Meddle

Great .

Good quality nice sound

This is one of floyds all time classics. Even listening to it now , its still flawless

In my opinion the finest album in the entire floyd history. Echoes is the ultimate pink floyd track which they've never bettered. If you don't have this get it immediately preferably on the high quality vinyl. I'd give it 6 stars if it was an available option.

This 2016 pressing of Meddle from the original tapes from 1971. The engineers managed successfully to capture the mood and essence from these tapes. Pressed on heavy 289g vinyl. The media content is crackle free and is an absolute joy to listen to.

This album were it not for the knockabout track seamus i would rate even higher ,possibly higher than dark side of the moon.It has all the ingredients to reach out far into the future and not sound dated .Obviously the stand out track is echoes which in my opinion is their finest track ever and if you ever watch it live at pompei only adds to the experience ,it is truly a progressive rock track in its finest form . 1.One of these days is a great opener with a fine bassline running throughout,and the keyboards adding the extra dimension to lift it into spacial depth. 2.pillow of winds .slightly folky number ,sung in in a very mellow manner as intended would stand the test of time ,purely because folk dont age.very pleasant .love the vocals and accoustic guitar backing with the beautifull electric giutar hovering away over the piece. 3.fearless .again another folk based riff continues the textured feeling mapped out for us and sung beautifully and played in mandoline style similar to some of led zeppelin accoustic tracks . 4.san tropez. another beautifull melody with a slight bluesy feel ,is this pink floyd ? it certainly is and you could play this to many people and they would'nt realise.unexpected but totally welcome. 5.seamus .hmm this seems like a wind up ,but i reckon that dog howling must have got to them or it looked them in the eye and demanded to be on the album or it would bite their bollocks off .Or the band thought we have such a brilliant next track that we will dupe the listener into thinking we are just a pub band and not really that good afterall (let them wait and see).christ i used to know a cat that cryed on the fence in the night and luckily i was a good shot with my shoe !,maybe it should have been signed up for a record contract just like seamus. 6. This is it ,this is the track,this is what i believe to be the bands beautifull moment ,all 23+1/2 minutes of it in remastered excellence ."overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral waves the echo of a distant tide comes willowing across the sand and everything is green and submarine" is the opening verse .It is sang with such soft composure and bliss ,that they are in full control of their power only to unleash it as echoes progresses through these fantastic 23+1/2 minutes .Inspiring .At 15.03 notice the ping sound and the very weak ping return towards the end until it fades,then returns in the final minute almost pinging back immediately.The've found something! This album is what all modern day bands should listen to, its 40yrs old now ,beautifully controlled ,textured and layered, sung with a inhibitional emotional power and depth , kept under total control throughout while drawing you further in .Apart from the track five blip which is luckliy short , annoyingly spoils this being the total pink floyd album ,skip this and you have a set to rival any band/record on the planet.

VERY GOOD

I first bought Meddle back in 1971, and played it so much I wore out the vinyl. Years latter, when it was released on cd, I got myself one. Oddly enough it seemed to me as if the vinyl version sounded better than the cd. Then, in recent years, all the Pink Floyd albums got re-released on vinyl half speed mastered. That got my curiosity going, so I went out and bought Meddle yet again. It was obvious from the start that the newly released Meddle vinyl sounded warmer and fuller(obviously that was the aim). There was virtually no crackling or any other surface noise, I was truly delighted to have it on vinyl again. This album was in fact a good indicator as to which direction the band’s music was going, a clear pointer to TDSOTM. Particularly Echoes, a long composition, spanning the entire side 2 of the album, a very experimental song for the early seventies, indicated there was more of this to come, and so it did. Some say that it now sounds dated and irrelevant, but I beg to differ. To me it is simply part of the band’s evolving musical concept at that time, and will say no more. Listening to Meddle is still exciting, so why should I ponder on how old the record is. It really doesn’t matter to me, otherwise I wouldn’t have bought it.

