PINK FLOYD BOX SET OF ALL 14 STUDIO ALBUMS RELEASED IN MINI FAUX VINYL FORMAT TO CELEBRATE BAND’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY

The 40th Anniversary year of Pink Floyd ends with a typical flourish, the release of, Oh By The Way, a spectacular limited edition box set which contains, for the first time ever, the band’s 14 studio albums. These classic albums are presented in mini vinyl wallets with all the original extras also miniaturised. Floyd’s longtime design wizard, Storm Thorgerson, has designed a sumptuous box, as well as miniaturising the original sleeve artwork. Oh By The Way is released on EMI Records on 10 December (11 December in the US).

This unique box set is the first time in Pink Floyd’s incomparable history that all of their standard studio albums have been packaged together and made available as a set. In addition to the albums and their extras the set comes with a specially designed 40th Anniversary Storm Thorgersonposter featuring 40 Floyd images.

Oh By the Way contains:

    * THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (Single wallet) August 1967
    * A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (Single wallet) July 1968
    * MORE (Single wallet) June 1969
    * UMMAGUMMA (Gatefold 2 discs) November 1969
    * ATOM HEART MOTHER (Gatefold) October 1970
    * MEDDLE (Gatefold) November 1971
    * OBSCURED BY CLOUDS (Single wallet rounded corners) June 1972
    * THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON(Gatefold + 2 posters + 2 stickers) March 1973
    * WISH YOU WERE HERE (Single + liner + postcard + black shrinkwrap) September 1975
    * ANIMALS (Gatefold) February 1977
    * THE WALL (Gatefold 2 discs) December 1979
    * THE FINAL CUT (Single wallet) April 1983
    * A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON (Gatefold) September 1987
    * DIVISION BELL (Gatefold) April 1994

Many of these 14 Pink Floyd albums regularly appear in the ‘Greatest’ lists of all time. They represent a body of artistic work which captured the imagination of fans across the globe.

Oh By The Way will be a must for the legion of Pink Floyd fans worldwide, who will note the careful reproduction of the original classic labels. The box set will no doubt be figuring high on the Christmas wish list of many of the new generation of Floyd fans, as the band’s musical legacy continues to exert a powerful appeal some 40 years after it played its first notes.




This is the first cd of the Box, stay tune for the other


Great sound, very nice artwork




THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN 


The title of Pink Floyd's debut album is taken from a chapter in Syd Barrett's favorite children's book, -The Wind in the Willows, and the lyrical imagery of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is indeed full of colorful, childlike, distinctly British whimsy, albeit filtered through the perceptive lens of LSD. Barrett's catchy, melodic acid pop songs are balanced with longer, more experimental pieces showcasing the group's instrumental freak-outs, often using themes of space travel as metaphors for hallucinogenic experiences -- "Astronomy Domine" is a poppier number in this vein, but tracks like "Interstellar Overdrive" are some of the earliest forays into what has been tagged space rock. But even though Barrett's lyrics and melodies are mostly playful and humorous, the band's music doesn't always bear out those sentiments -- in addition to Rick Wright's eerie organ work, dissonance, chromaticism, weird noises, and vocal sound effects are all employed at various instances, giving the impression of chaos and confusion lurking beneath the bright surface. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn successfully captures both sides of psychedelic experimentation -- the pleasures of expanding one's mind and perception, and an underlying threat of mental disorder and even lunacy; this duality makes Piper all the more compelling in light of Barrett's subsequent breakdown, and ranks it as one of the best psychedelic albums of all time. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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1 Astronomy Domine (4:12)     
2 Lucifer Sam (3:07)     
3 Matilda Mother (3:08)     
4 Flaming (2:46)     
5 Pow R. Toc H. (4:26)     
6 Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk (3:05)     
7 Interstellar Overdrive (9:41)     
8 TheGnome (2:13)     
9 Chapter 24 (3:42)     
10 TheScarecrow (2:11)     
11 Bike (3:21) 



 
 Roger Wright  Organ, Piano 
 Nick Mason  Drums 
 Rick Wright  Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals 
 Syd Barrett  Guitar, Vocals, Back Cover, Cover Design 
 Roger Waters  Bass, Vocals, Guitar (Bass), Guitar