{"id":12846,"date":"2026-11-05T17:05:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/?p=12846"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:07:43","slug":"animals-50th-anniversary-edition-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/2026\/11\/animals-50th-anniversary-edition-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"“Animals” 50th anniversary edition coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

\""Animals<\/a><\/p>\n

Sony\/Legacy<\/strong> will release a 50th anniversary edition of Pink Floyd<\/strong>‘s “Animals” album on Jan. 22.<\/p>\n

Available in a number of formats, “Animals 50” will include previously-unreleased tracks, unseen photos and more.<\/p>\n

The “Deluxe Boxset” edition \u2014 the priciest at $234.98 \u2014 features the original 1977 album, James Guthrie<\/strong>‘s 2018 remix, a collection of rarities and a previously-unreleased Oakland Coliseum recording from May 9, 1977.<\/p>\n

Variety<\/strong> reports the live set includes\u00a0 “Animals” and “Wish You Were Here” in their entirety, two “Dark Side of the Moon” tracks, and the last-ever live performance of “Careful With That Axe, Eugene.”<\/p>\n

The live recording was originally made by bootlegger Reinhard Hohlwein<\/strong>, who was 19 at the time. (Last year’s 50th anniversary reissue of “Wish You Were Here” also included a live set originally recorded by a bootlegger.)<\/p>\n

The boxset includes three LPs with original album, 2018 remix and rarities;\u00a0 five CDs with original album, 2018 remix, rarities, and the Oakland concert; and a Blu-ray featuring all of the audio, with the 2018 remix in 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Atmos.<\/p>\n

Rarities include previously-unreleased early drafts of “Dogs” and “Sheep”; a ’77 radio edit of the later, previously only available as a promo release to broadcasters; a “Studio Jam”; and a lost track by Roger Waters<\/strong> titled “Young Nicholas Jon.”<\/p>\n

The deluxe set also includes a 64-page hardcover book featuring new sleeve notes by novelist Jonathan Lethem<\/strong>; an interview with bootlegger Hohlwein;\u00a0an excerpt from Aubrey “Po” Powell<\/strong>\u2019s memoir about making the album’s iconic artwork; and previously-unpublished photos of the album, artwork and tour.<\/p>\n

It also includes a stencil \u2014 presumably for taking to the streets accompanied with cans of pink spray paint \u2014 and three posters.<\/p>\n

Other formats available Jan. 22 will be an LP ($29.98), double-LP ($42.98), 2 CD set ($19.98), Blu-ray ($29.98), and, believe it or not, cassette ($19.98).<\/p>\n

Available for pre-order now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Baaa. Oink. Whoof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sony\/Legacy will release a 50th anniversary edition of Pink Floyd‘s “Animals” album on Jan. 22. Available in a number of formats, “Animals 50” will include previously-unreleased tracks, unseen photos and more. The “Deluxe Boxset” edition \u2014 the priciest at $234.98 \u2014 features the original 1977 album, James Guthrie‘s 2018 remix, a collection of rarities and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-merchandise","category-recordings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12846"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12851,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12846\/revisions\/12851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}