sdc100 wrote:I almost got it as a gift to myself then I realized that there is no way these can live up to The Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs gold disc editions. The mastering for Dark Side of the Moon was near perfect. The Wall was also very good. Because I've become so accustomed to those versions, I'm afraid of being disappointed. So I must reluctantly say no...

My annual birthday ritual is turn off the lights, and listen to Dark Side repeatedly as the clock strikes midnight. Sadly, those lyrics describe ly life perfectly... I indeed live on he dark side of the moon. And the rent just went up.

Since being diagnosed with sleep apnea, the phrase "Shorter of breath/And one day closer to death" seems all too real to me.

zozzles wrote:Good woot, good price. They could have dropped the first five albums, though.

you mean the last five right?

You know, ripping this to FLAC would create one amazing experience, anyone want to give an approximate number crunch of how much GB it would take up? :P

I had their first box set a while ago - that was total carp in terms of presentation of the disk boxes themselves. This one sounds much better. I'm thinking about while watching ChillyS.tv

jessiebyrd004 wrote:The album alone gets good enough reviews to make it worth considering. ANd it's Floyd for goodness sakes. How could anyone born before 1975 pass this one up?

Yawn. I was born in 1968 and this has ZERO interest for me. Aside from 5 or 6 songs, Pink Floyd was drastically overrated in my opinion. Many of the songs and hits were way overproduced.

BenRain wrote:You know, ripping this to FLAC would create one amazing experience, anyone want to give an approximate number crunch of how much GB it would take up? :P

4.31 gigs in flac, 1.69 gigs in mp3 V0.

Relics, the dance collection and works are compilations, not studio albums. They don' t belong to the collection... pulse is live, so not studio neither.

They included the 2 Pink Fraud albums. I like Gilmour, I like the albums, but he should have dropped the name.

Which one's pink?

Adrnshw6 wrote:4.31 gigs in flac, 1.69 gigs in mp3 V0.

That was actually a bit smaller than I was expecting..

Thanks for the numbers!

pjreiter wrote:Yawn. I was born in 1968 and this has ZERO interest for me. Aside from 5 or 6 songs, Pink Floyd was drastically overrated in my opinion. Many of the songs and hits were way overproduced.

overproduced. yeah, let me know when the velvet underground box set is on woot, that would be good

gmintus wrote:I'd be all over this if these were vinyl.

Or SACD. For that price, give me better than CD. No thanks, woot.

which one's pink? neither, the whole was always greater than the sum of its perts

sdc100 wrote:I indeed live on he dark side of the moon.

"There IS no dark side of the moon. As a matter of fact, it is ALL dark." (guy outside of Abbey Road recording studio)

Rizmaster wrote:If this were vinyl I'd pick it up on sheer principle. On CD, sadly, I've had all these albums for years. Also CDs are dead to me. But still, great work on keeping it real, woot.

I am with you on that I would have purchased the vinyl records but cd? NO WAY

pjreiter wrote:Yawn. I was born in 1968 and this has ZERO interest for me. Aside from 5 or 6 songs, Pink Floyd was drastically overrated in my opinion. Many of the songs and hits were way overproduced.

Hi. Please do hallucinogens. KTHANXBYE.

Seriously though, I thought the same thing (bicentennial baby here) until the first time I dropped. If you haven't, then - well no offense but you're not the intended audience. Just like emo music grinds my teeth, but I don't spend my days whining about it on forums where other people are buying it. I have more important things to do. Like teaching my elders a lesson.

BenRain wrote:You know, ripping this to FLAC would create one amazing experience, anyone want to give an approximate number crunch of how much GB it would take up? :P

I would hazard 5GB. Based on what I see on my computer.

(shoot, didn't even see that someone else answered first)

This would be great if it wasn't a band that vacuums.

I just have to say that is the best blurb I've seen in years. Outstanding parody, guys!

