This Box Set, is completely coherent to what Pink Floyd’s music is to Rock ‘n Roll history, a real masterpiece, beautiful….
Box set release from Pink Floyd consisting of 14 original albums, featuring the latest digital remastering by James Guthrie and new artwork by Storm Thorgerson. Comes with a photo book and includes albums: “The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn”, “A Saucerful Of Secrets”, “More”, “Ummagumma”, “Atom Heart Mother”, “Meddle”, “Obscured By Clouds”, “The Dark Side Of The Moon”, “Wish You Were Here”, “Animals”, “The Wall”, “The Final Cut”, “A Momentary Lapse Of Reason”, and “The Division Bell (Tsui).”
| The third massive Pink Floyd box, following the first, Shine On, by nearly two decades but the second, Oh by the Way, by a mere four years, Discovery is almost identical to the latter. Like that 2007 set, it contains all of the group’s studio albums — beginning with 1967’s The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and ending with 1994’s The Division Bell — adding no musical bonus material (which means that the Early Singles disc tacked onto Shine On is missing) but presenting all the albums in pristine new remasters and nice packaging. |
Hard to believe though it is in 2011, there are some people, somewhere out there, who do not own a Pink Floyd record…
…And it’s this fact, largely, that EMI are leaning on with their release of Discovery – a one-stop shopping purchase for the Floyd newcomer, collecting all 14 of the band’s studio albums in a sturdy, attractive, expensive box. If you already own a handful of these, the asking price – about ?130 – is going to be off-putting, especially as the albums contain no new material (the tracks are remastered, but for expanded versions you’ll need to invest in ‘Immersion’ editions, yours for a pretty penny per set). But if you’re in the market for an instant collection, it’s a very tempting product.
For the collectors out there, included is a booklet (although at 60 pages long, it’s less ‘let’ and more ‘book’) compiling a host of imagery and graphics created for the band across their career. Assembled by Storm Thorgerson himself, it’s a treasure trove of curios, arranged in chronological order, from the very first piece of art, created for a gig in Leeds in 1968, through to 2008’s Blue Balls, shot for a book cover. It makes for a fantastic insight into an aspect of Pink Floyd’s appeal almost as intrinsic to their success as their music – the singular aesthetic they presented with unfaltering consistency. Of particular interest are rough sketches for the artwork to the best-of set, Echoes – “I thought it echoed Ummagumma a bit,” says Thorgerson – and a beautiful water image that was intended for the SACD pressing of Wish You Were Here, a pressing that’s yet to be released (“gawd knows why?” reads the accompanying info).
And the music itself? Deep breath, here’s a Friends-style run-down. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn: the one where Syd Barrett took the lead, resulting in at least one song about a gnome. A Saucerful of Secrets: the one where Roger Waters expressed his songwriting might across numbers like Let There Be More Light and the kazoo-featuring Corporal Clegg. Music From the Film More: the one where Floyd matched folksy acoustic numbers with some truly heavy fare (and also their first without Barrett). Ummagumma: the one that was a live album, but not a live album. Atom Heart Mother: the one with the cow on the cover, which wasn’t actually All That Good. Meddle: the one that represented a return to form, and home to the side-filling calling-card track Echoes.
Still with us? And on we go. Obscured by Clouds: the one where Floyd began to properly break the stateside mainstream (but, again, it’s not an album that’s aged well). Dark Side of the Moon: the one that’s become a classic. Wish You Were Here: the one that’s arguably better than Dark Side?, but doesn’t get half the acclaim – it’s their In Utero to Dark Side?’s Nevermind, notably disaffected with the business side of things. Animals: the one with the pig. The Wall: the one that didn’t need no education, nor no thought control. The Final Cut: the one where David Gilmour was largely AWOL. A Momentary Lapse of Reason: the one where everyone hated everyone else, resulting in a disjointed affair barely worthy of the Pink Floyd name; it was also the first album to not feature Waters. The Division Bell: the one where (largely) Gilmour crafted a farewell affair that saw Floyd bow out with a whimper rather than a roar – although in High Hopes it featured one of the band’s best, a real lump-in-the-throat closer with a video featuring a bust of Barrett. The band had, finally, come full circle.
So, if you’re without any Pink Floyd in your life, why not dive straight into the deep end? That’s what Discovery is: this remarkable but frequently frustrating band at their inspirational best, their middle-of-the-road worst; at the peak of their pop-savvy accessibility and in the depths of so much impenetrable self-indulgence. It’s everything anyone needs from Pink Floyd, in one package.
