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The third massive Pink Floyd box, following the first, Shine On, by nearly two decades but the second, Oh by the Way, by a mere four years, Discovery is almost identical to the latter. Like that 2007 set, it contains all of the group’s studio albums -- beginning with 1967’s The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and ending with 1994’s The Division Bell -- adding no musical bonus material (which means that the Early Singles disc tacked onto Shine On is missing) but presenting all the albums in pristine new remasters and nice packaging. Whether this is an improvement on Oh by the Way -- which had its albums housed in paper sleeve mini-LP replicas, not digipacks as they are here -- is up to the consumer, but anybody looking to acquire all the Floyd albums at once will be satisfied.
Pink Floyd: Discovery is a compilation CD box set by Pink Floyd released on 26 September 2011 to launch the Why Pink Floyd...? re-release campaign. The box set includes all of their standard studio albums released by this point. All albums were newly remastered by James Guthrie and Joel Plante. In addition to the albums the set comes with a 60-page artwork booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson.
All albums and their corresponding original release dates are given below. Refer to original albums for track listings, personnel and production credits.
"The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" (August 1967)
Track listing:
Astronomy Domine 4:11
Lucifer Sam 3:07
Matilda Mother 3:08
Flaming 2:46
Pow R. Toc H 4:26
Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk 3:06
Interstellar Overdrive 9:40
The Gnome 2:13
Chapter 24 3:42
The Scarecrow 2:11
Bike 3:21
Personnel:
Numbers noted in parenthesis below are based on original UK album tracklist and CD track numbering.
Syd Barrett – electric guitar (1–7, 9–11), acoustic guitar (4, 5, 8, 10), percussion (4), vocals
Roger Waters – bass guitar (all tracks); slide whistle (4), percussion (4), gong (9) (uncredited), vocals
Richard Wright – Farfisa Combo Compact organ (1–7, 9–10), piano (2, 5, 11), tack piano (4, 11), Hammond organ (3, 4), harmonium (9, 11), celesta (8, 11), cello (9, 10), Lowrey organ (4), vibraphone (8), Hohner Pianet (9), violin (11), percussion (4) (uncredited), vocals
Nick Mason – drums (1–7, 11), percussion (2, 4, 5, 8–11)
"A Saucerful of Secrets" (June 1968)
Track listing:
1. Let There Be More Light 5:38
2. Remember A Day 4:32
3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 5:27
4. Corporal Clegg 4:12
5. A Saucerful Of Secrets 11:56
6. See-Saw 4:36
7. Jugband Blues 3:00
Personnel:
Track numbers noted in parenthesis below are based on CD track numbering.
Pink Floyd
David Gilmour – guitars (all except 2 and 7), kazoo (4), vocals[41]
Roger Waters – bass guitar (all tracks), percussion (3, 5), vocals[41]
Richard Wright – Farfisa organ (all tracks), piano (1, 2, 5, 6), Hammond organ (1, 4, 5), Mellotron (5, 6), vibraphone (3, 5), celesta (3), xylophone (6), tin whistle (7), vocals
Nick Mason – drums (all except 2), percussion (1, 5, 6, 7), lead vocals (4),[29] kazoo (7)[80]
Syd Barrett – vocals (7), slide guitar (2), acoustic guitar (2, 7), electric guitar (3, 7)
Additional personnel:
Norman Smith – producer,[81] drums (2), backing vocals (2, 6),[17] voice (5)
The Stanley Myers Orchestra (4)
The Salvation Army (The International Staff Band) – brass section (7)
"More" (June 1969)
Track listing:
Cirrus Minor 5:18
The Nile Song 3:26
Crying Song 3:33
Up The Khyber 2:12
Green Is The Colour 2:58
Cymbaline 4:49
Party Sequence 1:08
Main Theme 5:26
Ibiza Bar 3:19
More Blues 2:12
Quicksilver 7:13
A Spanish Piece 1:05
Dramatic Theme 2:18
Personnel:
David Gilmour - guitar, vocals
Roger Waters – bass guitar
Richard Wright – keyboards, vocals
Nick Mason – drums
Additional personnel:
Lindy Mason – tin whistle (5-7)
"Ummagumma" (October 1969)
Track listing:
Live Album
Pink Floyd– Astronomy Domine 8:32
Pink Floyd– Careful With That Axe Eugene 8:49
Pink Floyd– Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 9:27
Pink Floyd– A Saucerful Of Secrets 12:51
Studio Album
Richard Wright– Sysyphus
Part 1 1:09
Part 2 3:30
Part 3 1:49
Part 4 6:59
Roger Waters– Grantchester Meadows 7:27
Roger Waters– Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict 4:58
David Gilmour– The Narrow Way
Part 1 3:28
Part 2 2:53
Part 3 5:57
Nick Mason– The Grand Vizier's Garden Party
Part 1 - Entrance :59
Part 2 - Entertainment 7:05
Part 3 - Exit :41
Personnel:
David Gilmour – lead guitar, vocals (live album); acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and vocals on "The Narrow Way"
Nick Mason – drums (live album); percussion, effects on "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" parts 1 & 2
Roger Waters – bass guitar, vocals (live album); acoustic guitars and vocals on "Grantchester Meadows", all vocals on "Several Species of Small Furry Animals..."
