The announcement of this elaborate, expensive boxset was followed by news that Roger Waters will shortly be releasing a completely new re-recording of The Dark Side Of The Moon. This is the strange situation Floyd’s most famous album finds itself in, 50 years
after release. It’s the fourth best-selling LP of all time, with an estimated 45 million copies sold, but it remains a difficult record to pin down.
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The magic at work in these 10 songs, the reason why it captured the attention of the wider world, has long flummoxed even its greatest experts; namely Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason. Having spent years arguing over perceived influence, power and credit, the feeling is that even they haven’t got to grips with what makes this – a concept album with an abstract concept, an epic journey that’s over in a concise 43 minutes – such a remarkably resonant record. Asked why he’s remade the record, Waters said: “Because not enough people recognised what it’s about, what it was I was saying then.” Did 45 million people miss the point or did Waters himself?
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