Shine On (Pink Floyd box set)
Shine On | ||||
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Box set by Pink Floyd | ||||
Released | 2 November 1992[1] | |||
Recorded | 1967–1987 | |||
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Length | 380:15 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | EMI | |||
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AllMusic | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Shine On is a nine-CD box set by English rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1992 through EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States, to coincide with Pink Floyd's 25th anniversary as a recording and touring band. All CDs were digitally remastered.
Content
The eight albums included in this box set are:
- A Saucerful of Secrets
- Meddle
- The Dark Side of the Moon
- Wish You Were Here
- Animals
- The Wall
- A Momentary Lapse of Reason
- The Early Singles (bonus CD, unavailable elsewhere)
Refer to original albums for track lists, personnel lists and production credits.
The packaging on each of the previously released albums was unique to this set, with each CD housed in a solid black jewel case with a small sticker of the album cover affixed to the front. When lined up in order of release, the spines of the eight CD cases displayed the prism image from the cover of The Dark Side of the Moon.
Included with the box set was a hardcover book chronicling the career of Pink Floyd, from its inception to the late 1980s, and an envelope of postcards depicting artwork from the included seven albums and the cover of the box set itself.
As the collection was meant to showcase the best of Pink Floyd, the decision was made to not include the soundtrack albums More or Obscured by Clouds, or the albums Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother and The Final Cut. The band's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, was also omitted, as EMI were planning to release a special edition of the album at the time, and it was hoped that new fans would buy both this set and the re-released debut album.
David Gilmour said the title of the Shine On box set (taken from the Wish You Were Here track "Shine On You Crazy Diamond") was not meant to indicate retirement on the band's part but rather a continuation of the band's progress.[4] According to drummer Nick Mason, an initial suggestion for the title of the set was The Big Bong Theory.[4]
The Early Singles
Shine On contained a bonus CD which compiled, for the first time ever, the band's first five 7" single A- and B-sides, in their original mono mixes.[5] Some promotional copies of the disc were also issued separately to radio stations. Unlike the other discs in the box set, The Early Singles was housed in a digipak case.[6]
Track listing
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Arnold Layne" | Syd Barrett | 2:57 |
2. | "Candy and a Currant Bun" | Barrett | 2:47 |
3. | "See Emily Play" | Barrett | 2:54 |
4. | "The Scarecrow" | Barrett | 2:10 |
5. | "Apples and Oranges" | Barrett | 3:08 |
6. | "Paint Box" | Richard Wright | 3:47 |
7. | "It Would Be So Nice" | Wright | 3:46 |
8. | "Julia Dream" | Roger Waters | 2:35 |
9. | "Point Me at the Sky" | Waters, David Gilmour | 3:35 |
10. | "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" | Gilmour, Waters, Wright, Nick Mason | 5:54 |
Total length: | 33:33 |
Original release dates
- Tracks 1 & 2: 10 March 1967
- Tracks 3 & 4: 16 June 1967
- Tracks 5 & 6: 17 November 1967
- Tracks 7 & 8: 19 April 1968
- Tracks 9 & 10: 6 December 1968[7]
Personnel
- Richard Wright – piano; organ; mellotron on 7, 8; vibraphone on 10; vocals on 6, 7; backing vocals on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9
- Syd Barrett – guitar on 1 to 6; vocals on 1 to 5; backing vocals on 6
- David Gilmour – guitar on 7 to 10; vocals on 8, 9, 10; backing vocals on 7
- Roger Waters – bass guitar; vocals on 9, 10; backing vocals on 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Nick Mason – drums, percussion
Production
- James Guthrie – remastering production
- Alan Parsons – assistant remastering on the included release of The Dark Side of the Moon
- Aubrey Powell – sleeve design
- Doug Sax – remastering
- Storm Thorgerson – sleeve design
References
- ^ "Pink Floyd official site".
- ^ Eder, Bruce (2011). "Shine On - Pink Floyd | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ a b U.S. radio show Rockline, 1992
- ^ "Pink Floyd - the Early Singles". Discogs. 1992.
- ^ "Pink Floyd – the Early Singles (1992, CD)". Discogs. 1992.
- ^ "Pink Floyd official site".
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- Syd Barrett
- Bob Klose
- Roger Waters
- Richard Wright
- The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- A Saucerful of Secrets
- More
- Ummagumma
- Atom Heart Mother
- Meddle
- Obscured by Clouds
- The Dark Side of the Moon
- Wish You Were Here
- Animals
- The Wall
- The Final Cut
- A Momentary Lapse of Reason
- The Division Bell
- The Endless River
- The Best of the Pink Floyd
- Relics
- A Nice Pair
- A Collection of Great Dance Songs
- Works
- Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
- The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door
- 1967–1972: Cre/ation
- The Later Years: 1987–2019
- 1967: The First Three Singles
- 1965: Their First Recordings
- San Francisco
- The Committee
- Tonite Lets All Make Love in London
- More
- Zabriskie Point
- La Carrera Panamericana
- "Lucy Leave" / "I'm a King Bee"
- "Arnold Layne" / "Candy and a Currant Bun"
- "See Emily Play" / "The Scarecrow"
- "Flaming" / "The Gnome"
- "Apples and Oranges" / "Paint Box"
- "It Would Be So Nice" / "Julia Dream"
- "Let There Be More Light" / "Remember a Day"
- "Point Me at the Sky" / "Careful with That Axe, Eugene"
- "The Nile Song"
- "One of These Days" / "Fearless"
- "Free Four"
- "Money" / "Any Colour You Like"
- "Time" / "Us and Them"
- "Have a Cigar" / "Welcome to the Machine" / "Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part I"
- "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" / "One of My Turns"
- "Run Like Hell" / "Don't Leave Me Now"
- "Comfortably Numb" / "Hey You"
- "When the Tigers Broke Free" / "Bring the Boys Back Home"
- "Not Now John" / "The Hero's Return"
- "Learning to Fly" / "Terminal Frost"
- "On the Turning Away"
- "One Slip" / "The Dogs of War"
- "Keep Talking"
- "Lost for Words"
- "What Do You Want from Me"
- "Take It Back" / "Astronomy Domine"
- "High Hopes"
- "Wish You Were Here" / "Coming Back to Life"
- "Louder than Words"
- "Grantchester Meadows"
- "Childhood's End"
- "Green Is the Colour"
- "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!"
- "Brain Damage"
- "The Great Gig in the Sky"
Concerts |
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Narratives | |
Documentaries |
- World Tour 1968
- The Man and The Journey Tour
- Dark Side of the Moon Tour
- 1974 French Summer/British Winter Tour
- North American/Wish You Were Here Tour
- In the Flesh/Animals Tour
- The Wall Tour
- A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour (Concert in Venice, Italy)
- The Division Bell Tour
and tributes
- 19367 Pink Floyd
- The Amazing Pudding
- The Australian Pink Floyd Show
- Brit Floyd
- The Dark Side of the Moo
- "Echoes"
- "Embryo"
- Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd
- Live at the Empire Pool
- The Man and The Journey
- Music from The Body
- Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets
- Pinkfloydia
- Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery
- "Proper Education"
- Roger Waters: The Wall
- Synalpheus pinkfloydi
- Umma gumma
- Their Mortal Remains
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