Richard Wright – keyboards, vocals (live album); organ, piano, Mellotron and percussion on "Sysyphus"
Additional personnel:
Lindy Mason – flutes on "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" Parts 1 & 3 (uncredited)
"Atom Heart Mother" (October 1970)
Track Listing:
1 Atom Heart Mother: Father's Shout/Breast Milky/Mother Fore/Funky Dung/Mind Your Throats Please/Remergence
2 If
3 Summer '68
4 Fat Old Sun
5 Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast: Rise And Shine/Sunny Side Up/Morning Glory
Personnel:
Taken from sleeve notes. Track numbers noted in parenthesis below are based on CD track numbering.
David Gilmour - guitar, vocals
Roger Waters – bass guitar, vocals
Richard Wright – keyboards, vocals
Nick Mason – drums
Additional musicians
EMI Pops Orchestra – brass and orchestral sections (uncredited)[6]
Hafliði HallgrÃmsson – cello (1) (uncredited)[69]
John Alldis Choir – vocals (1)
Alan Styles – voice and sound effects (5) (uncredited)
"Meddle" (gate fold) (October 1971)
Track Listing:
1 One Of These Days
2 A Pillow Of Winds
3 Fearless
4 San Tropez
5 Seamus
6 Echoes
Personnel:
Credits adapted from sleeve notes. Track numbers noted in parenthesis below are based on CD track numbering.
Richard Wright – Hammond organ (1, 2, 6), piano (3–6), Farfisa organ (6), co-lead vocals (6)
David Gilmour – electric guitars (1–4, 6), acoustic guitars (2–3, 5), bass (in unison with Waters) (1), harmonica (5), lead vocals (2, 3, 5, 6)
Roger Waters – bass (all tracks), acoustic guitar and lead vocals (4)
Nick Mason – drums (1, 3, 4, 6), percussion (2–4, 6), vocal phrase (1)
"Obscured by Clouds" (June 1972)
Track Listing:
01 Obscured By Clouds
02 When You're In
03 Burning Bridges
04 The Gold It's In The...
05 Wots...Uh The Deal
06 Mudmen
07 Childhood's End
08 Free Four
09 Stay
10 Absolutely Curtains
Personnel:
David Gilmour – acoustic, electric and pedal steel guitars, VCS 3 synthesizer, vocals
Nick Mason – drums, percussion
Roger Waters – bass guitar, vocals
Richard Wright – Hammond organ (2, 3, 5-7, 10), piano (5, 6, 9, 10), Farfisa organ (10), VCS 3 synthesizer, electric piano, vocals
"The Dark Side of the Moon" (March 1973)
Track Listing:
1 Speak To Me/Breathe
2 On The Run
3 Time
4 The Great Gig In The Sky
5 Money
6 Us And Them
7 Any Colour You Like
8 Brain Damage
9 Eclipse
Personnel:
David Gilmour – vocals, guitars, Synthi AKS
Nick Mason – drums, percussion, tape effects
Roger Waters – bass guitar, vocals, VCS 3, tape effects
Richard Wright – organ (Hammond and Farfisa), piano, electric piano (Wurlitzer, Rhodes), EMS VCS 3, Synthi AKS, vocals
Additional musicians
Dick Parry – saxophone on "Us and Them" and "Money"
Clare Torry – vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky"
Doris Troy – backing vocals
Lesley Duncan – backing vocals
Liza Strike – backing vocals
Barry St. John – backing vocals
"Wish You Were Here" (September 1975)
Track Listing:
1 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part One)
2 Welcome To The Machine
3 Have A Cigar
4 Wish You Were Here
5 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part Two)
Personnel:
David Gilmour – vocals, guitars, pedal steel guitar, EMS Synthi AKS, additional bass, glass harmonica, tape effects
Roger Waters – vocals, bass guitar, EMS VCS 3, additional guitar, glass harmonica, tape effects
Richard Wright – Hammond organ, ARP String Ensemble, Minimoog, Steinway piano, EMS VCS 3, Hohner Clavinet D6, Wurlitzer EP-200 electric piano, Rhodes piano, glass harmonica, backing vocals
Nick Mason – drums, percussion, timpani, cymbals, tape effects
Additional musicians
Dick Parry – tenor and baritone saxophone on “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”[82]
Roy Harper – lead vocals on “Have a Cigar”[83]
Venetta Fields – backing vocals
Carlena Williams – backing vocals
"Animals" (January 1977)
Track Listing:
1 Pigs On The Wing 1
2 Dogs
3 Pigs (Three Different Ones)
4 Sheep
5 Pigs On The Wing 2
Personnel:
Track numbers noted in parenthesis below are based on CD track numbering.
