Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon

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Label:	Pink Floyd Records – PFRLP8, Pink Floyd Records – 5099902987613
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold
Country:	Europe
Released:	Nov 4, 2016
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock

Tracklist

A1	Speak To Me Written-By – Mason*	1:25
A2	Breathe (In The Air) Written-By – Gilmour, Wright, Waters*	2:58
A3	On The Run Written-By – Gilmour, Waters	3:39
A4	Time Written-By – Gilmour, Mason, Wright, Waters	6:43
A5	The Great Gig In The Sky Vocals, Composed By [Vocal Composition] – Clare Torry Written-By – Wright*	4:38
B1	Money Saxophone – Dick Parry Written-By – Waters*	6:25
B2	Us And Them Saxophone – Dick Parry Written-By – Wright, Waters	7:50
B3	Any Colour You Like Written-By – Gilmour, Mason, Wright*	3:20
B4	Brain Damage Written-By – Waters*	3:45
B5	Eclipse Written-By – Waters*	1:55

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Pink Floyd Music Ltd.
Copyright © – Pink Floyd Music Ltd.
Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
Pressed By – Record Industry – 16690
Marketed By – Parlophone Records Ltd.
Distributed By – Parlophone Records Ltd.
Record Company – Warner Music Group
Published By – Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd.
Published By – Imagem UK Ltd.
Published By – TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp.
Published By – Roger Waters Music Overseas Ltd.
Published By – Muziekuitgeverij Artemis B.V.
Published By – Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd.

Credits

Artwork [Sleeve Art], Artwork [Stickers Art] – George Hardie
Backing Vocals – Barry St. John, Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, Liza Strike
Bass Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer [VCS3], Tape [Tape Effects] – Roger Waters
Engineer – Alan Parsons
Engineer [Assistant] – Peter James
Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer [VCS3] – Richard Wright
Lacquer Cut By – BG*
Lyrics By [All Lyrics By] – Roger Waters
Percussion, Tape [Tape Effects] – Nick Mason
Photography By, Design [Sleeve Design] – Hipgnosis (2)
Producer [Produced By], Music By – Pink Floyd
Remastered By – Bernie Grundman, James Guthrie, Joel Plante
Supervised By [Mixing Supervised By] – Chris Thomas
Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer [VCS3] – David Gilmour

Notes

Track A4 "Time" includes an uncredited "Breathe (Reprise)" at the end of the song.

Comes with a rectangular sticker and a round hype sticker on the front of the shrink wrap.
Release contains two posters and two postcard-sized stickers like the original release.
Some copies have been sold with the rectangular hype sticker from The Wall in place of the Dark Side of the Moon rectangular sticker.

[Rectangular sticker]:
The stereo remastered album on heavyweight 180g vinyl.
Remastered from the original analogue tapes by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundmann.
Original UK release date: March 1973.

[Round hype sticker]:
Pink Floyd
The Dark Side Of The Moon
5099902987613

[Publishers]:
Tracks 1, 5 and 8 published by Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd. administered by Imagem UK Ltd. for the world excluding USA & Canada. USA & Canada: TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp.
Tracks 2, 3, 4 and 7 published by Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd. administered by Imagem UK Ltd./Roger Waters Music Overseas Ltd., Artemis Muziekuitgeverij B.V. (BUM/STE) administered by Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. for the World excluding USA & Canada. USA & Canada: TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp.
Tracks 6, 9 and 10 published by Roger Waters Music Overseas Ltd., Artemis Muziekuitgeverij B.V. (BUM/STE) administered by Warner Chappell/Music Publishing Ltd. for the World excluding USA & Canada. USA & Canada: TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp.

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London between June 1972 and January 1973.

℗ 2016 Pink Floyd Music Ltd., marketed and distributed by Parlophone Records Ltd.,
a Warner Music Group Company. © 2016 Pink Floyd Music Ltd. The copyright in this
sound recording and artwork is owned by Pink Floyd Music Ltd. Made in the E.U.
www.pinkfloyd.com

Made and Printed in the E.U.

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[Runouts]:
In all cases, '16690 [#]A' and '16690 [#]B' are stamped, with the remainder being etched.
Pressing plant and lacquer cut identified by runout area.

Durations do not appear on this release.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text on hype sticker): 5 099902 987613
Barcode (Scanned from hype sticker, EAN-13): 5099902987613
Rights Society: BUM/STE
Other (Inside left hand sleeve): Ⓛ
Other (Inside left hand sleeve): 7206
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): PFRLP8-A
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): PFRLP8-B
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 5099902987613A
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 5099902987613B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 16690 2A 5099902987613-A BG
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Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): 16690 7A 5099902987613 A C BG
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Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 18): 16690 9A 5099902987613-A -BG-
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Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 19): 16690 2A 5099902987613-A G BG
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 19): 16690 4B 5099902987613-B BG B H2

