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PINK FLOYD BOX SET


The Discovery Box Set 
List Price: £179.99
Price: £140.47 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Delivery.

Product Description



Disco 1
1. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn: Astronomy Domine
2. Lucifer Sam
3. Matilda Mother
4. Flaming
5. Pow R. Toc. H
6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
7. Interstellar Overdrive
8. The Gnome
9. Chapter 24
10. The Scarecrow
11. Bike

Disco 2
1. A Saucerful of Secrets: Let There Be More Light
2. Remember a Day
3. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
4. Corporal Clegg
5. A Saucerful of Secrets
6. See Saw
7. Jugband Blues

Disco 3
1. Ummagumma CD1: Astronomy Domine (Live)
2. Careful with That Axe Eugene (Live)
3. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (Live)
4. A Saucerful of Secrets (Live)

Disco 4
1. Ummagumma CD2:

Track Listing

Disc 1:
  1. Astronomy Domine (2011 - Remaster) 4:11
  2. Lucifer Sam (2011 - Remaster) 3:07
  3. Matilda Mother (2011 - Remaster) 3:08
  4. Flaming (2011 - Remaster) 2:46
  5. Pow R. Toc. H (2011 - Remaster) 4:26
  6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk (2011 - Remaster) 3:06
  7. Interstellar Overdrive (2011 - Remaster) 9:40
  8. The Gnome (2011 - Remaster) 2:13
  9. Chapter 24 (2011 - Remaster) 3:42
  10. Scarecrow (2011 - Remaster) 2:11
  11. Bike (2011 - Remaster) 3:21
Disc 2:
  1. Let There Be More Light (2011 - Remaster) 5:36
  2. Remember A Day (2011 - Remaster) 4:32
  3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (2011 - Remaster) 5:28
  4. Corporal Clegg (2011 - Remaster) 4:12
  5. A Saucerful Of Secrets (2011 - Remaster) 11:56
  6. See-Saw (2011 - Remaster) 4:36
  7. Jugband Blues (2011 - Remaster) 3:00
Disc 3:
  1. Cirrus Minor (2011 - Remaster) 5:17
  2. The Nile Song (2011 - Remaster) 3:27
  3. Crying Song (2011 - Remaster) 3:33
  4. Up The Khyber (2011 - Remaster) 2:12
  5. Green Is The Colour (2011 - Remaster) 2:58
  6. Cymbaline (2011 - Remaster) 4:49
  7. Party Sequence (2011 - Remaster) 1:09
  8. Main Theme (2011 - Remaster) 5:26
  9. Ibiza Bar (2011 - Remaster) 3:19
  10. More Blues (2011 - Remaster) 2:12
  11. Quicksilver (2011 - Remaster) 7:13
  12. A Spanish Piece (2011 - Remaster) 1:05
  13. Dramatic Theme (2011 - Remaster) 2:15
Disc 4:
  1. Astronomy Domine (Live) [2011 - Remaster] 8:31
  2. Careful With That Axe Eugene (Live) [2011 - Remaster] 8:49
  3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (Live) [2011 - Remaster] 9:27
  4. A Saucerful Of Secrets (Live) [2011 - Remaster] 12:48
Disc 5:
  1. Sysyphus (Part 1) [2011 - Remaster] 1:07
  2. Sysyphus (Part 2) [2011 - Remaster] 3:30
  3. Sysyphus (Part 3) [2011 - Remaster] 1:49
