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Floyd to open the vaults

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Jun 23, 2011 Updated Jun 24, 2011

Pink Floyd's Nick Mason says "mellowing with old age" persuaded the band's surviving members to re-evaluate the contents of their musical vaults.

Mason told Billboard.com. "We'd never put much thought into the idea of releasing incomplete or earlier versions of things, but I think...it might be worth bringing everything out and giving people a complete view of what we've done."

The campaign kicks off Sept. 26 with digitally remastered versions of Pink Floyd's 14 studio albums as well as The Dark Side of the Moon in both a two-disc "Experience" and a six-disc "Immersion" set, featuring previously unreleased live material, demos and outtakes.
 
As for the band performing live again, Mason says "The long and short of it is, I live in hope. I'd love to actually do something together again".

Source: Billboard external link

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