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Dark Side Of The Moon (LP, Album, Winchester Pressing, Wly Mastering, Gatefold)	Harvest	SMAS-11163	US	1973
Recently Edited	The Dark Side Of The Moon (LP, Album, Stereo, Circle on Back, Gatefold)	Harvest, EMI Electrola	1 C 062-05 249	Germany	1973
Recently Edited	The Dark Side Of The Moon (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Harvest	3C 064-05249	Italy	1973
	The Dark Side Of The Moon (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Harvest	3C 064-05249	Italy	1973
Recently Edited	The Dark Side Of The Moon (LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Gatefold)	Harvest, Harvest	5C 062-05249, 5C062-05249	Netherlands	1973

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Reviews

85mlinar Oct 19, 2024
If there’s anything that could be considered a perfect album, it’s this!
Square04 Oct 2, 2024
Pretty decent mastering, but the overall sound is a bit flat for my tastes.
tomwebb101 Sep 22, 2024
Exquisite Record Industry pressing and enjoyable mastering for the money. The only cut ive heard that truly notably bests this is the Mofi which itself was notably better than the nm OG UK i sold.
nunosakra Sep 9, 2024
Edited 2 months ago
Sounds very good after a cleaning. Very well balanced, clean and crisp sound except during some high frequencies distortion for during final solo guitar of time. Cover material is rubbery thats is nice. Highly recomended at a good price
MeanandGreen Jul 28, 2024
Edited 4 months ago
Not a nice pressing. I’ve owned this for just over a year from new and I have played it a few times and each time I do I just get more frustrated with it.

Noisy pressing with audible clicks in places even after cleaning. Over emphasised sibilance which is on the limits of acceptable, the track Eclipse at the end of side 2 is just a sonic mess and I am 100% confident it is not my equipment it is this particular record.

My copy has always had a slight warp to it too, not a really bad warp but it is slightly dished. The album is redeemed by being mostly well mastered, it’s deep and bright and it’s a well known classic album with some great music here. It’s just a lousy pressing.

Would love an original, but they go for silly money and can have defects with skipping issues. I think the CD of the original mastering will remain my go to, but that also reveals some limitations in the original recording such as over saturation. It’s not the audiophile grade record the hyperbole makes it out to be, there are much better albums than this sonically, but it is mostly good.
FelipeChapulaS Dec 15, 2023
If I could put six stars, I’d use it here.
lovesupreme2017 Dec 13, 2023
Edited 11 months ago
UPDATE: 12/26/2023 I received a replacement copy from the seller Starship Records and this time the vinyl is flawless! No complaints, as everything is perfect. Dark Side Of The Moon is timeless and this AAA 2016 edition was superbly remastered!

For the life of me I don't know how an iconic album like this gets past quality control in the pressing plant. My copy not only had paper debris but large scuff marks on both sides. The first track on side 1 " Speak To Me" is ruined by very audible ticks and some static. The song is quiet, so the noise stands out. Side 2 "Money" has 1 momentary pop and overall is not as noisy, as the cash register ringing at the beginning, where the scruff mark is, drowns it out. Shame, since the replication of the jacket, posters and stickers are beautiful.
thezielinsky Oct 20, 2023
4/5 - perfect remaster if you take top-end from the equation.... because too much gain like over 10-12kHZ, one some tracks percussions are too sharp to be natural plus vinyl quality is medicore. I played this vinyl like max 15 times with a great care and it's already a bit noisy and cracky
frogofprog Oct 7, 2023
Edited one year ago
Noisy vinyl. Distorted at some points. At the beginning of side 1 there are some sort of pops that I don't have on any of my other vinyl
oztin79 Sep 1, 2023
Edited 3 months ago
I grew up listening to this on CD in the mid-to-late 90s and, while I haven’t heard any OG pressing of this, this 2016 BG cut is close to flawless and sounds absolutely wonderful. DSD pressed well is the future of reissues anyway, once all the tapes are dead, so we’ll probably shelve our analogue stridency.

After enjoying this 2016 cut for several years and, in the spirit of finding the “iconic” analogue cuts, I bought NM copies of MoFi’s 1979 and Kevin Gray’s 2003 pressings. I admit I haven’t heard a UK OG pressing (I’m trying to get a German OG), but this 2016 sounds cleaner, fatter, and clearer than both analogue cuts I own. That’s not to say it’s the best cut out there - obviously - but it is to say these 2016 remasters are phenomenal, especially if you just want great sounding pressings of these records for a great price. I also have the 2016 cuts of WYWH and had ANIMALS, before I replaced it with the “2018” remix (which is the best version of ANIMALS to my ears due to the remix). But the 2016 ANIMALS reissue did sound great for the original mix.

You really won’t go wrong with these 2016 reissues.

Update: Finally got myself a NM '73 UK Quad seomtime in 2023. It's noisy and there's a strange static-sounding distortion in the right channel. No idea what that was. Anyway, cool to hear Parson's alternate Quad mix, which is fun and could easily have been the master, but the overall experience was annoying. I have reverted to this 2016 and the 2023 for a damn near perfect listening experience. Dead silent vinyl and terrific dynamics. The only way I'd be able to distinguish it from the supposed audiophile copies I've owned is by the dead silence of these amazing Dutch pressings. Draw your own conclusions: I'm listening on a Fluance RT85, Hana ML cart, Dynavector P75MK4.