The Dark Side Of The Moon

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The design was inspired by a photograph of a prism with a beam of white light projected through it and emerging in the colours of the visible spectrum that Thorgerson had found in a 1963 physics textbook, [49] as well as by an illustration by Alex Steinweiss, the inventor of album cover art, for the New York Philharmonic's 1942 performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Emperor Concerto. [75] The artwork was created by an associate of Hipgnosis, George Hardie. [49] Hipgnosis offered a choice of seven designs for the sleeve, but all four members of the band agreed that the prism was the best. "There were no arguments," said Roger Waters. "We all pointed to the prism and said 'That's the one'." [49] Grein, Paul (1 May 2013), Week Ending April 28, 2013. Albums: Snoop Lamb Is More Like It, music.yahoo.com, archived from the original on 4 November 2013 , retrieved 9 July 2013 The Dark Side of the Moon was released first in the US on 1 March 1973, [91] [92] and then in the UK on 16 March. [93] It became an instant chart success in Britain and throughout Western Europe; [87] by the following month, it had gained a gold certification in the US. [94] Throughout March 1973 the band played the album as part of their US tour, including a midnight performance at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on 17 March before an audience of 6,000. The album reached the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart's number one spot on 28 April 1973, [95] and was so successful that the band returned two months later for another tour. [96] Label [ edit ] Jeffries, David (25 October 2010). " Dubber Side of the Moon– Easy Star All-Stars". AllMusic . Retrieved 11 December 2012. Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rded.). Virgin Books. p.37. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

This is the special edition with A B on matrix (without stampers, mothers' letters, and without lacquer signs! Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon - 50th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set". Pink Floyd . Retrieved 12 February 2023.a b c Zemler, Emily (21 July 2023). "Roger Waters to Release 'The Dark Side of the Moon Redux' as a Solo LP in October". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 21 July 2023. ROGER WATERS HAS re-recorded Pink Floyd's seminal album, The Dark Side of the Moon, and will release it as a solo LP, The Dark Side of the Moon Redux, on Oct. 6 via SGB Music. Found a fairly clean copy of this (A3/B3) in a record store and just couldn't bring myself to not take it home with me. Even though I already owned the 2016 reissue and 2nd Japanese pressing, I wanted to see what all the hype was about regarding the early UK pressings. The 2016 reissue sounds terrific and the vinyl is very quiet, and the early Japanese pressing being fully analog definitely brings out more of the mid range, warmth, and dynamics that the recording has to offer. a b c Harris, John (12 March 2003). " 'Dark Side' at 30: David Gilmour". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 19 September 2007 . Retrieved 31 May 2010.

The Dark Side of the Moon became one of the best-selling albums of all time [103] and is in the top25 of a list of best-selling albums in the United States. [56] [104] Although it held the number one spot in the US for only a week, it remained in the Billboard 200 albums chart for 736nonconsecutive weeks (from 17 March 1973 to 16 July 1988). [105] [106] Of those first 736 charted weeks, the album had two notable consecutive runs in the Billboard 200 chart: 84 weeks (from 17 March 1973 to 19 October 1974) and 593 weeks (from 18 December 1976 to 23 April 1988). [107]. It made its final appearance in the Billboard 200 albums chart during its initial run on the week ending 8 October 1988, in its 741st charted week. [108] It re-appeared on the Billboard charts with the introduction of the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart in the issue dated 25 May 1991, and was still a perennial feature ten years later. [109] It reached number one on the Pop Catalog chart when the 2003 hybrid CD/ SACD edition was released and sold 800,000copies in the US. [56] On the week of 5 May 2006 The Dark Side of the Moon achieved a combined total of 1,716weeks on the Billboard200 and Pop Catalog charts. [72] Enter Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary Animated Video Competition , retrieved 12 February 2023 Basham, David (15 November 2001). "Got Charts? Britney, Linkin Park Give Peers A Run For Their Sales Figures". MTV . Retrieved 30 March 2009. Top 50 Albums of 1976" (PDF). Music Week. 25 December 1976. p.14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021 . Retrieved 30 November 2021– via worldradiohistory.com. Top 100 Albums 1993" (PDF). Music Week. 15 January 1994. p.25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022 . Retrieved 20 April 2022.

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Surround Music Awards 2003". surroundpro.com. 11 December 2003. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008 . Retrieved 19 March 2009. Lynch, Joseph Brannigan (31 December 2009). "Flaming Lips cover Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' album; results are surprisingly awful". music-mix.ew.com . Retrieved 14 January 2010. Pink Floyd– Dark Side of the Moon– 180 Gram Vinyl LP, store.acousticsounds.com , retrieved 29 March 2009