From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oh, by the Way
Box set by Pink Floyd
Released	10 December 2007
Recorded	1967–1994
Genre	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock
Length	723:59
Language	English
Label	EMI
Producer	Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour, James Guthrie, Michael Kamen, Norman Smith, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Pitchfork Media (4.0/10) link
Pink Floyd compilations chronology
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2001) Oh, by the Way (2007)
Back cover

Oh, by the Way is a compilation box set by Pink Floyd^[1] released on 10 December 2007, by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States through Capitol Records.^[2] The box set includes all twelve of their standard studio albums, plus two film soundtracks, packaged together as mini-vinyl replicas.^[3] In addition to the albums, and their extras, the set comes with a specially designed 40th Anniversary poster by Storm Thorgerson, featuring 40 Pink Floyd images.^[4] The title is a reference to a line in the song "Have a Cigar": "The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think / Oh by the way, which one's Pink?" The box cover consists of a concept similar to that of Ummagumma—one side of the box shows a picture of a room with various objects scattered about inside it, with pictures of the main band members (Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright) on the walls, whilst the other side shows the same room in different lighting, with the objects and pictures of band members rearranged. A man in the middle far in the background can be assumed to be original frontman and founder Syd Barrett.

Contents

• The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (single wallet) August 1967
• A Saucerful of Secrets (single wallet) June 1968
• Soundtrack from the Film More (single wallet) July 1969
• Ummagumma (gatefold, two discs) October 1969
• Atom Heart Mother (gatefold) October 1970
• Meddle (gatefold) November 1971
• Obscured by Clouds (single wallet rounded corners) June 1972
• The Dark Side of the Moon (gatefold, two posters, and two stickers) March 1973
• Wish You Were Here (single wallet, liner, postcard, black shrink wrap) September 1975
• Animals (gatefold) February 1977
• The Wall (gatefold, two discs) December 1979
• The Final Cut (gatefold) April 1983
• A Momentary Lapse of Reason (gatefold) September 1987
• The Division Bell (gatefold) April 1994

Track listing

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

1. "Astronomy Domine" (Syd Barrett) – 4:12
2. "Lucifer Sam" – 3:07
3. "Matilda Mother" – 3:08
4. "Flaming" – 2:46
5. "Pow R. Toc H." (Barrett/Roger Waters/Richard Wright/Nick Mason) – 4:26
6. "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" (Waters) – 3:05
7. "Interstellar Overdrive" (Barrett/Waters/Wright/Mason) – 9:41
8. "The Gnome" – 2:13
9. "Chapter 24" – 3:42
10. "Scarecrow" – 2:11
11. "Bike" – 3:21

A Saucerful of Secrets

1. "Let There Be More Light" (Waters) – 5:38
2. "Remember a Day" (Wright) – 4:33
3. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (Waters) – 5:28

• There seems to be a glitch between 2:30 & 2:34.

1. "Corporal Clegg" (Waters) – 4:13
2. "A Saucerful of Secrets" (Waters/Wright/David Gilmour/Mason) – 11:52
3. "See-Saw" (Wright) – 4:36
4. "Jugband Blues" (Barrett) – 3:00

Soundtrack from the Film More

1. "Cirrus Minor" (Waters) – 5:18
2. "The Nile Song" (Waters) – 3:26
3. "Crying Song" (Waters) – 3:33
4. "Up the Khyber" (Mason/Wright) – 2:12
5. "Green Is the Colour" (Waters) – 2:58
6. "Cymbaline" (Waters) – 4:50
7. "Party Sequence" (Waters/Wright/Gilmour/Mason) – 1:07
8. "Main Theme" (Waters/Wright/Gilmour/Mason) – 5:28
9. "Ibiza Bar" (Waters/Wright/Gilmour/Mason) – 3:19
10. "More Blues" (Waters/Wright/Gilmour/Mason) – 2:12
11. "Quicksilver" (Waters/Wright/Gilmour/Mason) – 7:13
12. "A Spanish Piece" (Gilmour) – 1:05
13. "Dramatic Theme" (Waters/Wright/Gilmour/Mason) – 2:15

