Pink Floyd has a new compilation coming, and it comes with a genuine discovery attached. ‘8-Tracks’ arrives June 5th, collecting seven essential tracks from the band’s 1970s catalog alongside the full-length version of “Pigs on the Wing,” previously only available on the rare 8-track cartridge edition of 1977’s ‘Animals’. The connecting tissue between the song’s two halves is a guitar solo by Snowy White, who played it during his very first meeting with the band after David Gilmour handed him his legendary white Stratocaster. White heard the song exactly once before recording the solo. “Roger says, ‘While you’re here, why don’t you play a solo on this song I’ve just done called ‘Pigs on the Wing’?” White later recalled. “I said, ‘That’d be nice.'”
The rest of the tracklist covers the expected ground well, pulling from ‘Wish You Were Here’, ‘The Wall’, ‘Dark Side of the Moon’, ‘Meddle’, and ‘Obscured by Clouds’. All eight tracks have been edited together by Steven Wilson for continuous listening, which gives the compilation a shape beyond the standard hits package. ‘8-Tracks’ arrives on 180g black vinyl, with an exclusive pink vinyl version available at Target. Pre-orders are open now.
‘8-Tracks’ Track Listing:
Side A
- “One of These Days”
- “Wot’s … Uh the Deal”
- “Money”
- “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2”
Side B
- “Wish You Were Here”
- “Time”
- “Comfortably Numb”
- “Pigs on the Wing (8-Track Version)”