Take a deep dive into one of many best-selling albums ever on the fiftieth anniversary of its launch with this superbly produced and authoritatively written slipcased version.
Veteran rock critic Martin Popoff leaves no stone unturned in taking aside Pink Floyd’s generation-spanning masterpiece, The Darkish Facet of the Moon, whereas exploring every of the album’s 10 tracks and their themes of insanity, nervousness, and alienation. Chapters cowl:
- The state of Pink Floyd as of 1972, with particular emphasis on deposed founder Syd Barrett
- The recording classes at famed Abbey Street Studios, together with strategies used and the roles of personnel corresponding to engineer Alan Parsons
- Music-by-song research of every album aspect, together with analyses of lyrics and the guitars, drums, keyboards, and synthesizers employed by members David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright
- The bottom-breaking artwork and packaging created by design agency Hipgnosis and its founder Storm Thorgerson
- The continent-hopping excursions that supported the album and likewise launched the songs earlier than its launch
- The rock group’s trajectory post-Darkish Facet, together with notable albums, excursions, and the departure of Waters
Popoff additionally takes you on aspect journeys inspecting every band member, session gamers, prog rock, the Stay at Pompeii live performance and movie, Waters’ singular writing approach, Darkish Facetcollectibles, awards, and extra. There’s even a quick discography and full LP tour dates.
Introduced in a ten.5″ × 10.5″ slipcased e-book, Pink Floyd and The Darkish Facet of the Moon is illustrated with gorgeous efficiency and candid off-stage pictures in addition to uncommon memorabilia.
The result’s a richly introduced celebration and your final tribute to the prog-rock masterpiece.
