Pink Floyd : The Dark Side of The Moon / The Great Gig in The Sky / Instrumental Mix / In The Studio

The Dark Side of the Moon

 is the 

eighth album 

by English 

rock band 

Pink Floyd,

 released 

on  March 1 1973 

by Harvest Records. 

The album built on

 ideas explored

 in earlier recordings

 and live shows, 

but lacks the

 extended

 instrumental excursions

 following the departure 

of founding member

 and principal contributor,

 Syd Barrett,

 in 1968,

 that characterized

 their earlier work.

 It thematically explores

 conflict, 

greed, 

the passage of time, 

and mental illness,

 the latter partly

 inspired by

 Barrett's 

deteriorating 

mental state.

Developed during

 live performances,

 an early version 

was premiered 

several months before 

recording began;

 new material

 was recorded in

 two sessions

 in 1972

 and 

1973 

 at Abbey Road in London. 

The group used some

 advanced recording 

techniques at the time, 

including

 multitrack recording

 and tape loops. 

Analogue synthesizers 

were prominent in

 several tracks, 

and snippets from

 recorded interviews 

with Pink Floyd's

 road crew

 and others

 provided philosophical 

quotations throughout.

 Engineer Alan Parsons 

was responsible for many 

distinctively notable 

sonic aspects 

and the 

recruitment of

 singer 

Clare Torry.

 The album's

 iconic sleeve, 

designed by

 Storm Thorgerson, 

depicts a 

prism spectrum 

and represents 

the band's lighting, 

the record's

 thematic material, 

and keyboardist 

Richard Wright's

 "simple and bold" 

design request.

The album was an

 immediate commercial

 and critical success;

 it topped

 the Billboard

 Top LPs & Tapes chart

 for a week 

and remained in

 the chart for

 741 weeks

 from 1973 to 1988.

 With an estimated

 45 million copies sold,

 it is Pink Floyd's 

most commercially 

successful album 

and one of the 

best-selling worldwide.

 It produced two singles,

 "Money"

 and

 "Us and Them",

 and is the band's 

most popular album 

among fans and critics, 

being ranked as

 one of

 the greatest albums 

of all time.

THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY 

( Demos and Outtakes )

TRACK LIST 

Speak To Me

Breath

On The Run

Time / Breath ( Reprise )

The Great Gig in The Sky

Money

Us & Them

Any Colour You Like

Brain Damage

Eclipse

Money (Acoustic )

Us & Them (Acoustic )

Brain Damage / Eclipse  ( Demo )

Brain Damage (P.1)

Brain Damage (P.2)

* BONUS TRACK 

Money 

( Live Oakland 1977 )

PINK FLOYD 

THE INSTRUMENTAL MIX 

1- Mashup :  Hans Zimmer " Time "

and Pink Floyd " Time "

2- Pink Floyd (Instrumental Mix)

PINK FLOYD : 

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 

- IN THE STUDIO

( 1988 Interview )

LINK

( DARK SIDE OF THE RAINBOW )

Dark Side of the Rainbow 

and

 Dark Side of Oz

 are two names 

commonly used in

 reference to

 rumours 

circulated on the Internet

 since at least 1994

 that

 The Dark Side of the Moon

 was written as a

 soundtrack for the

 1939 film 

The Wizard of Oz.

 Observers playing

 the film and the

 album simultaneously

 have reported apparent

 synchronicities,

 such as

 Dorothy beginning to

 jog at the lyric

 "no one told you when to run"

 during

 "Time", 

and

 Dorothy balancing

 on a tightrope fence

 during the line

 "balanced on the biggest wave"

 in

 "Breathe"

( Check Out Video Below )

. David Gilmour 

and

 Nick Mason

 have both denied

 a connection between

 the two works, 

and

 Roger Waters

 has described 

the rumours 

as "amusing".

Alan Parsons 

has stated that

 the film was not

 mentioned during

 production of the album

Share this post