Yup, here comes part II of the 2011 Pink Floyd vinyl reissue campaign - Wish You Were Here quickly follows the disastrous (for all except Michael Fremer) 2011 pressing of Dark Side Of The Moon. Unlike that trainwreck, this one has been well pressed at RTI - I guess someone at Citicorp/EMI was paying attention. Surprising seeing as there are pretty much only lawyers and beancounters at the new Citicorp/EMI, at least until it gets sold. So that is the good news - a good pressing, and the packaging is excellent ( I am showing the back in the picture, the front is just like the original outer wrapper). A new poster is added, showing the flaming 2011 WYWH image (seen on the SACD) - cool.
That's all the good news. Like DSOTM the mastering leaves much to be desired. It, at times, has detail popping out from a rather flat background, that detail sounding a bit jarring. There is almost no air around the sound, the staging is flat and one-dimensional. Occasionally there is a roughness, a crude edge to the sound. Altogether, my 1970's vintage Japanese pressing has everything this one does not.
For the price, I guess the packaging is pretty cool. For listening, have another copy, like a Japanese original, in your collection.
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