EMI is making yet another trip to the Pink Floyd well......and they're unleashing a deluge of previously unreleased live material, alternate cuts and......a surround sound version of "Wish You Were Here"!
The "Discovery Series" consists of the entire catalogue of remastered albums in one box set (or individually) hits the market on September 27. All 14 original Studio albums have 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. These ‘Discovery’ albums are designed as an introduction to the artist, with all booklets including full album lyrics.
The "Experience editions" are expanded versions of classic albums in a Digipak bonus disc format. Included are the original remastered album, a disc of additional material and an expanded CD booklet. Experience editions:
The "Dark Side of The Moon" Experience boxset (September 27)
Includes a 2nd disc of a live performance of Dark Side of the Moon at Wembley in 1974
"Wish You Were Here" Experience boxset (November 8)
Includes a 2nd disc of previously unreleased studio and live recordings
"The Wall" Experience boxset is a 3 disc set (few details so far) (February 28, 2012)
And then the "Immersion" series.....Immersion Editions present the complete artistic experience. Lavishly packaged in a sturdy 29cm square box, the sets contain remastered, previously unreleased and audio-visual material, plus much additional content – reproduced memorabilia, brand new graphics, art prints, collectors’ items, lavish booklets and more. It looks like the boxes will be a mixture of dvd and blu-ray with more info to come....but so far...
The "Dark Side of the Moon" Immersion box features 6 discs of audio and video content with many previously unreleased segments of 5.1 Concert Film footage from the early '70's. I suspect one of the discs will be the discontinued sacd version and maybe we'll get the Alan Parsons version too (fingers crossed). It too comes out Sept. 27th.
The "Wish You Were Here" Immersion box features 5 discs of audio and video and includes the quad mix as a special bonus. It's out November 8th
"The Wall" Immersion contains 7 discs of studio and live performances and will probably include a remastered "Is there anybody out there" set. Further details are sketchy but hopefully the set will also include previously unreleased video footage and live cuts...
All editions are available for preorder on Amazon....see www.whypinkfloyd.com for more info...
