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Pink Floyd: The Endless River Blu-ray Review Reviewed by, December 8, 2014 There's an undeniable feeling of nostalgia that floats through The Endless River, a gentle but inexorable tug that some listeners may feel is akin to a sonic undertow. For those hoping that this so-called 'last' studio album by the venerable Pink Floyd would present a groundbreaking goodbye to its still rabid fan base, there may be a relative letdown, since the album, despite its cover art, seems to be more of a look backward than any kind of journey forward into new, unexplored realms.
That said, The Endless River is frequently a very evocative listening (and in this Blu-ray edition, viewing) experience, suffused with an almost ambient approach that relishes long, slowly morphing synth washes over which the still vibrant players add various filigreed touches to evoke a classic Pink Floyd sound. Part of the somewhat subdued quality to The Endless River can probably be attributed to the fact that it was finished and ultimately released in the wake of the sad death of Richard Wright, who succumbed to cancer in 2008.
The trials and tribulations of the various band members (most specifically Roger Waters) with regard to Wright have been well documented, but proved that whatever lingering hurt feelings there may have been had been successfully shunted off to the side. If The Division Bell was a bit on the restrained side, it at least proved that Wright, David Gilmour and Nick Mason still were able to conjure up at least some vestiges of the old magic. And in many ways The Endless River plays like something that might be called The Division Bell Redux, perhaps appropriate given the fact that this new album is culled at least partly from The Division Bell sessions. As such, it serves as a bittersweet send off for Wright, as is perhaps alluded to in that cover art featuring a lone boatman heading toward an all encompassing light. In approaching The Endless River from the 'outside' as it were, even some longtime fans may be thinking back to another iconic band who 'revisited' an existing piece of music long after the artist who wrote and recorded it had died. 'Free As a Bird' started as a cassette (!) demo by John Lennon in 1977 and was only released as a finished single some eighteen years later when the surviving Beatles added their own parts to it and put it out to help publicize The Beatles Anthology.
But in fact The Endless River feels much more organic than that example, no doubt because Wright actually worked on a lot of the music with Gilmour and Mason as they were recording The Division Bell. That said, there's a perhaps unavoidably elegiac ambience (no pun intended) to much of The Endless River, not only due to Wright's passing, but also due to the fact that this may indeed be the last Pink Floyd album to see the light of day (it's best to never say never, despite pronouncements of band members, but the handwriting does seem to be on the wall for 'classic' Pink Floyd).
While perfectly accessible from the get go, The Endless River turns out to be surprisingly multilayered and complex, repaying repeated listenings with new glimmers of color and instrumentation. This is a rather quiet album overall, one that doesn't demand that attention be paid to it. However, for those willing to grant their attention, the album is full of some majestic instrumentals and a wealth of potent musical ideas.
The Endless River contains the following songs: Things Left Unsaid It's What We Do Ebb and Flow Sum Skins Unsung Anisina The Lost Art of Conversation On Noodle Street Night Light Allons-y (1) Autumn '68 Allons-y (2) Talkin' Hawkin' Calling Eyes to Pearls Surfacing Louder Than Words. Pink Floyd: The Endless River is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Columbia Records with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in both 1.78:1 and 1.29:1. Pink Floyd has been at the forefront of multimedia high definition releases, with such previous outings as, and offering at least some video content along with lustrous lossless audio. The Endless River follows in that tradition, although the bulk of what's presented here looks to be upconverted from standard definition, with middling results. All of the video is in black and white, and aside from Anisina, which dates from 2014, looks to have been sourced from pretty ragged rehearsal video from back in the 1990s. There are anomalies like stair stepping rather evident throughout all of the 1990s material, with a kind of fuzzy, though watchable, quality running through all of the videos.
While Anisina is much sharper and better defined, there's a rather odd pulsing or strobing anomaly that shows up, with slight flashes of brightness and/or darkness every couple of seconds. Nothing here is horrible, but it's average looking at best.
