Pink Floyd
United States
8 Track Tape Discography

by Vernon Fitch

with contributions from Steve Bennett & Mr. Floyd of Indiana

© copyright Vernon Fitch / The Pink Floyd Archives


This is a discography of 8-track tapes that have been released in the United States by Pink Floyd.

Any comments, corrections or additions to this discography would be appreciated.


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8 Track Tapes

  1. Pink Floyd

    1. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
    2. A Saucerful of Secrets
    3. More
      1. Tower Records
      2. Harvest Records
    4. Ummagumma
    5. Atom Heart Mother
      1. Harvest Records stereo
      2. Harvest Records quadraphonic
    6. Meddle
    7. Obscured By Clouds
    8. The Dark Side of the Moon
      1. Harvest Records stereo
      2. Harvest Records quadraphonic
    9. Animals
    10. Wish You Were Here
      1. Columbia Records stereo
      2. Columbia Records quadraphonic
    11. The Wall


8 Track Tapes


The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Tower Records
8 track tape

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.
Tape: White with cover picture and track listing. "QUIXONIC Patents Pending" shell. Also found in an "AUTO MATE" shell.
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. Toc H., Chapter 24
Program D - Interstellar Overdrive



A Saucerful of Secrets
Tower Records
8 track tape in slip case

Title: A Saucerful of Secrets
Record Company: Tower Records
Catalog Number: 880-5131
Release Information: Manufactured by GRT.
Description:
Cover: Hipgnosis cover.
Tape: White with cover picture and track listing. "FIDEL PAC Telepro Industries Inc." shell. Also found in an "AUTO MATE" shell.
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



More
Tower Records

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



More
Harvest Records
8 track tape in slip case

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



Ummagumma
8 track tape in slip case
(pictured with 8XVV sticker on label)

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



Atom Heart Mother
8 track tape in slip case

Title: Atom Heart Mother
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Numbers:
First issue: 8XT-382
Second issue: 8XW-382
Description:
Cover: A cow.



Atom Heart Mother
Quadraphonic 8 track tape in slip case

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



Meddle
8 track tape in slip case

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.)



Obscured by Clouds
8 track tape in slip case

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



The Dark Side of the Moon
8 track tape in slip case

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



The Dark Side of the Moon
Quadraphonic 8 track tape in slip case

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



Wish You Were Here
8 track tape in slip case

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



Wish You Were Here
Quadraphonic 8 track tape in slip case

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



Animals
8 track tape in slip case

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:
Case: Columbia Records slip case.
Tape: Black 8 track tape cartridge with the pig over Battersea picture on the front, and the song listing on the back.
Programs:
Program 1 - Pigs On the Wing, Dogs (Part I)
Program 2 - Dogs (Conclusion)
Program 3 - Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Program 4 - Sheep



The Wall
8 track tape in slip case

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