OH BY THE WAY...

So, if I were the record company who d like to sell the same old story again, Id try to give something more, new, different or a LOT for 120 pounds plus postage. Any 10-year-old kid can download any Floyd album for free, so here we dont expect only the pure music, but some new ideas and suprises also. The main problems are:

- not the latest remastered versions

- Relics is missing

- not a live album is presented in the box set (ok, Ummagumma live disc is here)

- the least they could have done is to enclose an at least 100 page booklet about the band, to introduce the first listener to the concept of their music and to tell some not so well-known stories to the advanced ones. This is a 40th anniversary edition, so I would have expected some notes from the band members, their memories or opinion about the old days, why things happened the way they happened etc. Even in the Shine on remastered editions there were long notes of never told stories, at least they could have added those.

- in some cases (eg The Wall) the lyrics is not readable because of the small size, for some records there is no lyrics on the covers at all (Pipe, Saucer, More etc.). I would have enclosed all the lyrics separately in the booklet also. If this edition is to symbolize and summarize the whole carrier of the band, lyrics is definitely part of their works.

Anyway, the idea to republish the disks in their original sleeves is nice, I really cherish them each day, but Im an ultimate fan of printed artworks. I dont think most customers would be happy with the box as it looks now. The artwork is nice, everything that was their in the original versions are here like postcard from Dark Side but I personally dont care about them. Typical collectors/fans edition.