The British band Pink Floyd will release several new songs as part of a box that will explore the beginning of the legendary rock group, announced its record label , Sony Legacy Records
“the Early Years – 1965-1972″., a box that will be on sale on 11 November, will include at least 27 CD including songs that were not used, as well as performances of Pink Floyd, said the publisher on Thursday.
of the songs that are in the ‘box’, about 20 had never been published.
However, some others are not unknown to the fans, as the group played sometimes original excerpts little known during his shows.
Among the unreleased titles is “Vegetable Man”, written in 1967 by founding member Syd Barrett, who left the group soon after due to a mental illness.
the song was never released officially, although it could be found in unofficial records.
According to the agent of Pink Floyd, Peter Jenner, the bassist of the group, Roger Waters did not want to release this song as he considered too dark and incomplete. Waters also left the group in 1985, that I would not want to have anything to do with Pink Floyd.
The band led by David Gilmour launched in 2014 what would be his last album, “The Endless River” .
the box, which will also contain seven books, six of which will be sold separately in 2017, does not cover the period of greatest success of Pink Floyd.
the album “the Dark Side of the Moon “, released in 1973, partly inspired by the mental illness of Syd Barrett, remains one of the best selling of all time with 45 million copies.
the album” the Wall ” , released in 1979, also appears in lists that indicate the best musical works of all time.
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