Released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’.
Pink Floyd has released a trailer for their documentary Eclipse, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the legendary album The Dark Side of the Moon.
The official feature-length name of the documentary is specifically “The Dark Side Of The Moon – 50th Ningaloo Eclipse Documentary” and it celebrates the 50th anniversary of the album’s publication in 1973.
The documentary focuses on the album’s commemorative event held with a limited number of fans during a total solar eclipse that occurred at Ningaloo Marine Park, a marine park located in Exmouth, Western Australia, on April 20 this year. This space has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Los afortunados, that one of the fans concurso on these limited plazas al evento, they scucharon el ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ the complete in a lugar impresionante and with unas condiciones of sonido únicas, the lado of una pirámide gigante that se había construido At the beach.
An eclipse event was chosen for this work because of the famous final words of the last piece of the album, which say exactly: “But the sun is eclipsed by the moon,” a piece precisely called: “Eclipse.”
And be warned because the documentary is the work of Aubrey “Bo” Powell, creator and consultant at Hipgnosis Studios, authors of the most famous Pink Floyd covers. As part of the documentary, local residents and people who also made the trip to Exmouth to be part of the experience were also interviewed.
The film will be released exclusively on the band’s YouTube channel at 11:00 AM CST on Friday, October 13, timed to coincide with another major eclipse in the Americas.
“Dark Side of the Moon” is Pink Floyd’s eighth studio album. It went on sale on March 1, 1973 in the United States and on March 23 in the United Kingdom. It is estimated that the album has sold over 50 million copies worldwide and remains a cult work for millions of music fans.
Sources: Agencies/Facebook Pink Floyd/RockAmerica
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