Accept the video element as a nice historically important bonus to what is ultimately probably best thought of as an audio Blu-ray release. Note: When selecting the album play mode or even individual 'sides' (per the LP version) or tracks, track titles are displayed on screen. Pink Floyd: The Endless River offers three superb audio options, all 96/24, with LPCM 2.0 and LPCM 5.1 as well as DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
The LPCM 2.0 streams at 4.6 Mbps, while the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 hovers around the low to mid 7 Mbps range, occasionally dipping down into the mid to high 6 range. My personal preference was the astoundingly clear and forceful LPCM 5.1 track, which streams at 13.8 Mbps. Both of the 5.1 mixes generously splay pads like underlying synth washes throughout the side and rear channels, while individual musings by Gilmour's guitars can waft in a kind of middle ground or indeed port over to one side or the other. Considering the rather massed midrange in many of the instrumentals on the album, there's a surprising clarity and breathing space in all of the selections. When the band gets into more rhythmic approaches, aspects like punchy bass or propulsive kick drums resonate quite convincingly, with crystalline clarity and precision. The one sung tune offers well prioritized vocals.
Fidelity is absolutely top notch, with no problems of any kind to report. Video contains the following items, all with LPCM 2.0 audio:. Anisina 2014 (1080p; 2:48). Untitled 1993 (1080p; 1:20). Evrika (A) 1993 (1080p; 5:56). Nervana 1993 (1080p; 5:30). Allons-Y 1993 (1080p; 5:58).
Evrika (B) 1993 (1080p; 5:31). Audio contains the following items, all with LPCM 2.0 audio:.
TBS 9 1993 (2:28). TBS 14 1993 (4:11). Nervana 1993 (5:31) Non Disc Supplements: This deluxe Blu-ray/CD combo release comes housed in a sturdy chipboard box with a cover reproducing the evocative album cover art. Inside the box is a nicely illustrated hardback booklet that contains complete production credits, the lyric to the one sung song, and lots of pictures. The book's cover also reproduces the album cover art.
Underneath the booklet are three collectible postcards, one of which contains a lenticular holographic image. Finally, underneath the postcards are two cardboard sleeves containing the Blu-ray and CD versions of the album. The Endless River is a very subtle album, one that ingratiates itself almost subliminally at times. A lot of the instrumentals are andantes, slowly moving affairs that offer slow washes of sound morphing almost inaudibly at times into new areas of exploration. As beautifully multilayered as the best of Pink Floyd's oeuvre, The Endless River still may take a few repeated listens to begin to fully reveal its majesty. Once again Pink Floyd has released an impressive Blu-ray package that offers not just flawless lossless audio but some enjoyable supplements as well.
Highly recommended.
Fausto K said: I know that some of you are dismissive of vinyl, but I am now listening, on my Nottingham Ace Spacedeck, to an incredibly well cut and ultra flat vinyl of the recently remastered The Wall. Great detail in sound and extremely good dynamics. I can't compare it to an original vinyl, only to my 90s remastered RBCD. This new LP is in an entirely different league! Would that they release The Wall on SACD too. Good to hear that you're happy with your LP. It's good also to hear that the pressing is of good quality.
Back in the mid 70s to mid 80s, when I was still buying vinyl, the sometimes dismal quality of the pressings was the biggest thing that used to irritate me with vinyl. Not that there was any choice before the advent of the CD, but some labels were regularly very poor with their pressing quality. Labels such as Apple, Island/Manticore and Virgin come quickly to mind, whereas labels such as Deutsche Grammophon and Polydor were quite reliable. I remember off-centre and wobbly (i.e. Not flat) pressings - and returning the LPs to the shop for replacement - only to find the same situation! Perhaps the companies that are producing these new LPs are aware that they need to produce a quality product - it would appear so.
Anyway - enjoy your LP. As The Seventh Taylor points out, there are plans for 'The Wall' on SACD. I look forward to it very much, so it can join my 'Dark Side of the Moon' and 'Wish You Were Here' SACDs - both of which are wonderful. Now - I just wish that 'Meddle' would follow sometime soon. I'm probably dreaming!
Thanks, good to know that a SACD is being prepared. Based on what I hear from Guthrie's remaster for the vinyl, we should be in for an extremely good 5.1 SACD (although, I will probably miss out on the enhanced sound, as I listen in stereo only - maybe a reason to upgrade).
BTW, the lathe for the vinyl was prepared by Doug Sax of The Mastering Lab, and I wouldn't be surprised if the vinyl was pressed at Pallas in Germany, arguably the best pressing plant in the world. The problem you point out regarding vinyl is still a problem, although it's much much better than it used to be. And yes, I wish they would release Meddle on SACD too.
