Pink Floyd
U. S. 8 Track Tapes
by Vernon Fitch
*** © copyright Vernon Fitch / The Pink Floyd Archives 1997-2007 ***
by Vernon Fitch
*** © copyright Vernon Fitch / The Pink Floyd Archives 1997-2007 ***
This is a tapeography of 8-track tapes that have been released in the United States by Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright. Any comments, corrections or additions to this discography would be appreciated.
Title: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Record Company: Tower Records
Catalog Number: 880-5093
Release Information: Manufactured by GRT.
Description:
Cover: Kaleidoscope picture of the band.
Programs:
Program A - See Emily Play, Take Up My Stethoscope and Walk, The Gnome
Program B - Lucifer Sam, Matilda Mother, The Scarecrow
Program C - Pow R, Toch, Chapter 24
Program D - Interstellar Overdrive
Title: A Saucerful of Secrets
Record Company: Tower Records
Catalog Numbers:
4-track: 480-5131
8-track: 880-5131
Release Information: Manufactured by GRT.
Description:
Cover: Hipgnosis cover.
Programs:
Program A - A Saucerful Of Secrets
Program B - A Saucerful Of Secrets (concl), See Saw, Jugband Blues
Program C - Let There Be More Light, Corporal Clegg
Program D - Remember A Day, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
Title: More
Record Company: Tower Records
Catalog Number: 880-5169
Release Information: Manufactured by GRT.
Description:
Cover: A windmill.
Programs:
Program A - Cirrus Minor, Crying Song, Up The Khyber
Program B - Ibiza Bar, Quicksilver, A Spanish Piece
Program C - The Nile Song, Green Is The Color, Cymbaline
Program D - Party Sequence, Main Theme, More Blues, Dramatic Theme
Title: More
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: 8XW-11198
Release Information: Reissue on Harvest Records.
Description:
Cover: A windmill.
Programs:
Program 1 - Cirrus Minor, Crying Song, Up The Khyber
Program 2 - Ibiza Bar, Quicksilver, A Spanish Piece
Program 3 - The Nile Song, Green Is The Color, Cymbaline
Program 4 - Party Sequence, Main Theme, More Blues, Dramatic Theme
Title: Ummagumma - Selections From the 2-Disc Set
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Numbers:
First issue: 8XTT-388
Second issue: 8XT-388 printed on label, with 8XVV printed in red on a white sticker on the cover
Third issue: 8XVV-388
Release Information: Does not include the songs Careful With That Axe, Eugene, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, and A Saucerful Of Secrets.
Description:
Cover: Band members in chairs.
Programs:
Program 1 - Sysyphus: Part I, Sysyphus: Part II, Sysyphus: Part III, Sysyphus: Part IV
Program 2 - Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Groovin' With a Pict, The Grand Vizer's Garden Party, Part I - Entrance, Part II - Entertainment, Part III - Exit
Program 3 - Astronomy Domine, The Narrow Way, Parts I, II, III (Part 1)
Program 4 - The Narrow Way cont., Grantchester Meadows
Title: Atom Heart Mother
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Numbers:
First issue: 8XT-382
Second issue: 8XW-382
Description:
Cover: A cow.
Title: Atom Heart Mother (quadraphonic)
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: Q8W-382
Release Information: The quadraphonic issue was released with discrete quadraphonic sound. Purple plastic cartridge, with green quadraphonic case.
Description:
Cover: A cow.
Programs:
Program 1 - Atom Heart Mother Suite, Summer '68 (Part 1)
Program 2 - Summer '68 (Concl.), If, Fat Old Sun, Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast
Title: Meddle
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: 8XW-832
Description:
Cover: Sound waves on an ear.
Programs:
Program 1 - One of These Days, A Pillow of Winds
Program 2 - Fearless, San Tropez, Seamus
Program 3 - Echoes (part 1)
Program 4 - Echoes (concl.)
Title: Obscured By Clouds
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Numbers:
First issue: 8XT-11078
Second issue: 8XW-11078
Description:
Cover: An out-of-focus picture from the movie of a man in a tree in the rain.
