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More Images. Please enable Javascript to take full advantage of our site features. Edit Master Release. Prog RockPsychedelic Rock. It stands as one of the most successful commercial recordings of all time, and has been released in just about every known country on the entire planet. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon releases included two posters and two color stickers inside the gatefold sleeve. All of which were designed by the UK graphics and design Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon "Hipgnosis". The most sought after and valuable version of DSOTM is the original UK Harvest issue which has a solid blue triangle on the labels instead of a shaded triangle used on most other versions. On September 11, the MR first reached the threshold of different versions and is currently hovering around that number, making it one of the most populated MRs in the entire database. Most of the vinyl versions were issued with gatefold sleeves. However there are a number of versions with Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon differences in packaging and design, such as Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon version: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon from the Philippines which has the artist's name and LP title printed in large text on a non-gatefold sleeve. New and previously undocumented versions of DSOTM get added to the database frequently making it one of the most interesting titles to focus on for "deep collectors". Pink Floyd Music By, Producer. George Hardie Artwork. Barry St. John Backing Vocals. Doris Troy Backing Vocals. Lesley Duncan Backing Vocals. Liza Strike Backing Vocals. Hipgnosis 2 Design, Photography By. Alan Parsons Engineer. Peter James Engineer. Chris Thomas Supervised By. Speak To Me. On The Run. Us And Them. Any Colour You Like. Brain Damage. HarvestHarvest. Sell This Version. XD Stereo. HarvestHarvestHarvest. Purple Records. HarvestEMI. EMI Brigadiers. StatesideStateside. OdeonHarvest. HarvestEMI Electrola. Tiger 6Tiger 6. Aquarius 3. Capitol Records, Inc. His Master's Voice. HarvestColumbia. HarvestWorld Record Club. HarvestOdeon. EMI Records. Not On Label. JugotonHarvest. HarvestEMIJugoton. JugotonJugotonHarvest. EMIHarvest. Capitol Records. HarvestCapitol Records. Capitol RecordsEMI. Kong Mei Record Co. Oasis Record Co. Mobile Fidelity Sound LabHarvest. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. HarvestMobile Fidelity Sound Lab. Capitol RecordsCapitol Records. JugotonHarvestJugoton. Look Audio. Polskie Nagrania Muza. Polskie Nagrania MuzaHarvest. Unison Records Ltd. MG Records 2. Professional Communication. AnTropAnTrop. EMI United Kingdom. Harvest 2Capitol Records 2. HarvestHarvestEMI. Unison 2Unison 2. Capitol RecordsHarvest. Harvest 2. Not On Label Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (, Gatefold Sleeve, Vinyl) | Discogs

Sign In Register. Artist: Pink Floyd. Album: From Underground to the Moon. Pink Floyd Speak to Me Mason 1: 16 "I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years, been over the edge for yonks, been working me buns off for bands Don't be afraid to care. Leave but don't leave me. Look around and choose your own ground. Long you live and high you fly And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be. Run, rabbit run. Dig that hole, forget the sun, And when at last the work is done Don't sit down it's time to dig another one. For long you live and high you fly But only if you ride the tide And balanced on the biggest wave You race towards an early grave. Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way. Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain. You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun. So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older, Shorter of breath and one day closer to death. Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time. Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone, the song is over, Thought I'd something more to say. Breathe reprise 7: 06 Home, home again. I like to be here when I can. When I Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon home cold and tired It's good to warm my bones beside the fire. Far away across the field The tolling of the iron bell Calls the faithful to their knees To hear the softly spoken magic spells. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime. Get a good job with good pay and you're okay. Money, it's a gas. Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash. New car, caviar, four star daydream, Think I'll buy me a football team. Money, get back. I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack. Money, it's a hit. Don't give me that do goody good bullshit. I'm in the high-fidelity first class traveling set And I think I need a Lear jet. Money, it's a crime. Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie. Money, so they say Is the root of all evil today. But if you ask for a raise it's no surprise that they're Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon none away. I was in the right! That geezer was cruising for a bruising! He was asking why he wasn't coming up on freely, after I was yelling and screaming and telling Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon why Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon wasn't coming up on freely. It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter out" Us and Them Waters, Wright 7: 40 Us, and them And after all we're only ordinary men. Me, and you. God only knows it's noz what we would choose to do. Forward he cried from the rear and the front rank died. And the general sat and the lines on the map moved from side to side. By Black and blue And who knows which is which and who is who. Up and down. But in the end it's only round and round. Haven't you heard it's a battle of words The poster bearer cried. Listen son, said the man with the gun There's room for you inside. Dig it? I mean he get off lightly, 'cos I would've given him a thrashing - I only hit him once! It was only a difference of opinion, but really I mean good manners don't cost nothing do they, eh? With, without. And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about? Out of the way, it's a busy day I've got things on my mind. For the want of the price of tea and a slice The old man died. Brain Damage Waters 3: 50 The lunatic is Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon the grass. The lunatic is on the grass. Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs. Got to keep the loonies on the path. The lunatic is in the hall. The lunatics are in my hall. The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day the paper boy brings more. And if the dam breaks open many years too soon And if there is no room upon the hill And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too I'll see you on the dark side of the moon. The lunatic is in my head. The lunatic is in my head You raise the blade, you make the change You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane. You lock the door And throw away the key Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon someone in my head but it's not me. And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear You shout and no one seems to hear. And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon. I think it's marvelous! All that you love All that you hate All you distrust All you save. All that you give All that you deal All that you buy, beg, borrow or steal. All you create All you destroy All that you do All that you say. All that you eat And everyone you meet All that you slight And everyone you fight. All that is now All that is gone All that's to come and everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon. Matter of fact it's all dark. Pink Floyd Lyrics provided by SongLyrics. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles CSS. This is just a preview! Cannot annotate a non-flat selection. Make sure your selection starts and ends within the same node. All News Daily Roundup. Album Reviews Song Reviews. Song Lyrics. Review: RIFF-it. RIFF-it good. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon Comment. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 2. Cymbaline 3. Dark Side of the Moon 4. Echoes 5. Fat Old Sun 6. Grantchester Meadows 7. Green Is the Colour 8. 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Primarily developed during Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon performances, the band premiered an early version of the record several months before recording began. The record was conceived as an album that focused on the pressures faced by the band during their arduous lifestyle, and dealing with the apparent mental problems suffered by former band member Syd Barrettwho departed the group in New material was recorded in two sessions in and at Abbey Road Studios in London. The record builds on ideas explored in Pink Floyd's earlier recordings and performances, while omitting the extended instrumentals that characterised their earlier work. A concept albumthe themes of The Dark Side of the Moon explore conflict, greed, time, death, and mental illness. Snippets from interviews with the band's road crewas well as philosophical quotations, were also used. The sleeve, which depicts a prism spectrumwas designed by Storm Thorgersonfollowing keyboardist Richard Wright 's request for a "simple and bold" design, representing the band's lighting and the record's themes. The album was promoted with two singles: " Money " and " Us and Them ". The Dark Side of the Moon is among the most critically acclaimed records in history, often featuring on professional listings of the greatest albums. The record helped to propel Pink Floyd to international fame, bringing wealth and recognition to all four of its members. Init was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In a band meeting at drummer Nick Mason 's home in Camdenbassist Roger Waters proposed that a new album could form part of the tour. Waters' idea was for an album that dealt with things that "make people mad", focusing on the pressures faced by the band during their arduous lifestyle, and dealing with the apparent mental problems suffered by former band member Syd Barrett. There was definitely a feeling that the words were going to be very clear and specific. Generally, all four members agreed that Waters' album concept unified by a single theme was a good idea. They also purchased extra equipment, which included new speakers, a PA systema track mixing desk with a four channel quadraphonic output, and a custom-built lighting rig. Nine tonnes of kit was transported in three lorries ; this would be the first time the band had taken an entire album on tour. The new material premiered at The Dome in Brightonon 20 January[11] and after the commercial failure of Medicine Head's album the title was changed Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon to the band's original preference. It was so completely understanding and musically questioning. The new material was performed in the same order in which it was eventually sequenced on the album release; differences included the lack of synthesisers in tracks such as " On