The Dark Side Of The Moon

New Issue MOJO MAGAZINE Celebrates PINK FLOYD’s Masterpiece Turning 50 in 2023

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15 December 2022

British long-time running music magazine
MOJO has its new massive issue #351 out.

The mag celebrates the 50th anniversary (released 24 March 1973) of
PINK FLOYD‘s timeless masterpiece THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON,
with the help of top musicians and writers. Plus: the real inspiration
for its cover design revealed.

Also in the issue: the Stones, Blur, Nick Drake
and everything else to look forward to in 2023.

The appended CD features 15 songs in the key of Floyd: inspirations,
associated artists, inspired covers, including tracks by Love, Miles Davis,
Paul Butterfield, Nina Persson, Ron Grainer and more!

You can purchase a copy and let it be sent to your home. Info HERE.

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Picked By TURN UP THE VOLUME – 10 Big Albums Turning 50 In 2023

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Back in time

2 December 2022

Band: PINK FLOYD
Album: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
8th longplayer

Released: 24 March 1973
Score: #2 in the UK and Australia,
#1 in the US and Canada

Full LP Stream

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PINK FLOYD: Bio – Discography

Artist: DAVID BOWIE
Album: ALADDIN SANE

Released: 20 April 973
Score: #1 in the UK, #17 in the US

Full LP Stream

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DAVID BOWIE: Bio – Discography
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Artist: TOM WAITS
Album: CLOSING TIME
His debut LP

Released: 6 March 1973

Full LP Stream

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TOM WAITS: Bio – Discography
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Band: THE STOOGES
Album: RAW POWER
Third longplayer

Released: 7 February 1973

Full LP Stream

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THE STOOGES: Bio – Discography
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Band: NEW YORK DOLLS
Album: New York Dolls
Debut longplayer

Released: 3 July 1973
Score: #116 in the US

Full LP Stream

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NYD: Bio – Discography

Artist: LOU REED
Album: BERLIN
Third LP

Released: 5 October 1973
Score: #7 in the UK

Full LP Stream

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LOU REED: Bio – Discography

Artist: JOHN CALE
Album: 1919 PARIS
Third longplayer

Released: 25 February 1973

Full LP Stream

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JOHN CALE: Bio – Discography
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Band: ROXY MUSIC
Album: FOR YOUR PLEASURE
2nd LP

Released: 23 March 1973
Score: #4 in the UK,

Full LP Stream

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ROXY MUSIC: Bio – Discography
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Band: CAN
Album: FUTURE DAYS
4th longplayer

Released: August 1973

Full LP Stream

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CAN: Bio – Discography
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Band: WINGS
Album: BAND ON THE RUN
Third LP

Released: 30 November 1973
Score: #1 in the UK and the US

Full LP Stream

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WINGS: Bio – Discography

10 Facts About PINK FLOYD Masterpiece ‘THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON’ – No 1 In The US This Day In 1973

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Back in time

28 April 2022

Can’t get tired of listening to this imperishable, psychedelic and mind-boggling
magnum opus. It topped the US charts this day in 1973. Forty-nine years ago.

10 Dark Side Of The Moon facts

1. Dark Side has sold approximately 34 million copies worldwide.

2. The album is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for being on the charts longer than any other album in history, namely 591 consecutive weeks or 11.4 years in Billboard top 200! A total of approx 14 whole years (741 weeks) in and back in top 200,
and a staggering 26 years in some Billboard chart or other.

3. The original title for the album was Eclipse (A Piece for Assorted Lunatics) as the group find out that prog rockers Medicine Head just had an LP out, named ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ in 1972 on DJ John Peel’s record label. Since the release was less not a commercial success, PF decided to go ahead with its plans.

4. Throughout the 1990s rumours persisted that the album was intended
to be played back while watching The Wizard of Oz.

4. The stoned laughter used in the background of Speak to Me and Brain Damage is from Peter Watts, a road manager for the Floyd pictured on the back of the Ummagumma LP.

