Pink Floyd - Works (1983) [24 bit FLAC] vinyl

Pink Floyd - Works (1983) [24 bit FLAC] vinyl

Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Art Rock, Hard Rock
Source: EMI Japan LP 1st pressing LP
Codec: FLAC
Bitrate: ~ 2,900 kbps
Bit Depth: 24
Sampling Rate: 96,000 Hz

A1 One of These Days
A2 Arnold Layne
A3 Fearless
A4 Brain Damage
A5 Eclipse

B1 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
B2 See Emily Play
B3 Several Species of Small Furry Animals...
B4 Free Four
B5 Embryo

Rip Info (not my rip)

Hannl limited Record Cleaning Machine with Rotating Brush
TT: Bergmann Audio Magne
Tonearm: Bergmann Magne (tangential air-bearing tonearm)
Cartridge: Ortofon MC A 90
Phono Amp: Nagra BPS (100 Ohm load)
Interconnects by Silent Wire (NF-7)
Benchmark ADC 1 USB
Interconnects by VIA Blue (XLR & USB-Cable)
AC connects by Goldkabel
Wavelab 6.1 recording software (recording & manual click removal)
iZotope RX Advanced 2.0 (resampling & audio restoration)
Traders Little Helper (SBE fix on 16/44.1)

Vacuum Cleaning - Bergmann Magne - Nagra BPS - PC -
Wavelab 6.1 (24/192) - manual click removal
analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) -
resample to 24/96 - split into individual Tracks -
FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)

Review

1983's Works is a very bizarre, seemingly random compilation that trudges through the band's first single ("Arnold Layne") to multiple moments from Dark Side of the Moon. Noticing that it selects two songs from one of the best-selling records of all time tells you right off how pointless this is; it's a disservice to Pink Floyd and an insult to their fans. Another smack to both band and fan is the inclusion of the well-titled "Embryo," a half-realized demo that was allegedly included on the Harvest label's Picnic compilation from 1970 by accident to begin with. Aside from "Embryo," there isn't anything offered here that a major fan doesn't have. Alternately, someone who doesn't know any better and picks this up as their first Pink Floyd disc is going to get a poor summation of what they did prior to 1975's Wish You Were Here, along with a selection that makes for a bumpy ride. While "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play" showcase the band's early brilliance and "One of These Days" (off Meddle) and "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (off A Saucerful of Secrets) are good examples of their more experimental side, the remainder seems scattershot, as if the catalog department threw darts at a giant corkboard listing the band's songs. You'd get a better introduction by shutting your eyes and purchasing the first thing you grab from the bin that isn't Works or anything from The Final Cut on. Better yet, start with The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and work your way through chronologically.