Behind The Recording of Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of The Moon’

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  • @c.e.anderson558
    @c.e.anderson558 9 місяців тому +19

    I drive a truck and this album is perfect for getting on the road before dawn.
    It's just perfect . Driving as the sun rises and Eclipse just coming on
    A joint would cap it off but gotta keep the job...
    Wish is also excellent for that and I also throw Animals in the rotation.
    Been listening to these albums since release.
    Musically it's great to be a boomer.
    We had the best ever recorded.

  • @Jesse615
    @Jesse615 10 місяців тому +76

    I wold argue that the best concept albums are the ones, like Dark Side, where there is clearly a thematic thread, musically and lyrically, but left vague enough so that the listener can insert their own thoughts, feelings and experiences. I think this is why this album is still so beloved: everyone who listens can see part of themselves reflected back; like it was created for, or speaking directly to, the listener.

    • @zfid
      @zfid 9 місяців тому +4

      I would agree with your argument

    • @Jesse615
      @Jesse615 9 місяців тому +1

      @@Freedom4Ever420 It does feel like that with a lot of these albums!

    • @nelanncal
      @nelanncal 9 місяців тому +2

      Agreed!
      Alan Parsons went on to start his "Project", and produced a string of concept albums in a very similar way.
      One does not listen to Pink Floyd on shuffle... same goes for pretty much anything from Alan!

    • @Jesse615
      @Jesse615 8 місяців тому

      @@nelanncal That's so true! The same is true, for me, with The Soft Bulletin.

    • @scottscottsdale7868
      @scottscottsdale7868 8 місяців тому

      I feel the playing and recording and production is outstanding.

  • @DrumAndDrumber
    @DrumAndDrumber 9 місяців тому +19

    Now this is how you make a "Making of..." video. 10 minutes of pure information. No "Please subscribe and like", no fluff, etc...
    Just 10 minutes of solid info. Some interesting stuff, like condensers on the guitars, a Neumann U-87 on snare? Very cool.

    • @mixingmasteringonline
      @mixingmasteringonline  9 місяців тому +4

      Thank you! Really glad it’s appreciated 😃

    • @auximenies
      @auximenies 4 місяці тому

      ​@@mixingmasteringonlineFor future videos, please forego the use of the phony "worn out film" effect. It's nonsensical to see used with what is a majority of still photos, and exceedingly distracting when used with video footage that is known to exist in a level of quality that is better than what you present.

    • @sportmaniac10
      @sportmaniac10 4 місяці тому +1

      @@auximeniesif you wanna watch the original video, it’s available. Not trying to sound snarky but it’s his video to make creative decisions with

    • @auximenies
      @auximenies 4 місяці тому

      @@sportmaniac10
      I wasn't talking to you. I was providing feedback to the creator, who can take it or leave it.

  • @Wileylikethehawk
    @Wileylikethehawk 10 місяців тому +18

    When we were in Abbey Road late last year I touched the DSOTM console and then we played Great Gig. It was pretty much a religious experience.

    • @Jesse615
      @Jesse615 10 місяців тому +6

      Right there with you!! If I'm ever lucky enough to go to AR/EMI Studios; particularly Number 2, I would probably get weepy! All the incredible music made there!

    • @mixingmasteringonline
      @mixingmasteringonline  10 місяців тому +2

      I bet it was, I’d love to do the same one day!

  • @areamusicale
    @areamusicale 10 місяців тому +22

    The "clock sound" in TIME is actually Roger Water's palm-muted (strings) bass.
    very clever.
    I guess they got all these weird ideas because, before releasing TDSOTM they were planning to make an album without using musical instruments, just objects, tools, kitchen appliances etc.That project eventually got scrapped except for some little pieces that can be found here and there across the album.

    • @mixingmasteringonline
      @mixingmasteringonline  10 місяців тому +4

      Cheers for the info! That would have been a much harder concept to pull off in those days without samplers. No wonder they changed tack.

    • @johnholt-music
      @johnholt-music 9 місяців тому +4

      You're right, but I believe he's talking about the recording of the
      cuckoo clock sounds and chimes at the very beginning of the song before the pulse of the "clock sound"

    • @LoyalOpposition
      @LoyalOpposition 9 місяців тому +3

      I didn't realize this until I saw him doing it in concert!

    • @pipi.de.los-inconscientes
      @pipi.de.los-inconscientes 9 місяців тому +1

      Search, household objets pink floyd project.

  • @JohnShields-xx1yk
    @JohnShields-xx1yk 3 місяці тому +1

    My first trip coincided with my first listening to darkside when I was 13, from then on listening to Floyd and tripping went together like hand in glove.

  • @shaun9901
    @shaun9901 10 місяців тому +17

    I find it incredible that Roger wrote all those lyrics when he was only 29.

