We’ve received official confirmation Pink Floyd will release a massive boxset containing loads of previously-released early material on Nov. 11.
“The Early Years 1965-1972” will be a deluxe 27-disc box featuring seven individual book-style packages.
The news was apparently leaked by shop.pinkfloyd.com ahead of this morning’s press release embargo time, though the online store subsequently removed details of the box from its site.
Boxset details
In order to get all of the details currently available about this boxset to you as quickly as possible, here’s the official 10-page press release (PDF).
The official release doesn’t include pricing, but Google’s cached copy of the shop.pinkfloyd.com page shows a price of US $700.
Judging from the press release, the band originally intended to announce the news July 16.
Read our previous post about the boxset.
Addendum (July 29, 2016)
The boxset is now listed at shop.pinkfloyd.com with a price of US $550. A 2-CD highlights disc is also available for US $15.99.
My God! This set is everything I’ve ever dreamed about all in one tidy package. I’m actually tearing up just from reading the track list!
Tears of joy …!
If we all pony up for this, can we FINALLY get a 5.1 ‘Animals’?
Not quite sure what Doug is referring to above, but it seems that it is the closest remark and endorsement (to me) for a (so – called) ‘Immersion Set’ of “Animals” which so far has not been forthcoming. In my opinion it is an absolute TRAVESTY that this has not been ‘conferred upon’ this outstanding and GREATLY under – estimated album from The Floyd canon!! Cop that!