Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon – 50th Anniversary

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Pink Floyd’s 1973 album, The Dark Side Of The Moon, was the band’s eighth studio album. It was undoubtably one of their most most iconic and influential albums ever, and continues to find new audiences globally. This year, to celebrate its 50th Anniversary, a new deluxe box set will be released on 24th March.

The original ’73 album was released on March 1st in the US and March 16th in the UK, and is to date the best selling album of all time, racking up sales of over 50 million copies worldwide.

This new deluxe box set includes; CD and gatefold vinyl of the new 2023 remastered studio album and Blu-Ray + DVD audio featuring the original 5.1 mix and remastered stereo versions. The set also includes additional new Blu-ray disc of Atmos mix plus CD and LP of The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974.

Simultaneously on March 24th 2023 both the CD and first ever vinyl issue of Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974’  will be released independently, as will the book, Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon: 50th Anniversary, which is part of the deluxe box offering and is published separately by Thames & Hudson. The book, curated by photographer Jill Furmanovsky and art directed by Hipgnosis co-founder Aubrey Powell, showcases rare and previously unseen photographs taken during The Dark Side Of The Moon tours of 1972-1975 and was created with the involvement of the band members.

The Deluxe Box Set includes:

• CD1 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (50th Anniversary)
  • Remastered by James Guthrie – in gatefold sleeve with 12-page booklet
• CD2 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
  • LIVE AT WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL, LONDON, 1974
    • Mixed by Andy Jackson – in gatefold sleeve with 12-page booklet. Cover design by Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis and Peter Curzon/StormStudios. Original 1973 line drawn
    • cover artwork by George Hardie
• LP1 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (50th Anniversary) [2023 Master]
  • Remastered original studio album – 180g heavyweight vinyl, in gatefold sleeve, with original posters and stickers
• LP2 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
  • LIVE AT WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL, LONDON, 1974
    • 180g heavyweight vinyl, in gatefold, with 2 posters featuring design by Ian Emes and Gerald Scarfe. Cover design by Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis and PeterCurzon/StormStudios. Original 1973 line drawn cover artwork by George Hardie
• BLU-RAY 1 (AUDIO)
  • Original album 5.1 and high-resolution remastered stereo mixes:
    1. 5.1 Surround Mix – 24bit/96kHz Uncompressed
    2. Stereo Mix – 24bit/192kHz Uncompressed
    3. 5.1 Surround Mix – dts-HD MA
    4. Stereo Mix – dts-HD MA
• BLU-RAY 2 (AUDIO)
  • Original newly remastered album Atmos and high-resolution stereo mixes:
    1. Dolby Atmos Mix
    2. Stereo Mix – 24-bit/192kHz Uncompressed
    3. Stereo Mix – dts-HD MA
• DVD (AUDIO)
  • Original album 5.1 and remastered stereo mixes:
    1. 5.1 Surround Mix – Dolby Digital @448 kbps
    2. 5.1 Surround Mix – Dolby Digital @640 kbps
    3. Stereo Mix (LPCM) – 24-bit/48 kHz Uncompressed
• 160-PAGE THAMES & HUDSON HARDCOVER BOOK
  • With rare black and white photographs from the 1972 – 1975 tours of the UK and the USA taken by Jill Furmanovsky, Peter Christopherson, Aubrey Powell, Storm Thorgerson
• 76-PAGE MUSIC BOOK
  • Complete songbook of original album
• REPLICAS OF 2×7″ SINGLES
  • 7″ Single 1: Money/Any Color You Like
  • 7″ Single 2: Us And Them/Time
• REPLICA OF PAMPHLET AND INVITATION TO THE PREVIEW OF THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON AT THE LONDON PLANETARIUM ON 27TH FEBRUARY 1973

Studio album recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, between May 1972 and January 1973. Produced by Pink Floyd. Engineer Alan Parsons. Assistant Peter James. Mixing supervised by Chris Thomas.

Remastered by James Guthrie and Joel Plante at das boot recording. 5.1 and Atmos mixes by James Guthrie.

Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974 was recorded at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London, November 1974. It was engineered by; Brian Humphries and Phill Brown, mixed by Andy Jackson, assisted by Damon Iddins and mastered by Andy Jackson at Tube Mastering.

MSRP (US):

• Box Set: $299.98 (Amazon $264.99)
• The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974 LP: $35.98 (Amazon $30.92)
• The Official Book: $60.00 (Amazon $48.00)

Purchase the 50th Anniversary Pink Floyd merchandise from Amazon:

• Box set
• Wembley Album
• The Official Book

For more information and merchandise visit the Pink Floyd web site.