Pitchfork

For their 40th anniversary, Pink Floyd could have gone out and bought red convertibles or taken a month-long vacation in Cabo or ran off with their secretaries. Instead, they've taken a more civilized approach to being "older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" (as they themselves said in "Time"). And that approach involves reissues.

Just last month, they reissued their essential debut, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in two- and three-disc 40th anniversary editions. Now, they've packaged Piper with their other 13 studio albums for a box set called Oh By the Way.

Capitol/EMI will release Oh By the Way on December 4, and the set presents each CD in a miniature vinyl-style wallet, complete with original artwork. Some of the longer albums are on two CDs, and some of the sleeves are gatefold. There are also various stickers, posters, postcards, and other extras included in the package, as well as a 40th anniversary fabric poster designed by Pink Floyd album artist Storm Thorgerson.

Oh By the Way:

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (August 1967)
A Saucerful of Secrets (July 1968)
More (June 1969)
Ummagumma (November 1969)
Atom Heart Mother (October 1970)
Meddle (November 1971)
Obscured by Clouds (June 1972)
The Dark Side of the Moon (March 1973)
Wish You Were Here (September 1975)
Animals (February 1977)
The Wall (December 1979)
The Final Cut (April 1983)
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (September 1987)
Division Bell (April 1994)