Meddle [Import]

Track Listings

1. One Of These Days

2. A Pillow Of Winds

3. Fearless

4. San Tropez

5. Seamus

6. Echoes

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Japanese remastered reissue of 1971 album packaged in a limited edition miniature gatefold LP sleeve.

Tracks:

One Of These Days
A Pillow Of Winds
Fearless
San Tropez
Seamus
Echoes

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For all that menacing, hatchet-happy growl at the beginning of Meddle's opener, "One of These Days," Pink Floyd really weren't about to "cut you into little pieces." Meddle did, however, show that the reigning British monarchs of 1970s-era psychedelia could rip into galloping jams. It also showed what its predecessor, Atom Heart Mother, promised--that the band could excel in long, breathtaking suites that revealed strains of late-classical music, Sun Ra-inspired space explorations, and a patchwork approach to colliding sounds that together took on acid-drenched proportions. And if all that isn't enough, "San Tropez" revealed a playful side of the band, playing footsy with loungy jazz and having good fun in the process. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Meddle.......2007-07-07

Pink Floyd's "Meddle" is a classic Rock album, not by the worn-out standards of what one might conjure up, as being 'trademark' perhaps 'wrapped in flames' of 'greatness'. Yet it is because "Meddle" Breaks the 'standards of greatness' with it's ingenuity and creativity, especially considered within the age and times it was written. Heavy-metal was on the verge of becoming 'King' of Radio, Circuit Concerts, and Album Sales. Groups from Grand Funk Railroad, BloodRock, Atomic Rooster, Led Zepplin, and Artists coming into their own Eric Clapton, Ted Nugent, Alvin Lee, all were producing themselves as Rock Icons, if not Legends because of finding a unique Niche into the Listener's ever growing list of preferences. Yet "Meddle" stands out in its own uniqueness because of several different styles of music being integrated and merged. The album moves from the Blues 'Shamus' cannine assisted, to the real-life ballards done with amazing diverse instrumentation, and finally progresses into the in-comparable ozone production of Rock-heavy imagery interspersed between layers of electric variations alluring visions of pre-historic travel dodging the Pteradactals through the mist, while being enticed into the sounds of ducks on a foggy pond, and finishes with the crescendo of signature "Floyd" guitar climax. "Meddle" is a compilation of superb creative variations of songs not obviously connected by theme, melody or structure, but there is an un-deniable thread of "Floyd" DNA which creates this project as one which is very unique even within the repertoire of Pink FLoyd. It precludes "Dark side of moon", and "Animals" with somewhat of a premonition of the greatness there, not by an easily placed clue of song patterns, but by the undercurrent progession genius. An album which seems to emulate "Meddle", was "Arc of a Diver" by Steve Winwood, another genius of diverse progression himself. Listen to them and see if they arent complimentary.

I like it better now.......2007-06-28

Back in the days of vinyl I loved echoes but hadn't really connected with side one. Too acoustic. Too silly. And except for track one, too mellow. Now decades later I'm rediscovering Meddle. It's a lot better than I remember. Tuneful and melodious. Varied and interesting. Highly recommended here not for its role in the Pink Floyd cannon, but rather for the lasting quality of its songs.

worth a listen for any Floyd fan.......2007-06-27

This won't be confused with Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall, but this early effort shows Floyd growing into the musical geniuses they became.
"One of these days" remains a Floyd classic, and "Echoes" becomes better and better with each listen.

Better than Dark Side.......2007-06-27

A great work. New release is remastered well.
Climax in "Echoes" never fails to send chills
down the spine. Every cut is good.

A Floyd Primer.......2007-06-09

Heard this as a young man when it was new, and having heard the previous recordings from the 60's, knew this was a departure. "Echoes" filled one side of the vinyl album and it was instantly a signature song for youthful psychedelic experiences. I now look back and find "Fearless" my fav Floyd song but that the overall feel is a precursor for just about everything they produced afterward, especially the "Dark Side of The Moon". If you like all things Pink Floyd, you should have this. It is sooo different from their first 4 albums though. Most early fans would say Roger Waters took them into the large mainstream market for rock in the day. A tragedy ? Hardly.