Roger Waters – lead vocals (all tracks), harmony vocals (2, 3), acoustic guitar (1, 5), rhythm guitar (3, 4), bass guitar (2), tape effects (3, 4), vocoder (2–4), sleeve concept
David Gilmour – lead vocals (2), lead guitar (2–4), bass guitar (3, 4), acoustic guitar (2), talk box (3)
Richard Wright – Hammond organ (2–4), ARP string synthesizer (2–4), Fender Rhodes (2, 4), Minimoog (2, 4), Farfisa organ (2), piano (3), clavinet (3), EMS VCS 3 (4), harmony vocals (2)
Nick Mason – drums, percussion (2–4), tape effects (4), graphics
Additional musicians
Snowy White – guitar solo (on 8-track version of "Pigs on the Wing")
"The Wall" (November 1979)
Track Listing:
Disc: 1
01 In The Flesh? (2011 - Remaster)
02 The Thin Ice (2011 - Remaster)
03 Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 1 (2011 - Remaster)
04 The Happiest Days Of Our Lives (2011 - Remaster)
05 Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2 (2011 - Remaster)
06 Mother (2011 - Remaster)
07 Goodbye Blue Sky (2011 - Remaster)
08 Empty Spaces (2011 - Remaster)
09 Young Lust (2011 - Remaster)
10 One Of My Turns (2011 - Remaster)
11 Don't Leave Me Now (2011 - Remaster)
12 Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 3 (2011 - Remaster)
13 Goodbye Cruel World (2011 - Remaster)
Disc: 2
01 Hey You (2011 - Remaster)
02 Is There Anybody Out There? (2011 - Remaster)
03 Nobody Home (2011 - Remaster)
04 Vera (2011 - Remaster)
05 Bring The Boys Back Home (2011 - Remaster)
06 Comfortably Numb (2011 - Remaster)
07 The Show Must Go On (2011 - Remaster)
08 In The Flesh (2011 - Remaster)
09 Run Like Hell (2011 - Remaster)
10 Waiting For The Worms (2011 - Remaster)
11 Stop (2011 - Remaster)
12 The Trial (2011 - Remaster)
13 Outside The Wall (2011 - Remaster)
Personnel:
Roger Waters – vocals, bass guitar (1-5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21), EMS VCS 3 synthesizer (1, 7, 8, 11, 16, 21, 23), acoustic guitar (6, 17), electric guitar (12),[128] sleeve design, co-production
David Gilmour – vocals, electric (1-6, 8-12, 14, 15, 19, 21-23, 25) and acoustic guitars (6, 7, 14, 17, 19, 20), bass guitar (6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25), Prophet-5 (2, 7, 8, 19, 23) and ARP Quadra synthesizers (8, 21), co-production
Nick Mason – drums and percussion (except 3, 6–8, 13, 16, 17, 24, 26)
Richard Wright – piano (2, 8, 11, 25), Hammond organ (2, 4, 5, 9-11, 13, 14, 19, 22, 23), Prophet-5 (1, 3-5, 7, 10-13, 15-17, 20, 22), ARP Quadra (14) and Minimoog synthesizers (3), Fender Rhodes (14) and Wurlitzer electric pianos (9), clavinet (4)
Additional musicians
Bruce Johnston – backing vocals[129] (1, 20, 21, 23)
Toni Tennille – backing vocals (1, 20, 21, 23)
Joe Chemay – backing vocals (1, 20, 21, 23)
Jon Joyce – backing vocals (1, 20, 21, 23)
Stan Farber – backing vocals (1, 20, 21, 23)
Jim Haas – backing vocals (1, 20, 21, 23)
Bob Ezrin – production, piano (6, 10, 16, 20, 23, 24), Hammond organ and harmonium (6), Prophet-5 synthesizer (15, 20, 21), orchestral arrangement and music on "The Trial", backing vocals on "Waiting for the Worms"
James Guthrie – percussion on "The Happiest Days of our Lives", ARP Quadra synthesizer on "Empty Spaces" and "In The Flesh", sound effects on "Hey You" and "Run Like Hell", co-producer, engineer
Jeff Porcaro – drums on "Mother"
Children of Islington Green School – vocals on "Another Brick in the Wall Part II"
Joe Porcaro[130] – snare drums on "Bring the Boys Back Home"
Lee Ritenour – rhythm guitar on "One of My Turns", additional acoustic guitar on "Comfortably Numb"
Joe (Ron) di Blasi – classical guitar on "Is There Anybody Out There?"
