The
Dark Side of the Moon
album turns 50 on March 1.
For the occasion, the disc will be reissued.
The Pink Floyd logo, assigned as a profile picture on all the group's social networks, has also been brought up to date: the number 50 now sits in the center of the image which takes up those of the prism and the rainbow from the original album from 1973. But this new logo did not win unanimous support.
"Take off the rainbow, you look stupid"
,
"from now on I won't listen to this band"
,
"what a shame"
... Fans were indignant, convinced that with this logo, Pink Floyd
'tends to get woke'
recalling the pattern of the LGBT flag.
Pseudo-fans or overplayed controversy, the detractors of the new logo quickly forgot that the rainbow appeared from the outset on the cover of the album where we see the decomposition of light through a triangular prism.
The album
Dark Side of the Moon
, which sold over 40 million copies, allowed the group, once formed by Syd Barrett, Richard Wright, David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Nick Mason, to go down in history.
The reissue of this iconic work will be released on March 24.
It will include an original album remastered by James Guthrie, Blu-Rays and DVDs, a collection of song lyrics and a gatefold vinyl containing posters and stickers.
A non-rainbow cover will also be available on the band's official website.
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On the same day, and for the first time ever, 1974's
Live At Wembley Empire Pool London
will be released on vinyl.
A 160-page anniversary book by photographer Jill Furmanovsky and Hipgnosis co-founder Aubrey Powell.
It will include rare black and white photos of the band during their UK and US tours in 1973 and 1974.
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