— Review by Mike Diver, BBC
Featuring newest Remastering
Tracklist:
01. Astronomy Domine
02. Lucifer Sam
03. Matilda Mother
04. Flaming
05. Pow R. Toc H.
06. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
07. Interstellar Overdrive
08. The Gnome
09. Chapter 24
10. Scarecrow
11. Bike
Featuring newest Remastering
Tracklist:
01. Let There Be More Light
02. Remember A Day
03. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
04. Corporal Clegg
05. A Saucerful Of Secrets
06. See-Saw
07. Jugband Blues
Featuring newest Remastering
Tracklist:
01. Cirrus Minor
02. The Nile Song
03. Crying Song
04. Up The Khyber
05. Green Is The Colour
06. Cymbaline
07. Party Sequence
08. Main Theme
09. Ibiza Bar
10. More Blues
11. Quicksilver
12. A Spanish Piece
13. Dramatic Theme
Featuring newest Remastering
CD1 (Live):
01. Astronomy Domine
02. Careful With That Axe, Eugene
03. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
04. A Saucerful Of Secrets
CD2 (Studio):
01. Sysyphus – Part One
02. Sysyphus – Part Two
03. Sysyphus – Part Three
04. Sysyphus – Part Four
05. Grantchester Meadows
06. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict
07. The Narrow Way – Part One
08. The Narrow Way – Part Two
09. The Narrow Way – Part Three
10. The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party – Part One: Entrance
11. The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party – Part Two: Entertainment
12. The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party – Part Three: Exit
Featuring newest Remastering
Tracklist:
01. Atom Heart Mother
02. If
03. Summer ’68
04. Fat Old Sun
05. Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast
Featuring newest Remastering
Tracklist:
01. One Of These Days
02. A Pillow Of Winds
03. Fearless
04. San Tropez
05. Seamus
06. Echoes
Featuring newest Remastering
Tracklist:
01. Obscured By Clouds
02. When You’re In
03. Burning Bridges
04. The Gold It’s In The…
05. Wot’s…Uh The Deal
06. Mudmen
07. Childhood’s End
08. Free Four
09. Stay
10. Absolutely Curtains
Featuring newest Remastering
01. Speak To Me
02. Breathe
03. On The Run
04. Time
05. The Great Gig In The Sky
06. Money
07. Us And Them
08. Any Colour You Like
09. Brain Damage
10. Eclipse
Featuring newest Remastering
Tracklist:
01. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)
02. Welcome To The Machine
03. Have A Cigar
04. Wish You Were Here
05. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9)
Featuring newest Remastering
Tracklist:
01. Pigs On The Wing 1
02. Dogs
03. Pigs (Three Different Ones)
04. Sheep
05. Pigs On The Wing 2
Featuring newest Remastering
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. In The Flesh
02. The Thin Ice
03. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 1
04. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
05. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2
06. Mother
07. Goodbye Blue Sky
08. Empty Spaces
09. Young Lust
10. One Of My Turns
11. Don’t Leave Now
12. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 3
13. Goodbye Cruel World
CD2:
01. Hey You
02. Is There Anybody Out There
03. Nobody Home
04. Vera
05. Bring The Boys Back Home
06. Comfortably Numb
07. The Show Must Go On
08. In The Flesh!
09. Run Like Hell
10. Waiting For The Worms
11. Stop
12. The Trial
13. Outside The Wall
Featuring newest Remastering
Tracklist:
01. The Post War Dream
02. Your Possible Pasts
03. One Of The Few
04. When The Tigers Broke Free
05. The Hero’s Return
06. The Gunner’s Dream
07. Paranoid Eyes
08. Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
09. The Fletcher Memorial Home
10. Southampton Dock
11. The Final Cut
12. Not Now John
13. Two Suns In The Sunset
Featuring newest Remastering
Tracklist:
01. Signs Of Life
02. Learning To Fly
03. The Dogs Of War
04. One Slip
05. On The Turning Away
06. Yet Another Movie
07. Round And Around
08. A New Machine, Part 1
09. Terminal Frost
10. A New Machine, Part 2
11. Sorrow
Featuring newest Remastering
Tracklist:
01. Cluster One
02. What Do You Want From Me
03. Poles Apart
04. Marooned
05. A Great Day For Freedom
06. Wearing The Inside Out
07. Take It Back
08. Coming Back To Life
09. Keep Talking
10. Lost For Words
11. High Hopes
SIZE: 1.6 GB
BOX SET PART 1
BOX SET PART 2
BOX SET PART 3
BOX SET PART 4
SIZE : 1.8 MB
BOOKLETS PART 1
BOOKLETS PART 2
BOOKLETS PART 3
BOOKLETS PART 4
DISCOVERY EDITIONS & BOXSET
The ‘Discovery’ collection: 14 Remastered Studio Albums
Since 1967 Pink Floyd have produced one of the most outstanding and enduring catalogues in the history of recorded music. All 14 original Studio albums have now been painstakingly digitally remastered by James Guthrie (co-producer of The Wall), and are reissued with newly crafted packaging and booklets created by the band’s long-time artwork collaborator Storm Thorgerson.
‘Discovery’ albums are designed as an introduction to the artist, with all booklets including full album lyrics.
Discovery editions:
14 x Remastered Studio (Discovery) Albums
14 Remastered Studio Albums Discovery Boxset
Mega! Any chance of the Who – Quadrophenia box set on here?