Pink Floyd: If pigs could fly NEWS
The iconic Pink Floyd pig was again seen floating over the skies of Battersea Power Station to mark the release of the 14 Pink Floyd studio albums.
In 1976 a giant pig was seen floating over the skies of London creating chaos in its path.
The iconic giant helium swine was released over Battersea Power Station in December 1976, for a photo shoot to create the cover of Pink Floyd's album Animals.
Unfortunately the pig broke free during a strong gust of wind; it disappeared from sight, but was soon spotted by airline pilots thirty thousand feet in the air.
The huge inflatable pig then flew through the path of an aircraft. All flights from Heathrow were cancelled as a result and the huge pig disappeared over the English Channel, landing later that evening in a farmer's field in Kent.
This time EMI decided to take precautions and had a marksman on hand to shoot the porker down if it decided to go AWOL!
This publicity stunt was held to mark the release of 14 Pink Floyd studio albums. EMI are set to begin their marketing onslaught with the release of DVD's, Blu-Ray discs, iPhone apps and a new album featuring the best Pink Floyd singles.
The Why Pink Floyd remastered collection will be promoted along with a new official Pink Floyd website, www.pinkfloyd.com
The entire back catalogue of Pink Floyd's albums are being released under one title Why Pink Floyd, and are available separately from yesterday - 26th September.
The collection comes in three phases and feature rare songs, unreleased material and unheard pieces. The three groups of remastered material offer diehard fans the choice of Discovery, Experience and Immersion editions.
Discovery is the first release, which has all 14 remastered studio albums as a single purchase or in a special edition box set. Expanded deluxe and Special Edition versions of Dark Side of the Moon will be released in a 6-disc Immersion box set and a 2 disk Experience version as well as Vinyl and various digital versions.
The 7th November will see the release of the second phase called A Foot In The Door, which is a Best Of album. A new remastered version of the album Wish You Were Here with 5-disc Immersion and 2-disc Experience editions will be available. These include bonus material from the 1974 Wembley concert, including a 20 minute version of Shine On You Crazy Diamond and they will also be available on LP, CD and various digital formats.
Finally on February 27th 2012 the last phase will be released to eager fans with The Wall available in 7-disc Immersion and 3-disc Experience editions, which again will be available on vinyl or digital.
Pink Floyd have sold over 200 million records worldwide to date and this long awaited mammoth collection will surely get the band back together for an anniversary tour and, after the emotional reunion of the remaining three band members during a performance of Roger Waters The Wall, this becomes more and more likely!!
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