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The first album of Floyd's classic era gets treated in Gold
My Favorite Floyd Work, In Near Perfect Quality

Meddle
Pink Floyd
Manufacturer: Mobile Fidelity
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008JGI
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

One of These Days
Pillow of Winds
Fearless
San Tropez
Seamus
Echoes

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The first album of Floyd's classic era gets treated in Gold.......2006-03-24

Pink Floyd's seventh album Meddle was released in October of 1971 in the US and November of 1971 in the UK.
Meddle was once again produced by the four Floyd members and was recorded at Morgan Studios, Air Studios and Abbey Road throughout early to mid 1971 as the latter two studios first equipped 16-track recording studios to record more parts with ease.
Meddle kicks off with the classic instrumental One of These Days(which would remain a live staple until 1973 and was resurrected for both post-Waters Floyd tours) with the double tracked bass guitars from bass player/vocalist Roger Waters and guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour(whom also added some great slide and regular guitar work on this track), organ swirls from keyboardist Rick Wright and the notorious vocal phrase from drummer Nick Mason(this is his most famous vocal appearance, he had sung Corporal Clegg on A Saucerful of Secrets but Dave and Nick are embarrased about Clegg). The next track, the Waters/Gilmour penned A Pillow of Winds sounds like an outtake from Wish You Were Here. Fearless is next and I first heard this track on the 1983 Floyd collection Works which I got in 1985 on tape and introduced me to the early pre-Dark Side Floyd. San Tropez follows and sounds like the father of Free Four musically. Then Seamus was a funny blues that ended the first half of the album which then was reworked as Mademoiselle Nobs on the Live at Pompeii film.
The second half of the album is the reason to buy this album and it is the 23 and a half minute tour-de-force Echoes which was originally called when performed live as either Nothing(parts 1-23) or Return of the Son of Nothing or How We Won the Double. This epic of a song features a classic lead vocal performance from Wright and Gilmour, excellent solos from Wright and Gilmour, a trippy middle section and great musicianship from the band.
However, when Meddle was initially released(I didn't get my first copy until November of 1987 on cassette as a gift from my father), the album was a big time commercial failure in the States peaking at #70 because most Americans at the time were not quite ready for Floyd and were too busy focusing on forgettable artists like The Carpenters, Carole King, James Taylor and other Johnny come latelys. Those aforementioned groups and artists(save James Taylor) have gone the way of the 8-track tape since then. Meddle did eventually go Gold(in October, 1973 in the wake of Dark Side of the Moon's success) and Double Platinum (in March of 1994).
In the late 1980s, Mobile Fidelity re-released Meddle on CD using second generation masters and the sound quality was an improvement on the Capitol issue and utilized the British cover art whilst the American version had a different look for Meddle's cover. However, this version became obsolete once Doug Sax and James Guthrie remastered Meddle from the original tapes for the 1992 Shine On box set and then released in its own right by Capitol in April of 1995.
This album was the stepping stone towards The Dark Side of the Moon and is my fourth all time favorite Floyd album after Wish You Were Here, The Dark Side of the Moon and The Division Bell.

