This box laid devoted to artist/pink-floyd-mn0000346336">Pink Floyd was somewhat frustrating at the fourth dimension of its release. Priced at over 100 dollars, it included nine CDs drawn every bit from their EMI together with Columbia Records, starting with their 2d album, A Saucerful of Secrets. That seemed to confuse a lot of people who regard that transitional album as a lot less of import together with alluring than its predecessor, Piper at the Gates of Dawn. On the other hand, EMI was planning its ain exceptional edition of that album, together with it could live argued that the hardcore fans who powerfulness live attracted to this laid would sure enough already ain the debut album, together with live prepared to purchase EMI's exceptional edition of it. The essential occupation is that artist/pink-floyd-mn0000346336">Pink Floyd, similar most prog stone together with psychedelic acts of its era, left behind precious few outtakes that would live feasible as bonus features for a box such as this. It's non as though they followed likewise many blind alleys, or left behind multiple versions of, say, "Atom Heart Mother" the way, say, a blues-based band might've done some rehearsal jams on, say, "Crossroads" or another standard; most prog stone industrial plant variety of stand upwardly as they are, together with if outtakes exercise exist, chances are first-class that they never got to the signal of getting vocals added. So that all i tin genuinely exercise is upgrade the sound, which was badly needed, together with heighten the packaging, together with that comes from the hardcover mass inwards the box; together with the bonus tracks, courtesy of EMI, come upwardly inwards the shape of the 9th CD, titled "The Early Singles," which has proved then pop over the years that it's been bootlegged as a existent CD (that is, non a CD-R).
The mass Shine On includes lots of illustrations together with fifty-fifty a fourth dimension line depicting the history some the band's releases, together with piece it all could cause got been a petty improve organized together with a flake to a greater extent than ambitious, this is a handy small-scale java tabular array book. The flaw lies inwards the packaging of the box, which is a petty flimsy over fourth dimension inwards damage of its powerfulness to concur the mass together with the CDs, together with the bonus art. On the other hand, the CDs are variety of packaged to live displayed -- the spine of the viii discs lined upwardly properly on a shelf shape the icon of the lite beam together with prism from Dark Side of the Moon. In all, it was the perfect Christmas gift (hence its liberate inwards early on November) for fanatical artist/floyd-mn0000346336">Floyd followers, together with it notwithstanding holds upwardly reasonably well. The early on singles platter is notwithstanding a killer collection fifty-fifty if it is the shortest of the discs here, together with the balance has its audience, none quite mutually exclusive, together with it's understandable why some of the balance of their library -- such as the early on soundtrack efforts together with the live/studio composite Ummagumma -- was left out of what was supposed to live their best profile. And all of the missing industrial plant cause got directly been upgraded as well. Indeed, coupled with the exceptional mono together with stereo editions of Piper at the Gates of Dawn done some the same fourth dimension past times EMI, this box would, indeed, brand the ultimate artist/pink-floyd-mn0000346336">Pink Floyd experience.
The viii albums included inwards this box laid are:
H5N1 Saucerful of Secrets
Meddle
The Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals
The Wall (double album)
H5N1 Momentary Lapse of Reason
The Early Singles (bonus CD non available elsewhere)
The packaging on each of the previously released albums was unique to this set. The spines of the viii dark CD cases lined upwardly to exhibit the prism from The Dark Side of the Moon.
The viii albums included inwards this box laid are:
H5N1 Saucerful of Secrets
Meddle
The Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals
The Wall (double album)
H5N1 Momentary Lapse of Reason
The Early Singles (bonus CD non available elsewhere)
Included with the box laid was a hardcover mass chronicling the career of Pink Floyd from its inception to the slow 1980s together with an envelope of postcards depicting artwork from the included 7 albums together with the encompass of the laid itself.
As the collection was meant to showcase the best of Pink Floyd, the determination was made to non include the soundtrack albums More or Obscured past times Clouds, or the albums Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother together with The Final Cut . The band's start album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn was non included, as at the fourth dimension EMI were planning to liberate a exceptional edition of the album, together with it was hoped that novel fans would purchase both this laid together with the re-released debut.
According to drummer Nick Mason, a proposition for the championship of the box laid was The Big Bong Theory. David Gilmour said calling the box laid Shine On was non a bowing out retirement box laid simply a continuation.
1992 "The Early Singles"
This is an collection of Pink Floyd's 60s singles along with their B-sides. It's interesting hearing three-minute singles from a band mostly known for epic album-oriented stone music together with psychedelic freak-outs.
