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Pink Floyd - Oh, by the Way (Mini LP Replica)
CD DetailsArtist: Pink Floyd Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Unknown) Format: Box set, Original recording remastered, Special Edition CD Release Date: 2007-12-11 Music Label: EMI Soundtracks: Music CD 1- Astronomy Domine
- Lucifer Sam
- Matilda Mother
- Flaming
- Pow R. Toc H.
- Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk
- Interstellar Overdrive
- The Gnome
- Chapter 24
- The Scarecrow
Music CD 2- Let There Be More Light
- Remember a Day
- Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
- Corporal Clegg
- A Saucerful of Secrets
- See-Saw
- Jugband Blues
Music CD 3- Cirrus Minor
- The Nile Song
- Crying Song
- Up the Khyber
- Green Is the Colour
- Cymbaline
- Party Sequence
- Main Theme
- Ibiza Bar
- More Blues
- Quicksilver
- A Spanish Piece
- Dramatic Theme
Music CD 4- Astronomy Domine [Live]
- Careful With That Axe, Eugene [Live]
- Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun [Live]
- A Saucerful of Secrets [Live]
Music CD 5- Sysyphus, Pt. 1-4
- Grantchester Meadows
- Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and
- The Narrow Way, Pt.1-3
- The Grand Vizier's Garden Party: Pt. 1 Entrance/Pt. 2 Entertainment/Pt. 3 E
Music CD 6- Atom Heart Mother: Father's Shout/Breast Milky/Mother Fore/Funky Dung/M
- If
- Summer '68
- Fat Old Sun
- Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast: Rise and Shine/Sunny Side Up/Morning Glor
Music CD 7- One of These Days
- A Pillow of Winds
- Fearless
- San Tropez
- Seamus
- Echoes
Music CD 8- Obscured by Clouds
- When You're In
- Burning Bridges
- The Gold It's in the...
- Wot's...Uh the Deal
- Mudmen
- Childhood's End
- Free Four
- Stay
- Absolutely Curtains
Music CD 9- Speak to Me
- Breathe
- On the Run
- Time
- The Great Gig in the Sky
- Money
- Us and Them
- Any Colour You Like
- Brain Damage
- Eclipse
Music CD 10- Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5
- Welcome to the Machine
- Have a Cigar
- Wish You Were Here
- Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 6-9
Music CD 11- Pigs on the Wing, Pt. 1
- Dogs
- Pigs (Three Different Ones)
- Sheep
- Pigs on the Wing, Pt. 2
Music CD 12- In the Flesh
- The Thin Ice
- Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1
- The Happiest Days of Our Lives
- Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
- Mother
- Goodbye Blue Sky
- Empty Spaces
- Young Lust
- One of My Turns
- Don't Leave Me Now
- Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3
- Goodbye Cruel World
Music CD 13- Hey You
- Is There Anybody Out There?
- Nobody Home
- Vera
- Bring the Boys Back Home
- Comfortably Numb
- The Show Must Go On
- In the Flesh
- Run Like Hell
- Waiting for the Worms
- Stop
- The Trial
- Outside the Wall
Music CD 14- The Post War Dream
- Your Possible Pasts
- One of the Few
- When the Tigers Broke Free
- The Hero's Return
- The Gunners Dream
- Paranoid Dream
- Paranoid Eyes
- Get Your Filthy Hands Memorial Home
- Southampton Dock
- The Final Cut
- Not Now John
- Two Suns in the Sunset
Music CD 15- Signs of Life
- Learning to Fly
- The Dogs of War
- One Slip
- On the Turning Away
- Yet Another Movie/Round and Around
- A New Machine, Pt. 1
- Terminal Frost
- A New Machine, Pt. 2
- Sorrow
Music CD 16- Cluster One
- What Do You Want From Me
- Poles Apart
- Marooned
- A Great Day for Freedom
- Wearing the Inside Out
- Take It Back
- Coming Back to Life
- Keep Talking
- Lost for Words
- High Hopes
Music reviews of Oh, by the Way (Mini LP Replica)Music Review: LAST GASP OF THE OLD REMASTERS TO ROB THE FAITHFUL OF MORE MONEY Rating: 1 Stars
Starting in 2001, Toshiba and Sony Japan successively released 18 Pink Floyd titles in LP-mini-sleeve replica format. With only 5000 copies of each title manufactured for worldwide distribution, they quickly sold out, then soared in aftermarket resale value, as supply never even began to approach demand. A full set, new, would probably now be somewhere north of fifteen hundred bucks on eBay.
From a collectable standpoint, those Japan mini-sleeves are held by all fans as THE Pink Floyd catalog to own, and it is EXACTLY that pent-up demand and desire that EMI is attempting to exploit with this "Oh By The Way" box.
With the release of the newly 2007-remastered "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", which supposedly heralds the commencement of another Pink Floyd catalog remastering campaign, this box set is nothing more than Capitol/EMI's wretched attempt to wring as much final revenue out of the old remasters as possible: If all 10,000 box sets sell thru, multiplied by the set's wholesale price, even after production costs, EMI stands to net a cool million plus.
If EMI does sonically revamp the PF catalog over the next few years, there will undoubtedly be another Japan mini-sleeve catalog release with those new remasters. My advice: Save up your money and be patient for that day, because NOBODY does LP mini-sleeve replicas like the Japanese. I have the entire Japan set, and they are stunning.
Put quite simply: THERE'S NOTHING NEW HERE IN THIS BOX but a poster and two coasters. If you buy it, you're allowing EMI marketing vermin to wretchedly devour the contents of your wallet, snickering at you as they drag your hard-earned cash back to their dank coffers, all the while leaving a slug-like trail of slime in their wake.
At the very least: DON'T fall for the marketing gag of the faux "LP album sleeves", as their quality is far less than the Japan `sleeves, DON'T be fooled by the "limited edition" marketing, as this set will depreciate in value from the day you open it, and DON'T fork over big bucks for the same masters you either already own, or can find new or used in standard jewel-case editions, and for far less money, than this expensive, redundant, worthless box set.
WHAT IS A JAPAN "MINI-LP-SLEEVE" CD?
Have you ever lamented the loss of one of the 20th Century's great art forms, the 12" vinyl LP jacket? Then "mini-LP-sleeve" CD's may be for you.
Mini-sleeve CDs are manufactured in Japan under license. The disc is packaged inside a 135MM X 135MM cardboard precision-miniature replica of the original classic vinyl-LP album. Also, anything contained in the original LP, such as gatefolds, booklets, lyric sheets, posters, printed LP sleeves, stickers, embosses, special LP cover paper/inks/textures and/or die cuts, are precisely replicated and included. An English-language lyric sheet is always included, even if the original LP did not have printed lyrics.
Then, there's the sonic quality: Often (but not always), mini-sleeves have dedicated remastering (20-Bit, 24-Bit, DSD, K2/K2HD, and/or HDCD), and can often (but not always) be superior to the audio on the same title anywhere else in the world. There also may be bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere.
Each Japan mini-sleeve has an "obi" ("oh-bee"), a removable Japan-language promotional strip. The obi lists the Japan street date of that particular release, the catalog number, the mastering info, and often the original album's release date. Bonus tracks are only listed on the obi, maintaining the integrity of the original LP artwork. The obi's are collectable, and should not be discarded.
All mini-sleeve releases are limited edition, but re-pressings/re-issues are becoming more common (again, not always). The enthusiasm of mini-sleeve collecting must be tempered, however, with avoiding fake mini-sleeves manufactured in Russia and distributed throughout the world, primarily on eBay. They are inferior in quality, worthless in collectable value, a total waste of money, and should be avoided at all costs.
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