I had to buy it

I do not own any pink floyd albums other than what I have on the computer

Christmas present in advance to me

Thinking about it is a funny name selection: In the Roger Water concerts in 1984 and 85, for the pros and cons of hitchhiking, they sold shirts that said: Which one's pink? This was in the middle of the lawsuit to stop Pink Floyd using the name.

Now, they come out with the first part of that phrase as the title:

Oh, by the way...

All 3 surviving members, I am sure, had a say in the box and title. It is just interesting I think that they chose this particular name.

zozzles wrote:Good woot, good price. They could have dropped the first five albums, though.

You're joking right? The early work is brilliant and defines Floyd. I saw them perform some of this stuff live (seriously dating myself here).
Wish I had some $$$ left to buy this for myself

sdc100 wrote:I almost got it as a gift to myself then I realized that there is no way these can live up to The Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs gold disc editions. The mastering for Dark Side of the Moon was near perfect. The Wall was also very good. Because I've become so accustomed to those versions, I'm afraid of being disappointed. So I must reluctantly say no...

My annual birthday ritual is turn off the lights, and listen to Dark Side repeatedly as the clock strikes midnight. Sadly, those lyrics describe ly life perfectly... I indeed live on he dark side of the moon. And the rent just went up.

Oh give me a break.

treblephone wrote:Some of us think those first five albums are the best. Especially the first.

Don't you mean six? After Meddle, they went downhill. Not that the following albums weren't amazing, they just weren't as good as the first six.

(Fair use excerpt and all that copyright jazz)

I absolutely love how the following song is done. The emotions are devastating & I don't apologize for their racial epithets:


Pink Floyd
The Post War Dream

Tell me true tell me why was Jesus crucified
is it for this that daddy died?
was it for you? was it me?
did I watch too much t.v.?
Is that a hint of accusation in your eyes?
if it wasn't for the nips
being so good at building ships
the yards would still be open on the Clyde
and it can't be much fun for them
beneath the rising sun
with all their kids committing suicide

what have we done Maggie what have we done
what have we done to England

Should we shout should we scream
what happened to the post war dream?
oh Maggie Maggie what have we done?

JorgeF wrote:Relics, the dance collection and works are compilations, not studio albums. They don' t belong to the collection... pulse is live, so not studio neither.

They included the 2 Pink Fraud albums. I like Gilmour, I like the albums, but he should have dropped the name.

Which one's pink?

Bob Geldof.

I would love this, but I have all the Floyd already... I am having problems justifying the collection... dagnabit.

zozzles wrote:(Fair use excerpt and all that copyright jazz)

I absolutely love how the following song is done. The emotions are devastating & I don't apologize for their racial epithets:


Pink Floyd
The Post War Dream

Tell me true tell me why was Jesus crucified
is it for this that daddy died?
was it for you? was it me?
did I watch too much t.v.?
Is that a hint of accusation in your eyes?
if it wasn't for the nips
being so good at building ships
the yards would still be open on the Clyde
and it can't be much fun for them
beneath the rising sun
with all their kids committing suicide

what have we done Maggie what have we done
what have we done to England

Should we shout should we scream
what happened to the post war dream?
oh Maggie Maggie what have we done?

The Final Cut... an hour of Roger crying about the father he never met. I am guessing his therapist told him to work through it... so the album became uber-group therapy.

Actually, I am partial to the title song.

Wish You Were Here is one of the best albums of all time. Period. No question.

"... did you exhange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage. "

Snap. Talk about choices.

And for those of you in the Baltimore/DC area, check out Several Species. They are the BEST Floyd cover band I have ever heard. They put on shows a couple of times a year, check their site.

I have this set. Ripped it in FLAC. Came out to 3.98 gb.

There's a couple extra small posters in with the cds that aren't pictured.

The CD cases are a bit cheesy. "Obscured by Clouds" is more or less a paper sleeve with nice print. The rest are mostly gloss print bi-fold cardboard sleeves.

