Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon Live: Portsmouth Guildhall, January 1972 (12-Inch Album)

This release showcases Pink Floyd’s stellar live performance at the Portsmouth Guildhall, on 21 January 1972, during the Dark Side of the Moon Tour.

Featured here are early versions of iconic tracks from the band’s landmark 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon, including Money, The Great Gig in the Sky (then titled ‘The Mortality Sequence’), Breathe (In the Air), On the Run (then titled ‘The Travel Sequence’), Any Colour You Like (then titled ‘Scat’), Us and Them, Time and more.

Covering the UK, US, Europe and Japan, the Dark Side of the Moon Tour spanned 1972 and 1973. There were two separate legs promoting the album, one in 1972 before the album’s release and another in 1973 afterwards, together covering 128 shows.

Pink Floyd had worked out a basic structure of The Dark Side of the Moon in late 1971, and played it at almost every gig the following year, alongside a set of earlier live favourites. Various changes to the structure were made throughout this time, as songs were tightened up and arrangements changed. By 1973, the album was finished and the live performance resembled the completed work.

Side One

1. Breathe (In the Air)
2. On the Run (then titled ‘The Travel Sequence’)
3. Time
4. Breathe (Reprise)
5. The Great Gig in the Sky (then titled ‘The Mortality Sequence’)

Side Two

1. Money
2. Us and Them
3. Any Colour You Like (live debut; then titled ‘Scat’)
4. Brain Damage (live debut; then titled ‘The Lunatic Song’)

Format: Vinyl / 12” Album

Label: Magic Dice Records

Catalogue No: MGDC015

Barcode: 0637913135286

Release Date: 27 Oct 2023