    • @mixingmasteringonline
      @mixingmasteringonline  10 місяців тому +5

      Yeah, me too! And you get the impression he thought he was ‘ getting on a bit’ as well.

    • @tylerthompson1842
      @tylerthompson1842 10 місяців тому +5

      Same, although that generation of post war artists seemed to mature quickly. Wise beyond their years no doubt. Bob Dylan was 22 when he wrote the times they are a changing. 23, a hard rain’s gonna fall. John Lennon was 25 when he wrote in my life. Paul McCartney 22 yesterday. 23 Eleanor Rigby, etc. The list goes on and on.

    • @mixingmasteringonline
      @mixingmasteringonline  10 місяців тому +5

      @@tylerthompson1842 Very True, such different times. The one that gets me was George was 27 when the Beatles broke up!

    • @shaun9901
      @shaun9901 10 місяців тому +2

      @@tylerthompson1842 that is true. I guess in those days you couldn't rock and roll past age 30 and you got married at 18 or 19.

    • @Steve-q6l4v
      @Steve-q6l4v 10 місяців тому +2

      He stole most of that from old Japanese folk tales.

  • @DougGrinbergs
    @DougGrinbergs 9 місяців тому +4

    1:11 Alan Parsons 6:05 recirding session track sheet - w/studio layout! I don't think I've ever seen this before. 7:06 Parsons suggested Clare Torry for Great Gig 8:40 Studer A80 2" 16-track

  • @Em_Dee_Aitch
    @Em_Dee_Aitch 9 місяців тому +3

    I have been trying for decades to learn the sources of all the background voices and sounds from every album. THANK YOU!

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela 9 місяців тому +3

    Great video on a fantastic album

  • @lmwhatutalkingbout-
    @lmwhatutalkingbout- 9 місяців тому +2

    Thanks!

  • @saucerfullofzepp4203
    @saucerfullofzepp4203 10 місяців тому +5

    Another killer video drop!!! This is such an amazing amazing video.
    Dark side is one of the most perfect album ever. Love the insight.
    More of this please

  • @craigsanderson4330
    @craigsanderson4330 5 місяців тому +2

    Im really liking your channel, thank you!

  • @ethanmerritt8109
    @ethanmerritt8109 9 місяців тому +3

    7:30 I read somewhere that she sung it in one take but I could be mistaken

  • @The_whimsickal_artist
    @The_whimsickal_artist 8 місяців тому +1

    Pink Floyd is my second all time favourite band. Dark side is uncanny ∆.. brilliant album. My favourites from their portfolio is, wish you were here, animals, obscured by clouds...that's another brilliant album 👍🏻 great video mate cheers.

  • @teedouble
    @teedouble 3 місяці тому +1

    the woman winning a co write for her part which she was PAID for is insane!

  • @joelythgoe4973
    @joelythgoe4973 9 місяців тому +4

    It was Chris Thomas who was resposible for the brilliant timed echoes on 'Us and Them'.
    Thomas was responsible for significant changes, including the perfect timing of the echo used on "Us and Them". Wiki

  • @ijustbecoolinlmao
    @ijustbecoolinlmao 10 місяців тому +2

    just found your channel yesterday but this video made me subscribe!

  • @neilmartin1111
    @neilmartin1111 10 місяців тому +2

    Great video full of info but kept interesting well done.

  • @ShaynAlmeida
    @ShaynAlmeida 9 місяців тому +1

    Really well done! 🙌🏽🔥🔥🔥🤙🏽

  • @EntourageBand_
    @EntourageBand_ 10 місяців тому +2

    Uh oh I just found my new favorite channel

  • @thomasthetankman111
    @thomasthetankman111 10 місяців тому +2

    Might seem strange a Thomas channel commenting on your videos. But I have been watching since the Ram video and I love this channel. It's really knowledgeable but told in a way that not too much information is spat into your face. I adore this album so much and actually saw Roger Waters live last year. My favourite Pink Floyd album has got to be 'Wish you were here' though as it's what got me into Pink Floyd as a whole. Amazing work and I look forward to future videos :)

    • @mixingmasteringonline
      @mixingmasteringonline  10 місяців тому

      Thank you so much for your kind words 🙂 I'm a big fan of 'Wish You Were Here ' too. I'll have to do that one at some point. Just had a quick look at your channel, I was getting very nostalgic about my and my kids childhoods there, great work!

  • @rewind2play
    @rewind2play 10 місяців тому +2

    How interesting, one of my favourite albums..

  • @NaimJl
    @NaimJl 10 місяців тому +1

    Very great video!

  • @fuTuRo-Sonic
    @fuTuRo-Sonic 10 місяців тому +2

    Yep, informative and well put together but actually I'm here to give you some positives about your original music. Square The Circle is fantastic, or should I say FAB. You absolutely nailed that "Rain" sound and, impressively, wrote and played something that is way better than simple pastiche. It sounded so good on my studio monitors and to these, veteran but Pro, ears very, very good indeed. Subbed!

