![]() ![]() ![]() Working with engineer Alan Parsons, who had previously worked with The Beatles, the band created an effects heavy quadraphonic experience like nothing heard before.Īlong with adding synthesisers to the sonic mix, Parsons and the band layered the album with a wall of unconventional sounds, like cash registers and alarm clocks. ![]() Not since The Beatles had a band taken such advantage of the possibilities of the studio, with Pink Floyd exploiting the facility’s 16-track recording capabilities. Pink Floyd entered London’s Abbey Road Studios in May 1972 to begin recording the album, which they had been fine-tuning for close to a year. ![]() The press were blown away by Pink Floyd’s new material, as were the public who got to hear it on a subsequent tour. That theme would be mental health, inspired by the issues suffered by former band member Syd Barrett.įollowing rehearsals at a warehouse owned by the Rolling Stones, the band gave Dark Side of the Moon, then subtitled ‘A Piece for Assorted Lunatics’, its live debut at London’s Rainbow Theatre on February 17th, 1972. While touring in 1971, Roger Waters proposed that Pink Floyd begin work on a new album that would see its songs connected by a single theme. ![]()
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