Echoes - The Best of Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd compilation.
Released in Europe by EMI, November 5, 2001.
Released in USA by Capitol Records, November 6, 2001.
More than two hours and twenty minutes with the greatest Pink Floyd material. The 26 songs has been mixed together to one piece of continues music by producer and engineer James Guthrie. According to a press release 'Echoes was made with the active participation of David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright.'
The song When The Tigers Broke Free has previously only been released on a single (Never before on CD!)
A book with tabs and music sheets has been released to accompany the Pink Floyd Compilation. The 328 page book is also titled: Pink Floyd: Echoes.
Tracklist
DISC 1:
Astronomy Domine
See Emily
Play
The
Happiest Days Of Our Lives
Another Brick In
The Wall, part two
Echoes
Hey You
Marooned
The Great Gig In The Sky
Set
The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
Money
Keep
Talking
Sheep
Sorrow
DISC 2:
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
(parts 1-7)
Time
Fletcher
Memorial Home
Comfortably
Numb
When
The Tigers Broke Free
One
Of These Days
Us And Them
Learning
To Fly
Arnold Layne
Wish
You Were Here
Jugband Blues
High Hopes
Bike
Sleeve notes
Compilation produced by James Guthrie
and Pink Floyd
Mastered by Doug Sax, James Guthrie
and Joel Plante at das Boot recording
1/4 inch transfers assisted by Robert Hadley
Cover by Storm Thorgerson
Graphic design: Peter Curzon
Photography by Rupert Truman and Sam Brooks
With thanks to Jason Reddy, Finlay Cowan, Dan Abott and Hothouse
Pink Floyd management Steve O'Rourke EMKA Productions Ltd.
Roger Waters management Mark Fenwick MFM Ltd.
To compile this album, the original analogue master tapes were played back on custom tape machines built by The Mastering Lab (1/4 inch) and Tim de Paravicini (1/2 inch). Custom valve EQ was by Esoteric Audio Research. 24-bit Analogue to Digital converters by dB Technologies fed by SADiE workstation. Monitoring DACs were by dCS.