Drawn from Sony’s massive (27 discs of pre-Dark Side Floyd, anyone?) boxed set of the same name, this two-disc sampler set offers a winding road map—or maybe a DNA code—for the early development of Pink Floyd, from the acid-head jangle of the Syd Barrett era to the orchestral prog-rock of Atom Heart Mother. These seven … Continue reading Essential New Music: Pink Floyd’s “The Early Years 1967-1972: Cre/ation”