Pink Floyd - Oh By The Way Studio Box Set Vinyl Sleeves

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Mar 23, 2008 Sold Date

Mar 18, 2008 Start Date

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Legendary prog-rock experimentalists and perennial best-sellers Pink Floyd collect all of their studio albums in this extensive box set. From the dense psychedelia and complex improvisational structures of 1967's 'Piper At The Gates Of Dawn' all the way up to the thematic confusions of 1994's 'The Division Bell', the story of one of Britain's most influential and successful acts is encapsulated on 'Oh By The Way'. This lavish box set also includes artwork from regular Pink Floyd collaborator Storm Thorgerson and bonus material.

The mammoth 16-disc box set OH BY THE WAY was released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd's first album. It contains every one of Floyd's studio albums, each packaged in a miniature-LP-style sleeve. It's the most exhaustive overview one could ask for, chronicling the band's beginnings as pioneering psychedelic scenemakers through their '70s tenure as prog-rock merchants and their latter-day reincarnation as grand old men of British rock.
While rarities-seekers should be advised of the lack of bonus/previously unreleased tracks here, there's so much dazzling material that it doesn't really matter. Pink Floyd were the original psychedelic space cadets, and the thrill of their early acid-rock forays under Syd Barrett's baton is all the more intense when it brushes up against Roger Waters-helmed concept pieces like ATOM HEART MOTHER and DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. The band's post-Waters material adds a dignified final chapter to the story, with David Gilmour shining in the spotlight. The Floyd catalog, considered as a whole, contains some of the most innovative music ever released under the umbrella of rock, and OH BY THE WAY is a classy and convenient way to absorb it all.

From their first Syd Barrett-led psych-pop record to their concept albums and elaborately presented live shows of the 1970s, these space-rock pioneers reached unprecedented heights of commercial and aesthetic success. Their '73 opus, DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, remained on the album charts for an astounding 14 years, making it one of the best-selling records ever. Even after the departure of main conceptualist Roger Waters following 1983's THE FINAL CUT, Floyd continued to release albums well into the '90s, with David Gilmour leading the band. In July 2005 Roger Waters' rejoined the band for an ecstatically received four song set at the LIVE 8 gig in London's Hyde Park. Instantly fuelling rumours of a full-scale reunion, the band were at pains to stress the performance was a one-off but they may consider reforming for a similar global event.

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track listing

1. Astronomy Domine [stereo]
2. Lucifer Sam [stereo]
3. Matilda Mother [stereo]
4. Flaming [stereo]
5. Pow R Toc H [stereo]
6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk [stereo]
7. Interstellar Overdrive [stereo]
8. Gnome [stereo]
9. Chapter 24 [stereo]
10. Scarecrow [stereo]
11. Bike [stereo]

1. Let There Be More Light
2. Remember A Day
3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
4. Corporal Clegg
5. Saucerful Of Secrets
6. See Saw
7. Jugband Blues

1. Cirrus Minor
2. Nile Song
3. Crying Song
4. Up The Khyber
5. Green Is The Colour
6. Cymbaline
7. Party Sequence
8. Main Theme
9. Ibiza Bar
10. More Blues
11. Quicksilver
12. Spanish Piece
13. Dramatic Theme

1. Astronomy Domine [live]
2. Careful With That Axe Eugene [live]
3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun [live]
4. Saucerful Of Secrets (1) [live]

1. Sysyphus [part 1]
2. Sysyphus [part 2]
3. Sysyphus [part 3]
4. Sysyphus [part 4]
5. Grantchester Meadows
6. Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict
7. Narrow Way [part 1]
8. Narrow Way [part 2]
9. Narrow Way [part 3]
10. Grand Vizier's Garden Party [entrance]
11. Grand Vizier's Garden Party [entertainment]
12. Grand Vizier's Garden Party [exit]

1. Atom Heart Mother [Father's shout/Breast milky/Mother fore/Funky dung/Mind your throats please/Remergence]
2. If
3. Summer '68
4. Fat Old Sun
5. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast [Rise and shine/Sunny side up/Morning glory]