(Progressive rock) [LP][24/96] Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - 1975, FLAC (tracks) Origin 1st Press Harvest – SHVL 814 [UK]

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Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd, released in September 1975. The album explores themes of absence, the music business, and former band-mate Syd Barrett's mental decline. It was inspired by material the band composed while performing across Europe, and recorded over numerous sessions at London's Abbey Road Studios. Early sessions were a difficult and arduous process but it was Roger Waters' idea to split the centrepiece track "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" in two, and join each half with three new compositions. "Shine On" was a tribute to Barrett, who, coincidentally, made an impromptu visit to the studio while it was being recorded. The band failed initially to recognise Barrett, who had gained weight and changed in appearance.

As with their previous work, The Dark Side of the Moon, the band made use of studio effects and synthesisers. Roy Harper was a guest vocalist on "Have a Cigar". The album's packaging, again designed by Storm Thorgerson, featured an opaque black sleeve which hid the album artwork. Wish You Were Here was released in September 1975 to instant success; record company EMI was unable to print enough copies to satisfy demand. Although it initially received mixed reviews, the album has since been acclaimed by critics, and appears in Rolling Stone magazine's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. Band members Richard Wright and David Gilmour have each declared Wish You Were Here their favourite Pink Floyd album.

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Pink Floyd

David Gilmour – vocals, guitar, lap steel guitar, EMS Synthi AKS, keyboards, tape effects
Roger Waters – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, EMS VCS 3, tape effects
Richard Wright – keyboards, EMI VCS 3, clavinet, background vocals
Nick Mason – drums, percussion, tape effects

Additional musicians

Dick Parry – saxophone on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Roy Harper – vocals on "Have a Cigar"
Venetta Fields and Carlena Williams – backing vocals

Production

Brian Humphries – engineering
Peter James – engineering, assistant engineering
Phil Taylor – additional photography (remaster)
Hipgnosis – design, photography
Peter Christopherson, Jeff Smith, Howard Bartrop and Richard Manning – design assistants
George Hardie – graphics
Jill Furmanovsky – additional photography (remaster)
James Guthrie – remastering producer
Doug Sax – remastering

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foobar2000 1.1.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2012-04-24 00:02:06

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Analyzed: Pink Floyd / Wish You Were Here (UK)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -0.70 dB -17.76 dB 13:41 01-Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part 1)
DR12 -0.70 dB -17.94 dB 7:32 02-Welcome To The Machine
DR14 -0.70 dB -16.60 dB 5:10 03-Have A Cigar
DR14 -0.70 dB -19.65 dB 5:41 04-Wish You Were Here
DR13 -0.70 dB -17.69 dB 12:24 05-Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part 2)
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Number of tracks: 5
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2672 kbps
Codec: FLAC

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96kHz Final Master Vinyl Rip April 19th, 2012

Vinyl Ripping Process/Equipment:

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Vinyl Cleaning Process

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- 3 Liter Ultrasonic Cleaner (Tap water with Sporicidin) on custom rotating assembly at 1 RPM for one hour
- Vacuum off with Nitty Gritty
- AIVS Premium Record Cleaner Formula No. 15 applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5
- McCulloch MC-1275 Heavy-Duty Steam Cleaner applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5
- Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
- L'Art du Son Record Cleaning Fluid applied with VPI Bristle brush
- Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
- Whole Foods Deionized Water applied with Mofi Brush (Separate from AIVS Mofi Brush)
- Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
- Flip record and repeat
- Place record on Plate Demgnetizer

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Turntable Equipment Profile

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- VPI Scoutmaster with inverted bearing and 300 RPM motor
- VPI Center Record Weight
- VPI Periphery Ring Clam
- Gingko Cloud 11 Vibration Control Platform
- VPI Synchronous Drive System turntable motor speed controller and line isolator
- Trans-Fi Audio Terminator T3Pro tangential tracking air bearing tonearm
- Zyx Airy 3X-SB cartridge

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Phono Stage Profile

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- Musical Surroundings Phonomena Phono Preamplifier
- Musical Surroundings Battery Power Supply

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Analog/Digital Convertion

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- E-MU 1212M (the 1212M contains the same A/D converters used in Digidesign's ProTools HD 192 I/O interface)
- Adobe Audition 3.01 running on Windows XP in a Shuttle PC form factor

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Post Processing Of Audio

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- Run thru ClickRepair(if necessary) at level 7 with
- Pitch Protection | off
- Reverse | on
- Simple
- Resample to 96khz in Izotope Rx2 using the default preset
- Manually listen to album in Adobe Audition cleaning any clicks/anomalies
- Flac with Xrecode II for hi-rez files

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What is this Final Master stuff:

After years of trying to improve both my ripping/cleaning process and upgrading my equipment to a level I feel comfortable sticking with I am proud to present these final versions of the best sources I can find.So I am happy to say that more than likely this is the last mother fucking copy you are ever going to need...or your money bacK