  4. Sysyphus (Part 4) [2011 - Remaster] 6:59
  5. Grantchester Meadows (2011 - Remaster) 7:27
  6. Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict (2011 - Remaster) 4:58
  7. The Narrow Way (Part 1) [2011 - Remaster] 3:28
  8. The Narrow Way (Part 2) [2011 - Remaster] 2:53
  9. The Narrow Way (Part 3) [2011 - Remaster] 5:57
  10. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party (Entrance) [2011 - Remaster] 0:59
  11. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party (Entertainment) [2011 - Remaster] 7:06
  12. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party (Exit) [2011 - Remaster] 0:39
Disc 6:
  1. Atom Heart Mother Suite (2011 - Remaster) 23:41
  2. If (2011 - Remaster) 4:30
  3. Summer '68 (2011 - Remaster) 5:29
  4. Fat Old Sun (2011 - Remaster) 5:23
  5. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast (2011 - Remaster) 12:59
Disc 7:
  1. One Of These Days (2011 - Remaster) 5:54
  2. A Pillow Of Winds (2011 - Remaster) 5:12
  3. Fearless (2011 - Remaster) 6:07
  4. San Tropez (2011 - Remaster) 3:43
  5. Seamus (2011 - Remaster) 2:14
  6. Echoes (2011 - Remaster) 23:32
Disc 8:
  1. Obscured By Clouds (2011 - Remaster) 3:04
  2. When You're In (2011 - Remaster) 2:31
  3. Burning Bridges (2011 - Remaster) 3:30
  4. The Gold It's In The ... (2011 - Remaster) 3:07
  5. Wots ... Uh The Deal (2011 - Remaster) 5:09
  6. Mudmen (2011 - Remaster) 4:17
  7. Childhood's End (2011 - Remaster) 4:33
  8. Free Four (2011 - Remaster) 4:16
  9. Stay (2011 - Remaster) 4:07
  10. Absolutely Curtains (2011 - Remaster) 5:50
Disc 9:
  1. Speak To Me (2011 - Remaster) 1:05
  2. Breathe (In The Air) [2011 - Remaster] 2:49
  3. On The Run (2011 - Remaster) 3:45
  4. Time (2011 - Remaster) 6:53
  5. The Great Gig In The Sky (2011 - Remaster) 4:43
  6. Money (2011 - Remaster) 6:22
  7. Us And Them (2011 - Remaster) 7:49
  8. Any Colour You Like (2011 - Remaster) 3:26
  9. Brain Damage (2011 - Remaster) 3:46
  10. Eclipse (2011 - Remaster) 2:10
Disc 10:
  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1 - 5) [2011 - Remaster] 13:31
  2. Welcome To The Machine (2011 - Remaster) 7:31
  3. Have A Cigar (2011 - Remaster) 5:07
  4. Wish You Were Here (2011 - Remaster) 5:34
  5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6 - 9) [2011 - Remaster] 12:27
Disc 11:
  1. Pigs On The Wing (Part One) [2011 - Remaster] 1:24
  2. Dogs (2011 - Remaster) 17:05
  3. Pigs (Three Different Ones) [2011 - Remaster] 11:25
  4. Sheep (2011 - Remaster) 10:19
  5. Pigs On The Wing (Part Two) [2011 - Remaster] 1:26
Disc 12:
  1. In The Flesh? (2011 - Remaster) 3:18
  2. The Thin Ice (2011 - Remaster) 2:26
  3. Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 1 (2011 - Remaster) 3:12
