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Relics (subtitle: A Bizarre Collection of Antiques & Curios) is a 1971 compilation album by English rock band Pink Floyd. A remastered CD was released in 1996 with an updated album cover.
Background
Relics was assembled by EMI to bridge the commercial gap between Pink Floyd's previous album, Atom Heart Mother, and the upcoming album Meddle. Relics was released on the budget Starline label and combined early singles, B-sides, and album tracks, in addition to a previously unreleased 1969 studio recording of "Biding My Time", originally a live-only piece entitled "Afternoon", included in the Man and the Journey concert sequence.
Artwork
The album cover features a drawing of an elaborate fictional contraption by drummer and former architecture student Nick Mason. In 2008, he sold a limited edition of 195 signed prints of the cover. When the album was released on CD in 1996, designer Storm Thorgerson, inspired by the cover of The Division Bell, commissioned a real-life version of Mason's contraption, which was photographed as the new artwork.
Track listing
Personnel
Pink Floyd
- Syd Barrett – lead and rhythm guitar (1–5, 11), lead vocals (1, 3, 11), backing vocals
- David Gilmour – lead and rhythm guitar (6–10), lead vocals (6, 8, 9), vocalizations (7), backing vocals
- Nick Mason – drums (1–3, 5–7, 9–11), percussion, original cover design
- Roger Waters – bass guitar (all tracks), lead vocals (10), vocalizations (7), backing vocals
- Rick Wright – Farfisa organ (1–4, 8), Hammond organ (6–8, 10), piano (3–5, 10, 11), lead vocals (4, 5), backing vocals; tack piano (3, 5, 11), electric harpsichord (3), Mellotron (6), vibraphone (7), trombone (10), harmonium (11), celesta (11), violin (11)
Additional personnel
- James Guthrie – remastering supervision
- Norman Smith – drums and backing vocals (4), drum roll (2)
- Doug Sax – remastering
Charts and certifications
Charts
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