Ummagumma

1. "Astronomy Domine" (Barrett) – 8:29
2. "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (Waters/Wright/Gilmour/Mason – 8:50
3. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (Waters) – 9:15
4. "A Saucerful of Secrets" (Gilmour/Waters/Mason/Wright) – 12:48
   1. "Something Else"
   2. "Syncopated Pandemonium"
   3. "Storm Signal"
   4. "Celestial Voices"
5. "Sysyphus" (Wright) – 12:59
   1. Part 1 – 4:29
   2. Part 2 – 1:45
   3. Part 3 – 3:07:57
6. "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" (Mason) – 8:44
   1. Part 1: "Entrance" – 1:00
   2. Part 2: "Entertainment" – 7:06
   3. Part 3: "Exit" – 0:38

Atom Heart Mother

1. "Atom Heart Mother" (Gilmour/Mason/Waters/Wright/Ron Geesin) – 23:44
   1. "Father's Shout"
   2. "Breast Milky"
   3. "Mother Fore"
   4. "Funky Dung"
   5. "Mind Your Throats, Please"
   6. "Remergence
2. "If"(Waters) – 4:31
3. "Summer '68" (Wright) – 5:29
4. "Fat Old Sun" (Gilmour) – 5:24
5. "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast"
   1. "Rise and Shine"
   2. "Sunny Side Up"
   3. "Morning Glory" (Gilmour/Waters/Wright/Mason) – 13:42

Meddle

1. "One of These Days" (Waters/Wright/Mason/Gilmour) – 5:57
2. "A Pillow of Winds" (Waters/Gilmour) – 5:10
3. "Fearless" (Waters/Gilmour) – 6:08
4. "San Tropez" (Waters) – 3:43
5. "Seamus" (Waters/Wright/Mason/Gilmour) – 2:16
6. "Echoes" (Waters/Wright/Mason/Gilmour) – 23:29

Obscured by Clouds

1. "Obscured by Clouds (Waters/Gilmour) – 3:03
2. "When You're In (Waters/Gilmour/Mason/Wright) – 2:30
3. "Burning Bridges (Wright/Waters) – 3:29
4. "The Gold It's in The... (Waters/Gilmour) – 3:07
5. "Wot's... Uh the Deal? (Waters/Gilmour) – 5:08
6. "Mudmen (Wright/Gilmour) – 4:20
7. "Childhood's End (Gilmour) – 4:31
8. "Free Four (Waters) – 4:15
9. "Stay (Wright/Waters) – 4:05
10. "Absolutely Curtains (Waters/Gilmour/Wright/Mason) – 5:52

The Dark Side of the Moon

1. "Speak to Me" (Mason) – 1:30
2. "Breathe" (Waters/Wright/Gilmour) – 2:43
3. "On the Run" (Waters/Gilmour) – 3:30
4. "Time" (Waters/Wright/Mason/Gilmour) – 6:53
5. "The Great Gig in the Sky" (Wright/Clare Torry) – 4:15
6. "Money" (Waters) – 6:30
7. "Us and Them" (Waters/Wright) – 7:34
8. "Any Colour You Like" (Wright/Mason/Gilmour) – 3:24
9. "Brain Damage" (Waters) – 3:50
10. "Eclipse" (Waters) – 1:45

Wish You Were Here

1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)" (Waters/Wright/Gilmour) – 13:30
2. "Welcome to the Machine" (Waters) – 7:30
3. "Have a Cigar" (Waters) – 5:08
4. "Wish You Were Here" (Waters/Gilmour) – 5:26
5. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)" (Waters/Wright/Gilmour) – 12:28

Animals

1. "Pigs on the Wing 1" (Waters) – 1:24
2. "Dogs" (Gilmour, Waters) – 17:06
3. "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" (Waters) – 11:28
4. "Sheep" (Waters) – 10:21
5. "Pigs on the Wing 2" (Waters) – 1:27

The Wall

1. "In the Flesh?" (Waters) – 3:19
2. "The Thin Ice" (Waters) – 2:27
3. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 1" (Waters) – 3:21
4. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (Waters) – 1:46
5. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" (Waters) – 4:00
6. "Mother" (Waters) – 5:36
7. "Goodbye Blue Sky" (Waters) – 2:45
8. "Empty Spaces" (Waters) – 2:10
9. "Young Lust" (Waters/Gilmour) – 3:25
10. "One of My Turns" (Waters) – 3:35
11. "Don't Leave Me Now" (Waters) – 4:16
12. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 3" (Waters) – 1:14
13. "Goodbye Cruel World" (Waters) – 1:13

1. "Hey You" (Waters) – 4:40
2. "Is There Anybody Out There?" (Waters) – 2:44
3. "Nobody Home" (Waters) – 3:26
4. "Vera" (Waters) – 1:35
5. "Bring the Boys Back Home" (Waters) – 1:21
6. "Comfortably Numb" (Waters/Gilmour) – 6:24
7. "The Show Must Go On" (Waters) – 1:36
8. "In the Flesh" (Waters) – 4:13
9. "Run Like Hell" (Waters/Gilmour) – 4:19
10. "Waiting for the Worms" (Waters) – 4:04
11. "Stop" (Waters) – 0:30
12. "The Trial" (Waters/Bob Ezrin) – 5:13
13. "Outside the Wall" (Waters) – 1:41

The Final Cut

1. "The Post War Dream)" (Waters) – 3:00
2. "Your Possible Pasts" (Waters) – 4:26
3. "One of the Few" (Waters) – 1:11
4. "When the Tigers Broke Free" (Waters) – 3:16
5. "The Hero's Return" (Waters) – 2:43
6. "The Gunner's Dream" (Waters) – 5:18
7. "Paranoid Eyes" (Waters) – 3:41
8. "Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert" (Waters) – 1:17
9. "The Fletcher Memorial Home" (Waters) – 4:12
10. "Southampton Dock" (Waters) – 2:10
11. "The Final Cut" (Waters) – 4:45
12. "Not Now John" (Waters) – 4:56
13. "Two Suns in the Sunset" (Waters) – 5:20

A Momentary Lapse of Reason

1. "Signs of Life" (Gilmour/Ezrin) – 4:24
2. "Learning to Fly" (Gilmour/Anthony Moore/Ezrin/Jon Carin) – 4:53
3. "The Dogs of War" (Gilmour/Moore) – 6:05
4. "One Slip" (Gilmour/Phil Manzanera) – 5:10
5. "On the Turning Away" (Gilmour/Moore) – 5:42
6. "Yet Another Movie" (Gilmour/Patrick Leonard)/"Round and Around" (Gilmour) – 7:28
7. "A New Machine (Part 1)" (Gilmour) – 1:46
8. "Terminal Frost" (Gilmour) – 6:17
9. "A New Machine (Part 2)" (Gilmour) – 0:38
10. "Sorrow" (Gilmour) – 8:46

The Division Bell

1. "Cluster One" (Gilmour/Wright) – 5:58
2. "What Do You Want from Me?" (Gilmour/Wright/Polly Samson)  – 4:21
3. "Poles Apart" (Gilmour/Samson/Nick Laird-Clowes) – 7:04
4. "Marooned" (Gilmour/Wright) – 5:29
5. "A Great Day for Freedom" (Gilmour/Samson) – 4:17
6. "Wearing the Inside Out" (Wright/Anthony Moore) – 6:49
7. "Take It Back" (Gilmour/Samson/Laird-Clowes/Ezrin) – 6:12
8. "Coming Back to Life" (Gilmour) – 6:19
9. "Keep Talking" (Gilmour/Wright/Samson) – 6:11
10. "Lost for Words" (Gilmour/Samson) – 5:14
11. "High Hopes" (Gilmour/Samson) – 8:32

Personnel

Pink Floyd

• Syd Barrett – guitar, vocals on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets
• David Gilmour – guitar, slide guitar, kazoo, tape effects, bass guitar, fretless bass, lap steel guitar, vocals, all instruments on "Sorrow" (except bass), does not appear on Piper at the Gates of Dawn
• Nick Mason – drums, percussion, tape effects, vocals on "One of These Days", "Learning to Fly" (pilot transmissions), and "Corporal Clegg"
• Roger Waters – bass guitar, vocals, tape effects, guitar, tuba, does not appear on A Momentary Lapse of Reason or The Division Bell
• Richard Wright – keyboards, organ, piano, synthesizer, trombone, clavinet, tape effects, vocals, does not appear on The Final Cut

Additional musicians

• Jon Carin – keyboards on A Momentary Lapse of Reason
• Lesley Duncan – backing vocals
• Bob Ezrin – orchestra arrangements, keyboards, piano on "Nobody Home"
• Vanetta Fields – backing vocals
• James Guthrie – percussion on "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" and "In the Flesh", drill on "Hey You", synthesizer on "Empty Spaces"
• Roy Harper – vocals on "Have a Cigar"
• Sir Stephen Hawking  - vocals on "Keep Talking"
• Islington Green School, led by Noel Davis – choir on "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
• Dick Parry – saxophone on "Money", "Us and Them", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Wearing the Inside Out"
• Guy Pratt – bass guitar on The Division Bell
• Michael Kamen – orchestra arrangement on The Wall, The Final Cut and The Division Bell
• Patrick Leonard – synthesizer
• National Philharmonic Orchestra – The Final Cut
• The New York Orchestra – The Wall
• Scott Page – tenor saxophone on "The Dogs of War"
• Jeff Porcaro – drums on "Mother"
• Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitar on "Comfortably Numb"
• Norman Smith – drums, backing vocals on "Remember a Day"
• The Salvation Army (The International Staff Band) on "Jugband Blues":

• Ray Bowes (cornet)
• Terry Camsey (cornet)
• Mac Carter (trombone)
• Les Condon (E♭ bass)
• Maurice Cooper (euphonium)
• Ian Hankey (trombone)
• George Whittingham (B♭ bass)
• One other uncredited musician

• Seamus the dog – vocals on "Seamus"
• Barry St. John – backing vocals
• Liza Strike – backing vocals
• Clare Torry – vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky"
• Doris Troy – backing vocals
• Carlena Williams – backing vocals
• Tony Levin – bass guitar on A Momentary Lapse of Reason

Production

• Bob Ezrin – co-production on The Wall
• James Guthrie – remastering production, production
• Alan Parsons – engineering
• Aubrey Powell – sleeve design
• Doug Sax – remastering
• Gerald Scarfe – sleeve design on The Wall
• Storm Thorgerson – sleeve design

References

Pink Floyd Syd Barrett · David Gilmour · Nick Mason · Roger Waters · Richard Wright Studio albums The Piper at the Gates of Dawn · A Saucerful of Secrets · Ummagumma · Atom Heart Mother · Meddle · The Dark Side of the Moon · Wish You Were Here · Animals · The Wall · The Final Cut · A Momentary Lapse of Reason · The Division Bell Soundtracks The Committee · Tonite Lets All Make Love in London. · More · Zabriskie Point · Obscured by Clouds Live albums Ummagumma · Delicate Sound of Thunder · Pulse · Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 Compilations The Best of the Pink Floyd / Masters of Rock · Relics · A Nice Pair · A Collection of Great Dance Songs · Works · Shine On · (The Early Singles) · 1967: The First Three Singles · Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd · Oh, by the Way Films Live at Pompeii · The Wall · The Final Cut Video EP · Delicate Sound of Thunder · La Carrera Panamericana · Pulse · The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story · The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon · London '66–'67 Singles "Arnold Layne" · "See Emily Play" · "Flaming" · "Apples and Oranges" · "It Would Be So Nice" · "Let There Be More Light" · "Point Me at the Sky" · "The Nile Song" · "One of These Days" · "Free Four" · "Money" · "Us and Them" / "Time" · "Have a Cigar" · "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" · "Comfortably Numb" · "Run Like Hell" · "When the Tigers Broke Free" · "Not Now John" · "Learning to Fly" · "On the Turning Away" · "One Slip" · "Take It Back" · "High Hopes" · "Wish You Were Here" (live) Tours Pink Floyd European Tour 1968 · The Man and the Journey Tour · Atom Heart Mother World Tour · Meddle Tour · Dark Side of the Moon Tour · 1974 French Summer Tour · British Winter Tour 1974 · Wish You Were Here Tour · In the Flesh Tour · The Wall Tour · A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour · The Division Bell Tour Related articles Discography · Videography · Backing musicians · Bob Klose · Blackhill Enterprises · Steve O'Rourke · Pigs · Dark Side of the Rainbow · "The Man and the Journey" · Unreleased material · Music from The Body · Publius Enigma · 19367 Pink Floyd · Songs The Pink Floyd portal