50th Anniversary of the Best Selling Music Album of All Time: Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon

March 31, 2023

Dark Side of the Moon
by Pink Floyd

March was the 50th Anniversary of the release of the biggest selling record of all time (by far). No other album ever came close, and the record and again the reissue of the CD in the late 1980’s have all made Dark Side of the Moon the record longest run in the Billboard Top 200. . .

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A Brief History:
Origination: Pink Floyd is an English rock band that formed in London in 1965 that became a leading progressive rock band with band members by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals).

Awards & High Amount of Record Sales: Pink Floyd had received many awards and merits since the inception. By 2013, Pink Floyd had sold more than 250 million records worldwide.

Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon: The band had just recovered from filming of the great movie “Live in Pompeii” and if you have watched some of the material on Dark Side is preceded being featured on the video. The band never knew where the album would take them, but it sure did go very far. . .It was in the top 200 charts until the year 1988–A whole decade and one-half!

Musically: The record was remastered many times, made quadrophonic, and even picture disk vinyl! The album literally was re-released countless times in the decade and one-half reign, and to this day continues new, collector’s editions, almost every year. The album has music that is indelibly unduplicatable.

The Wizard of Oz: The Dark Side of the Moon record was discovered to have tunes that are uniquely synchronized to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy beginning to jog at the lyric “no one told you when to run” during “Time“, balancing on the fence in tightrope-style.

Celebrated This Month, March of 2023: The celebration begins this album’s 50^th year anniversary, being released in March 1973.

A Few Facts:
I am sharing my personal favorite playlist for Pink Floyd. . .

My Personal Favorite Collection of Hits on Vinyl:

Favorite Pink Floyd Selections
SONG	ALBUM
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (PART 2) (1979)	THE WALL
BRAIN DAMAGE / ECLIPSE (1973)	DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
SPEAK TO ME / BREATHE / ON THE RUN (1973)	DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
COMFORTABLY NUMB (1979)	THE WALL
FEARLESS (1971)	MEDDLE
FREE FOUR (1972)	OBSCURED BY CLOUDS
HAVE A CIGAR (1973)	DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
HEY YOU (1979)	THE WALL
KEEP TALKING (1994)	THE DIVISION BELL
LEARNING TO FLY (1987)	A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON
MONEY (1973)	DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
MOTHER (1979)	THE WALL
ON THE TURNING AWAY (1987)	A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON
ONE OF THESE DAYS (1971)	MEDDLE
ONE SLIP (1987)	A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON
PIGS (THREE DIFFERENT ONES) (1977)	ANIMALS
RUN LIKE HELL (1979)	THE WALL
SEE EMILY PLAY (1967)	THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN
SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND, PTS. 1-5 (1975)	WISH YOU WERE HERE
TIME (1973)	DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
US AND THEM (1973)	DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
WALL MEDLEY (1979)	THE WALL
WELCOME TO THE MACHINE (1975)	WISH YOU WERE HERE
WISH YOU WERE HERE (1975)	WISH YOU WERE HERE
EMPTY SPACES / YOUNG LUST (1979)	THE WALL
MOVIE	RELEASE DETAILS
LIVE AT POMPEII by ADRIAN MABEN (1972)	1972 CONCERT FILM
THE WALL directed by ALAN PARKER (1982)	1982 FILM from 1979 ABLUM
Pink Floyd, The music, entertainment, etc., are copyright © as indicated per release. Table represented by Versatileer.

The Pink FLoyd Discography:

Discography of Pink Floyd Albums
TITLE	RELEASE/LABEL/FORMAT
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Gold)	Released: 4 August 1967 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
A Saucerful of Secrets (Gold)	Released: 29 June 1968 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
More (Gold)	Released: 13 June 1969 Label: Harvest, Columbia Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
Ummagumma (Gold/Platinum)	Released: 7 November 1969 Label: Harvest, Columbia Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
Atom Heart Mother (Gold)	Released: 2 October 1970 Label: Harvest, EMI Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
Meddle (Gold/Platinum)	Released: 5 November 1971 Label: Harvest, EMI Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
Obscured by Clouds (Silver/Gold)	Released: 2 June 1972 Label: Harvest, EMI Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
The Dark Side of the Moon (Platinum)	Released: 1 March 1973 Label: Harvest, EMI Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
Wish You Were Here ((Platinum)	Released: 12 September 1975 Label: Harvest, EMI Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
Animals (Gold/Platinum)	Released: 21 January 1977 Label: Harvest, EMI Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
The Wall (Platinum/Diamond)	Released: 30 November 1979 Label: Harvest, EMI Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
The Final Cut (Gold/Platinum)	Released: 21 March 1983 Label: Harvest, EMI Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (Gold/Platinum)	Released: 7 September 1987 Label: EMI, Columbia Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
The Division Bell (Platinum)	Released: 28 March 1994 Label: EMI, Columbia Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
The Endless River (Gold/Platinum)	Released: 10 November 2014 Label: Parlophone, Columbia Formats: CD, LP, DL
Pink Floyd, The music, entertainment, etc., are copyright © as indicated per release. Table represented by Versatileer.

The Present:
People still love Dark Side of the Moon, to this day!

The Future:
Sales, awards, and maybe more merits. . .

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