  4. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives (2011 - Remaster) 1:50
  5. Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2 (2011 - Remaster) 3:58
  6. Mother (2011 - Remaster) 5:34
  7. Goodbye Blue Sky (2011 - Remaster) 2:47
  8. Empty Spaces (2011 - Remaster) 2:07
  9. Young Lust (2011 - Remaster) 3:29
  10. One Of My Turns (2011 - Remaster) 3:36
  11. Don't Leave Me Now (2011 - Remaster) 4:15
  12. Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 3 (2011 - Remaster) 1:14
  13. Goodbye Cruel World (2011 - Remaster) 1:13
Disc 13:
  1. Hey You (2011 - Remaster) 4:38
  2. Is There Anybody Out There? (2011 - Remaster) 2:41
  3. Nobody Home (2011 - Remaster) 3:23
  4. Vera (2011 - Remaster) 1:33
  5. Bring The Boys Back Home (2011 - Remaster) 1:27
  6. Comfortably Numb (2011 - Remaster) 6:22
  7. The Show Must Go On (2011 - Remaster) 1:36
  8. In The Flesh (2011 - Remaster) 4:15
  9. Run Like Hell (2011 - Remaster) 4:23
  10. Waiting For The Worms (2011 - Remaster) 3:57
  11. Stop (2011 - Remaster) 0:30
  12. The Trial (2011 - Remaster) 5:18
  13. Outside The Wall (2011 - Remaster) 1:44
Disc 14:
  1. The Post War Dream (2011 - Remaster) 2:59
  2. Your Possible Pasts (2011 - Remaster) 4:26
  3. One Of The Few (2011 - Remaster) 1:17
  4. When The Tigers Broke Free (2011 - Remaster) 3:12
  5. The Hero's Return (2011 - Remaster) 2:42
  6. The Gunner's Dream (2011 - Remaster) 5:18
  7. Paranoid Eyes (2011 - Remaster) 3:41
  8. Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert (2011 - Remaster) 1:16
  9. The Fletcher Memorial Home (2011 - Remaster) 4:09
  10. Southampton Dock (2011 - Remaster) 2:13
  11. The Final Cut (2011 - Remaster) 4:42
  12. Not Now John (2011 - Remaster) 5:01
  13. Two Suns In The Sunset (2011 - Remaster) 5:15
Disc 15:
  1. Signs Of Life (2011 - Remaster) 4:21
  2. Learning To Fly (2011 - Remaster) 4:52
  3. The Dogs Of War (2011 - Remaster) 6:03
  4. One Slip (2011 - Remaster) 5:08
  5. On The Turning Away (2011 - Remaster) 5:41
  6. Yet Another Movie (2011 - Remaster) 6:12
  7. Round And Around (2011 - Remaster) 1:13
  8. A New Machine (Part 1) [2011 - Remaster] 1:45
  9. Terminal Frost (2011 - Remaster) 6:15
  10. A New Machine (Part 2) [2011 - Remaster] 0:39
  11. Sorrow (2011 - Remaster) 8:44
Disc 16:
  1. Cluster One (2011 - Remaster) 5:55
  2. What Do You Want From Me (2011 - Remaster) 4:21
  3. Poles Apart (2011 - Remaster) 7:03
  4. Marooned (2011 - Remaster) 5:30
  5. A Great Day For Freedom (2011 - Remaster) 4:17
  6. Wearing The Inside Out (2011 - Remaster) 6:49
  7. Take It Back (2011 - Remaster) 6:12
  8. Coming Back To Life (2011 - Remaster) 6:19
  9. Keep Talking (2011 - Remaster) 6:10
  10. Lost For Words (2011 - Remaster) 5:15
  11. High Hopes (2011 - Remaster) 8:31

