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THE LATER YEARS – 1987-2019

WHICH ONE’S PINK? It’s a question the mighty members of Pink Floyd have answered more than once throughout their unmatched 50-plus-year career. No matter who’s been at the helm—the wide-eyed lysergic-minded guitarist/vocalist Syd Barrett, the uncompromising iconoclast bassist/vocalist Roger Waters, or the melodic linchpin guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour—the mantra of delivering music that’s always high fidelity, first class has been at the core of Pink Floyd’s production values from the very beginning.

Back in 2016, Pink Floyd hit us with , a massive 28-disc collection that reset the bar for archival presentation of , an 18-disc box set that’s as good as any collection you’ll come across. Special kudos to creative director Aubrey Powell, who designed in a more uniform 13x13 box rather than replicate his unwieldy rectangular 15x8 cinder-block housing for . After all, we audiophile collectors gotta shelve these things as economically as possible (but I digress).

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