The start 5 songs are from when Syd Barrett was the band's frontman. They exhibit Syd's talent for making outlandish, yet irrestible pop music rattling well. The side past times side 2 ("It Would Be So Nice" together with "Paintbox")are from a rattling brief menstruum inwards Pink Floyd's history when keyboardist Richard Wright was said to live the side past times side leader of Pink Floyd, Syd having fallen mentally ill. They're decent, simply seem to lack momentum together with enthusiasm when compared to Syd's work. The lastly 3 ("Julia Dream", "Point Me At the Sky", together with "Careful With That Axe, Eugene") are the piece of work of bassist Roger Waters, with Dave Gilmour co-composing "Point Me At the Sky". That rail together with "Julia Dream" are both first-class early on examples of the piece of work of the Floyd lineup that would travel i of the most legendary bands of the classic stone era. "Julia Dream" is a haunting vocal with spine-tingling organ together with softly sung, paranoid lyrics. "Point Me At the Sky" is an ambitious slice nigh a human being who shoots himself off into infinite inwards a rocketship. "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" is a well-known Pink Floyd staple that I believe sounds much improve alive (on "Ummagumma") than inwards the studio, although the studio version is notwithstanding good.
Get this CD for "Point Me At the Sky", which doesn't seem on whatsoever other CD liberate that I am aware of. It's a skilful agency to larn the other singles inwards i house as well.
Track listing
"Arnold Layne" (Syd Barrett) – 2:57
"Candy together with a Currant Bun" (Barrett) – 2:47
"See Emily Play" (Barrett) – 2:54
"The Scarecrow" (Barrett) – 2:10
"Apples together with Oranges" (Barrett) – 3:08
"Paint Box" (Richard Wright) – 3:47
"It Would Be So Nice" (Wright) – 3:46
"Julia Dream" (Roger Waters) – 2:35
"Point Me at the Sky" (Waters, David Gilmour) – 3:35
"Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (Gilmour, Waters, Wright, Nick Mason) – 5:44
Original liberate dates
1, 2: 11 March 1967
3, 4: 17 June 1967
5, 6: eighteen Nov 1967
7, 8: 13 Apr 1968
9, 10: 17 Dec 1968
Personnel
Syd Barrett – guitar on 1 to 6; vocals on 1 to 5; backing vocals on 6
David Gilmour – guitar on 7 to 10; vocals on 8, 9, 10; backing vocals on 7
Nick Mason – drums, percussion
Roger Waters – bass guitar; vocals on 9, 10; backing vocals on 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8
Richard Wright – piano; organ; mellotron on 7, 8; vibraphone on 10; vocals on 6, 7; backing vocals on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9
1968 [1992] "A Saucerful Of Secrets"
The album was recorded before together with after Syd Barrett's departure from the group. Owing to Barrett's demeanour becoming increasingly unpredictable, David Gilmour was recruited inwards Jan 1968.[1][2] As a result, A Saucerful of Secrets became the alone non-compilation Pink Floyd album on which all 5 band members appeared, the start for Gilmour, with him appearing on 5 songs ("Let There Be More Light", "art_of_the_Sun" title="Learn Pink Floyd - 1992 Shine On [9 CD Box]">Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", "Corporal Clegg", "A Saucerful of Secrets" together with "See-Saw"), together with the lastly for Barrett, with him on 3 ("Remember a Day", "Jugband Blues" together with "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun").[3] "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" was the alone vocal all 5 members appeared on together. Drummer Nick Mason declared A Saucerful of Secrets his favourite Pink Floyd album.
H5N1 transitional album on which the band moved from artist/syd-barrett-mn0000044874">Syd Barrett's relatively concise together with brilliant songs to spacy, ethereal fabric with lengthy instrumental passages. artist/barrett-mn0000044874">Barrett's influence is notwithstanding felt (he genuinely did contend to contribute i track, the jovial "Jugband Blues"), together with much of the fabric retains a gentle, fairy-tale ambience. "Remember a Day" together with "See Saw" are highlights; on "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun," "Let There Be More Light," together with the lengthy instrumental championship track, the band commence to map out the nighttime together with repetitive pulses that would characterize their side past times side few records.
