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The most phenomenal recording in rock & roll history is thoroughly examined in Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon. The Floyd's 1973 masterpiece remained on bestseller charts for nearly 14 years, and its enduring importance is honored here by all four members of Pink Floyd and key personnel (engineer Alan Parsons, mixing supervisor Chris Thomas, sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson, and others) who played essential roles in the landmark album's creation. Produced for the Classic Albums series that originally aired on VH-1, this thorough and thought-provoking study highlights a track-by-track dissection of the LP's master tapes (including the spoken-word passages that bookend the album), superbly interlaced with archival footage, early demo tapes, concert animations, and latter-day acoustic performances by David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright to demonstrate each track's contribution to the final mix--a sonic exploration that extends to the illuminating bonus features. Informative interviews abound (including Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke), and much-deserved credit is given to saxophonist Dick Parry, solo vocalist Clare Torry, and former Columbia Records chairman Bhaskar Menon, who fostered the album's U.S. commercial success. For Floyd fans, musicians, and studio technicians alike, this is a must-have addition to any DVD library. --Jeff Shannon
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Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" Classic Album is the creative story behind the masterpiece: "Dark Side Of The Moon". "Dark Side Of The Moon" transformed Pink Floyd from art house favorites to global, stadium superstars. Prior to 1973, Pink Floyd maintained a relentless gigging schedule and by the time they came to record "Dark Side Of The Moon" had already created many of the basic tracks. "Dark Side Of The Moon" would be the first Pink Floyd (post Syd Barrett) album where Roger Waters would supply all the lyrics around a concept: The Circle of Life. With the timeless qualities of its production and musicality, allied to the hypnotic evocation of its central themes - alienation, paranoia, madness, war and death, "Dark Side Of The Moon" would become the album that would dominate the 70's and 80's (with a record number of 741 consecutive weeks in the Billboard 200). This program takes an in depth look at the making of the 1973 album. All four members of the band Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright are featured in exclusive interviews. Roger, David and Richard play songs and demonstrate themes from the album. Alan Parsons (the original engineer) takes you through the multi track tapes giving a unique insight into the musical fabric of the record and the program is illustrated throughout with archive footage. "Dark Side Of The Moon" with its combination of great songs, inventive effects and one of the best known sleeves ever, tapped into the world's collective subconscious and became a landmark in Rock history and a truly Classic Album. Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" Classic Album is the creative story behind the masterpiece: "Dark Side Of ThThanks for all your help.e Moon". "Dark Side Of The Moon" transformed Pink Floyd from art house
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
This is NOT a concert DVD - Thank God!
Jun 25 2004
Format:DVD
This DVD is a selection from the "Classic Albums" series which originally viewed on VH1. As the title of my review indicates, this is NOT a concert or a re-release of the album. Rather, it is an in-depth look at how the album was created. The documentary doesn't use a narrator, but rather incorporates several voices to tell a story, including contributions from all four members of the group, the engineer (Alan Parsons), the mixer (Chris Thomas), the cover/liner design man (Storm Thorgenson), the record company head who pushed and prodded the toads at Capitol Records to get behind the album (Baskar Menon) and several journalists -including David Fricke from Rolling Stone. All of them have "things to say" about the nuts and bolts of record producing, the marriage of art and commerce, and the place of this album in the pantheon of modern popular music (one british journaist calls it "among the most important artistic and musical statements of the last 50 years").
The nearly hour-long "main" presentation is fairly linear, starting with background info from the time that Syd Barrett lost his mind to the formation of the main themes and music for the album before they ever started recording it, to a breakdown of nearly every song in order (with the lone exception of "Any Colour You Like"). Of special note: One gets to see Richard Wright play several pieces of his finest compositions ("Great Gig in the Sky" and "Us and Them") explaining how he came to write them and under what circumstances (his mention of "the jazz" and Miles Davis were fabulous); David Gilmour demonstrates the Synth V.A. - the first sequencer used for "On the Run" and he plays parts of his guitar solos on "Time" and "Money." Nick Mason offers some nice (but too brief) insights into the psychology of the band, and Roger Waters talks a bit about his the impetus behind his lyrics and demonstrates the original bluesy demo of "Money."
The bonus material has some great stuff on it as well - in fact some of it far outstrips the aired material - including : David Gilmour's outstanding acoustic version of "Breathe" and Waters soulful acoustic version of "Brain Damage."
The bonus section also gives a great deal of time to Roger Waters' explanation of how his politics and his life experiences shaped his lyrics and music.
