Pink Floyd Announce Massive Reissue Project...with rarities 'from the very back of the cupboard'

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Pink Floyd Announce Massive Reissue Project



On September 26th, a remastered Dark Side of the Moon will be released both as a six-disc "Immersion" box set (seen here), as well as a two-disc "Experience" set and a vinyl LP.

Will include rarities, alternative tracks and unheard material 'from the very back of the cupboard'

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pink-floyds-nick-mason-reveals-story-behind-massive-new-reissues-20110511

Pink Floyd fans should be prepared for an exciting few months: The band announced yesterday that they are launching "Why Pink Floyd…?", a massive reissue campaign meant to deepen and expand the band's extraordinary musical legacy. "Some of the very early demo stuff from '66 is extraordinary – things we recorded in Broadhurst Gardens mainly so we could enter the Melody Maker beat competition," Floyd drummer Nick Mason told Rolling Stone. "It's extraordinary primarily because of Syd (Barrett), hearing him so crystal clear, the way he was playing, and bringing back memories of that first year, when I first met him."

In going through material for the additional CDs and DVDs, he said he found himself drawn to the tracks that emerged "from the very back of the cupboard," material that includes Barrett, the band's original singer, guitarist and songwriter.

On September 26th, a remastered Dark Side of the Moon will be released both as a six-disc "Immersion" box set, as well as a two-disc "Experience" set and a vinyl LP. Fourteen remastered Pink Floyd albums will also be released at that time, both separately and as a box set. Then, on November 7th, Wish You Were Here will be released in five-disc and two-disc versions, along with the single-disc collection, A Foot in the Door: The Best of Pink Floyd. And on February 27th, The Wall will appear in a seven-disc "Immersion" version and a three-disc "Experience" set.

The set includes a "Wish You Were Here" demo with Stephane Grappelli wailing on violin, which Mason greeted with wonder upon hearing it. "That is just fantastic," he said. "I had assumed it was lost. The incredible thing is that Yehudi Menuhin was there as well, but he never went in to play, because he felt that he couldn't improvise."

[hifiguy]

1. Gads, this is going to cost me a fortune

But at least I will never have to buy another Floyd LP or CD until I shuffle off this mortal coil.