My Favorite Floyd Work, In Near Perfect Quality.......2004-02-05

First off, Echoes is one of my favorite songs of all time. It's a slowly starting and medium paced song (drawn out to the 23 minute mark) that is just amazing. It starts out with quietly sounding sonar piano sounds and guitar, going through the introduction, then the guitar tears through the song and just takes off, but in perfect coordination with the rest of the instruments. It's almost as if the guitar starts playing something different from what the other instruments are playing, but listen to the song a few more times and you'll see that it fits so well. You will definitely feel a need to listen to "Echoes" many times, it's something that just doesn't get old. The lyrics are kind of sparse given the song's length (like most Floyd songs, this is an instrumental with lyrics, not a pop-song with a refrain), but there is one line that just sticks to my mind "Strangers passing in the street/ By chance two separate glances meet/ And I am you and what I see is me." It always makes me wonder what were they thinking when they wrote that. There is a point before the ending that slows down to really creepy sea-bird sounds. Sounds like an insane albatross in heat. If the band left this 4 minute section out, the song wouldn't be any worse off and I sometimes fast-forward through it if I've got someone else (a non-Floyd enthusiast) in my car listening (they usually are a little scared by this part of the song). However, after a while, it sort of grew on me to the point where I have come to appreciate this part as an essential part of "Echoes." The ending is fantastic, with the guitar slowly gearing up to sear through your head one triumphant time with the sonar piano backing at just the right places. At the end of the track, there's an overlayed wind sound and the instruments slow to a halt. Always leaves me wanting more. The songs "One of These Days," "Fearless" and "Pillow of Winds" are all great songs too. Cool chord work in "Fearless." Almost blues, more country-like guitar picking in "Pillow of Winds." "One of These Days" really rocks at the end. "Seamus" and "San Tropez" are bearable, that's all. The good news it that the bad moments total less than six minutes of the album. "Seamus" (2:12 minutes) is an uninspired number that merely showcases Rick Wright's "talking" dog that punctuates every other own-beat with a shrill bark. "San Tropez" (3:40 min) is kind of like an effortless country romp that sounds as though it was conceived as a transition between the beautiful acoustic strumming of "Fearless" and the yipping dog sounds of "Seamus." I can't, for all I listen to Meddle, come to like either "San Tropez" or "Seamus."

A word on MFSL gold discs: The issue of Meddle that you find stocked in stores under the Capitol label comes from a machine that reads from tapes that are copied from copies of the copy of the master tape. Actually, I have no idea about the specifics, but the end result is the same: the characteristic hiss from an old, decomposed tape that overlays every minute of the CD. It's on all the standard aluminum CDs out there and it's more pronounced the older the album is. What Mobil Fidelity Sound Labs did was to make a copy from the original master tape. They proceeded to remaster this and make it even better until they put it on a gold CD and called it an ultradisc. New, they run in the hundreds (yes I said triple digits) of dollars. Some believe that they are worth this. I will not say that I would pay $200 for a CD. However, I would pay the $30-60 they go for used. Keep in mind that they sold for $200 new, so the original owner isn't likely to have spilled soda on this CD or dropped it on gravel or something.

When I first got mine (used), I was blown away. The tape-hiss is GONE. Turn it up all the way and all you hear are the instruments, no accompanying "Ssssssss" AT ALL!!! The highs are more defined and much crisper for this reason. The experience is like listening to music in a car with the sunroof open for all your life and suddenly the sunroof is closed. The lows, while not lower, are less mushy (not that they were very mushy at all to begin with, but there is a slight improvement nonetheless). This CD is worth the $30-60 you pay for it used, especially if you hate the tape-hiss as much as I do.

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Release Date: 2006-09-12

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The start of the classic Pink Floyd era 35 years on

meddle is amazing

Meddle
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Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
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ASIN: B00005HYH8
Release Date: 2001-08-14

Tracks:

One of These Days
Pillow of Winds
Fearless
San Tropez
Seamus
Echoes

Album Description

Japanese remastered reissue of 1971 album packaged in a limited edition miniature gatefold LP sleeve.

Album Details

Japanese limited edition featuring an LP style slipcase cover for initial pressing. Digitally remastered.

Customer Reviews:

