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PINK FLOYD The Division Bell Box Set hails from 2014 and is a SEALED box set (marked UPC and tear to shrinkwrap as pictured).  All has largely been quiet on the Pink Floyd front since the early 2012 release of the Immersion (mega-box) and Experience (trimmed-down but still deluxe) Edition sets for 1979’s The Wall.  The releases for concluded a campaign that also saw Discovery Edition (standard) remasters of all of the group’s albums and lavish sets for and .  Today, the Floyd camp announced a new 20th anniversary box set for the band’s fourteenth and final studio album to date, 1994’s The Division Bell. Though there’s no mention of Immersion or Experience anywhere, the Division Bell box, due on July 1 from Parlophone, will feature an array of music and swag to make it a fitting companion to the previous Immersion boxes.

Originally released in the U.K. by the EMI label and in the U.S. by Columbia Records, The Division Bell was the second Pink Floyd studio album following the departure from the band of Roger Waters.  Though the musical auteur Waters was not involved, the album was very much in the vein of the classic-era Floyd concept albums.  This time, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason explored the importance of communication.  Gilmour co-produced the album with Bob Ezrin (The Wall, Alice Cooper, KISS) and had a hand in writing all but one track.  Wright co-wrote a number of the tracks with Gilmour, and one with Anthony Moore, and also provided his first lead vocal on a Pink Floyd album since The Dark Side of the Moon.  Other lyrics were provided by Gilmour’s wife Polly Samson and Nick Laird-Clowes; Ezrin co-wrote music for one song.  Michael Kamen contributed orchestral arrangements to the album.

The Division Bell reached a peak of No. 1 in both the U.K. and the U.S., where it has been certified three-times platinum.  Just two days after the album’s release, Pink Floyd launched a tour in support of it.  The Pulse live album (1995) documented this tour.  When the tour ended on October 29, 1994, it was Floyd’s final live performance until the 2005 Live 8 concerts which reunited the band with Roger Waters.

The 20th Anniversary Division Bell box will include the following:

Remastered Double Vinyl In Gatefold Sleeve with full-length album versions (remastered by Doug Sax from the original analogue tapes);

Division Bell CD (2011 Remaster) In Commemorative Sleeve;

Blu-ray with 5.1 Audio Mix by Andy Jackson, 24/96 Mix and New “Marooned” Music Video directed by Aubrey Powell at Hipgnosis;

“High Hopes” clear vinyl 7” single;

“High Hopes” one-sided blue vinyl etched 12”;

“Take It Back” red vinyl 7” single

24-page 12″ x 12″ Booklet; and

Four 12″ x 12″ Art Prints designed by Hipgnosis/StormStudios.

Please note that this item is SEALED.   If the UPC has been marked or blackened as noted in the description, note that eBay policy does not allow this SEALED item to be described as 'brand new', with the remaining choice 'Used'.  As a result, this SEALED item is noted as used.