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #392 in Music
  • Published on: 2011-09-26
  • Released on: 2011-09-26
  • Number of discs: 16
  • Formats: Box set, Original recording remastered
  • Original language: English

Editorial Reviews

BBC Review
Hard to believe though it is in 2011, there are some people, somewhere out there, who do not own a Pink Floyd record. 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. 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). But if you're in the market for an instant collection, it's a very tempting product.
For 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. 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. 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. Of particular interest are rough sketches for the artwork to the best-of set, Echoes - "I thought it echoed Ummagumma a bit," says Thorgerson - and a beautiful water image that was intended for the SACD pressing of Wish You Were Here, a pressing that's yet to be released ("gawd knows why?" reads the accompanying info).
And the music itself? Deep breath, here's a Friends-style run-down. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn: the one where Syd Barrett took the lead, resulting in at least one song about a gnome. A Saucerful of Secrets: the one where Roger Waters expressed his songwriting might across numbers like Let There Be More Light and the kazoo-featuring Corporal Clegg. Music From the Film More: the one where Floyd matched folksy acoustic numbers with some truly heavy fare (and also their first without Barrett). Ummagumma: the one that was a live album, but not a live album. Atom Heart Mother: the one with the cow on the cover, which wasn't actually All That Good. Meddle: the one that represented a return to form, and home to the side-filling calling-card track Echoes.
Still with us? And on we go. Obscured by Clouds: the one where Floyd began to properly break the stateside mainstream (but, again, it's not an album that's aged well). Dark Side of the Moon: the one that's become a classic. Wish You Were Here: the one that's arguably better than Dark Side�, but doesn't get half the acclaim - it's their In Utero to Dark Side�'s Nevermind, notably disaffected with the business side of things. Animals: the one with the pig. The Wall: the one that didn't need no education, nor no thought control. The Final Cut: the one where David Gilmour was largely AWOL. A Momentary Lapse of Reason: the one where everyone hated everyone else, resulting in a disjointed affair barely worthy of the Pink Floyd name; it was also the first album to not feature Waters. The Division Bell: the one where (largely) Gilmour crafted a farewell affair that saw Floyd bow out with a whimper rather than a roar - although in High Hopes it featured one of the band's best, a real lump-in-the-throat closer with a video featuring a bust of Barrett. The band had, finally, come full circle.
So, if you're without any Pink Floyd in your life, why not dive straight into the deep end? That's what Discovery is: this remarkable but frequently frustrating band at their inspirational best, their middle-of-the-road worst; at the peak of their pop-savvy accessibility and in the depths of so much impenetrable self-indulgence. It's everything anyone needs from Pink Floyd, in one package.
--Mike Diver
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CD Description
Since 1967 Pink Floyd have produced one of the most outstanding and enduring catalogues in the history of recorded music. All 14 original Studio albums have now 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.
`Discovery' albums are designed as an introduction to the artist, with all booklets including full album lyrics. All 14 newly remastered Discovery studio albums are now available as a boxset collection that also includes an exclusive 60-page artwork booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
3Good sound, not much else to shout about - wish these where Japanese editions!
By N. Mcalister
Dealing with the music first followed by the packaging....

The music - I've tried so far Animals, The Wall and Meddle. Animals sounded ok to me, quite a bit like the previous remaster, but nothing wrong. The Wall's opening track's drums sounded quite muted, not as bombastic as the previous edition (I checked) but other tracks like "Goodbye Blue Sky" sounded much better. Finally spun "Echoes" from Meddle and that just sounded alive on my system, I liked it. Its early days yet with a lot of material to go through, but on the whole there are a lot of positives about this release from real audiophiles who are more technical than myself.

The packaging - The box is okay actually, quite nice if you want to keep your discs in it. I think the flap is magnetic. The book inside, given the source material they have to work with, is utter crap. Over half of its 60 pages are dedicated to artwork from compilation re-issues and the MLOR and DB last Floyd releases. I have to say a major disappointment.

The CD's themselves are a bit of a lazy disaster. They are all gatefold sleeves, a bit like the Beatles Stereo remasters from a few years back, although they were tri-fold AND it was easier to get the artwork and disc out of the sleeve. These Floyd ones are an ABSOLUTE nightmare to get the discs/artwork out of them. Really tight and horrible.

The sleeve inserts also seem to recycle a lot of previously used sleeve art from the previous remasters.

I really wish EMI would of put some more effort in here. For someone buying single releases of these albums, this would of just about been passable. But for a box set I would of liked better quality like the Beatles mono set. I think they should of given this box set over to the Japanese to produce replica vinyl sleeves with inserts and resealable bags, oh that would of been wonderful.

So, in summary you should only approach this purchase for the music. The packaging is pretty terrible all-round I would say and really should of gone just a little bit further in its presentation, of what could be the last physical release of these albums.