Fred Mandel – Hammond organ on "In The Flesh?" and "In the Flesh"
Bobbye Hall – congas and bongos on "Run Like Hell"
Frank Marocco – concertina on "Outside the Wall"
Larry Williams – clarinet on "Outside the Wall"
Trevor Veitch – mandolin on "Outside the Wall"
New York Orchestra – orchestra (tracks 16, 17, 18, 25)
New York Opera – choral vocals on "Bring the Boys Back Home"
Vicki Brown and Clare Torry (credited simply as "Vicki & Clare") – backing vocals on "The Trial"
Harry Waters – child's voice on "Goodbye Blue Sky"
Chris Fitzmorris – male telephone voice
Trudy Young – voice of the groupie
"The Final Cut" (March 1983)
Track Listing:
01. The Post War Dream
02. Your Possible Pasts
03. One Of The Few
04. When The Tigers Broke Free
05. The Hero's Return
06. The Gunner's Dream
07. Paranoid Eyes
08. Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
09. The Fletcher Memorial Home
10. Southampton Dock
11. The Final Cut
12. Not Now John
13. Two Suns In The Sunsetv
Personnel:
Numbers noted in parenthesis below are based on the original tracklist and CD track numbering.
Roger Waters – lead vocals (all tracks), bass guitar (all tracks except 7), acoustic guitar (2-4, 6, 7, 9-12), synthesizers (3, 4, 11), twelve-string guitar (11), tape effects, production, sleeve design
David Gilmour – lead (all tracks) and rhythm guitars (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10-12), co-lead vocals (12), additional backing vocals
Nick Mason – drums (1, 2, 4-5, 8, 10-11), tape effects
Additional musicians
Michael Kamen – piano (5, 6, 8-10, 12), electric piano (2, 5), harmonium (1, 10), production
Andy Bown – Hammond organ (2, 6, 11, 12), piano (5), electric piano (4)
Ray Cooper – percussion (6)
Andy Newmark – drums (12)
Raphael Ravenscroft – tenor saxophone (5, 12)
Doreen Chanter – backing vocals (11)
Irene Chanter – backing vocals (11)
National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted and arranged by Michael Kamen (1, 5-10)
"A Momentary Lapse of Reason" (September 1987)
Track Listing:
01 Signs Of Life
02 Learning To Fly
03 The Dogs Of War
04 One Slip
05 On The Turning Away
06 Yet Another Movie/Round And Round
07 Round And Around
08 A New Machine Part 1
09 Terminal Frost
10 A New Machine Part 2
11 Sorrow
Personnel:
David Gilmour – vocals, guitars, keyboards, sequencers, production
Nick Mason – electronic and acoustic drums, spoken vocals, sound effects
Additional personnel
Richard Wright – backing vocals, piano, Hammond organ, Kurzweil synthesiser (credited as full group member on 2011 reissue)
Bob Ezrin – keyboards, percussion, sequencers, production
Jon Carin – keyboards
Patrick Leonard – synthesizers
Bill Payne – Hammond organ
Michael Landau – guitar
Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman Stick
Jim Keltner – drums
Carmine Appice – drums
Steve Forman – percussion
Tom Scott – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
John Helliwell – saxophone (credited as John Halliwell)
Scott Page – tenor saxophone
Darlene Koldenhoven (credited as Darlene Koldenhaven) – backing vocals
Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
Phyllis St. James – backing vocals
Donny Gerrard – backing vocals
"The Division Bell" (March 1994)
Track Listing:
01 Cluster One
02 What Do You Want From Me
03 Poles Apart
04 Marooned
05 A Great Day For Freedom
06 Wearing The Inside Out
07 Take It Back
08 Coming Back To Life
09 Keep Talking
10 Lost For Words
11 High Hopes
Personnel:
David Gilmour – lead vocals (2, 3, 5, 7-11), acoustic, electric, classical & steel guitars, bass guitar (3, 5, 10, 11), keyboards, programming, backing vocals, talkbox, production, mixing
Nick Mason – drums, percussion, church bell (11)
Richard Wright – piano, organ and synthesizers, lead vocals (6), backing vocals (2)
Additional musicians
Jon Carin – piano, keyboards, programming, arrangements (10)
Guy Pratt – bass guitar (2, 4, 6-9)
Gary Wallis – percussion (8), programming (9)
Tim Renwick – additional guitars (3, 7)
Dick Parry – tenor saxophone (6)
Bob Ezrin – percussion, keyboards (3, 7), production
Sam Brown – backing vocals (2, 6, 7, 9)
Durga McBroom – backing vocals (2, 6, 7, 9)
Carol Kenyon – backing vocals (2, 6, 7, 9)
Jackie Sheridan – backing vocals (2, 6, 7, 9)
Rebecca Leigh-White – backing vocals (2, 6, 7, 9)
Stephen Hawking – vocal samples (9)
