[2017-03-24] The Pink Floyd multi-disc CD/DVD/Blu-ray sets taken from "The Early Years" box (Pink Floyd/Legacy)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:26 am

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:38 am

The above are individual year-by-year packages split apart from the huge Early Years 1965-1972 box set which came out last year:

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J2M5J70/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01J2M5J70/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01J20B7IW/?tag=imwan-21

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

I'm surprised they are all being released on the same day. I figured they would be spaced out over the year. I took the plunge on the big set two weeks ago so it's moot for me now. I really wanted the Pompeii audio disc and the seventh "bonus" box. I forgot how much I love this period of Pink Floyd.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:40 pm

The USA and Canada pre-order links in the first post are now active.

Each box is designed in this style (just using the first one as an example):

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Each box is the same dimensions as the 3 CD Piper at the Gates of Dawn set from 2007.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000T05R8Q/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:33 pm

The USA pre-order prices for the forthcoming box sets in the first post have all dropped by $5 to $10.

Seth Hollander · **Joined:** 23 May 2015 **Posts:** 58

Calling all Floydfreaks:
I bought the 69, 70, and 72 volumes.

69 & 70 are amazing, particularly the video. 69 Floyd is like Live/Dead mated with mid80s Sonic Youth. Wow! 70 is my first exposure to AHM and is basically an AHM Immersion set. Very satisfying!

But the 72 box fails for me. I didn't buy the 71 due to lack of content. My feeling now is that the Pompeii audio and video should have been in the 71 volume and the 72 volume shouldn't have been made. Pompeii was recorded in 10/71. Obscured remix is pffft. The 72 non-Pompeii video is missable.

Without something like disc 6 of the Dark Side Immersion Set, 72, the Dark Side development year, isn't even properly covered anyway! With Pompeii included, the 71 volume would have kicked ass!

What are your thoughts, Floyd experts?

Larry · **Joined:** 10 Feb 2008 **Posts:** 5097

I enjoyed all of the DVDs and CDs. I bought the monster box and thought that it was very well done.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

I got the big box as well, and love it. The band was never more interesting than they were during these years. I didn't have any problem with how the 71 and 72 boxes were divided. One thing I would've appreciated was having all the musical content from the DVDs/Blu-rays included on the CDs. I know it's possible to rip it, but I feel I paid enough that Pink Floyd Records could've performed the labour for that. But really, the set was more than I ever would've expected before it's announcement.

richman666 · 15 Nov 2006

Jason Michael wrote:

I got the big box as well, and love it. The band was never more interesting than they were during these years. I didn't have any problem with how the 71 and 72 boxes were divided. One thing I would've appreciated was having all the musical content from the DVDs/Blu-rays included on the CDs. I know it's possible to rip it, but I feel I paid enough that Pink Floyd Records could've performed the labour for that. But really, the set was more than I ever would've expected before it's announcement.

This would have been my exact response so I'll just write "ditto."

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Does anyone know if these have the Meddle "Easter Egg"?

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Geff R. wrote:

Does anyone know if these have the Meddle "Easter Egg"?

The individual volume does not have the Meddle 5.1. Only available in the complete box.

JosephC · **Joined:** 27 Jan 2011 **Posts:** 2648

Seth Hollander wrote:

Calling all Floydfreaks:
I bought the 69, 70, and 72 volumes.

69 & 70 are amazing, particularly the video. 69 Floyd is like Live/Dead mated with mid80s Sonic Youth. Wow! 70 is my first exposure to AHM and is basically an AHM Immersion set. Very satisfying!

But the 72 box fails for me. I didn't buy the 71 due to lack of content. My feeling now is that the Pompeii audio and video should have been in the 71 volume and the 72 volume shouldn't have been made. Pompeii was recorded in 10/71. Obscured remix is pffft. The 72 non-Pompeii video is missable.

Without something like disc 6 of the Dark Side Immersion Set, 72, the Dark Side development year, isn't even properly covered anyway! With Pompeii included, the 71 volume would have kicked ass!

What are your thoughts, Floyd experts?

I got the big box when it was released. A wonderful example of a set just having way too much quantity. Especially on the video side, just how many more versions does someone need of Careful With That Axe, Eugene and Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun?

IMO the way to approach these individual sets is to buy the first one, then if you like it buy the second, and then keep going until you hit the volume that doesn't do much for you and then stop. The first volume is essential for Floyd fans IMO. The second volume is near essential if you don't already have songs like Point Me To The Sky in your collection. After that it becomes pretty spotty.

ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

JosephC wrote:

Seth Hollander wrote:

Calling all Floydfreaks:
I bought the 69, 70, and 72 volumes.

69 & 70 are amazing, particularly the video. 69 Floyd is like Live/Dead mated with mid80s Sonic Youth. Wow! 70 is my first exposure to AHM and is basically an AHM Immersion set. Very satisfying!

But the 72 box fails for me. I didn't buy the 71 due to lack of content. My feeling now is that the Pompeii audio and video should have been in the 71 volume and the 72 volume shouldn't have been made. Pompeii was recorded in 10/71. Obscured remix is pffft. The 72 non-Pompeii video is missable.

Without something like disc 6 of the Dark Side Immersion Set, 72, the Dark Side development year, isn't even properly covered anyway! With Pompeii included, the 71 volume would have kicked ass!

What are your thoughts, Floyd experts?

I got the big box when it was released. A wonderful example of a set just having way too much quantity. Especially on the video side, just how many more versions does someone need of Careful With That Axe, Eugene and Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun?

IMO the way to approach these individual sets is to buy the first one, then if you like it buy the second, and then keep going until you hit the volume that doesn't do much for you and then stop. The first volume is essential for Floyd fans IMO. The second volume is near essential if you don't already have songs like Point Me To The Sky in your collection. After that it becomes pretty spotty.

If they had included the 5.1 mixes of Obscured By Clouds & Meddle the later boxes would have been significantly better.
(Yeah I know Meddle did sneak in but it's not the same is it).

[2017-03-24] The Pink Floyd multi-disc CD/DVD/Blu-ray sets taken from "The Early Years" box (Pink Floyd/Legacy)

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