Pink Floyd
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Location02 Prog Rock
Released01 Mar 1973
CountryUS
Media ConditionGood Plus (G+)
 

Artists

Pink Floyd

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Credits

Barry St. John
Backing Vocals
 
Doris Troy
Backing Vocals
 
Lesley Duncan
Backing Vocals
 
Liza Strike
Backing Vocals
 
Hipgnosis (2)
Design [Sleeve Design], Photography By
 
Alan Parsons
Engineer
 
Peter James
Engineer [Assistant]
 
Richard Wright
Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer [VCS3]
 
Wally Traugott
Lacquer Cut By
 
Roger Waters
Lyrics By, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer [VCS3], Effects [Tape Effects]
 
Chris Thomas
Mixed By [Mixing Supervised By]
 
Nick Mason
Percussion, Effects [Tape Effects]
 
Pink Floyd
Producer
 
George Hardie
Sleeve, Artwork [Stickers]
 
Nicholas Thirkell Associates
Sleeve, Artwork [Stickers]
 
David Gilmour
Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer [VCS3]
 

Release Notes

"─◁" in runouts denotes a [l313656] pressing. "Wly" in runouts denotes that it was mastered by Wally Traugott. [r=8136235] is another Winchester pressing, but has "KP" in runouts, denoting it was mastered by Ken Perry. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London between June 1972 and January 1973. Manufactured by Capitol Records Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc., U.S.A. Original release included two posters and two stickers, each sticker with their own catalog number (11163-1 and 11163-2), This is the 1st issue with "INTERPAK™ Pats. Pending" in the bottom right corner inside the gatefold. Some copies of gatefold covers have a round black DSOTM sticker on the shrink wrap (see pic). ℗ 1973 The Gramophone Company Ltd. Note on Credits: Though credited for the entire album, Barry St. John, Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, and Liza Strike perform backing vocals only on tracks A4, B2, B4, and B5. Early releases came with a hype sticker that did not have “Printed in U.S.A” (see photo) Later pressings added that text. BaOI Detail: Variant 9: the string '11' which follows the string 'F4' on the B Side run out is a subscript on F4.

Identifiers

Pressing Plant ID
─◁
 
Matrix / Runout
(SMAS-1-11163)
Center label A-side
 
Matrix / Runout
(SMAS-2-11163)
Center label B-side
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-1-11163-F4 ─◁
A-Side runout, var. 1
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-2-11163-F4 ─◁ Wly
B-Side runout, var. 1
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-1-11163-F18 #5 ─◁
A-Side runout, var. 2
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-2-11163-F3 #2 ─◁ Wly
B-Side runout, var. 2
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-1-11163-F4#2 ─◁
A-Side runout, var. 3
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-2-11163-F4#2 ─◁ Wly
B-Side runout, var. 3
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-1-11163-F4#2 ─◁
A-Side runout, var. 4
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-2-11163-F3#2 ─◁ Wly
B-Side runout, var. 4
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-1-11163-F18#3 ─◁
A-Side runout, var. 5
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-2-11163-F3#2 ─◁ Wly
B-Side runout, var. 5
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-1-11163-F18 ─◁
A-Side runout, var. 6
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-2-11163-F4 ─◁ Wly
B-Side runout, var. 6
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-1-11163-F18#2 ─◁
A-Side runout, var. 8
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-2-11163-F4 ─◁ Wly
B-Side runout, var. 8
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-1-11163-F18 #5 ─◁
A-Side runout, var. 9
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-2-11163-F4 11 ─◁ Wly
B-Side runout, var. 9
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-1-11163-F4 ─◁
A-Side runout, var. 11
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-2-11163-F4 #2 ─◁ Wly
B-Side runout, var. 11
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-1-11163-F18 #2
A-Side runout, var. 13
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-2-11163-F3 #2 ─◁ Wly
B-Side runout, var. 13
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-1-11163-F3 #2 Wly ─◁
A-Side runout, var. 16
 
Matrix / Runout
SMAS-2-11163-F4 Wly ─◁
B-Side runout, var. 16
 

Labels

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