I've heard the Pink Floyd tracks on line, but didn't know about the double seven inch until after the fact. It's already going for around $250 on the secondary markets. Did anybody luck out and get one of these?

'Pink Floyd 1965 – Their First Recordings', the limited-edition short-player comprises of two seven-inch singles.

The song include Syd Barrett compositions 'Lucy Leave', 'Double O Bo', 'Remember Me' and 'Butterfly', as well as Roger Waters' 'Walk With Me Sydney' and 'I’m A King Bee' by Slim Harpo.

The band's original line-up of Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright feature on the recordings.

The EP is limited to just 1,000 copies but Rolling Stone reports that the band "hope to make them available in some physical form towards the end of next year."

"Towards the end of next year"???

My reaction exactly. I'd be happy to buy this now as a teaser for a bigger project next year and even buy it again at that time. As it is, this release will probably be an excluisive part of a super-expensive super deluxe box set and not included with the general release. Gee, I hope I haven't just given the Pink Floyd folks an idea.

This is not yet on iTunes U.S. but hopefully will be very soon. I'll be checking for it quite often.

http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/pi ... tunes.html

Pink Floyd 1965 - Their First Recordings on iTunes
Written by Matt
Thursday, 31 December 2015

At the very end of November, Pink Floyd 1965 - Their First Recordings was quietly released to create a storm of shock and surprise amongst the Floyd community. The stealth release of 1050 copies, housed on two 7" singles, in a gatefold sleeve with a Po Powell design, brought the official release for the first time of six songs recorded during that year. It appeared in selected record stores with no fanfare or pre-notice. Rumour has it that record stores weren't even told who the single was by or what it was called, but just told they could order in a handful of copies of a rarity that would become clear on receipt.
The recordings were made when the band were still a five-piece, with Rado Klose on guitar, alongside Syd, Nick, Roger, and Richard. One of the tracks, Walk With Me Sydney, also includes Juliette Gale (later, Richard's first wife) on vocals. Andy Jackson did the mastering for vinyl of these tracks, and the sound quality is very good across all six tracks.

Naturally, these sold incredibly quickly and it is extremely unlikely (but not impossible) that any remain in record stores. However, for those who have missed out, an official digital release has just appeared on iTunes via https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/1965- ... ecordings/, although possibly this is not yet in all country's iTunes as yet - but worth checking regularly if you want to purchase this and see just what set the Floyd community ablaze at the start of December...

Don't look now, but there's a bustle in your hedgerow...

Over at the Super Deluxe Edition website, a poster posted on May 7:


Then over at Hoffman, a poster posted today:


It's Alive, It's Alive !!

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Fantabulous news! Thanks Robin.

Can they take my pre-order now?

Rick A.

Guys, I've made a separate thread for the Syd era box set in anticipation:

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=98590

Please continue discussion there. This box will take pride of place under my Christmas tree, for sure.

Thanks Linda! I am so excited. I can never get enough stuff from the early days!

Rick A.