If you do get this set, go the extra mile yourself and get some re-sealable outer plastic bags and anti-static inner sleeves from Japan (on Ebay) to protect your investment. Still won't change getting the discs out or the artwork, but at least you are protecting the cases and the discs as EMI chose not to!
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
5I want my relics?
By Mr. R. G. Prizeman
This reissue is almost as exciting as the Beatles. However this is now the third box set of Pink Floyd's back catalogue. Shine on being the first, and then Oh by the way. This however is cheaper than both, which i suppose makes it a less bitter pill to swallow. All the studio albums are here, in mini replica sleeves, however, no inner sleeves are here which is very frustrating as getting the CD out of the slip case is an art in its self. I don't like these sleeves and like the Beatles do little to protect he disc when your trying to play them. Some of the inner booklets like meddle and Animals have less pictures in them why I don't know. Now for the sound Quality is it better,well yes it is. I did not realise that the last time Pink Floyd were remastered was over 18 years ago. It appears that the older albums have benefited more as Meddle is much clearer the clarity is just all there on Echoes, and Fearless is crystal clear. I have to be honest was never a major fan of Ummgumma or the two film sound tracks, Atom heart mother had its moments, and fat old sun is sounding great. Dark side or the moon ha been re mastered now so many times its hard to work out which CD to compare the new one with, well defiantly not the 5.1 version. Time is a good track to start with and yes it is sounding fresh and clarity is good, the Great gig in the sky perfect as is Us and them. Wish you were here a personal favourite, I always felt was recorded so well, but this version is better that laugh is still chilling in "Shine on" and now makes you look behind you (only down side smaller booklet)Animals sounds better crisper and less muffled than the original re master. The Wall is always such great highlights for any music fan from the acoustic guitars and it sounds like it was recorded yesterday. The difficult final cut, I always liked it but it is a Roger Waters solo album, the sound effects on the album still sound amazing and now even clearer. A momentary lapse of reason had its moment learning to fly, always sounded excellent, the album does sound better but not leaps and bounds like the 70's Floyd perhaps because it was recorded digitally there is little to be improved on. I loved the Division Bell it was always for me a more complete Floyd album, and the group seemed to be working as a Group and it showed. Again I don't notice too much difference in sound, the album always sounded good anyway. This package does have its faults, the annoying paper duplicate sleeves, No live albums, and relics would have so finished this set off containing the singles of the time, and as nick mason said this was inspired by the Beatles remastered set, so where are the Pink Floyd "Past Master", apart from that its a good set, its a shame that Dark side, wish you were here and the Wall are not in the experience versions with the extra disc that would have be very nice, but as a package if you have no other Pink Floyd set its a must.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
5Timeless Music-Repackaged Beautifully (Almost).
By S. Muzyka
All fourteen studio albums carefully re-mastered with a nice booklet to boot. Pink Floyd have always been big on the design front of things (the Immersion Boxset of 'Dark Side' is indeed a thing of beauty). It's just a shame that the actual cardboard sleeves of the individual albums are rather less pleasing. Why so? Well in every instance I found that the side openings were so tight that getting the actual CD's out without scraping them and thus creating damage-The discs are not housed in a seperate sleeve like japanese ones always are- required great care and when it came to 'The Wall' the cardboard actually ripped when I gave the first CD the slightest tug. One cover ruined before I'd even played the album! Cardboard sleeves are the bane of many CD re-releases unless they are Japanese editions, which are always packaged beautifully and perfectly designed. So a word of warning on that front. Now to the music. These new re-masters seem to have taken their cue from the recent Beatles re-issues in that not much compression appears to have been used so the Everything-as-loud-as-everything-else syndrome that mars a lot of re-mastering these days is not present here. This i'm sure has been welcomed by many opposed to the 'Loudness War' of modern re-mastering. There is some extra volume on these new masters but that's to be expected with the better techniques available today and the overall sound is not compromised. What's missing from this box-set of course is the 'Relics' album which hoovered up some of the stray songs flitting about the Floyd canon (though not all) aswell as some early A and B-sides.Unfortunately this means this set is incomplete. Will they appear on a special compilation later? Lets hope so. If you are a fan of Pink Floyd there is really no excuse not to own this. Even if you don't like every album they made there is usually at least one track worthy of your attention. ( the much-hated Atom Heart Mother contains 'Fat Old Sun' for example). Just be careful with those sleeves!
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