Pink Floyd Sets Animals 50 Reissue for January 2027

Pink Floyd has announced Animals 50, a multi-format anniversary collection due January 22, 2027, through Sony Music. The release will include the band’s 1977 album, its 2018 remix, five rarities and a recording of a 1977 Oakland concert in selected editions. The band has also released “Sheep (Original Radio Edit)” as a preview; the four-and-a-half-minute version is being made commercially available for the first time. The rarities include “Young Nicholas Jon,” a previously unheard song written by Roger Waters, early versions of “Dogs” and “Sheep,” a studio jam and the radio edit. The album version of “Sheep” runs about 10 minutes. Pink Floyd’s announcement describes the edit as a shortened version circulated to radio in 1977. The concert recording captures the band at Oakland Coliseum Arena on May 9, 1977, during its In the Flesh tour. It was recorded by Reinhard Hohlwein, then 19, and has not previously been officially released, according to the announcement. The concert set includes songs from Animals and other Pink Floyd albums. The editions differ in their contents. The deluxe box set includes three LPs, five CDs and a Blu-ray, as well as a 64-page book with an essay by...