Fausto K said: thanks, good to know that a SACD is being prepared. Based on what I hear from Guthrie's remaster for the vinyl, we should be in for an extremely good 5.1 SACD (although, I will probably miss out on the enhanced sound, as I listen in stereo only - maybe a reason to upgrade).
BTW, the lathe for the vinyl was prepared by Doug Sax of The Mastering Lab, and I wouldn't be surprised if the vinyl was pressed at Pallas in Germany, arguably the best pressing plant in the world. The problem you point out regarding vinyl is still a problem, although it's much much better than it used to be. And yes, I wish they would release Meddle on SACD too. Yes - that's definately a reason to upgrade! Each to their own - obviously - but I have found multi-channel music adds so much to my listening enjoyment of music. I suppose it might depend upon what some people expect from a MCH recording.
The first MCH music I listened to was Jean Michel Jarre's 'Aero' album - and I thought it was terrific. I still do, even though it's not hi-res. When I bought my first orchestral music on DVD-As and listened in MCH, I remember wondering if any sound was coming out of the rear speakers! It was merely the diffference between aggresive MCH mixes and more ambient mixes. Interesting to read what you mention regarding the fact that some LPs are still being produced poorly pressed. These producers must know they are producing these for a niche market - or perhaps I'm missing something.
The number of LPs sold now compared to 30 - 35 years ago must be a fraction of what it used to be. You'd think they'd learn! On the subject of more Pink Floyd SACDs - how about 'A Saucerful of Secrets'? Perhaps this would be too much for a niche market?
Have just got back into vinyl after a long layoff and I can understand why some say it is superior to RBCD. I have just bought 50 Words for Snow by Kate Bush the vinyl comes with a RBCD.
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It outperforms the CD by quite a margin weighs 180grms and is as flat as a pancake, but it is of course not multichannel which is my SACD favoured method of replay, My nomination of Pink Floyd to be re released as an SACD is Atom Heart Mother it was released on vinyl as an SQ quad disc and I want to hear the whimsy of Alans breakfast in all its glory!!! Wolf359 said: Have just got back into vinyl after a long layoff and I can understand why some say it is superior to RBCD. I have just bought 50 Words for Snow by Kate Bush the vinyl comes with a RBCD. It outperforms the CD by quite a margin weighs 180grms and is as flat as a pancake, but it is of course not multichannel which is my SACD favoured method of replay, My nomination of Pink Floyd to be re released as an SACD is Atom Heart Mother it was released on vinyl as an SQ quad disc and I want to hear the whimsy of Alans breakfast in all its glory!!! I was impressed by the Bush vinyl as well. I bet it is not recorded in DSD but knowing Bush's meticulous care, it is at any rate hi-rez so would merit SACD release.
By the way have you listened to the remaster of Hounds of Love, mastered entirely in the Analogue domain from the Analogue master tapes by Steve Hofmann (it is on the Audiofidelity label) - so why on vinyl, and not on SACD? Clearly, SACD is not a priority in pop. Yesterday, I was listening to Lindsey Buckingham's incredible sounding Gift of Screws of a couple of years back, an LP recorded, mixed and mastered entirely in the Analogue domain as well (and it proudly announces this on the cover-sticker). It sounds absolutely stunning. So, again, why not on SACD? Oddly, with the LP comes a free uncompressed CD recording of the vinyl lathe. This should have been SACD, of course.
It would have been a perfect DSD recording. (by the way, this was the last album on Buckingham's Warner Bros/Reprise contract, his last cd was released on an independent and is much less enticing sound-wise). Kutyatest said: Yes - I agree with you that the Oxygene and Equinoxe CDs sound good. I'd happily part with my Jean Michel Jarre CDs if multi-channel SACD (or DVD-A) versions became available.
I wonder if it'll ever happen. I played the remastered Equinox through DTS Neo:6 DSP or Dolby Pro Logic II on my previous amp and it came out really interesting. Let's not forget that a version of Oxygene Live in Your Living Room includes the surround mix of the re-recorded Oxygene album in DD and DTS albeit it is not that exciting. I do not like the mix and it starts off so abruptly that my player misses the first half second of Part 1. His latest compilation called Rarities was made available for hi-rez download in 24/96 stereo, so a little convincing from hi-rez fans might get him to release those earlier 24/96 stereo remixes at least for download.