"The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth album by Pink Floyd . Originally released in 1973, it built on ideas explored in the band's earlier recordings and live shows, but departs from instrumental thematic by founding member Syd Barrett. The album explores themes including conflict, greed, the passage of time, and mental illness, the latter partly inspired by Barrett's deteriorating mental state. - The group used some advanced recording techniques at the time, including multitrack recording and tape loops. Analogue synthesizers were prominent in several tracks, and snippets from recorded interviews with Pink Floyd's road crew and others provided philosophical quotations throughout. Engineer Alan Parsons was responsible for many distinctively notable sonic aspects and the recruitment of non-lexical singer Clare Torry. The album's iconic sleeve, designed by Storm Thorgerson, depicts a prism dispersing light into colour and represents the band's lighting, the record's thematic material, and keyboardist Richard Wright's 'simple and bold' design request. This new edition of the album will feature the prism spectrum seen through the playable side of the vinyl while maintaining the best quality sound that fans will expect. It will be packaged in a slipcased gatefold sleeve, with an exclusive poster. The images are printed with a high-end UV printer, using UV-Led light to dry the permanent ink on the side without audio on which the image is printed. This combination of one-sided audio and the UV print (on the side without audio) combines the best of both worlds: perfect audio and a beautiful image to enjoy." - Pink Floyd Records * bestselling 1973 album from British psychedelic rock band * newly remastered 50th anniversary edition * 180g single-sided clear colored double vinyl pressing (please note: actual pressing color and packaging may differ from mock-up photo) * spread across 2 discs w/ audio grooves on A sides + UV artwork printed on B sides * housed in gatefold sleeve w/ deluxe outer slipcase * includes poster * limited edition * original release year: 1973 * music label: Pink Floyd Records 2024