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Roger Waters has unveiled the first sample of music from his controversial reworking of Pink Floyd‘s classic The Dark Side Of The Moon. The 52-second clip was uploaded to YouTube and features footage of Waters in the studio listening to the new version of Us And Them.
“When we recorded the stripped down songs for the Lockdown Sessions, the 50th anniversary of the release of Dark Side of The Moon was looming on the horizon,” says Waters. “It occurred to to me that Dark Side of the Moon could well be a suitable candidate for a similar re-working, partly as a tribute to the original work, but also to re-address the political and emotional message of the whole album.
“I discussed it with Gus and Sean [musician/producer Gus Seyffer and collaborator Sean Evans], and when we’d stopped giggling and shouting ‘You must be fucking mad’ at one another we decided to take it on. We are now in the process of finishing the final mix. It’s turned out really great and I’m excited for everyone to hear it.
“It’s not a replacement for the original which, obviously, is irreplaceable. But it is a way for the seventy nine year old man to look back across the intervening fifty years into the eyes of the twenty nine year old and say, to quote a poem of mine about my Father, ‘We did our best, we kept his trust, our Dad would have been proud of us’. And also it is a way for me to honour a recording that Nick and Rick and Dave and I have every right to be very proud of.”
News of the reworking was originally announced during an interview Waters undertook with the Daily Telegraph, during which he told writer Tristram Fane Saunders, “I wrote The Dark Side of the Moon. Let’s get rid of all this ‘we’ crap! Of course we were a band, there were four of us, we all contributed – but it’s my project and I wrote it. So… blah!”
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PINK FLOYD Live At Knebworth 1990 (2021 UK/EU limited edition double album 2-LP pressed on 180-gram vinyl and cut at 45RPM for enhanced audio quality. Remixed from the original master tapes by David Gilmour and Andy Jackson, this concert was previously unreleased until it appeared on 2019s Later Years box set, and now available for the first time as a stand-alone release. Gatefold picture sleeve with 16-page booklet and hype sticker, factory sealed)
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PINK FLOYD The Wall (2012 UK Limited Collectors Edition 7-DISC box set, comprising three remastered double CD sets: 'The Original Album', 'Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980 -1981' & 'The Wall Work In Progress Parts 1 & 2' [1979] plus a Bonus DVD including 'The Happiest Days Of Our Lives' [Pink Floyd The Wall - Earls Court, 1980], the restored music video for Another Brick In The Wall Part 2, Behind The Wall [Documentary] & a Gerald Scarfe Interview. All seven discs areissued in individual card wallet sleeves housed within the 12" x 12" x 2" picture box which comes packed with bonus contents [see 'more info' for full contents] such as an exclusive 40-page booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson, the 'Wall - Pink Floyd Circa 1980-1' photo book containing photographs By Jill Furmanovsky & Hipgnosis, an exclusive Gerald Scarfe Art Print, replica merchandise, printed scarf, marbles, coasters, handwritten lyric poster & more. Although not sealed, this example remains in near 'as new' condition)
- Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds - Greek - vinyl LP - £30.00, $39.90, €35.10 (New Item) (arrived 12-Apr-2025 16:07)on April 18, 2025 at 6:43 am
PINK FLOYD Obscured By Clouds (1970s Greek issue of the 1972 10-track vinyl LP with '2J062-05054' catalogue number on the labels, their seventh album which served as the soundtrack for the French film La Vallée, by Barbet Schroeder, picture sleeve with '14C062-05054' catalogue number to the reverse and yellow Greek text box to the reverse. The sleeve shows moderate wear with a sticker tear to the front and the vinyl is Excellent with minimal sign of play)
- Pink Floyd - Meddle - Japanese - CD album - £20.00, $26.60, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 14-Apr-2025 08:48)on April 18, 2025 at 6:43 am
PINK FLOYD Meddle (2001 Japanese 6-track digitally remastered picture printed CD reissue of their 1971 sixth studio album, including One Of These Days. The disc comes issued in the mini-LP style gatefold picture sleeve with picture insert and fold-out lyric sheet TOCP-65738)
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