''Oh, by the Way'' is a compilation boxed set by

Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experiments ...

released on 10 December 2007, by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States through

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The boxed set includes all of Pink Floyd's then extant standard studio albums in scale replicas of the original vinyl packaging. In addition to the albums, and their extras, the set comes with a specially designed 40th Anniversary poster by Storm Thorgerson, featuring 40 Pink Floyd images.

Design and cover

The title is a reference to a line in the song " Have a Cigar": "Oh by the way, which one's Pink?" The box cover consists of a concept similar to that of ''Ummagumma''—one side of the box shows a picture of a room with various objects scattered about inside it, with pictures of

Roger Waters George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the group's main songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became ...

, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright on the walls, whilst the other side shows the same room in different lighting, with the objects and pictures of band members rearranged. Standing in the background of both sides of the cover is the dark silhouette of an individual, to symbolize Syd Barrett.

Albums

Albums, packaging format, and original release date. Refer to original albums for track lists, personnel lists, and production credits. #'' The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'' (single wallet) August 1967 (1994 remaster) (stereo version, although the disc label and sleeve have the mono catalogue number). #'' A Saucerful of Secrets'' (single wallet) June 1968 (listed as 1992 remaster, but is actually the earlier 1986 master) #'' Soundtrack from the Film More'' (single wallet) June 1969 (1994 remaster) #'' Ummagumma'' (

gatefold A gatefold cover or gatefold LP is a form of packaging for gramophone record, LP records that became popular in the mid-1960s. A gatefold cover, when folded, is the same size as a standard LP cover (i.e., a 12½-inch 2.7-centimetresquare). ...

, two discs) October 1969 (1994 remaster) #'' Atom Heart Mother'' (gatefold) October 1970 (1994 remaster) #'' Meddle'' (gatefold) October 1971 (listed as 1992 remaster, but is actually the earlier 1984 master) #'' Obscured by Clouds'' (single wallet with rounded corners) June 1972 (1994 remaster) #'' The Dark Side of the Moon'' (gatefold with two posters and two stickers) March 1973 (2003 remaster) #'' Wish You Were Here'' (single wallet with liner, postcard, and black shrink wrap) September 1975 (1992 remaster) #''

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'' (gatefold) January 1977 (listed as 1992 remaster, but is actually the earlier 1985 master) #'' The Wall'' (gatefold, two discs) November 1979 (1992 remaster) #'' The Final Cut'' (gatefold) March 1983 (version with 2004 track list) (2004 remaster) #'' A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' (gatefold) September 1987 (1997 remaster) #'' The Division Bell'' (gatefold) March 1994 (not remastered)

Personnel

;Pink Floyd * Syd Barrett –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

(albums 1 and 2) * David Gilmour –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

, keyboards, vocals (albums 2–14) * Nick Mason –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

, vocals (all albums) *

– bass guitar, vocals (albums 1–12) * Rick Wright – keyboards,

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...

, vocals (all albums except 12) ;Production * James Guthrie – remastering production * Aubrey Powell – sleeve design *Doug Sax – remastering * Storm Thorgerson – sleeve design

References

Contents

Design and cover

Albums

Personnel

References