A Pink Floyd Classic Turns 40

Well I have returned to school for my senior semester, which means a close to my hectic summer. I just wanted to announce that Pink Floyd is releasing two new Special Edition CD's marking the 40th Anniversary of their debut album "Piper at the Gates of Dawn". This is one of the definitive psychedelic albums of all time, often regarded as the top album of the genre. There will be one two disc release and a three disc release, below are links to the CD's.


"The 3-CD packaging, designed by longtime Floyd collaborator Storm Thorgerson, resembles a cloth-covered book with the original Vic Singh photo on the front, and holds 3 CDs, along with an 8-page reproduction of one of Syd Barrett’s notebooks. Newly remastered by James Guthrie, Discs 1 and 2 will contain the full 'Piper' album, represented in both stereo and mono versions. Disc 3 includes bonus tracks, including all of Pink Floyd’s singles from 1967 (“Arnold Layne,” “See Emily Play,” and “Apples And Oranges”), plus the B-sides “Candy And A Current Bun” and “Paintbox.” Other tracks include an exclusive edit of “Interstellar Overdrive,” previously available only on an EP released in France, and the 1967 stereo version of “Apples And Orange,” which has never before been officially released.

The current single-disc version of The Piper At The Gates of Dawn will be replaced with a new two-disc version that will feature the mono and stereo versions of the album. This package will not include the Syd Barrett booklet or the third disc of extras."

2-CD

3-CD