Tracks Listing
1. Let There Be More Light (5:38)
2. Remember H5N1 Day (4:33)
3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sunday (5:28)
4. Corporal Clegg (4:12)
5. H5N1 saucerful Of Secrets (11:57)
6. See-Saw (4:36)
7. Jugband Blues (2:59)
Total Time: 39:23
Personnel:
- Syd Barrett / guitar, vocals
- David Gilmour / guitar, vocals
- Nick Mason / drums
- Roger Waters / bass, vocals
- Richard Wright / organ, piano, vocal
1971 [1992] "Meddle"
Meddle is the 6th studio album past times English linguistic communication progressive rock grouping Pink Floyd, released on xxx Oct 1971 past times Harvest Records. It was produced betwixt the band's touring commitments, from Jan to August 1971. The album was recorded at a serial of locations some London, including Abbey Road Studios together with Morgan Studios.
With no fabric to piece of work with together with no clear thought of the album's direction, the grouping devised a serial of novel experiments which eventually inspired the album's signature track, "Echoes". Although many of the band's afterward albums would live unified past times a cardinal subject with lyrics written mainly past times Roger Waters, Meddle was a grouping attempt with lyrical contributions from each member, together with is considered a transitional album betwixt the Syd Barrett-influenced grouping of the slow 1960s together with the emerging Pink Floyd. The cover, incorporating a close-up shot of an ear underwater was, as with several previous albums, designed past times Hipgnosis, though Storm Thorgerson was unhappy with the terminal result.
The album was good received past times music critics upon its release. However, despite existence commercially successful inwards the United Kingdom, lackluster publicity on the part of their United States-based label led to pathetic sales at that spot upon initial liberate (though it would eventually live certified 2x Platinum as the band's popularity increased).
Tracks Listing
1. One Of These Days (5:56)
2. H5N1 Pillow Of Winds (5:13)
3. Fearless (6:08)
4. San Tropez (3:43)
5. Seamus (2:15)
6. Echoes (23:27)
Total Time: 46:42
Line-up / Musicians
- David Gilmour / guitars, vocals
- Nick Mason / drums
- Roger Waters / bass, vocals
- Richard Wright / keyboards, vocals
1973 [1992] "Dark Side Of The Moon"
The Dark Side of the Moon is the 8th studio album past times the English linguistic communication progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973. It built on ideas explored inwards the band's before recordings together with alive shows, simply lacks the extended instrumental excursions that characterised their piece of work next the departure inwards 1968 of founder member, principal composer, together with lyricist, Syd Barrett. The themes on The Dark Side of the Moon include conflict, greed, the passage of time, together with mental illness, the latter partly inspired past times Barrett's deteriorating mental state.
Developed during alive performances, an early on version of the suite was premiered several months before studio recording began; novel fabric was recorded inwards 2 sessions inwards 1972 together with 1973 at Abbey Road Studios inwards London. The grouping used some of the most advanced recording techniques of the time, including multitrack recording together with tape loops. Analogue synthesizers were given prominence inwards several tracks, together with a serial of recorded interviews with the band's route crew together with others provided the philosophical quotations used throughout. Engineer Alan Parsons was responsible for some of the album's most notable sonic aspects together with the recruitment of non-lexical vocalist Clare Torry. The album's iconic sleeve, designed past times Storm Thorgerson, features a prism that represents the band's phase lighting, the record's lyrical themes, together with keyboardist Richard Wright's asking for a "simple together with bold" design.
The Dark Side of the Moon was an immediate success; it topped the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart for i calendar week together with remained inwards the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. With an estimated 50 meg copies sold, it is Pink Floyd's most commercially successful album together with i of the best-selling albums worldwide. It has twice been remastered together with re-released, together with has been covered inwards its entirety past times several other acts. It produced 2 singles, "Money" together with "Time". The Dark Side of the Moon is Pink Floyd's most pop album alongside fans together with critics, together with has been ranked as i of the greatest albums of all time.
Tracks Listing
1. Speak To Me (1:16)
2. Breathe (2:44)
3. On The Run (3:32)
4. Time / Breathe (reprise) (7:06)
5. The Great Gig In The Sky (4:44)
6. Money (6:32)
7. Us And Them (7:40)
8. Any Colour You Like (3:25)
9. Brain Damage (3:50)
10. Eclipse (2:04)
Total Time: 42:53
Line-up / Musicians
- David Gilmour / guitars, vocals, VCS3
- Nick Mason / drums, percussion, tape effects
- Roger Waters / bass, vocals, VCS3, tape effects
- Richard Wright / keyboards, vocals, VCS3
With:
- Dick Parry / saxophone (6-7)
- Clare Torry / Pb vocals (5)
- Leslie Duncan / backing vocals
- Lisa Strike / backing vocals
- Barry St. John / backing vocals
- Doris Troy / backing vocals
1975 [1992] "Wish You Were Here"
Wish You Were Here is the 9th studio album past times the English linguistic communication progressive rock grouping Pink Floyd, released inwards September 1975. Inspired past times fabric the grouping composed piece performing across Europe, Wish You Were Here was recorded inwards numerous sessions at London's Abbey Road Studios. Some of the songs critique the music business, others limited alienation, together with "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a tribute to Syd Barrett, whose mental breakdown had forced him to larn out the grouping 7 years earlier. It was Pb author Roger Waters' thought to separate "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" into 2 parts together with run it to bookend the album some 3 novel compositions, introducing a novel concept as the grouping had done with their previous album, The Dark Side of the Moon.
