The 16 November show was recorded by BBC Radio One and the performance of Dark Side of the Moon was later broadcast on the Alan Freeman Show on 11 January 1975. [11] [a] This recording is included in the 2011 Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here box sets, except for "Echoes" which was released on 11 November 2016, as part of the 27-disc box set, The Early Years 1965–1972 which make up Live at the Empire Pool.

Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley 1974 is not just any live recording long after the fact, it is in many ways even superior to the studio album that gave birth to it, unquenchable, reliable, insistent, beautiful. Ten years or fifty, the sound of a specific moment in time has never sounded so memorable. Pink Floyd's British Winter Tour '74, was a short series of gigs that November and December. [7] They featured the debut of " You Gotta Be Crazy". [8] Pete Revell joined as screen projectionist for the tour; lighting engineer Arthur Max was retained from earlier tours but fired after a few shows. [9] Gerald Scarfe collaborated with the band for the first time, designing the tour programme. [10]Remastered by James Guthrie and Joel Plante at das boot recording. 5.1 and Atmos mixes by James Guthrie.

a b "Ultratop.be – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon - Live at Wembley" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 April 2023.The album was partly developed during live performances, and the band premiered an early version of the suite at London’s Rainbow Theatre several months before recording began. The Dark Side Of The Moon is the eighth studio album by Pink Floyd, originally released in March 1973. The new material was recorded in 1972 and 1973 at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in London. The iconic sleeve, which depicts aprism spectrum, was designed byStorm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis and drawn by George Hardie. ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’has sold over 50 million copies worldwide. Dutchcharts.nl – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon - Live at Wembley" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 April 2023. OLiS – oficjalna lista sprzedaży: Albumy" (Select week 17.03.2023–23.03.2023.) (in Polish). ZPAV . Retrieved 30 March 2023. a b Young, Alex (19 January 2023). "Pink Floyd announce The Dark Side of the Moon 50th anniversary box set". Consequence . Retrieved 12 February 2023.

On 24 March 2023 the performance of The Dark Side of the Moon only will feature as part of the album's 50th anniversary box set on CD and vinyl, newly remastered; and will also be released as a standalone album on CD and vinyl with the title The Dark Side of the Moon Live at Wembley 1974 – these will mark its first availability on vinyl. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "You've Got to Be Crazy", "Raving and Drooling", and "Echoes" are still exclusive to their previously mentioned box set releases. Lescharts.com – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon - Live at Wembley". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 April 2023.The new deluxe box set includes CD and gatefold vinyl of the newly remastered studio album and Blu-Ray and DVD audio featuring the original 5.1 mix and remastered stereo versions. The set also includes additional new Blu-ray disc of Atmos mix plus CD and LP of The Dark Side Of The Moon - Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974. On 25 June, the band were challenged to a football match by a group of journalists. They defeated the group 4-3. [1] Tour dates [ edit ] Date The show was recorded by the BBC and broadcast on BBC Radio 1 ( Dark Side set only), on 11 January 1975 as part of Alan Freeman's programme. Episode 1 - 50 Years In A Heartbeat: The Story Of The Dark Side Of The Moon (Recording)". YouTube. 17 March 2023 . Retrieved 23 March 2023. Several decades have demonstrated that Pink Floyd have an uncanny ability to deliver incredible remastered live albums. This talent of theirs is owed in no small part to the way they recorded and archived their numerous live performances on tape; their forward thinking has paid off with a stunning live discography who’s production parallels their studio albums. So, what better way to celebrate the 50 th anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon than to release a live album to accompany the remastered studio version of this timeless classic ?