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.