It makes for a fantastic insight into an aspect of Pink Floyd’s appeal almost as intrinsic to their success as their music – the singular aesthetic they presented with unfaltering consistency. Assembled by Storm Thorgerson himself, it’s a treasure trove of curios, arranged in chronological order, from the very first piece of art, created for a gig in Leeds in 1968, through to 2008’s Blue Balls, shot for a book cover. But if you’re in the market for an instant collection, it’s a very tempting product.įor the collectors out there, included is a booklet (although at 60 pages long, it’s less ‘let’ and more ‘book’) compiling a host of imagery and graphics created for the band across their career. ![]() If you already own a handful of these, the asking price – about £130 – is going to be off-putting, especially as the albums contain no new material (the tracks are remastered, but for expanded versions you’ll need to invest in ‘Immersion’ editions, yours for a pretty penny per set). And it’s this fact, largely, that EMI are leaning on with their release of Discovery – a one-stop shopping purchase for the Floyd newcomer, collecting all 14 of the band’s studio albums in a sturdy, attractive, expensive box. ![]() ![]() Hard to believe though it is in 2011, there are some people, somewhere out there, who do not own a Pink Floyd record.
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