The Best of the Pink Floyd
Greatest hits album by Pink Floyd
Released	1970
Recorded	1967–1968
Length	29:40
Label	Columbia (EMI)
Producer	Norman Smith andJoe Boyd
Pink Floyd chronology
Atom Heart Mother (1970) The Best of the Pink Floyd (1970) Relics (1971)
Masters of Rock
First of two covers
Pink Floyd compilation albums chronology
The Best Of Pink Floyd (1970) Relics (1971)

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The Best of the Pink Floyd, also issued asMasters of Rock, is a compilation album of earlyPink Floyd music, concentrating on singles and album tracks from 1967 to 1968.

Later editions titledMasters of Rock were released in 1974 in France, Germany,^[2] Italy,^[3][4] and the Netherlands,^[5] to capitalise on the success ofThe Dark Side of the Moon. It is one of theMasters of Rock series of budget EMI compilations with identical titles, each volume for a different artist. Two different sleeve designs were used: one (by Herman Baas) based on the picture from the centre of the album sleeve forMeddle, withSyd Barrett's face superimposed over the original photo ofDavid Gilmour, who had not yet joined the band during most of the period covered by the album; and a later edition with the title filling the front cover. The latter edition is titledMasters of Rock, Volume 1; subsequent volumes ofMasters of Rock featured other artists.

There are no song variations between the originalBest of edition and theMasters of Rock LPs.Both TheBest of edition andMasters of Rock are made from the same master tape and matrix (5C 054–04299) and were notable for containing the first stereo release of "Apples and Oranges" and "Paintbox", this latter also appearing a year later onRelics.

However, The French edition ofMasters of Rock, released in 1974, contains the stereo mix of "Julia Dream" as inRelics.

These albums were also the only LP source of "It Would Be So Nice" prior to the era of CD re-issues and compilations. The version of "It Would Be So Nice" appearing on these albums is the single version, with lyrics mentioning "theDaily Standard" (no known version with "theEvening Standard" has ever been released).

Counterfeit editions with different track lists exist. Any edition with a track list that does not match the list shown here, is a counterfeit.^[6]

All songs written and sung bySyd Barrett, and taken from singles, except where noted.

• Syd Barrett –guitar (all but 7, 9),lead vocals (all but 7, 8, 9),backing vocals
• David Gilmour – guitar (7, 9), lead vocals (9), backing vocals (uncredited)
• Nick Mason –drums,percussion
• Roger Waters –bass guitar,gong (1), backing vocals
• Richard Wright –keyboards,piano,organ,mellotron (7, 9),cello (1, 5),flute (5),harmonium (1),electric harpsichord (10),recorder (7), lead vocals (2, 7, 8), backing vocals (however erroneously credited for playing bass guitar)

• Albums produced by Joe Boyd
• Albums produced by Norman Smith (record producer)
• Pink Floyd compilation albums
• 1970 greatest hits albums
• Columbia Records compilation albums

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