The Best of the Pink Floyd

The Best of the Pink Floyd
Compilation album by Pink Floyd
Released	1970
Recorded	1967–1968
Genre	Psychedelic rock, progressive rock
Language	English
Label	Columbia/EMI
Producer	Norman Smith and Joe Boyd
Pink Floyd compilations chronology
The Best of the Pink Floyd (1970) Relics (1971)

The Best of the Pink Floyd is a compilation album of early Pink Floyd music, concentrating on singles from 1967 to 1969. It was released in The Netherlands in 1970, and later in Hungary, and contains their five early British singles and tracks from two further singles released in other countries. A later European compilation titled Masters of Rock says "Originally issued as The Best of Pink Floyd" [sic] on the back cover, but both albums contain tracks that are not on the other.

This record was notable as the only LP source of "Point Me at the Sky", and the original mono mixes of "Apples and Oranges" and "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" prior to the era of CD re-issues and compilations. It does not contain any of the single stereo remixes found on Relics and Masters of Rock, as this album was only issued in mono.

Track list

Side one

1. "Arnold Layne" (Syd Barrett)
2. "Candy and a Currant Bun" (Barrett)
3. "See Emily Play" (Barrett)
4. "Scarecrow" (Barrett)
5. "Apples and Oranges" (Barrett)
6. "Paint Box" (Richard Wright)
7. "It Would Be So Nice" (Wright)
8. "Julia Dream" (Waters)

Side two

1. "Let There Be More Light" (Roger Waters)
2. "Remember a Day" (Wright)
3. "Point Me at the Sky" (Waters / David Gilmour)
4. "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (Gilmour / Nick Mason / Waters / Wright)
5. "The Nile Song" (Waters)
6. "Ibiza Bar" (Gilmour / Mason / Waters / Wright)

Personnel

• Syd Barrett – guitar, vocals
• David Gilmour – guitar, vocals
• Richard Wright – Keyboard, piano, organ, vocals
• Roger Waters – bass guitar, vocals
• Nick Mason – drums, percussion