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Classic Albums: The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon
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| Genre | Rock, Music Video & Concerts |
| Format | Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, NTSC |
| Contributor | Pink Floyd, Matthew Longfellow |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Discs | 1 |
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IMAGINE ORIGINAL MEMBERS ROGER WATERS, DAVID GILMOUR, NICK MASON & RICHARD WRIGHT BEHIND THE SOUNDBOARD TELLING YOU ALL THE STORIES ABOUT RECORDING THE BIGGEST AND BEST SELLING CATALOG ALBUM OF ALL TIME.
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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 Capitol 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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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.73 Ounces
- Item model number : 2263320
- Director : Matthew Longfellow
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, NTSC
- Run time : 49 minutes
- Release date : August 26, 2003
- Actors : Pink Floyd
- Language : Unqualified
- Studio : Eagle Rock Entertainment
- ASIN : B0000AOV85
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #11,576 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #91 in Music Videos & Concerts (Movies & TV)
- #124 in Progressive Rock
- #157 in Documentary (Movies & TV)
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As AWESOME as the album
The band makes u live to passion behind the Dark side !
Recently released is the "Classic Albums" documentary DVD which gives an slightly in-depth look at this historic album. Included are interviews with all four Pink Floyd members sharing their thoughts and inspirations for certain tracks on the album. Also interviewed are recording engineer Alan Parsons, mixing supervisor Chris Thomas, album cover designer Storm Throrgeson and Rolling Stone Magazine editor David Fricke.
Engineer Alan Parsons as well as Floyd guitarist David Gilmour take us into the control room and dissect the pieces "Time", "Money", "Us and Them", "Breathe", "On the Run" and "The Great Gig in The Sky" from their original multitrack tapes. These parts of the documentary are the most revealing and appealling. Also included are acoustic solo performances from David Gilmour performing "Breathe", Roger Waters performing "Money" and "Brain Damage" and Richard Wright performing "Us and Them" and "the Great Gig In the Sky".
While this DVD does not show absolutely everything there is to know about "The Dark Side Of the Moon", it still is a fascinating look at this timeless classic. Some missing information docks this DVD from a five-star rating however, it certainly does not disappoint.
This DVD stimulates memories of many a blazing night watching PF wind everyone up and blow us all away. It was great to see the original artists (including Roger) perform in clips from old films of the DSOTM concert plus see him 30 years later along with the elegantly spoken and awesomely gifted guitarist Dave Gilmore, keyboard guru Richard and thunder drummer Nick bandmates discussing their roles in the music creative process that transformed heavy-metal rock and roll into futuristic, crank it up to the max, even heavier-metal rock and roll with a sound signature like no other band then or since. Weird, Wild, Wonderful.
Any number of us PF maniacs can probably recall those outrageous tailgate parties that hammered us into a glorious haze before the concert. Afterwards, with ears ringing like gongs, we partied on and paraded around in Pink Floyd primo concert T- shirts with the tour dates listed on the back while listening to the latest PF release being blasted out of dozens of boom boxes as the night turned into dawn.
Those are the kinds of vibes that this DVD stirs up and I can tell you I loved every single minute of it. A MUST have for your Pink Floyd ultimate collection. It's spankin'!
The creativity of the time, of this band, is unmatched.
They spanned gaps in creativity with wonderful sounds & sound EFFECTS in their music when technology was quite primitive in the music Industry. Love it.
What is here is very good. The problem is that it is not very long. It comes in at under an hour. The extra's had a lot of additional information and I'm not sure why they didn't just incorporate the extra's video's into the main documentary.
I felt like they could have gone into more depth. Also, you don't get much from Nick Mason, the drummer. It was nice to get some info from Richard Wright as I hadn't heard much from him in the past. You do get interviews with Alan Parsons, the producer. You also get some info from the creator of the album cover who created most of Pink Floyd's album covers.
Basically....the documentary goes song by song through the album and how each song came to be on the album. We learn that the songs were not necessarily written at the time the album was produced. Some of the songs had been written years earlier.
The extra's provided additional information about some of the songs and also the additional people involved in the making of the album. Included is information on some of the voices and sound effects you hear throughout the album. I felt that all this information should have just been put in the main documentary.
Most of the information provided is interesting information, however I have heard most of it before either in interviews or having read it somewhere else.
Recommended for all Pink Floyd fans and fans of rock and roll in general. What's here is five star material. It's what's not here that lowers my rating.
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Everything you'd like to know about this album is here. Classic Albums are reliable, as always.
"Any Colour You Like" isn't included though, which is too bad.
The highlights are the acoustic performances by the individual band members. Especially "Brain Damage" (performed by Roger Waters), which is so good that I had to have it in my computer.
It's worth your money.