the Run ", and Bible readings replaced by Clare Torry 's vocals on " The Great Gig in the Sky ". Pink Floyd's lengthy tour through Europe and North America gave them the Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon to make continual improvements to the scale and quality of their performances. After a series of dates in North America, the band flew to London to begin recording, from 24 May to 25 June. More concerts in Europe and North America followed before the band returned on 9 January to complete the album. The Dark Side of the Moon built upon experiments Pink Floyd had attempted in their previous live shows and recordings, but lacks the extended instrumental excursions which, according to critic David Frickehad become characteristic of the band after founding member Syd Barrett left in Gilmour, Barrett's replacement, later referred to those instrumentals as "that psychedelic noodling stuff", and with Waters cited 's Meddle as a turning-point towards what would be realised on the album. The Dark Side of the Moon ' s lyrical themes include conflict, greed, the passage of time, death, and insanity, the latter inspired in part by Barrett's deteriorating mental state. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon side of the album is a continuous piece of music. The five tracks on each side reflect various stages of human life, beginning and ending with a heartbeat, exploring the nature of the human experience, and according to Waters "empathy". Opening with the sound of cash registers and loose change, the first track on side two, " Money ", mocks greed and consumerism using tongue-in- cheek lyrics and cash-related sound effects. The album ends with " Eclipse ", which espouses the concepts of alterity and unity, while forcing the listener to recognise the common traits shared by humanity. The band were assigned staff engineer Alan Parsonswho had worked as assistant tape operator on their album Atom Heart Mother and gained experience as a recording engineer on the Beatles ' Abbey Road and Let It Be. The first track recorded, on 1 June, was "Us and Them", followed six days later by "Money". Waters had created effects loops from recordings of various money-related objects, including coins thrown into a mixing bowl taken from his wife's pottery studio; these were rerecorded to take advantage of the band's decision to record a quadraphonic mix of the album Parsons has since expressed dissatisfaction with the result of this mix, attributed to a lack of time and the paucity of available multi-track tape recorders. A foursome of female vocalists was assembled to sing on "Brain Damage", "Eclipse" and "Time", and saxophonist Dick Parry was booked to play on "Us and Them" and "Money". The album features metronomic sound effects during "Speak to Me", and tape loops opening "Money". Mason created a rough version of "Speak to Me" at his home, before completing it in the studio. The track serves as an overture and contains cross-fades of elements from other pieces on the album. A piano chord, replayed backwards, serves to augment the build-up of effects, which are immediately followed by the opening of "Breathe". Mason received a rare solo composing credit for "Speak to Me". The sound effects on "Money" were created by splicing together Waters' recordings of clinking coins, tearing paper, a ringing cash register, and a clicking adding machine, which were used to create a 7-beat effects loop later adapted to four tracks in order to create a "walk around the room" effect in quadraphonic presentations of the album. Along with the conventional rock band instrumentation, Pink Floyd added prominent synthesisers to their sound. They also devised and recorded unconventional sounds, such as an assistant engineer running around the studio's echo chamber during "On the Run"[38] and a specially treated bass drum made to simulate a human heartbeat during "Speak to Me", "On the Run", "Time" and "Eclipse". This heartbeat is most prominent as the intro and the outro to the album, but it can also be heard sporadically on "Time" and "On the Run". The recordings were initially created as a quadraphonic test by Parsons, who recorded each timepiece at an antique clock shop. Several tracks, including "Us and Them" and "Time", demonstrated Richard Wright's and David Gilmour's ability to harmonise their voices. To take advantage of this, Parsons utilised studio techniques such as the double tracking of vocals and guitars, which allowed Gilmour to harmonise with himself. The engineer also made prominent use of flanging and phase shifting effects on vocals and instruments, odd trickery with reverb[7] and the panning of sounds between channels most notable in the quadraphonic mix of "On the Run", when the sound of the Hammond B3 organ played through a Leslie speaker rapidly swirls around the listener. The album's credits include Clare Torrya session singer and songwriter, and a regular at Abbey Road. She had worked on pop material and numerous cover albums, and after hearing one of those albums Parsons invited her to the studio to sing on Wright's composition "The Great Gig in the Sky". She declined this invitation as she wanted to watch Chuck Berry perform at the Hammersmith Odeonbut arranged to come in on the following Sunday. The band explained the concept behind the album, but were unable to tell her exactly what she should do. Gilmour was in charge of the session, and in a few short takes on a Sunday night Torry improvised a wordless melody to accompany Wright's emotive piano Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. The case was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum, with