| Shine On | ||||
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| Box set by Pink Floyd | ||||
| Released | 24 November 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1967–1987 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 380:16 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Joe Boyd, Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour, James Guthrie, Pink Floyd, Norman Smith, and Roger Waters | |||
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Shine On is a 1992 nine-CD box set by Pink Floyd which was released through EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States to coincide with Pink Floyd's 25th anniversary as a recording and touring band. All CDs were digitally remastered.
Contents |
The eight albums included in this box set are:
Refer to original albums for track lists, personnel lists, and production credits.
The packaging on each of the previously-released albums was unique to this set. The spines of the eight black CD cases lined up to show the prism from The Dark Side of the Moon.
Included with the box set was a hardcover book chronicling the career of Pink Floyd from its inception to the late 1980s.
As the collection was meant to showcase the best of Pink Floyd, the decision was made to not include the soundtrack albums More or Obscured By Clouds, or the albums Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother. The band's first album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was not included, as at the time EMI were planning to release a special edition of the album, and it was hoped that new fans would buy both this set and the re-released debut. The 1983 album The Final Cut was also omitted.
According to drummer Nick Mason, a suggestion for the title of the box set was The Big Bong Theory.[2] David Gilmour said calling the box set Shine On was not a bowing out retirement box set but a continuation.[2]
All tracks written by Syd Barrett, except as noted.