Pink Floyd: Meddle San Tropez Orange LP

Pink Floyd will release a San Tropez Orange Marble vinyl edition of Meddle on 17 October 2026 for National Album Day, paired with a newly restored high-resolution 23-minute Echoes/Crystal Voyager sequence connected to director David Elfick and filmmaker George Greenough — pre-orders are live.

The special pressing is issued through Sony Music and timed to National Album Day; alongside the vinyl, Pink Floyd will make the restored closing sequence from the 1973 surf documentary Crystal Voyager available on their YouTube channel on 17 October 2026. LouderSound has reported the announcement and linked the two elements as a coordinated release.

Why it matters

Meddle occupies a pivotal place in Pink Floyd’s evolution, and Echoes has long been worshipped by fans for its sprawling, atmospheric 23-minute span — the exact length George Greenough used to score Crystal Voyager’s final sequence. That sync turned the film’s inside-the-wave footage into a touchstone for both surf cinema and psychedelic rock visuals, so packaging a collectible pressing with a newly restored visual sequence gives collectors and newcomers a single package of audio and imagery that helped shape both cultures.

Crystal Voyager was directed and produced by David Elfick, with George Greenough credited as the film’s writer, narrator and cameraman for the closing section. Greenough’s custom waterproof rig put the camera inside the curl of a wave, producing footage audiences had never seen before; he matched that work to Pink Floyd’s Echoes after discovering the record and realising the track’s running time and mood fit the footage exactly.

“I’d never heard Echoes before until my mother got it for me,” George Greenough

The original agreement between Elfick, Greenough and Pink Floyd allowed the filmmakers to use Echoes with the understanding the band could use the footage for live visuals — a trade that cemented the pairing in music and film history. With pre-orders already live for the San Tropez Orange Marble pressing, this release gives fans a refreshed way to experience a 1970s crossover of sound and image that still resonates today.