ONE SIDE OF THE MOON
April 8, 2009 – 4:14 amThis is the latest attempt by a bootlegger to get us closer to Pink Floyd’s original intention with their greatest selling album.
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PINK FLOYD
The Great Gig In The Sky [Silent Sea SSR 41925, 1CD]
The claim of this bootleg is that for the first time a complete stereo soundboard of Side 2 of Pink Floyd’s working version of Dark Side Of The Moon has surfaced. These are grouped on Tracks 6 to 10. The opening tracks that form side one of the Dark Side album are almost all live versions from the 1972 tour, in surprisingly great quality.
Money comes across as an aggressive hard rocker. Taken at a faster pace with the guitars offering a grit not found on the final released version. There’s also a longer fade with the singer ad-libbing a blues wail.
Us And Them has a much more jazzier, blue note feel. The horns are mixed forward. The phrase “black… and blue” is like soul singer versus jazz cool. This version takes away much of the familiar version’s contemplative, depressive mood. There’s a bite here that doesn’t suggest defeat. This track ends abruptly “joined at the hip” to Any Colour You Like.
The crazy laughter on Brain Damage is very loud on this earlier version. You can’t mistake the song’s intent here. “The lunatic is on the grass…” in plain sight for all to see. Rather than the distance of the released version, this one is claustrophobic, closing in on you with the full aural impact.
Eclipse is the ranting phrases repeated over and over. And that’s it, the working version. As far as we can tell, none of these tracks have been officially released. Overall, an excellent sounding recording.
- The Little Chicken 
Note: Tracks 1-5 follows Side 1 of the Dark Side album. These are from live recordings plus one demo. Tracks 6-10 are the newfound working version of Side 2 of Dark Side. Tracks 11-15 are demos. Cover photo is of the late Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright.
Click on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality MP3s - sample rate of 192 kbps). As far as we can ascertain, these tracks have never been officially released on CD.
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Track 01. Speak To Me (Rainbow, London, 1972) (3.8MB)
Track 02. Breathe (Rainbow, London, 1972) (3.8MB)
Track 03. On The Run (Outtake, Abbey Road, November 1972) (8.4MB)
Track 04. Time/Breathe Reprise (Demo, Abbey Road, June 1972) (9.5MB - visit the html page to download the track)
Track 05. The Great Gig In The Sky (Mortality Sequence, Rainbow, London, 1972) (6.0MB)
Track 06. Money (One Side Of The Moon) (9.9MB)
Track 07. Us And Them (One Side Of The Moon) (10.9MB - visit the html page to download the track)
Track 08. Any Colour You Like (One Side Of The Moon) (4.6MB)
Track 09. Brain Damage (One Side Of The Moon) (5.1MB)
Track 10. Eclipse (One Side Of The Moon) (3.9MB)
Track 11. Money (Acoustic, Demo, Abbey Road) (2.3MB)
Track 12. Us And Them (Demo, Abbey Road, June 1972) (7.5MB)
Track 13. Brain Damage/Eclipse (Demo, Abbey Road, June 1972) (4.7MB)
Track 14. Brain Damage Part 1 (Outtake, Abbey Road, November 1972) (1.9MB)
Track 15. Brain Damage Part 2 (Outtake, Abbey Road, November 1972) (3.2MB)
One of the most popular progressive rock or rock album of the ’70s, Dark Side Of The Moon made history through its sales figures as well as cultural impact. Sales of audiophile equipment and guitars probably owed a bit to this Pink Floyd album. Buy your copy now.
18 Responses to “ONE SIDE OF THE MOON”
Very nice — thanks very much!
By Rafe on Apr 8, 2009
I have been looking for this for years–Silent Sea is a great label, and this is excellent. The live at the Rainbow material has been around for awhile (this version sounds good, but I haven’t compared it) but the outtakes and demos are the first Pink Floyd rarities of this kind and quality that I have ever heard, and I am blown away.
Thanks
By Eric on Apr 8, 2009
Making an old progger very happy, please keep up the good work.(Now, if you could just track down The Beatles at the Cavern………..)
Mal.
By Mal on Apr 8, 2009
as always…Bigo is the best site !!!!
By Janis on Apr 8, 2009
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many thanks for a big Floyd fan!
By Rochacrimson on Apr 8, 2009
Always good to find some classic Floyd.
Thanks Big O
By Ken on Apr 8, 2009
Another BigO triumph! I was at the April, 1972 show at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago when Dark Side was still being called “Eclipse”. They gave us each a program, which I still have. I also saw the first US performance of the finished work on March 4, 1973 in Madison, WI while in college at UW and a show a week later in Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre. These recordings bring that excitement rushing back. Anyone know of recordings of the shows listed or other recordings of the “Eclipse” shows? Info would be greatly appreciated - johnny2b@optonline.net. Thanks in advance!
By Johnny Kinkdom on Apr 9, 2009
This is the motherload. I have been looking for this for some time now. Thanks
By Matt on Apr 9, 2009
Thanks very much Bigo, this still sounds great today as it did in 1972.
By nijle on Apr 9, 2009
More Floyd!!!!
By O.B. Dan on Apr 10, 2009
Thanks for the music. But now, I’m dying for PinkFloyd’s music form the WishYouWereHere and Animals eras. Cheers.
By Agusti on Apr 10, 2009
Great upload Bigo !!!
Incredible sound…it complete the feelinóf this work.
Bingo Bigo…
By Fonfon on Apr 10, 2009
Great boot!
Been a collector of PF since many years and never thought that there still is material out there that is new to me… THANKS!
Hhowever I’m not convinced that tr 03 On The Run is really an outtake. To my ears it sounds exactly like the Rainbow 72 version, though in excellent sound quality.
Any Colour You Like absolutely stunning!
m-f
By m-f on Apr 11, 2009
onwijs gave bootleg
Dank Je Wel.
By ErBij on Apr 17, 2009
what more floyd, check out floydpodcast.com its awesome. thanks for posting this!
By Shaun on Apr 29, 2009
The studio outtakes for this amazing material is indeed a delicate, yet strange pearl in a sea of gold. Thank you very much for sharing this material, which builds on a deeper level the concept that had been already instigated by this historic album.
By Alonso on Sep 22, 2009
A Lossless (FLAC) version of this ROIO would be awesome.
Thank you.
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