Overview
- Pink Floyd and Sony announced the 'Animals 50' campaign on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, and set a wide release date of Jan. 22, 2027 for multiple formats.
- The deluxe box contains five CDs: the original 1977 album, the 2018 remix, a disc of rarities and a two-disc May 9, 1977 Oakland concert now officially released.
- The rarities include an unheard Roger Waters track titled "Young Nicholas Jon" plus early versions and a previously noncommercial radio edit of "Sheep."
- A licensed transfer of a 1977 bootleg by then-19-year-old Reinhard Hohlwein provides the source for the Oakland show, and the Blu-ray presents the 2018 remix in stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos.
- The package foregrounds provenance and context with a 64-page hardback book featuring new sleeve notes by Jonathan Lethem, an interview with Hohlwein, and an excerpt from Hipgnosis designer Audrey Powell’s memoir.