Programs:
Program 1 - Obscured By Clouds, The Gold It's In the ...,Stay
Program 2 - When You're In, Burning Bridges, Mudmen
Program 3 - Wots ... Uh, the Deal, Childhood's End
Program 4 - Free Four, Absolutely Curtains
Title: The Dark Side of the Moon
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: 8XW-11163
Description:
Cover: Black with prism.
Programs:
Program 1 - Speak To Me, Breathe, On the Run, Time (part 1)
Program 2 - Time (concl.), The Great Gig In the Sky, Money (part 1)
Program 3 - Money (concl.), Us and Them (part 1)
Program 4 - Us and Them (concl.), Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage, Eclipse
Title: The Dark Side of the Moon (quadraphonic)
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: Q8W-11163
Release Date: 1974
Release Information: This version of Dark Side of the Moon was released with discrete quadraphonic sound. It was issued in a purple cartridge with "Quadraphonic 8-Track Cartridge" indicated on the cover.
Description:
Cover: Black with prism.
Programs:
Program 1 - Money, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage
Program 2 - Eclipse, Speak To Me, Breathe, On the Run, Time, The Great Gig In the Sky
Title: Wish You Were Here
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: PCA-33453
Release Information: Some issues of this 8-track tape have square labels on each side, while other issues have a single label that wraps around both sides.
Description:
Cover: Mechanical handshake.
Programs:
Program 1 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Part I / Part II / Part III
Program 2 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Part IV / Part V, Welcome to the Machine, Have a Cigar (Part I)
Program 3 - Have a Cigar (Conclusion), Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Part VI
Program 4 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Part VII / Part III / Part IX
Title: Wish You Were Here (quadraphonic)
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: CAQ-33453
Release Information: The quadraphonic issue was released with discrete quadraphonic sound. It was issued with "quadraphonic" indicated on the bottom cover. Mastered to Dolby B standards.
Description:
Cover: Mechanical handshake.
Programs:
Program 1 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV / Part V, Welcome to the Machine
Program 2 - Have a Cigar, Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Part VI / Part VII / Part III / Part IX
Title: Animals
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: JCA 34474
Release Information: Includes a long version of Pigs on the Wing with a guitar solo by Snowy White. Some issues of this 8-track tape have square labels on each side, while other issues have a single label that wraps around both sides.
Description:
Cover: Battersea Power Station with pig.
Programs:
Program 1 - Pigs On the Wing, Dogs (Part I)
Program 2 - Dogs (Conclusion)
Program 3 - Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Program 4 - Sheep
Title: The Wall
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: P2A 36183
Release Information: Edited version of The Wall.
Description:
Cover: White brick wall with title.
Programs:
Program 1 - In the Flesh?, The Thin Ice, Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1), The Happiest Days of Our Lives, Another Brick in the Wall (Part II), Mother
Program 2 - Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces, Young Lust, One of My Turns, Don't Leave Me Now, Another Brick in the Wall (Part III), Goodbye Cruel World, Hey You (Part I)
Program 3 - Hey You (Conclusion), Is There Anybody Out There?, Nobody Home, Vera, Bring the Boys Back Home, Comfortably Numb, The Show Must Go On
Program 4 - In the Flesh, Run Like Hell, Waiting for the Worms, Stop, The Trial, Outside the Wall
Title: Underground Sampler
Record Company: Tower Records
Catalog Number: 880-5168
Release Information: Manufactured by GRT. Features the Pink Floyd songs, See Emily Play, and A Saucerful of Secrets.
Description:
Cover: Paintings of clouds and mushrooms by Chouinaro.
Programs:
Program A - Pink Floyd-A Saucerful Of Secrets
Program B - Pink Floyd-See Emily Play, Jake Holmes-Genuine Imitation of Life, Them-Waltz of the Flies, Kim Fowley-War Games
Program C - Chocolate Watch Band-Gone & Passes By, Chocolate Watch Band-I Don't Need No Doctor, Jake Holmes-Leaves Never Break
Program D - Kim Fowley-Love is Alive and Well, Them-Square Room
Title: Relics
Record Company: Capitol Records
Catalog Numbers:
First issue: 8XT-759
Second issue: 8XW-759
Description:
Cover: Four-eyed face.
