Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon 30th anniversary vinyl

My copy of album reviewed

When I was in high school I never caught on to this albums popularity as I found it rather dull and overrated,but it grows on you,my opinion now?,the absolute greatest album ever recorded.

After the band recorded the critically lauded Meddle 1n 1971 they returned to Abbey Road Studios to record what most critics consider the best album in history,and rightly so,as the sound effects and eerie chords make this haunting masterpiece an absolute gem.Great Gig in the sky from side 1 cut 5 was co written by the vocalist Claire Torry who would later sue the band over royalties,this haunting song evokes beauty beyond words,though the song has no meaning,the vocals are poignant,almost screaming at times.

Dark side of the moon undoubtedly is an ode to former member Syd Barrett who succumbed to insanity from errant use of LSD the provoked his already precarious mental stated,as was the song ''Shine on you crazy diamond'' from the LP wish you were here recorded 2 years later and which Barrett made a surprise appearance to Abbey Road studios with a shaved head and eyebrows.

Inserts from my album

Us and Them from side 2 that follows ''money'' is undoubtedly an anti war song,and was written at the peak of the Vietnam war is composed in an almost trance like hypnotic effect,one of my altime favorite Floyd's.

Anniversary LP comes with all the original posters and 2 stickers,is pressed on 180 gram vinyl enclosed in a rice paper sleeve. This is one album that must be heard on vinyl to appreciate as the tinny CD will ruin it's magic. I'm often enamored by The Wizard Of Oz controversy,the postulation is that if you play this after the opening of the WO.O. film,it tells a story of it's own I have viewed,and do see a plausible correlation. Much more interesting then 1979's ''The Wall'' with Gilmour at his vocal best.

Many might ask who the lunatic is referring too in the song Brain Damage,it is non other then Syd Barrett who's psychotic idiosyncrasies ranged from welding a fire axe,to brushing his teeth with an invisible toothbrush.I absolutely love this album,and again,vinyl is the only way to go.

So my review?,worth every $30.00 paid,is protected by a rice dust sleeve and contains 3 posters,one shown from my copy