Compilations
| Year | Title | Label | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Chemical Playschool 1 & 2 | Mirrordot Tapes,Terminal Kaleiddoscope, Jarmusic, Staalplaat | 2x Tape | A collection of early tracks, some of them available on other releases from that time. The track listings on later releases differ from the original Mirrordot release, but the tracks are in fact the same, just named differently. |
| 1981 | Dots On The Eyes | Cassette King | Tape | March is exclusive to this release, while all other songs appeared on Chemical Playschool 1 & 2. |
| 1987 | Stone Circles: A Legendary Pink Dots Anthology | Play It Again Sam USA | LP, CD | Compilation for the US market. All tracks previously released except for Gladiators Version Apocalypse. |
| 1988 | Traumstadt 1 | Mirrordot Tapes, Terminal Kaleidoscope | Tape, CD | Features tracks that previously appeared on Atomic Roses, Apparition and the various artist compilations Rising From The Red Sand 3, Turkish Delight and I Love Liberty. The version of I Dream Of Jeannie on this release is different from the one appearing on the bonus CD for The Maria Dimension. |
| 1988 | Traumstadt 2 | Mirrordot, Jarmusic | Tape | Features unrelesed tracks and versions as well as the Pink Dots' entries for the various artists compilations Something Stirs, Mineral Composition (Edges 40 Vol. 2), Zamizdat Trade Journal Volume 4, Four In One Vol. 2, Compulsory Overtime and Three Minute Symphony. |
| 1989 | Traumstadt 5 | Mirrordot, Jarmusic, Staalplaat | Tape | Compilation of material from various Pink Dots releases as well as their entries for the compilations Life At The Top, Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 2 and An Invitation To The Last Judgement: The Labyrinth. |
| 1989 | The Legendary Pink Box | Play It Again Sam, Cacciocavallo | 3x LP, 2x CD | "Featuring the ancient, the resurrected ,re-recorded, the rare and the exclusive". |
| 1995 | Chemical Playschool 8 & 9 | Terminal Kaleidoscope, Soleilmoon Recordings, Beta-lactam Ring Records | 2x CD | Includes the Maria Dimension Bonus CD as well as unreleased tracks and songs recorded for the various artists compilations Sonora 2/91 (magazine with CD), A Drop In The Ocean... and Ohren Des Kaiser Hirohito. |
| 1996 | Canta Mientras Puedas | Play It Again Sam, Soleilmoon | CD | All material previously released, with the tracks A Velvet Resurrection and Friend presented in slightly remixed versions. The title of the compilation is the Spanish translation of the Pink Dots' motto "Sing While You May". |
| 1996 | Lullabies For The New Dark Ages | Soleilmoon | 4x LP, 4x CD | Re-release of the albums Brighter Now, Curse, Faces In The Fire and The Tower as a box-set. 4x LP box is limited to 512 copies and 4x CD box is limited to 1000 copies. |
| 1997 | Ancient Daze | Terminal Kaleidoscope, Beta-lactam Ring Records | CD, 2x LP | Collection of material originally released 1980-1981 plus the previously unreleased Spaced Out. Re-released in 2000 with three additional, previously unreleased tracks : Odd, West Side Story (The Forgotten Version) and Candlelight Or Fullbeam?. |
| 1997 | Stained Glass Some Fountains | Soleilmoon | 2x CD | Collection of early material and cassette releases as well as tracks made for the compilations The Dice Are Rolling: A Play It Again Sam Records Sample, QED and Flowmotion. According to the liner notes, April's Song "is the oldest surviving recording of The Legendary Pink Dots". |
| 1997 | Under Triple Moons | ROIR | CD | Collection of tracks from the cassette releases Premonition, Traumstadt 2, Kleine Krieg and Chemical Playschool 1 & 2. |
| 1998 | Chemical Playschool 10 | Soleilmoon | CD | New and previously unreleased material. Originally sold exclusively at the Pink Dots' North American tour in 1997, it was later put into general release. |
| 1999 | Poi Poka Mozhesh | Brudenia | CD | Collection of previously released material as well as a different version of Supper at J's and the two previously unreleased tracks Interflora Overdrive (Part One) and Interflora Overdrive (Part Two). The album's title is the Russian translation of the Pink Dots' motto "Sing While You May". |
| 2001 | Kollabaris | Terminal Kaleidoscope, Beta-lactam Ring Records | CD | Collection of collaborations with other artists, including Artwork, Karolinek and Lydia Tomkiw as well as the side-projects The Tear Garden and Mimir. |
| 2001 | Chemical Playschool 11, 12 & 13 | Caciocavallo | 3x CD | Collection of previously unreleased material (going back as far as 1992) and the tracks 10th Shade and Schatten from the vinyl version of Nemesis Online. All three discs were designed to have no index points (although the third disc erroneuously has one near the end) to invoke the experience of listening to a cassette. |
| 2002 | Synesthesia | S.P.K.R., Big Blue Records | CD | Described as "a companion to Chemical Playschool 11, 12 & 13", featuring previously unreleased (presumably all newly recorded) material. |
| 2002 | El Kaleidoscopo Terminal | Caciocavallo | LP, CD | Collection of previously released material plus a new version of Blue from A Perfect Mystery. |
| 2002 | Caciocavallo Reissue Collection | Caciocavallo | 10x CD | Box set featuring all albums previously available through Play It Again Sam: The Lovers, Asylum, Island Of Jewels, Any Day Now, The Golden Age, The Legendary Pink Box, The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse, The Maria Dimension, Shadow Weaver and Malachai. |
| 2003 | A Guide to the Legendary Pink Dots Vol. 1: The Best Ballads | Big Blue Records | CD | Collection of previously released material. |
| 2003 | I Did Not Inhale | Zakat | CD | Compilation for the Russian market containing previously released material. |
| 2003 | A Guide To The Legendary Pink Dots Vol. 2: Psychedelic Classics And Rarities | Big Blue Records | 2x CD & 1x VCD | Collection of previously released material plus unreleased live versions of the songs The Saucers Are Coming (renamed to Saucers Over Poznan), Citadel, A Velvet Resurrection and I Love You In Your Tragic Beauty, all recorded in Poznan, Poland, in 1996. The Video CD features a live show recorded in Germany on January 11, 1989, as well as an interview two clips of the songs Der Schrei and Talent Contest. |
| 2004 | Singe Waehrend Du Bist | UMO Magazine | CD | Collection of previously released songs and unreleased live versions of Space Captain, Andromeda Suite and Evolution / The Brightest Star. |
| 2004 | Crushed Mementos | Plinkity Plonk | CD | Collection of tracks taken from the compilations The Voice, Rising From The Red Sands Vol. 3 and Zamizdat Trade Journal, the Pink Dots' Traumstadt 4 cassette, plus a new song called Premonition 15. |
| 2007 | The Legendary Pink Dots | Vinyl On Demand | 5x LP |
Limited to 600 copies. Came with a bonus DVD when ordering directly from the label, which featured a TV performance of Echo Police and a short interview. |
| 2009 | The Maria Sessions | Trademark Of Quantity | CD | Previously unreleased recordings made in 1991. |
| 2010 | Any Day Now Secrets | Trademark Of Quantity | CD | Previously unreleased recordings made in 1987. |
| 2011 | All The King's Sessions | Trademark Of Quantity | CD | Outtakes and alternate versions from All The King's Horses and All The King's Men. |
| 2012 | Chemical Playschool 15 | Rustblade | CD, CDr, DVD | A collection of new tracks recorded in August 2012. |
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