Programs:
Program 1 - Arnold Layne, Interstellar Overdrive
Program 2 - See Emily Play, Paint Box, Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Program 3 - Julia Dream, Remember a Day, Cirrus Minor
Program 4 - The Nile Song, Biding My Time, Bike
Title: A Nice Pair
Record Company: Capitol Records
Catalog Number: 8X2T-11257
Description:
Cover: The Pink Floyd soccer team.
Programs:
Program 1 - Astronomy Domine, Lucifer Sam, Matilda Mother, Flaming, Pow R Toc H
Program 2 - Interstellar Overdrive, The Gnome, Chapter 24, The Scarecrow, Bike
Program 3 - Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk, Let There Be More Light, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Corporal Clegg, Jugband Blues
Program 4 - A Saucerful of Secrets, See Saw, Remember a Day
Title: A Collection of Great Dance Songs
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: TCA 37680
Release Information: Universal price code on cartridge.
Description:
Cover: Dancers tied down in a field.
Programs:
Program 1 - One of These Days, Wish You Were Here
Program 2 - Sheep
Program 3 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Program 4 - Money, Another Brick In the Wall, part 2
Title: Zabriskie Point
Record Company: MGM Records
Catalog Number: M 84668
Release Information: Manufactured by Ampex.
Description:
Cover: Couple from the movie with title. Slipcase is generic MGM Records / Ampex 8 Track cover with a release specific wraparound sticker on it.
Programs:
Program 1 - Pink Floyd-Heart Beat, Pig Meat, Kaleidoscope-Brother Mary, Patti Page-Tenessee Waltz
Program 2 - Grateful Dead-Dark Star excerpt, Pink Floyd-Crumbling Land, Youngbloods-Sugar Babe
Program 3 - Jerry Garcia-Love Scene, Roscoe Holcomb-I Wish I Were a Single Girl Again
Program 4 - Kaleidoscope-Mickey's Tune, John Fahey-Dance of Death, Pink Floyd-Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up
Title: The Madcap Laughs and Barrett
Record Company: Capitol Records
Catalog Number: 8XVV-11314
Release Information: The two Syd Barrett albums, with song order rearranged to fit on 8 track.
Description:
Cover: Syd Barrett and title.
Programs:
BARRETT
Program 1 - Baby Lemonade, Love Song, Wined and Dined, It Is Obvious, Rats, Maisie
Program 2 - Gigolo Aunt, Waving My Arms in the Air, I Never Lied to You, Dominoes, Wolfpack, Effervescing Elephant
THE MADCAP LAUGHS
Program 3 - Terrapin, No Good Trying, Love You, No Man's Land, Dark Globe, Long Gone
Program 4 - Octopus, Golden Hair, Here I Go, She Took a Long Cold Look, Feel, If It's In You, Late Night
Title: David Gilmour
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: JCA 35388
Description:
Cover: David Gilmour.
Programs:
Program 1 - Mihalis, Raise My Rent
Program 2 - So Far Away, No Way
Program 3 - It's Deafinitely, I Can't Breathe Anymore, Cry From the Street (Part I)
Program 4 - Cry From the Street (Conclusion), There's No Way Out of Here, Short and Sweet
Title: About Face
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: FCA 39296
Description:
Cover: David Gilmour.
Title: Wet Dream
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: JCA 35559
Description:
Cover: A boat.
Programs:
Program 1 - Mediterranean C, Holiday, Cat Cruise (Part I)
Program 2 - Cat Cruise (Conclusion), Waves, Funky Deux
Program 3 - Against the Odds, Summer Elegy, Pink's Song
Program 4 - Mad Yannis Dance, Drop In From the Top, Cat Cruise