The nearly hour-long "main" presentation is fairly linear, starting with background info from the time that Syd Barrett lost his mind to the formation of the main themes and music for the album before they ever started recording it, to a breakdown of nearly every song in order (with the lone exception of "Any Colour You Like"). Of special note: One gets to see Richard Wright play several pieces of his finest compositions ("Great Gig in the Sky" and "Us and Them") explaining how he came to write them and under what circumstances (his mention of "the jazz" and Miles Davis were fabulous); David Gilmour demonstrates the Synth V.A. - the first sequencer used for "On the Run" and he plays parts of his guitar solos on "Time" and "Money." Nick Mason offers some nice (but too brief) insights into the psychology of the band, and Roger Waters talks a bit about his the impetus behind his lyrics and demonstrates the original bluesy demo of "Money."
The bonus material has some great stuff on it as well - in fact some of it far outstrips the aired material - including : David Gilmour's outstanding acoustic version of "Breathe" and Waters soulful acoustic version of "Brain Damage."
The bonus section also gives a great deal of time to Roger Waters' explanation of how his politics and his life experiences shaped his lyrics and music.
On the whole this is an outstanding piece of film-making, highlighting an important piece of music history. If you are a fan of Pink Floyd this is an indispensible DVD. If you are curious about how great art is created, this is an inexpensive way to find out.
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Jan 31 2012
Format:DVD
The interviews are good. But I would have liked to see more videos of the songs. The price should have been cheaper.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The workings of the Floyd and more...
July 16 2004
Format:DVD
This is one of the best "Classic Albums" series on video. I think for people just discovering the band and picking up the SACD CD, it's a nice way to see how they made the album and what it took (lots of teamwork behind the console as well as in the studio). The video has the original made for TV part, but the best parts are in the extras, which are about as long.
It's unfortunate that the band never filmed the "Dark Side" tour, and resorted to using a "Set the Controls" promo from the same time period, even though there is 8MM footage out there. Thankfully, some of the "Live at Pompeii" film showed the making of at the time, which they used to great effect, and then showed them in the present day. It's too bad PF neglected to film any of their shows from DSOTM to Animals... there's probably some "lost" footage floating around somewhere that they never knew about. But a lot of the "video" footage they used for the screen during the shows is also shown throughout the show, hopefully one day can be used as part of a video collection (supposedly, Nick Mason is putting one together).
It's too bad they weren't willing to be in the same room with each other during the filming of the show though. A lot of it is really interesting to see Roger, Rick, and Dave break down their songs. But I did think that Dave's voice is starting to show wear, which may be why he is reluctant to do a full Floyd tour and is doing the acoustic shows. Hopefully they can do one show together for posterity at least, covering all eras.
Overall, I don't know if this is something that will be played on the DVD player that often, but it's definitely worth watching at least once.
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Excellent, best of its breed.
This is one of the best 'recording of' films I've ever seen, of what is broadly accepted as one of the best albums ever recorded. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Fusion Head
Not a music DVD
This DVD is not a concert or video DVD!! Do not be fooled by the ambiguous description. It is a TV broadcast - put on DVD and advertised as a "Dark Side of the Moon" DVD. Read more
Published on April 19 2006 by james kolaska
Superb document on a classic album
Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon had a well deserved 30th anniversary. First was the SACD issue and then came this DVD documentary which looks at how the album was made. Read more
Published on Jun 30 2004 by Terrence J Reardon
A great look & listen behind the "Dark Side"
The "Classic Albums" series, which began as a program on VH-1, takes one popular rock record and - using demo tapes, separated recorded tracks, archival footage and... Read more
Published on Jun 18 2004 by Clare Quilty
What VH1's 'Behind the Music' should be.
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This DVD for me is what an interview with a band should be about.
This DVD for me is what an interview with a band should be about.
I've gotten so tired of seeing shows about bands that are simply about the dirt and gossip of their... Read more
Published on Jun 12 2004 by Jim Allegretto
A must have for Floyd fans (especially Dark Side fans)
When I heard this was coming out on DVD, I knew I would be purchasing this. Dark Side of the Moon is one of my 3 favorite albums of all time. Read more
Published on Jun 4 2004 by Levi Stofer
Astonishing
If you are a true Floyd fan you cannot be without this. It is an amazing piece of work. Roger's interviews and Dave's studio guitar parts are worth the price alone.
Buy it now.
Published on May 27 2004
My Absolute Favorite Music DVD
As a big Floyd fan, purchased this out of curiosity. DSotM was not my top PF album, but certainly a favorite. Read more
Published on May 13 2004 by S. Schuster
A higher power
If I had to be isolated on a desert island with only one album it would be this one. Not a rock and roll album --a teaching. Read more
Published on May 11 2004
Lots of little diamonds in the rough
In order to get the most out of this DVD, you'll have to watch and listen closely -- some of the most interesting parts are not obvious. Read more
Published on April 21 2004 by Dr. Gonzo
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