Pink Floyd and The Dark Side of the Moon

Description

Take a deep dive into one of the best-selling albums ever on the 50th anniversary of its release with this beautifully produced and authoritatively written slipcased edition.

Veteran rock critic Martin Popoff leaves no stone unturned in taking apart Pink Floyd’s generation-spanning masterpiece, The Dark Side of the Moon, while exploring each of the album’s 10 tracks and their themes of madness, anxiety, and alienation. Chapters cover:

• The state of Pink Floyd as of 1972, with special emphasis on deposed founder Syd Barrett
• The recording sessions at famed Abbey Road Studios, including techniques used and the roles of personnel such as engineer Alan Parsons
• Song-by-song studies of each album side, including analyses of lyrics and the guitars, drums, keyboards, and synthesizers employed by members David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright
• The ground-breaking art and packaging created by design firm Hipgnosis and its founder Storm Thorgerson
• The continent-hopping tours that supported the album and also introduced the songs before its release
• The rock group’s trajectory post-Dark Side, including notable albums, tours, and the departure of Waters

Popoff also takes you on side journeys examining each band member, session players, prog rock, the Live at Pompeii concert and film, Waters’ singular writing technique, Dark Sidecollectibles, awards, and more. There’s even a brief discography and complete LP tour dates.

Presented in a 10" × 10" slipcased book, Pink Floyd and The Dark Side of the Moon is illustrated with stunning performance and candid off-stage photography as well as rare memorabilia.

The result is a richly presented celebration and your ultimate tribute to the prog-rock masterpiece.

Pink Floyd and The Dark Side of the Moon offers a generously illustrated deep dive into all aspects of one of the most popular rock albums of all time.

Working out of Toronto, Canada, Martin Popoff (martinpopoff.com) has penned more than 60 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock, and record collecting, including Rush: The Illustrated History, Led Zeppelin: Song by Song, Pink Floyd: Album by Album, and Bowie at 75. In addition, he has appeared in Revolver, Guitar World, Goldmine, RecordCollector, bravewords.com, lollipop.com, and hardradio.com. Martin also worked on the award-winning documentaries Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage and ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band from Texas for Banger Films.

Introduction
 
One          “Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs”: The Context: Pink Floyd as of 1972
Two          “You lock the door and throw away the key”: The Sessions
Three        “All that you touch and all that you see”: The Art and Packaging
Four         “Everything under the sun is in tune”: Side One
Five          “When at last the work is done”: Side Two
Six            “And if the band you’re in starts playing different tunes”: The Tour
Seven       “Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash”: Sales and Awards
Eight        “Long you live and high you fly”: Pink Floyd Post–Dark Side of the Moon
 
Image Credits
About the Author
Index
 

Additional information

Imprint	Motorbooks
Format	General Trade
ISBN-13	09780760379295
ISBN-10	0760379297
Author	Martin Popoff
Audience	General / adult
BISAC	MUS035000, BIO004000
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