    • @mixingmasteringonline
      @mixingmasteringonline  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much! That's very kind of you and it will give me the inspiration to get some more songs out 🙂

  • @jamesgibbons6292
    @jamesgibbons6292 10 місяців тому +1

    How did you get all your information and the pictures? It is very knowledgeable and the pictures are really good.

    • @mixingmasteringonline
      @mixingmasteringonline  10 місяців тому

      Thank you. I do lots of research and try and get as much information as possible.

  • @staggerlee6794
    @staggerlee6794 9 місяців тому +2

    I heard that the McCartneys voices weren't used because Pink Floyd (or Waters) didn't want other famous music artists on their work. Likewise why Stephane Grappelli wasn't used on WYWH due to them already having used Roy Harper on Welcome to the Machine, so didn't want another famous featured artist on the album.

    • @mixingmasteringonline
      @mixingmasteringonline  9 місяців тому +1

      That does seem like a reasonable explanation. Would have been a bit distracting I think with Paul in there.

  • @OzziesRobots
    @OzziesRobots 3 місяці тому +2

    3 greatest rock albums- Led Zeppelin IV , Dark Side of the Moon , Sgt Pepper

  • @lmwhatutalkingbout-
    @lmwhatutalkingbout- 9 місяців тому +1

    Dark Side of the Moon was by far the BEST album Pink Floyd ever released.
    Eclipse has a real life message for all of the generations-
    Live by those words and I guarantee you will find life is much easier.
    All that you touch
    And all that you see
    All that you taste
    All you feel
    And all that you love
    And all that you hate
    All you distrust
    All you save
    And all that you give
    And all that you deal
    And all that you buy
    Beg, borrow or steal
    And all you create
    And all you destroy
    And all that you do
    And all that you say
    And all that you eat
    And everyone you meet (everyone you meet)
    And all that you slight
    And everyone you fight
    And all that is now
    And all that is gone
    Is all your life will ever be.

  • @adamstephenson7518
    @adamstephenson7518 4 місяці тому +1

    🤙😎🌑

  • @ricknorris1466
    @ricknorris1466 10 місяців тому +2

    As a HUGE Beatles fan I have to admit that DSOTM is the greatest “Rock” Album of all time.

  • @MarkThomas-hm3ju
    @MarkThomas-hm3ju 6 місяців тому

    I am not sure about this but one voice could be an older recording of Syd Barrett. Towards the end of Brain Damage a voice (which has yet to be identified) says "I think it's marvelous". Not sure, maybe someone knows who says this.

    • @XXX_xxxxxxxx
      @XXX_xxxxxxxx Місяць тому

      I heard it as "everything is nice"

  • @broksi6509
    @broksi6509 9 місяців тому +1

    i think Rick used the Farfisa for the begining of Dogs

  • @martijn_yt
    @martijn_yt 9 місяців тому +1

    Hey Allen, so how did you start your career as a studio engineer ?
    Did you have to do a lot of smaller projects to get a bit of experience ?
    😂

  • @streamofconsciousness5826
    @streamofconsciousness5826 9 місяців тому +1

    Floyd decided Pauls voice was too familiar. (It would be like having him sing a line or a clip off the radio. my thoughts)

  • @c.e.anderson558
    @c.e.anderson558 9 місяців тому +1

    Gilmore bastardized the hell of that Strat over the years.
    Thank God!

  • @topfloorstudio2684
    @topfloorstudio2684 10 місяців тому +1

    Ok, let me just say this...... the MF'ing @$$holes that have those old 1969 Neumann U 87s & km 86's & U 48's and want $7,000 for them on Reverb.... are sadly mistaken because before I'll pay north of seven grand for a legendary microphone I will take my chances on a common condenser mic for my recordings and just hope that it'll be close to those old early 70's mics........ I mean. C'MON MAN!!!!!

  • @ppheanix
    @ppheanix 18 днів тому

    Disagree with "..real coming of age album.." -- it was their first COMMERCIAL work after all the previous non-commercial albums for which they were admired -- yes the trax were great, but it was a departure from their traditional genre.

  • @yucafries7681
    @yucafries7681 9 місяців тому +1

    Ad libs don’t make you a songwriter

    • @martijn_yt
      @martijn_yt 9 місяців тому +2

      Unless (maybe) it's the entire 'lyrics' (as well as the main reason why people love the song ;))

    • @pipi.de.los-inconscientes
      @pipi.de.los-inconscientes 9 місяців тому

      ​@@martijn_yt Thats not The complete lyrics

    • @damiengreen5141
      @damiengreen5141 9 місяців тому +1

      you are wrong sir

  • @danobrien3695
    @danobrien3695 10 місяців тому

    This video tells all of the things we already know...waste of time ...