Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon 1973 [Rare Japanese Import w/ OBI] Vinyl/LP

 "One of Britain’s most successful and long lived avant-garde rock bands, Pink Floyd emerged relatively unsullied from the mire of mid-Sixties British psychedelic music as early experimenters with outer space concepts. Although that phase of the band’s development was of short duration, Pink Floyd have from that time been the pop scene’s preeminent techno-rockers: four musicians with a command of electronic instruments who wield an arsenal of sound effects with authority and finesse. While Pink Floyd’s albums were hardly hot tickets in the shops, they began to attract an enormous following through their US tours. They have more recently developed a musical style capable of sustaining their dazzling and potentially overwhelming sonic wizardry.

The Dark Side of the Moon is Pink Floyd’s ninth album and is a single extended piece rather than, a collection of songs. It seems to deal primarily with the fleetingness and depravity of human life, hardly the commonplace subject matter of rock. “Time” (“The time is gone the song is over”), “Money” (“Share it fairly but don’t take a slice of my pie”). And “Us And Them” (“Forward he cried from the rear”) might be viewed as the keys to understanding the meaning (if indeed there is any definite meaning) of The Dark Side of the Moon."

- Rolling Stone 1973)

Condition:

Record: E (Excellent)

Sleeve: E- (Excellent-)

Inserts: Includes a 32 page booklet with liner notes images and lyrics in English and Japanese.
Also includes a fold-out poster.

Obi: E-, SP (Excellent-, Split)

Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon
Label: Harvest – EMS-80324
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Gatefold
Country: Japan
Released: 1974
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock

Japanese Records – The Appeal of Japan LPs -

"By the early 1980s, Japanese records were being exported all over the world to be sold to quality-conscious audiophiles, who liked the high-quality covers and the quiet playing surfaces.

This was a time when American record companies were often making records from noisy, recycled vinyl, and using stampers until they wore out, which resulted in a poor sounding domestic product. Many sound-conscious buyers began buying Japanese records instead."