highest standard and there is no good reason to prefer a modern repress. But we don't know how that translated into Portugal in 1977, which was a rather turbulent period.

If you must have vinyl then the 2016 is known good and should be reliable, and replaceable if the particular pressing is poor. Otherwise the remastered CD (was that really 2011?) is very fine.

I see Amazon UK have the 2016 vinyl for £14.90, so not much more in EUR.

 

[nbaptista]

I have a cd version, don't know the year.

 

[scotty38]

If I needed to I would buy the 2016 and the 1977 versions and be done with it

 

[nbaptista]

I've listened the 1977 version, is ok, no much noise.So any version is a good buy

 

[nbaptista]

I'm buying the 2016 Bernie remaster.

 

[nbaptista]

Bought today the 2016 version. Nice pressing, no noise. I had luck, the 2016 DSOTM I have is not so good.

 

[spengenuk]

Inspired by this thread, I got the 2016 Vinyl. It’s going back due as it’s warped and there’s a whooshing noise for the first 5 minutes. It’s probably my favourite Floyd album musically but am surprised it used to be a hi fi demonstration LP, I’ve always thought it sounded almost lo-fi (for want of a better word).
Though there were a couple of moments where I thought, “I haven’t heard that before”. I will get a replacement to see how that goes. Have only heard the 1994 CD and an old cassette for comparison but would imagine the 2016 vinyl would be the reasonable priced go to for this title.