Where to get early Pink Floyd singles/songs not albums on vinyl?

I am looking for on vinyl (best sounding option ideally) for something that has most of these songs

Apples and Oranges
Vegetable Man
Scream Thy Last Scream
See Emily Play
Candy and a Current Bun

Is Masters of Rock really the only option? I can't see where Vegetable Man and Scream Thy Last Scream are on anything.

 

'Vegetable Man' and 'Scream Thy Last Scream' were never officially released on vinyl. I don't know much about vinyl bootlegs, so I keep that open here.
But the other tracks you mentioned can be found on the Best Of Pink Floyd LP from Columbia Netherlands (released 1970 I think) and several versions of Masters Of Rock.
For the Holland LP I can say 'Apples And Oranges' contains a true stereo mix there but 'Emily' and 'Candy' are duophonic.

 

Its too bad they couldn't of put Apples and Oranges and Canady and a Current Bun on the upcoming reissue of Relics at least.

 

Relics is a classic release in it's own right. Like "Decade" or "Hot Rocks" ... it stands on its own. Don't be messing with the tracklist.

 

True. Perhaps they need to release the Early Singles cd included in the Shine On box set as a standalone..preferably in vinyl.

 

I'm sure you mainly look for the songs on 33rpm LPs. But, just in case you take the alternative with 7'', the most recent release of the early Pink Floyd singles on vinyl is in the Early Years box set.
The box set itself is pretty expensive, but sometimes Ebay people sell the memorabilia and singles set individually.

 

As much as I can't wait to get Relics when it is released, a proper round up of non-album tracks, without any album tracks added would be great as an alternative to the massive box. Even the 2cd release that came out at the time of the box missed a few tracks from the singles.

I would love one album on vinyl to mop up;
Arnold Layne
Candy and the Currant Bun
See Emily Play
Apples and Oranges
Painbox
It Would Be So Nice
Julia Dream
Point Me At The Sky
Careful With That Axe Eugene
Biding My Time
Embryo
and then add a handful of the best unreleased at the time tracks all in their original mixes.

It is kind of frustrating that there has never been a widescale release of all those tracks in one places. I remember when I was first collecting Floyd in the late 80s that to get all the early singles was virtually impossible except on the 45s themselves.

 

I agree, all their various releases are a mish-mash, and you can't get a lot of these single tracks on one release. I don't think the band is too keen on the quality of the very early post-Syd singles.

^ This material would all be great with both the live electric version of "Embryo" and the acoustic studio version (throw in "Scream" & "Vegetable" for a nice 2-LP pressing of all the spare tracks).

 

They should call this double-LP Another Nice Pair.

 

Haha, yep, that would be a good name for a b-leg pressing. Clearly the band has no interest in officially re-releasing this material outside of the pricey box and the Relics reissue.

Wasn't the original A Nice Pair just Piper & Saucerful on a 2-LP? I keep seeing it used at the store, I should grab it.

 

Yes, that was indeed a combination of the first two albums.
But beware of the US pressings, those have the Ummagumma live version of 'Astronomy Domine' on there instead of the actual studio version.

 

Thanks for the heads up. I think I remember reading that in Schaffner's Saucerful Of Secrets biography.

As cool as the Ummagumma version of "Astronomy" surely is, replacing the Syd version on Piper is unacceptable!

 

Quite baffling actually, does anyone know why?

 

45 RPM singles for most of those songs were included with the Pink Floyd "The Early Years" box set. It's only $475...

 

The Syd singles (except Candy and A Currant Bun) can be found on the 2010 Introduction to Syd Barrett LP. This does not have Vegetable Man or Scream Thy.

 

And there we have another Pink Floyd album!
Good idea!

 

I have a copy purchased new of "Melk Weg"...a boot that has a lot of the unreleased oddities.

Syd Barrett - Melk Weg

 

The best option back then was to grab the fairly easy to find 'Masters of Rock' which has a- and b-sides of the first four singles. Still baffles me why the fifth one, 'Point Me At The Sky'/'Careful With That Axe, Eugene', isn't on it. 'Careful' could be found on 'Relics', 'Point Me...' on a sampler called 'Purple Simon Moves the Pink Harum', which was more difficult to get hold of.

 

Never heard this Syd track "Just Before You Dissapear (Live 1969)" before--is it an actual song or a jam?

 

Your best option, imo, is to find someone who bought the Early Years box set, but who doesn't want the vinyl 45s or is looking to defray the cost of the box by selling off the vinyl. You could then get everything, except VM and STLS, which were never officially on vinyl. There is another possibility floating around in the aether, though: I would not be overly surprised if Pink Floyd Records released an "Early Singles" LP which collects up all of the early singles (see: the Early Singles disk from the Shine On boxset), and adds in VM and STLS. The Early Singles CD is 33 minutes, so VM and STLS would fit on the LP.

 

I found a copy of The Early Singles in a local Salvation Army Thrift store two years ago, best $2 I have ever spent.

 

They would fit, but I've a hunch they won't include them on an Early Singles-type album. But I'd love to be proven wrong.

 

I'd be into that.

 

I would love to see a 45 release of Vegetable Man b/w Scream thy.. maybe for a RSD?

 

I like the German Masters on Harvest best, terrible cover though