all post pressings crediting Wright and Torry jointly. Snippets of Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon between and over the music are another notable feature of the album. During recording sessions, Waters recruited both the staff and the temporary occupants of the studio to answer a series of questions printed on flashcards. The interviewees were placed in front of a microphone in a darkened Studio 3, [46] and shown such questions as Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon your favourite colour? Questions such as "When was the last time you were violent? Waters asked him about a violent encounter he had had with another motorist, and Manifold replied " His second wife, Patricia "Puddie" Watts now Patricia Gleasonwas responsible for the line about the "geezer" who was "cruisin' for a bruisin ' " used in the segue between "Money" and "Us and Them", and the words "I never said I was frightened of dying" heard halfway through "The Great Gig in the Sky". Perhaps the most notable responses "I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do: I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? As a matter of fact it's all dark" came from the studios' Irish doorman, Gerry O'Driscoll. Following the completion of the dialogue sessions, producer Chris Thomas was hired to provide "a fresh pair of ears". Thomas's background was in music, rather than engineering. In fact, there were never any Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon that they were later going to fall out. It was a very creative atmosphere. A lot of fun. Thomas was responsible for significant changes to the album, including the perfect timing of the echo used on "Us and Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. He was also present for the recording of "The Great Gig in the Sky" although Parsons was responsible for hiring Torry. When the record was finished I took a reel-to-reel copy home with me and I remember playing it for my wife then, and I remember her bursting into tears when it was finished. And I thought, "This has obviously struck a chord somewhere", and I was kinda pleased by that. You know when you've done something, certainly if you create a piece of music, you then hear it with fresh ears when you play it for somebody else. And at that Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon I thought to myself, "Wow, this is a pretty complete piece of work", and I had every confidence that people would respond to it. Hipgnosis had designed several of the band's previous albums, with controversial results; EMI had reacted with confusion when faced with the cover designs for Atom Heart Mother and Obscured by Cloudsas they had expected to see traditional designs which included lettering and words. Designers Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell were able to ignore such criticism as they were employed Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon the band. The artwork was created by their associate, George Hardie. Hipgnosis offered the band Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon choice of seven designs, but all four members agreed that the prism was by far the best. The final design depicts a glass prism dispersing light into colour. The design represents three elements: the band's stage lighting, the album lyrics, and Wright's request for a "simple and bold" design. Inside the sleeve were two posters and two pyramid-themed stickers. The band were so confident of the quality of Waters' lyrics that, for the first time, they printed them on the album's sleeve. As the quadraphonic mix of the album was not then complete, the band with the exception of Wright boycotted the press reception held at the London Planetarium on 27 February. Newly appointed chairman Bhaskar Menon set about trying to reverse the relatively poor sales of the band's studio album Meddle. The Dark Side of the Moon was the last album that Pink Floyd were obliged to release before formally signing a new contract. Menon's enthusiasm for the new album was such that he began a huge promotional advertising campaign, which included radio-friendly truncated versions of "Us and Them" and "Time". This was subsequently withdrawn; the replacement was sent to radio stations with a note advising disc jockeys to dispose of the first uncensored copy. In the US the LP was released before the introduction of platinum awards in And this one was clear and concise. The cover was also right. I think it's become like a benevolent noose hanging behind us. Throughout our entire career, people have said we would never top the Dark Side record and tour. But The Wall earned more in dollar terms. The cover design was again by Storm Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon, the designer of the original cover. The original quadraphonic mix [nb 9]created by Alan Parsons, [] was commissioned by EMI but never endorsed by Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon Parsons was disappointed with his mix. The band elected not to use Parsons' quadraphonic mix done shortly after the original releaseand instead had engineer James Guthrie create a new 5. Speaking inAlan Parsons expressed some disappointment with Guthrie's SACD mix, suggesting that Guthrie was "possibly a little Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon true to the original mix", but was generally complimentary. Transparent glass, held in place by strips of lead, was used in place of the opaque colours of the Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. The idea is derived from the "sense of purity in the sound quality, being 5.