Released on 8 April 2022, Hey Hey Rise Up is the first unreleased Pink Floyd recording since 2014. The song includes the vocals of Ukrainian rock band BoomBox’s lead singer, Andriy Khlyvnyuk. This track is now available as a vinyl single and cd single with a second track A Great Day For Freedom 2022. All proceeds to Ukraine humanitarian relief.

The review includes 4 editions: Vinyl , CD , Streaming Qobuz and Tidal.

You can find the review of other Pink Floyd albums:

Below you will find the description of the different editions, as well as the measurements of each edition in the following chapters.
The synthesis of the review and the samples are available here.

This album includes 2 tracks reviewed:

Hey Hey Rise Up
A Great Day For Freedom 2022

First we will analyze each edition in detail (technical and qualitative analysis), then we will compare the successive editions with their dynamics and assign a final score, and you will be able to listen some samples.

The streaming versions may evolve over time, those presented here correspond to the version tested at the date of publication, or update of the review.

Review of the editions:

Part 1: Presentation of the editions

Part 2 : Waveform and dynamique comparaison

Parts 3 : Spectrum comparisons

Part 4 : Spectrogram comparaisons

Part 5 : Summary, scoring and Sample

Part 1: presentation of the editions

Ed1: Vinyl ref : PFRS40/7 – 2022

Presentation

This is the vinyl single (2022) with 2 songs.

Label	‎Pink Floyd Records
Reference	PFRS40/7
Format (speed)	Vinyl 7″
Type	Single 45 rpm
Master	Digital
Mastering/Pressing	Pressed by Optimal Media GmbH
Original recording	Digital
State	Germany
Year original	2022
Year production	2022

Ed2: CD ref : PFRS40 – 2022

Presentation

This is the single CD in 16 bits 44.1 kHz.

Label	‎Pink Floyd Records
Reference	PFRS40
Format (speed)	CD single
Type	CD 16 bits 44.1 kHz
Master	Digital
Mastering/Pressing
Original recording	Digital
State	Germany
Year original	2022
Year production	2022

Ed3: Qobuz Hi-Res – 2022

Presentation

This is Qobuz Hi-Res presented in 24 bits 96 kHz.

Label	‎Pink Floyd Records
Reference	Qobuz Hi-Res
Format (speed)	Streaming
Type	Lossless 24 bits 96 kHz
Master	Digital
Mastering/Pressing
Original recording	Digital
State	Europe
Year original	2022
Year production	2022

Ed4: Tidal Master 2022

Presentation

This is streaming Tidal encoded in MQA in 24 bits 96kHz.

Label	‎Pink Floyd Records
Reference	Tidal Master
Format (speed)	Streaming
Type	MQA decode in 24 bits 96 kHz by Audirvana
Master	Digital
Mastering/Pressing
Original recording	Digital
State	Europe
Year original	2022
Year production	2022

Part 2 : Waveform and dynamic comparaisons

Waveform

The waveform represents all the tracks of the album for each version.

The graphs below represent the waveforms of the vinyl versions (Ed1).
This version is dynamic without compression of dynamic effect.

The digital versions CD (Ed2) and streaming Qobuz (Ed3) and Tidal (Ed4) are dynamic, with a slight limitation of the peaks to limit the dynamic. This is confirmed with the DR10 value.

Dynamic

Dynamic represents the ability to reproduce a wide range of sounds from the softest to the loudest. The target is to compare the dynamics of the music and not of the media (CD, digital files or vinyl).

For our 4 editions we have obtained the following Dynamic Range (DR) :

	Ed1: Vinyl	Ed2: CD	Ed3: Qobuz	Ed4: Tidal
GLOBAL	DR12	DR10	DR10	DR10
*Min*	*DR11*	*DR10*	*DR10*	*DR10*
*Max*	*DR12*	*DR11*	*DR11*	*DR11*
Hey Hey Rise Up	DR12	DR11	DR11	DR11
A Great Day For Freedom 2022	DR11	DR10	DR10	DR10

With a DR10 and DR11 for the songs of the digital versions, the dynamic is good especially for the current production which has a tendency to be much lower. The vinyl is just above one, so a very small gap.

As a reminder, the scale goes from 0 to more 20, but the dynamics are considered good from 12, quite good between 10 and 11, and deteriorate below 10.

Part 3 : spectrum comparisons

Spectrum

The Spectrum allows to check the tonal balance of the music (balance between treble, medium and bass sounds) and to detect process that may have been carried out during the recording, the mixing, mastering or manufacturing phases. It is also possible to detect frequency interference issues.

The curve represents the average frequency distribution over the sample “A Great Day For Freedom 2022”.

The response curves of the Ed1 Vinyl 1986 (white) vs Ed3 Qobuz (blue) versions are superimposed up to 10 kHz, beyond which the vinyl gradually attenuates to -5 dB at 20 kHz (yellow zone). The yellow arrow shows the frequency limit of the Qobuz digital version of the recording at around 27 kHz.

Spectrum Ed1 Vinyl (White) vs Ed3 Qobuz (Blue)

The response curves of the Ed2 CD (white) vs Ed3 Qobuz (blue) versions are superimposed up to 22 kHz (yellow arrow), the frequency limit of the CD due to its sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz. This shows that the recording was made in high resolution.

Spectrum Ed2 CD (White) vs Ed3 Qobuz (Blue)

The response curves of the Ed4 Tidal (white) vs Ed3 Qobuz (blue) versions overlap perfectly across the spectrum, indicating the same master source.

Spectrum Ed4 Tidal (White) vs Ed3 Qobuz (Blue)

Part 4 : Spectrogram comparaisons

Spectrogram

Spectrogram is another representation of frequency versus time of a track. For each channel (right and left), horizontal axis represents time, and the vertical axis represents frequency. The amplitude is represented by the intensity (brightness) of the color of each point in the image.

The vinyl spectrogram (Ed1) continues above 20 kHz (yellow arrow). The white arrow shows music and the distortion due to the playback of the vinyl above 30 kHz.

The spectrograms of the Qobuz (Ed3) and Tidal (Ed4) versions are similar, rising above 20 kHz (yellow arrow) with a limit at 27 kHz (white arrow), with no signal above 27 kHz (black area).

We find for the CD (Ed2) the limit at 22 kHz (yellow arrow) due to the sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz, and a zone without signal above (white arrow).