I wore out 2 vinyl copies of DSOTM. Finally got a half-speed master LP by Mobile Fidelity Labs. Transferred that down to a few cassettes (Maxell chrome, of course). The first CD I bought was DSOTM, yes the half-speed master by MFL, gold plated. Smarter Half and I have covered many miles listening to it.
I have the album from Japan, only played it once. I have another copy that has the prism and the heartbeat made into the album, and another album I use to play on my semi-shitty bsa turntable. The first 2 CD's I ever bought were DSOTM, and Boston.
This album has been the background music to almost my entire life. I got my first album in '73 and wore out three more vinyl copies before CDs were came along. I hate Water's politics but could not imagine a road trip without this disk in the car.
The song 'Time' made quite an impression on teenage me back in the day. You only get a limited amount of time so don't waste it or it will be gone before you know it and by the time you realise that you've wasted your life it will be too late. Me and a colleague once showed the lyrics to a couple of guys at work who used to grab every bit of overtime even though they clearly didn't need the money and openly confessed that they hated being there. They didn't get it.
Spent most of my spare time in 1972 under the headphones listening to this one....started listening to these guys in '69 with Ummagumma...."Careful with that axe,Eugene"....Astronomy Domine, as performed live on that album, may have been the best of all renditions of that song....as a 19 year old, I thought I'd live forever, and Pink Floyd as well...."Time, unfortunately, has caught up with us"....
DSOTM didn't come out until 1973. I saw the tour in Tampa Stadium in June 1973. 1st set was Obscured By Clouds/When You're In, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Careful With That Axe Eugene & Echoes. 2nd set was DSOTM. Encore was One Of These Days. I rarely listen to anything by PF after Obscured By Clouds not a big fan of DSOTM or anything after.
First album i ever purchased, lost track of how many copies and variants i owned. I had my daughter at 47, I am now 66, it was her first album to fall in love with as well. Those unicorns don't come around too often in life. I still can't figure out how it grabs you and never lets go!
I can listen to this album anytime. It's wonderful. Except for Money, I skip over that track these days, because it's one of the most over-played rock 'n' roll songs of all time, dammit. (Right up there with Stairway to Heaven.) I've also downloaded the 8 bit version of Dark Side of the Moon someone made several years ago. You'll either laugh your ass off and love it, or absolutely hate it.
The Great Gig In The Sky has to be one of the most haunting songs on the album, if not of all of PF's songs. Clare Torrey's vocals have never been matched. In live performances it takes 3 vocalists to do what she did by herself.
That she initially received 30 pounds for her work that day was incredible. She later sued the record label (at Gilmour's and Water's insistence) and received a much bigger payout as one of the writers of that song.
50th Anniversary, dammn. Well, fun flies when your doing time.
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I wore out 2 vinyl copies of DSOTM. Finally got a half-speed master LP by Mobile Fidelity Labs. Transferred that down to a few cassettes (Maxell chrome, of course). The first CD I bought was DSOTM, yes the half-speed master by MFL, gold plated. Smarter Half and I have covered many miles listening to it.
ReplyDeleteI have the album from Japan, only played it once. I have another copy that has the prism and the heartbeat made into the album, and another album I use to play on my semi-shitty bsa turntable. The first 2 CD's I ever bought were DSOTM, and Boston.
ReplyDeleteThis album has been the background music to almost my entire life. I got my first album in '73 and wore out three more vinyl copies before CDs were came along. I hate Water's politics but could not imagine a road trip without this disk in the car.
ReplyDeleteThe song 'Time' made quite an impression on teenage me back in the day. You only get a limited amount of time so don't waste it or it will be gone before you know it and by the time you realise that you've wasted your life it will be too late. Me and a colleague once showed the lyrics to a couple of guys at work who used to grab every bit of overtime even though they clearly didn't need the money and openly confessed that they hated being there. They didn't get it.
ReplyDeleteIn the back of my old Harley Shop. Many, many years Floyd was all I ever heard played.
ReplyDeleteSpent most of my spare time in 1972 under the headphones listening to this one....started listening to these guys in '69 with Ummagumma...."Careful with that axe,Eugene"....Astronomy Domine, as performed live on that album, may have been the best of all renditions of that song....as a 19 year old, I thought I'd live forever, and Pink Floyd as well...."Time, unfortunately, has caught up with us"....
ReplyDeleteDSOTM didn't come out until 1973. I saw the tour in Tampa Stadium in June 1973. 1st set was Obscured By Clouds/When You're In, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Careful With That Axe Eugene & Echoes. 2nd set was DSOTM. Encore was One Of These Days. I rarely listen to anything by PF after Obscured By Clouds not a big fan of DSOTM or anything after.
Deleteone of those rare albums that flows like one very long piece of music not a bad song on it, just drop the stylus and let it play .
ReplyDeleteFirst album i ever purchased, lost track of how many copies and variants i owned. I had my daughter at 47, I am now 66, it was her first album to fall in love with as well. Those unicorns don't come around too often in life. I still can't figure out how it grabs you and never lets go!
ReplyDeleteI can listen to this album anytime. It's wonderful. Except for Money, I skip over that track these days, because it's one of the most over-played rock 'n' roll songs of all time, dammit. (Right up there with Stairway to Heaven.) I've also downloaded the 8 bit version of Dark Side of the Moon someone made several years ago. You'll either laugh your ass off and love it, or absolutely hate it.
ReplyDeleteI think it's nice.
ReplyDeleteThe Great Gig In The Sky has to be one of the most haunting songs on the album, if not of all of PF's songs. Clare Torrey's vocals have never been matched. In live performances it takes 3 vocalists to do what she did by herself.
ReplyDeleteThat she initially received 30 pounds for her work that day was incredible. She later sued the record label (at Gilmour's and Water's insistence) and received a much bigger payout as one of the writers of that song.