Whatever the reason, shame on you, EMI-Capitol.
You’re probably in for a penny, in for a pound on something like this, but to ask a stupid question: Why the marbles? Is this a reference to a song lyric I never bothered to pay attention to-even back in 1975, when it’s theoretically possible I listened to this album on headphones while reclining in a beanbag chair? Are the marbles a droll allusion to the late Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd’s original front man and songwriter, who went crazy, left the band in 1968, but was purportedly the inspiration for songs such as “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” (parts one through nine)? Here’re your marbles back, Syd? The music is almost secondary, literally rattling around at the bottom of the box: various mixes of the album proper on CD, DVD, and Blu-ray (including the 1975 Quadrophonic mix) and a single disc of outtakes and live versions. It will be officially released November 8-and here, for $119.99 on Amazon, is what you’ll get: three separate booklets four Pink Floyd “Collector’s Cards” a replica ticket to a 1977 concert in Paris a replica backstage pass for a 1975 concert in Pittsburgh nine Pink Floyd coasters featuring discarded sketches for the original album cover art a Wish You Were Here scarf made of 100 percent viscose a presumably frameable “Art Print” and a little velveteen bag with three clear marbles in it. But I especially know it this week, because EMI-Capitol just sent me the new “Immersion Editions” box-set version of Pink Floyd’s 1975 album, Wish You Were Here. I know this because-well, everyone knows it.
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