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Pink Floyd retooled and reissued - Things That Go Pop!

Pink Floyd retooled and reissued

It never gets old. After settling a legal battle with music label EMI, rock legends Pink Floyd have announced a re-issue of Dark Side of the Moon as a six-disc super set as well as enhanced versions of The Wall along with some unreleased recordings.

Surviving members of Pink Floyd - guitarist David Gilmour, bassist Roger Waters and drummer Nick Mason - agreed to the sale of individual digital downloads last year after suing EMI over online sales.

According to the band's website those releases will include all "the studio albums newly remastered, including unreleased music from the archives and collectors' box sets."

The band released 14 studio albums between 1967 and 1994 and has sold more than 200 million albums. Dark Side of the Moon has been re-released twice before, and continues to be influential among a young generation of musicians and music lovers.

Set to launch on Sept. 26th, the new stuff will be out on CD, DVD, Blu-ray and an "array of digital formats, viral marketing, iPhone Apps and a brand-new single-album 'Best Of' collection." Surely one of those formats will help the fans part with their money.

One of the previously unreleased recordings will reportedly feature violinist Stephane Grappelli on Wish You Were Here. The studio albums have been remastered by James Guthrie, who co-produced The Wall and The Final Cut.

-- by June Chua

 Roger Waters performs against a video backdrop of his former band Pink Floyd. (Chris Pizzello/Associated Press)