The Dark Side of the Moon is the sixth studio album by English
progressive rock group Pink Floyd. Released in March 1973, the concept
built on the ideas that the band had explored in their live shows and
previous recordings, but it lacks the extended instrumental excursions
that characterised their work following the departure in 1968 of
founding member, principal composer and lyricist, Syd Barrett. The
album's themes include conflict, greed, ageing, and mental illness, the
latter partly inspired by Barrett's deteriorating mental state. The
album was developed as part of a forthcoming tour of live performances,
and premièred several months before studio recording began. The new
material was further refined during the tour, and was recorded in two
sessions in 1972 and 1973 at Abbey Road Studios in London. Pink Floyd
used some of the most advanced recording techniques of the time,
including multitrack recording and tape loops. Analogue synthesisers
were given prominence in several tracks, and a series of recorded
interviews with staff and band personnel provided the source material
for a range of philosophical quotations used throughout. Engineer Alan
Parsons was directly responsible for some of the most notable sonic
aspects of the album, including the non-lexical performance of Clare
Torry.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1301:
The Árpád dynasty, which ruled in Hungary since the late 9th century,
ended with the death of King Andrew III.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81rp%C3%A1d_dynasty>
1761:
The Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the French-supplied and
trained Maratha troops at the Third Battle of Panipat in Panipat,
present-day Haryana, India.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Panipat_%281761%29>
1900:
Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca, based on the play La Tosca by French
dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosca>
1943:
Japanese forces began their withdrawal from Guadalcanal at the
conclusion of the Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ke>
1952:
Today, the world's first morning/breakfast television show, debuted on
the American television network NBC.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today_%28NBC_program%29>
2004:
The Five Cross Flag was restored to official use as the national flag
of Georgia after a hiatus of some 500 years.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Georgia_%28country%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
occult (v):
(astronomy) To cover or hide from view
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/occult>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In my great tiredness and discouragement, the phrase "Reverence for
Life" struck me like a flash. As far as I knew, it was a phrase I had
never heard nor ever read. I realized at once that it carried within
itself the solution to the problem that had been torturing me. Now I
knew that a system of values which concerns itself only with our
relationship to other people is incomplete and therefore lacking in
power for good. Only by means of reverence for life can we establish a
spiritual and humane relationship with both people and all living
creatures within our reach. Only in this fashion can we avoid harming
others, and, within the limits of our capacity, go to their aid
whenever they need us.
--Albert Schweitzer
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