The start of the classic Pink Floyd era 35 years on.......2006-03-17

Pink Floyd's seventh album Meddle was released in October of 1971 in the US and November of 1971 in the UK.
Meddle was once again produced by the four Floyd members and was recorded at Morgan Studios, Air Studios and Abbey Road throughout early to mid 1971 as the latter two studios first equipped 16-track recording studios to record more parts with ease.
Meddle kicks off with the classic instrumental One of These Days(which would remain a live staple until 1973 and was resurrected for both post-Waters Floyd tours) with the double tracked bass guitars from bass player/vocalist Roger Waters and guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour(whom also added some great slide and regular guitar work on this track), organ swirls from keyboardist Rick Wright and the notorious vocal phrase from drummer Nick Mason(this is his most famous vocal appearance, he had sung Corporal Clegg on A Saucerful of Secrets but Dave and Nick are embarrased about Clegg). The next track, the Waters/Gilmour penned A Pillow of Winds sounds like an outtake from Wish You Were Here. Fearless is next and I first heard this track on the 1983 Floyd collection Works which I got in 1985 on tape and introduced me to the early pre-Dark Side Floyd. San Tropez follows and sounds like the father of Free Four musically. Then Seamus was a funny blues that ended the first half of the album which then was reworked as Mademoiselle Nobs on the Live at Pompeii film.
The second half of the album is the reason to buy this album and it is the 23 and a half minute tour-de-force Echoes which was originally called when performed live as either Nothing(parts 1-23) or Return of the Son of Nothing or How We Won the Double. This epic of a song features a classic lead vocal performance from Wright and Gilmour, excellent solos from Wright and Gilmour, a trippy middle section and great musicianship from the band.
However, when Meddle was initially released(I didn't get my first copy until November of 1987 on cassette as a gift from my father), the album was a big time commercial failure in the States peaking at #70 because most Americans at the time were not quite ready for Floyd and were too busy focusing on forgettable artists like The Carpenters, Carole King, James Taylor and other Johnny come latelys. Those aforementioned groups and artists(save James Taylor) have gone the way of the 8-track tape since then. Meddle did eventually go Gold(in October, 1973 in the wake of Dark Side of the Moon's success) and Double Platinum (in March of 1994).
I recommend Meddle, especially this repackaged/remastered version released by Capitol in April of 1995, to all Floyd fans.
This album was the stepping stone towards The Dark Side of the Moon and is my fourth all time favorite Floyd album after Wish You Were Here, The Dark Side of the Moon and The Division Bell.
In 2001, Toshiba-EMI re-released the 1995 Capitol remaster in a miniature record sleeve with all of the original graphics like on the original vinyl record.

meddle is amazing.......2003-01-18

the review is one of pink floyds peak work the equisite drumming and persevering guitar of David Gilmor makes the first track equisite . The album stays amazing up until the last second of the last song when the album stops .The variation of music in this album really carries the mood of pink floyd changing and alternative the only thing better than this is led zepplin
all in all i think the album is one of pink floyds best (appart from the division bell) you should go out and buy this album immediately

Product Description

Each disc in it's own jewel case with full artwork etc. Save on shipping with this great value pack.

Customer Reviews:

O-M-G.......2006-09-10

Well, if you're new to the Floyd, this is exactly what you should buy. This is their creative peak, without question.

This is a bit more expensive than I would expect for 4 CDs, though...

TRACK LISTINGS.......2006-07-20

"Wish You Were Here "
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part One)
2. Welcome To The Machine
3. Have A Cigar
4. Wish You Were Here
5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part Two)

"Meddle"
1. One Of These Days
2. A Pillow Of Winds
3. Fearless
4. San Tropez
5. Seamus
6. Echoes

"Animals"
1. Pigs On The Wing 1
2. Dogs
3. Pigs (Three Different Ones)
4. Sheep
5. Pigs On The Wing 2

"Dark Side Of The Moon"
1. Speak To Me/Breathe
2. On The Run
3. Time
4. The Great Gig In The Sky
5. Money
6. Us And Them
7. Any Colour You Like
8. Brain Damage
9. Eclipse

Meddle (Lp Sleeve) (Ecxclusive Special Collector's Edition)

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Meddle (Lp Sleeve) (Ecxclusive Special Collector's Edition)

Manufacturer: CDM Russia
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ASIN: B00079YOK6

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Exclusive Russian Limited Edition Release. Detailed LP design reproduction. Gatefold LP sleeve, black CD.

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Meddle
Pink Floyd
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ASIN: B0000DEP08
Release Date: 2002-08-27

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Meddle
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ASIN: B000BRIAUY
Release Date: 2001-05-16

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Release Date: 2004-06-15

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1. One Of These Days
2. A Pillow Of Winds
3. Fearless
4. San Tropez
5. Seamus
6. Echoes