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The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live at Wembley Empire Pool, London 1974 is a live album released by Pink Floyd in March 2023 as part of the 50th anniversary of The Dark Side Of The Moon box set. It also received a standalone release, on CD and LP with original 1973 line drawn cover artwork by George Hardie. The album is mixed by Andy Jackson & Damon Iddins.
This album features only the Dark Side Of The Moon portion of the show. The album was recorded during the British Winter Tour, 1974 at the Empire Pool (now Wembley Arena), Wembley, England. The shows are notable for showcasing an early version of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” as well as very early versions of “Sheep” and “Dogs” under different titles – “Raving and Drooling” and “You’ve Got to Be Crazy”, respectively. The tour also featured the whole of The Dark Side of the Moon album played as well as one of the final performances of “Echoes” before being resurrected briefly in 1987; this performance of “Echoes” is notable for featuring saxophone performed by Dick Parry.
Until now, the record had not been released as a standalone album, but has been released in segments as part of other Pink Floyd releases; namely the Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here immersion box sets (2011) and The Early Years 1965-1972 box set (2016).
The first three tracks were released as part of the Wish You Were Here Immersion box set in November 2011. The whole performance of Dark Side of the Moon was released two months earlier, in September 2011 as part of the Dark Side… Immersion box set. The encore, “Echoes”, was not released until November 2016 when it was included in The Early Years 1965–1972 box set as part of Volume 7: 1967–1972 Continu/ation.
On 24 March 2023 the performance of The Dark Side of the Moon featured as part of the album’s 50th anniversary box set on CD and vinyl, newly remastered; and was also released as a standalone album on CD and vinyl with the title The Dark Side of the Moon Live at Wembley 1974 – these marked its first availability on vinyl, albeit with some of the songs edited to fit within the medium’s limitations. “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.
Track List:
1. Speak To Me
2. Breathe (In The Air)
3. On The Run
4. Time
5. The Great Gig In The Sky
6. Money
7. Us and Them
8. Any Colour You Like
9. Brain Damage
10. Eclipse