A lot has been said in these reviews, and "Meddle" is obviously one of the more popular efforts by the Floyd. I bought it twice on vinyl, once on cassette, and then on CD, but I sat on it, breaking it, so I bought it again. Willingly each time. The cover art is a play on words; if you look at it from a distance, you can see it's a close-up of an ear, with the surface of water superimposed over it. Hence, "waves of sound." These things come up in Floyd covers quite a bit, if only you take a minute to study it. The music, although only six selections, pretty much runs the gamut, from menacing ("One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces!"), to soft borderline romantic; the words to "A Pillow Of Winds" show Waters' ability to assume any role he pleases in his lyrics, and Wright and Gilmour are the perfect vehicles for delivering his lyrics. You are shown optimism and perseverence in "Fearless," even with the much criticized sounds of a stadium full of soccer fans singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" appended to the ending, it's still a good, well-made song. As popular as "Meddle" is, the two most hated Floyd songs ever, "San Tropez" and "Seamus," follow, sort of a diversion from the majesty of the opening numbers, I guess one can call it a "breather. "San Tropez" is a light jazzy number, and if you didn't immediately recognize Waters' voice, you'd never know it was Pink Floyd. It's not that it's a bad song, it's just not what people would expect from such a progressive Pink Floyd release. The guitar solo is played almost like Hawaiian slide, and the piano solo at the end, is like something from 1950's jazz records. It's well-done, but very much maligned by casual fans, and some more serious fans, as well. "Seamus" is a slow, lazy blues number, not much substance, and the howling dog in the background has gotten some funny reactions by house-dogs; they don't know where this imaginary dog is, and go crazy trying to find it. The highlight of the record, and by many, many accounts, their collective career, is "Echoes," probably the most-played FM radio request in history. At least when FM radio was worth something. I guess I shouldn't make such a blanket statement, but every facet of the entertainment industry has been so polluted with useless, flash-in-the-pan junk, that I know, myself, I don't bother listening much anymore. "Echoes" is a multilayered opus the took up a whole side of the original LP. If you are into "expanding your consciousness," this selection can do it naturally. I've always held the conviction that Pink Floyd is an "anti-drug" band. Yes, a lot of their fans like to get stoned, or "trip" on certain substances, but the thing about this type of band, and this band in particular, is you don't need any of that, all you need is some imagination. If you can think in pictures and concepts, performances like "Echoes" will take you on a journey, from the tranquil seascapes hinted at in the beginning part, to the ornate, colorful images conjured up in the "funky" part of the instrumental. The art of the segue is mastered here, when you hear this fairly simple rhythm, peppered with guitar and organ interplay, fade into this formless "abyss" of swirling noise, with truly creepy, shrill, I don't know what to call them, high-pitched "calls," I guess, in this grey fog, no signs of life otherwise in this void, so desolate, so full of nothing, and the gentle return to the surface, droning keyboards, the "pings" from the intro come back, with this rhythm accompanying it, the anticipation is almost tangible, when this explosion of sound comes at you, almost a "jump start," and you're back into the verse, the chord progression follows, taking you to what I call the "take-off." The band is playing softly, and these voices fade in, at least they sound like voices, maybe voices mixed with wind, not sure, slowly encircling you, getting louder as the instruments fade away, and off you go, into the Cosmos, and it all slowly fades into nothing. And you stay wherever it takes you, until you open your eyes. With this stuff, who needs drugs? That would just spoil it!

Nouvelle édition vinyle de 2016 de l'album paru en 1971, le disque est épais, lourd, 179 grammes vérifié sur la balance pour cette galette, Galettes très propre, pas de poussière ou d'autres pollution, exemptes de rayure. Pas de défaut d'ordre cosmétique. Pas de voile. Excellente qualité de pressage, pas de bruit de surface sur les blancs ni sur les plages musicales, et ce qui est rare ni aucun craquement, pourvu que cela dure. Très très bonne dynamique, bonne richesse spectrale et quelle basses :), de bons effets stéréo, bon niveau de gravure qui permet de ne pas de pousser l'ampli dans ses derniers retranchements. Qualitativement un pressage que l'on peut qualifier d'audiophile. Cet avis sur la technique, bien entendu, est valable pour l'exemplaire que j'ai reçu; la production des disques vinyles est "industrielle" (me semble-t-il) il est tout à fait possible, probable qu'il y ait des disques bien moins bons et d'autres bien meilleurs. On ne peut qu'espérer que cet échantillon soit représentatif de la qualité moyenne de fabrication de ce disque de Pink Floyd et il aurait été particulièrement chanceux d'être tombé sur un exemplaire parfait (tous les gagnants au loto ont néanmoins tenté leurs chance :) ) ou à contrario de tomber sur un échantillon "pourri" et inaudible relèverait de la loi de Murphy mais cela arrive plus souvent que l'on croit, et j'imagine, j'espère que dans ce cas là, Amazon le remplacerait. Belle pochette double pour un simple vinyle. Le disque est très bien protégés dans une pochette en papier noir, doublé à l'intérieur d'un film transparent en polyéthylène (?) très fin. Graphisme de la pochette par Hypgnosis, c'est une habitude le Floyd, me semble-t-il, nous a souvent fait des pochettes qui faisaient nous poser des questions, non ? Celle ci particulièrement ! Très belle photo en noir et blanc de Pink Floyd sur la double page intérieure. Pour cette nouvelle édition l'éditeur aurait pu faire un effort et fournir les lyrics. Les titres : Face A One of these days Pillow of wind Fearless San Tropez Seamus Fabe B Echoes Album homogène du Floyd et avec et surtout "One of these days" un atout majeur de cet album, morceau instrumental, magistral et violent, avec la basse surpuissante de Roger Water, ligne de basse hallucinante (si si), oui je sais je suis parfois un peu excessif, ravageuse, martelant ce morceaux , voix trafiquée et distordue, envolée aérienne (pléonasme ?) de Gilmour à la guitare qui répond à la basse lourde. Presque 40 ans plus tard ce morceau n'a pas pris une ride. "Echoes" au thème d’une beauté simple on en oublie qu'il fait plus de 20 minutes. Peut être deux titres plus faibles "Pillow of the wind" et "San Tropez" Très belle ré-édition de Meddle !

Great album, nice remastered great sound.

Perfect!

Thank you Chalkys UK