An owner wrote:
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Novelty notes: I just discovered after cycling through the discs, UMAGUMMA disc one and disc two are mis-labled and reversed on the CD printing. Secondarily, the second disc of the wall cd sleeve is misprinted. The lyrics are side 3/side3, rather than side 3/side 4. The Pink Floyd Website has an e-mail address to send your information to to get a correct sleeve listing. Thes two things show how painstakingly they put this box together!!!! This makes it special to me due to the show of overt greadiness of the record company that they would not check the labeling before producing 10000 copies.
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So this might be why it's for sale - can become a collector's item or not. 10,000 pcs produced?

This would be a nicer deal if it included DVD's of Live at Pompeii, Wizard of Oz synced to Dark Side of the Moon and the DVD-A/DD 4.1 Alan Parsons' quad mix of Dark Side of the Moon.

jessiebyrd004 wrote:The album alone gets good enough reviews to make it worth considering. ANd it's Floyd for goodness sakes. How could anyone born before 1975 pass this one up?

Amazon reviews link...
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Pink+Floyd+Box+Set&x=0&y=0

How could anyone pass this up PERIOD. Just another way for Woot to make me realize that I'm poor... And then rub my face in it.

pass.. Happy turkey day to all though

holy Manos, the Hands of Fate! Even at $9 a cd, this is still cheaper. Being a huge pink floyd fan and not actually owning a physical copy of any of their stuff, I'm so in for one.

To bad I already got my Dad a Christmas present, or I would have jumped all over this.... I better be careful and not say what I got. He may read this post! *giggles*

MannyFesto wrote:This would be great if it wasn't a band that vacuums.

Don't worry, eventually you'll be able to buy your Jonas Brothers boxed set in a nice package like this.

JorgeF wrote:Thinking about it is a funny name selection: In the Roger Water concerts in 1984 and 85, for the pros and cons of hitchhiking, they sold shirts that said: Which one's pink? This was in the middle of the lawsuit to stop Pink Floyd using the name.

Now, they come out with the first part of that phrase as the title:

Oh, by the way...

All 3 surviving members, I am sure, had a say in the box and title. It is just interesting I think that they chose this particular name.

"Oh, by the way, which one is Pink?" is from "Have a Cigar" on "Wish You Were Here", viewed by many experts (well, me anyway) as the best album ever. Anyone who knows me would realize that this would be the perfect Christmas present for me. Alas, I must buy it for myself! That says something, but I'll ignore it.

markjs415 wrote:overproduced. yeah, let me know when the velvet underground box set is on woot, that would be good

ps that was me being sarscastic

I like anything with PINK

octavia wrote:Don't you mean six? After Meddle, they went downhill. Not that the following albums weren't amazing, they just weren't as good as the first six.

while i appreciate ALL eras of the floyd, the surviving band members themselves have said in interviews that in hindsight, quite a bit of ummagumma, atom heart mother and other early albums were complete rubbish. look in the qutoes section of wikipedia for each album if you don't believe me.

here are my favorites, in order of best to not as good:
1. Wish You Were Here
2. Dark Side Of The Moon
3. Meddle
4. Animals
5. The Wall
6. The Division Bell
7. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
8. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
9. the rest of them...

great woot from one of the best bands of all time, but the reason why i buy so few boxed sets is that i already own almost all of these individually. why buy new packaging, especially since there are mistakes on it?

SalsaShark42 wrote:Kinda bummed they left out "Pulse"...

Then again, this is just another money grab...nothing here but coasters and posters. I guess if you don't own any Floyd CDs this is a good deal, but most of these are selling for under ten bucks a pop anyway...

pulse was pretty great. the live version of comfortably numb is worth the price of admission alone.

pjreiter wrote:Yawn. I was born in 1968 and this has ZERO interest for me. Aside from 5 or 6 songs, Pink Floyd was drastically overrated in my opinion. Many of the songs and hits were way overproduced.

Yeah, totally, dude. Rick Springfield would have totally kicked Floyd's ass. He was way ahead of his time.

Druish princess.

What is a "nother?"

Anybody know where to find studio versions of "Embryo" (aside from the Works album), "When the tigers broke free", and "What shall we do now?" ? I've always hoped they would put those last two back on The Wall some day...