Album: Meddle Artist: Pink Floyd Release Year: 1971 Reissue Year: 1988 Encoding: EAC (Exact Audio Copy) Format: FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
To understand why an archive from 1988 is valued over a 2024 remaster, one must understand the Loudness War.
This filename follows a strict naming convention used by "Scene" release groups and high-fidelity torrent trackers (like What.CD, Redacted, or specialized bootleg sites).
“Pink Floyd - Meddle -1971- 1988 -EAC - FLAC--oa...” is more than a filename – it’s a promise of fidelity. It tells knowledgeable collectors: This is the original 1971 album, taken from the coveted 1988 CD master, securely ripped, losslessly encoded, and carefully tagged.
Here’s what the parts of that name typically mean: