There Is No Other Day

On August 28, Pink Floyd is set to reissue their debut album Piper at the Gates of Dawn, which is really the only full-length release with Syd Barrett all over it. It's been 40 years since it was released in 1967 (yay, math!)

The packaging, designed by Storm Thorgerson, resembles a cloth-covered book, and holds 3 CD discs, along with a 12-page reproduction Syd Barrett notebook.

Discs 1 and 2 will contain the full ‘Piper' album, represented in both stereo and mono versions. Both have been newly remastered by James Guthrie.

Disc 3 includes bonus tracks, including the following: all the Pink Floyd singles from 1967, (‘Arnold Layne', ‘See Emily Play', and ‘Apples And Oranges'), plus the B sides ‘Candy And A Current Bun' and ‘Paintbox'. Other tracks are a version of ‘Interstellar Overdrive' - Take 2 of the original recording sessions, previously only available on an EP in France - and the 1967 stereo version of ‘Apples And Oranges'.

Looks like a lot of effort into the physical release. Being an EMI release, does that mean we can expect stellar, newly remastered DRM-free tracks on iTunes? Excellent.