But despite their differences the 2 are still sort of similar in delivery, just with these few but character defining traits. Both are cut about equally as quiet, demanding you to crank the volume knob. The advantage then shows in the MoFi as the vinyl is extremely quiet, almost as dead silent and void creating as my Japanese Pro Use copy, but thats just because the Pro Use doesnt need to be played nearly as loud. Its only really noticeable at the start and end of songs on the 2016 issue but still a very real difference. It's "only" the seventh-biggest selling album of all time in the UK, in a list topped by Queen's Greatest Hits followed by ABBA's Gold and The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1sted.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. The Dark Side of the Moon was released first in the US on 1 March 1973, [91] [92] and then in the UK on 16 March. [93] It became an instant chart success in Britain and throughout Western Europe; [87] by the following month, it had gained a gold certification in the US. [94] Throughout March 1973 the band played the album as part of their US tour, including a midnight performance at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on 17 March before an audience of 6,000. The album reached the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart's number one spot on 28 April 1973, [95] and was so successful that the band returned two months later for another tour. [96] Label [ edit ] a b c Harris, John (12 March 2003). " 'Dark Side' at 30: David Gilmour". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 19 September 2007 . Retrieved 31 May 2010. Classifiche annuali dei dischi più venditi e dei singoli più scaricati nel 2010" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. 17 January 2011. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018 . Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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The band's road manager Peter Watts (father of actress Naomi Watts) [61] contributed the repeated laughter during "Brain Damage" and "Speak to Me". His second wife, Patricia "Puddie" Watts (now Patricia Gleason), was responsible for the line about the "geezer" who was "cruisin' for a bruisin '", used in the segue between "Money" and "Us and Them", and the words "I never said I was frightened of dying" halfway through "The Great Gig in the Sky". [62] Italian album certifications – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 3 January 2022. Select "2021" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "The Dark Side of the Moon" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione". Talking of technological advances, Parsons also made a quadrophonic mix of the album, but it wasn't released at the time or even when Super Audio CDs became a thing because the band weren't happy with it. Top Selling Albums of 1975 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 3 November 2021.