5. The album was recorded at Abbey Road on then state of the art 16-track equipment.

6. Australian radio listeners voted the album the best album to have sex to in 1990.

7. Us and Them was originally written by Richard Wright in 1969 as an instrumental piano solo intended for use in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Zabriskie Point film which the band had been commissioned to score.

8.. The music and lyrics for the entire album were written during a seven week period in which the band were preparing for a tour in which they desperately wanted to premier new material.

9. The stoned laughter used in the background of Speak to Me and Brain Damage is from Peter Watts, a road manager for the Floyd pictured on the back of the Ummagumma LP.

10. The album was first performed live at the Dome in Brighton, England on the 20th of January 1972. Due to a tape malfunction, the concert only made it as far as ‘Money’ that evening.

Now on my stereo (of course)…

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PINK FLOYD: Facebook – All Albums

50 Greatest ROLLING STONE Albums Of All Time – No 43 ‘THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON’ By PINK FLOYD

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16 September 2020

Band: PINK FLOYD
Album: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON – 8th LP
Released: 1 March 1973
Score: 14× platinum in the UK, No 1 in the US
where it has charted for 950 weeks in total. More
than 45 million copies sold (and counting).


Rolling Stone: “I think every album was a step toward Dark Side of the Moon,” keyboardist Rick Wright said. “We were learning all the time; the techniques of the recording and our writing was getting better.” As a culmination of their inner-space explorations of the early 1970s, the Floyd toured the bulk of Dark Side in Britain for months prior to recording. But in the studio, the band articulated bassist Roger Waters’ reveries on the madness of everyday life with melodic precision (“Breathe,” “Us and Them”) and cinematic luster (Clare Torry’s guest-vocal aria, “The Great Gig in the Sky”). It’s one of the best-produced rock albums ever, and “Money” may be the only Top 20 hit in 7/4 time.

Facts to know…

1. Dark Side of the Moon was the first Pink Floyd album
to feature Roger Waters as its sole lyricist.
2. The album was very nearly called ‘Eclipse’.
3. Floyd fans were first treated to Dark Side of the Moon
in concert more than a year before the album was actually released.
4. The original live arrangement of “On the Run” bore little resemblance
to the electronic freakout on the record.
5. ‘Money’ was influenced by Booker T and the MGs.
6. Paul McCartney’s contributions to the album were deleted
but the Beatles made a surprise appearance on the record.
7. ‘Us and Them’ was a reject from the Zabriskie Point soundtrack.
8. An image of the Silver Surfer was originally considered for the album’s cover.
9. Dark Side of the Moon was the first Pink Floyd album to break the US Top 40.
10. Proceeds from the album helped fund Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

More details about these 10 amazing facts right here.

Singles: Money / Us And Them

– MONEY –

– US AND THEM –

Full album…

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“I’ve only ever written about one thing in my life, which is the fact that we,
as human beings, have a responsibility to one another and that it’s important that
we empathize with others, that we organize society so that we all become happier
and we all get the life we really want.” – Roger Waters

HISTORY – 28 April 1973 – PINK FLOYD Tops America’s Albums Chart With Eight LP

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28 April 2019

Here come some really crazy numbers. Psychedelic icons PINK FLOYD hit the spot of
the US albums chart with their undeniable massive triumph, their eight LP THE DARK
SIDE OF THE MOON this day 46 years ago, on 28 April 1973, and stayed there for a record-breaking 741 (discontinuous) weeks.

The longplayer has sold so far over 45 million copies on this planet. After moving to the Billboard’s Top Catalog Albums Chart (I never heard of that chart before actually) the album added 759 weeks to its never-ending run, and scored a total of over 1,500 weeks on the combined charts by May 2006. Hallelujah! We have an overwhelming winner!

An here’s that dazzling masterpiece’s masterstroke (again)…

Album in full…

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