As with The Dark Side of the Moon, the band used studio effects together with synthesizers, together with brought inwards invitee singers to furnish vocals on some tracks of the album. These singers were Roy Harper, who provided the Pb vocals on "Have a Cigar", together with The Blackberries, who added backing vocals to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".
The album became an instant commercial success together with tape fellowship EMI was unable to impress plenty copies to satisfy demand. Although it initially received mixed reviews, the album has since been acclaimed past times critics together with appears on Rolling Stone 's listing of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Band members Richard Wright together with David Gilmour cause got each cited Wish You Were Here as their favourite Pink Floyd album.
Tracks Listing
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1 - 5 (13:40)
2. Welcome To The Machine (7:31)
3. Have H5N1 Cigar (5:08)
4. Wish You Were Here (5:34)
5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 6 - nine (12:31)
Total Time: 44:25
Line-up / Musicians
- David Gilmour / guitars, vocals
- Nick Mason / drums, percussion
- Roger Waters / bass, vocals
- Richard Wright / keyboards
Guest musicians:
- Roy Harper / vocals (3)
- Dick Parry / saxophone (track 1, part 5)
- Carlena Williams, Vanetta Fields / backing vocals
1977 [1992] "Animals"
Animals is the 10th studio album past times English linguistic communication progressive rock grouping Pink Floyd, released inwards Jan 1977. H5N1 concept album, it provides a scathing critique of the social-political weather condition of slow 1970s Britain, together with presents a marked alter inwards musical vogue from their before work. Animals was recorded at the band's studio, Britannia Row, inwards London, simply its production was punctuated past times the early on signs of discord that 3 years afterward would culminate inwards keyboardist Richard Wright leaving the band. The album's encompass image, a grunter floating betwixt 2 chimneys on Battersea Power Station, was conceived past times bassist together with author Roger Waters, together with photographed past times long-time collaborators Hipgnosis.
The album was released to by together with large positive reviews inwards the United Kingdom, where it reached number 2. It was also a success inwards the United States, reaching number 3 on the Billboard 200, together with although it scored on the American charts for alone half dozen months, steady sales cause got resulted inwards its certification past times the RIAA at iv times platinum. The size of the venues on the band's In the Flesh Tour, together with an incident inwards which Waters spat at a fan, prompted him to conceive the band's subsequent album, The Wall.
Tracks Listing
1. Pigs on the fly Part 1 (1:25)
2. Dogs (17:04)
3. Pigs (three dissimilar ones) (11:28)
4. Sheep (10:16)
5. Pigs on the fly Part 2 (1:25)
Total Time: 41:38
Line-up / Musicians
- David Gilmour / guitars, vocals
- Nick Mason / drums, percussion
- Roger Waters / bass, vocals
- Richard Wright / keyboards
1979 [1992] "The Wall" [2 CD]
The Wall is the eleventh studio album past times the English linguistic communication progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It is the lastly studio album released with the classic lineup of guitarist David Gilmour, bassist/lyricist Roger Waters, keyboardist Richard Wright together with drummer Nick Mason before Wright left the band. Released as a double album on 30 November 1979, it was supported past times a tour with elaborate theatrical effects, together with adapted into a 1982 characteristic film, Pink Floyd – The Wall.
As with Pink Floyd's previous 3 albums, The Wall is a concept album together with explores themes of abandonment together with personal isolation. The album is a rock opera that follows Pink, a graphic symbol whom Waters modelled after himself together with the band's original leader, Syd Barrett. Pink's life begins with the loss of his begetter during the Second World War together with continues with abuse from his schoolteachers, an overprotective mother, together with the breakdown of his marriage; all contribute to his eventual self-imposed isolation from society, represented past times a metaphorical wall. Waters conceived the album during Pink Floyd's 1977 In the Flesh Tour, when his frustration with the audience became then astute that he imagined a wall betwixt the audience together with the stage.
