Creative Direction: Aubrey Powell, Hipgnosis; Design: Peter Curzon, StormStudiosThe recently announced Pink Floyd The Later Years box set will arrive a bit later than originally expected. The massive collection, which salutes the legendary U.K. band’s output from 1987 onward, now will be released on December 13, two weeks later than initially reported.
The 16-disc collection features five CDs, six Blu-rays and five DVDs, and includes remixed versions of the band’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell studio albums, and the live album Delicate Sound of Thunder, as well as over 13 hours of unreleased audio and video. The latter material includes a previously unreleased 1989 concert in Venice, Italy, and a 1990 show in Knebworth, U.K.
The Later Years box set also features a restored and reedited version of the Pulse concert film; surround mixes of A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell; unreleased 1994 studio recordings that served as the basis for Pink Floyd’s 2015 studio album The Endless River; and a full-length film about the making of
The collection will include the first-ever release — on Blu-ray, DVD and 7-inch vinyl — of David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason‘s final performance together: a rendition of “Arnold Layne” from a 2007 Syd Barrett tribute concert in London.
Besides all the audio/visual material, the package comes with reproductions of tour artwork, posters, programs and memorabilia, two 7-inch vinyl singles in new picture sleeves, a lyric book and a 60-page book of photos.
A previously announced “highlights” package from the box set, which includes a 24-page booklet, will be released November 29 as a two-LP set or a single CD.
The whole package is available for pre-order now. Full details are at PinkFloyd.com.
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