Over four decades have passed since Pink Floyds Dark Side Of The Moon was released, and it remains far and away the most successful concept album ever made.

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The concert was part of the star-studded 1990 Silver Clef Winners performance at Knebworth House, which Pink Floyd headlined.

The concert, on a wet and windy June 30th, included performances from Paul McCartney, Dire Straits, Genesis, Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, Robert Plant (with Jimmy Page ), Cliff Richard, Eric Clapton and Tears For Fears in front of a crowd of 120,000.

We all still have fond memories of playing there in the 70s, and this show was no different.

As a North London boy this was almost a home game, but with the added delight of being the re-assembly of the band after a fairly mega tour that had lasted for well over a year.

It was also an opportunity to get the wonderful Candy Dulfer to play I had been a fan of hers for quite a while, and it was just a shame we didnt have an opportunity to utilise her for more.

Michael had contributed so much to PF over the previous ten years, its great to have something of his playing on the recording.

David Gilmour and Andy Jackson have remixed the audio and the album features new artwork shot by Floyd collaborator Aubrey Po Powell of Hipgnosis and designed by Peter Curzon of Storm Studios.

Wish You Were Here 4.

Sorrow 5. Money 6.

Comfortably Numb 7.

Run Like Hell.

John, Concept Albums, Dark Side Of The Moon, David Gilmour, Doris Troy, Leslie Duncan, Liza Strike, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters.

And they marked the occasion with their best concept album, a 2001-like mind-expanding look at the fragility of life, time and sanity through the lens of their own experiences.

Theyd go on to explore some of Moons themes music-business greed, Syd Barrett s mental breakdown on later records.released four concept albums during the 1970s; The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), and The Wall (1979).

The most notable of these is The Dark Side of the Moon, which achieved a level of commercial success far beyond that of any other progressive rock album before or since.

The musics quite compelling but I think theres something more.

Maybe its the simplicity of the ideas that appeal to a generation going though puberty and trying to make sense of it all.

Theres certainly something in Rogers theory, particularly if you accept (as most women do) that most men never get much further than puberty.

And like porn, men can go back to Dark Side Of The Moon over and over again.

Released in March 1973, over a year after the band had previewed most of the tracks at Londons Rainbow Theatre, Dark Side Of The Moon caught the prevailing feeling perfectly.

For a while Pink Floyd called their planned album Eclipse, but when Medicine Heads album failed to make any impact they reverted to Plan A.

The recording was long they spent six months in the studio in between tours of Europe, America and Japan but it wasnt laborious.

David Gilmour reckons that playing the songs live beforehand made a big difference.

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