The Wall features a harsher together with to a greater extent than theatrical vogue than Pink Floyd's previous albums. Wright left the band during its production simply remained as a salaried musician, performing with Pink Floyd during the Wall tour. The album was i of the best selling of 1980, together with past times 1999 it had sold over 23 meg RIAA-certified units (11.5 meg albums) inwards the United States. Rolling Stone placed The Wall at number 87 on its listing of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
Tracks Listing
CD 1: 38:58
1. In The Flesh? (3:17)
2. The Thin Ice (2:28)
3. Another Brick In The Wall Part 1 (3:41)
4. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives (1:20)
5. Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 (3:56)
6. Mother (5:32)
7. Goodbye Blue Sky (2:48)
8. Empty Spaces (5:36)
9. Young Lust (2:03)
10. One Of My Turns (1:33)
11. Don't Leave Me Now (4:22)
12. Another Brick In The Wall Part 3 (1:17)
13. Goodbye Cruel World (1:05)
CD 2: 40:43
1. Hey You (4:39)
2. Is There Anybody Out There! (2:40)
3. Nobody Home (3:25)
4. Vera (1:38)
5. Bring The Boys Back Home (0:50)
6. Comfortably Numb (6:49)
7. The Show Must Go On (1:36)
8. In The Flesh (4:16)
9. Run Like Hell (4:22)
10. Waiting For The Worms (3:56)
11. Stop (0:34)
12. The Trial (5:16)
13. Outside The Wall (1:42)
Total Time: 79:41
Line-up / Musicians
- David Gilmour / guitars, vocals
- Nick Mason / drums, percussion
- Roger Waters / bass, vocals
- Richard Wright / keyboards, vocals
WITH:
- Joe Chemay, Stan Farber, Jim Haas, Bruce Johnston, John Joyce & Toni Tenille / voices
Pupils from Islingtown Green School Choir
1987 [1992] "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason"
A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the thirteenth studio album past times the English linguistic communication progressive rock grouping Pink Floyd, released inwards the UK together with US inwards September 1987. It followed guitarist David Gilmour's determination to include fabric recorded for his tertiary solo album on a novel Pink Floyd album with Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason together with keyboardist Richard Wright. Although for legal reasons Wright could non live re-admitted to the band, with Mason he helped Gilmour arts and crafts what became the start Pink Floyd album since the departure of bass guitarist, singer, together with primary songwriter Roger Waters inwards Dec 1985.
A Momentary Lapse of Reason was recorded primarily on Gilmour's converted houseboat, Astoria. Its production was marked past times an ongoing legal dispute with Waters as to who owned the rights to Pink Floyd's name, an number resolved several months after the album was released. Unlike many of Pink Floyd's studio albums, A Momentary Lapse of Reason has no central theme together with is instead a collection of songs written past times Gilmour, sometimes with exterior songwriters.
Though it received mixed reviews together with was derided past times Waters, A Momentary Lapse of Reason outsold Pink Floyd's previous album The Final Cut (1983) together with was supported past times a successful globe tour. It has been certified quadruple platinum inwards the United States.
Tracks Listing
1. Signs Of Life (4:24)
2. Learning To Fly (4:53)
3. The Dogs Of War (6:05)
4. One Slip (5:10)
5. On The Turning Away (5:42)
6. Yet Another Movie (6:18)
7. Round And Round (1:10)
8. H5N1 New Machine Part One (1:46)
9. Terminal Frost (6:17)
10. H5N1 New Machine Part Two (0:38)
11. Sorrow (8:46)
Total Time: 51:09
Line-up / Musicians
- David Gilmour / guitars, vocals, keyboards, sequencers
- Nick Mason / acoustic & electronic drums, audio f/x
WITH:
- Carmine Appice / drums
- John Carin / keyboards
- Bob Ezrin / keyboards, sequencers, percussion
- Steve Forman / percussion
- John Halliwell / saxophone
- Jim Keltner / drums
- Michael Landau / guitar
- Pat Leonara / synthesizers
- Tony Levin / bass, Stick
- Scott Page / tenor sax
- Bill Payne / Hammond organ
- Tom Scott / alto & soprano saxes
- Richard Wright / keyboards, vocals
- Donnie Gerrard, Darlene Koldenhaven, Phyllis St. James & Carmo Twille / backing vocals.
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