Editing Delicate Sound of Thunder (section)

==Release and reissue==
The album was released in 1988 as a double LP, double cassette, and a double CD, each format containing a slightly different track listing.<ref name="Mabbett-3" /> The album includes many works from ''[[A Momentary Lapse of Reason]]'' as well as tracks from older Pink Floyd albums.<ref name="Mabbett-3" /> The double LP release did not have "[[Us and Them (song)|Us and Them]]" on the track listing. Both the double LP and the double cassette had "[[Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song)|Wish You Were Here]]" between "[[Another Brick in the Wall#Part 2|Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)]]" and "[[Comfortably Numb]]".<ref name="Mabbett-3" />

Although David Gilmour stated around the time of its release and on a radio interview in 1992 that the album contained no studio [[overdubbing]] whatsoever, he embellished the tracks during mixing with some extra acoustic guitar on "Comfortably Numb", according to engineer Buford Jones. In addition, some harmonies were replaced by studio re-takes: Richard Wright re-did his vocal on "Time" and [[Sam Brown (singer)|Sam Brown]] replaced [[Rachel Fury]]'s part in "Comfortably Numb"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/20061021030659/http://www.pinkfloyd-co.com/band/interviews/art-rev/art-sos4.html|title=Pink Floyd and Company - Pink Floyd Articles and Reviews|date=21 October 2006|website=Archive.ph|access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref> but the rest of the album is as performed at the shows.

Along with ''[[A Collection of Great Dance Songs]]'', ''Delicate Sound of Thunder'' was reissued on 180g heavyweight vinyl LP in November 2017.<ref name="TeamRock">{{cite web|url=http://teamrock.com/news/2017-10-10/pink-floyds-delicate-sound-of-thunder-set-for-vinyl-reissue|title=Pink Floyd's Delicate Sound Of Thunder set for vinyl reissue|date=10 October 2017|access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref> Its artwork replicates that of the original 1988 LP release.

An expanded version of the live album was included in ''[[The Later Years 1987–2019]]'' box set in 2019. Previously unreleased tracks include "Signs of Life," "A New Machine (Part 1)", "Terminal Frost", "A New Machine (Part 2)", "Welcome to the Machine", and "One Slip". All tracks were remixed for the 2019 reissue.