Pink Floyd - 1972-03-06 - Tokyo, Japan (FM)

Pink Floyd
1972-03-06
Taiikukan
Tokyo, Japan
FM Broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Speak To Me
02. Breathe
03. The Travel Section
04. Time
05. Breathe (Reprise)
06. The Mortality Sequence
07. Money
08. Us & Them
09. Japanese DJ Outro

Pink Floyd - 1972-03-06 - Tokyo, Japan (FM)

In February 1972, Pink Floyd played 4 shows at the Rainbow Theater in London that gave the British press their opportunity to hear 45 minutes of new music that the band had been developing. This suite of tunes, originally entitled Eclipse, would eventually comprise the legendary album Dark Side of The Moon.  The Rainbow concerts took place over a year before the album wad released, but the reviews provided a preview of what was to come. Michael Wale of The Times described the piece as "...bringing tears to the eyes. It was so completely understanding and musically questioning." Derek Jewell of The Sunday Times wrote "The ambition of the Floyd's artistic intention is now vast." So too would be the success of Dark Side of The Moon, as the album would sell over 50 million copies worldwide and remain on the Billboard Charts in the US for an almost incomprehensible 741 weeks spanning 15 years from 1973 to 1988.  A few weeks after the Rainbow shows, Pink Floyd played a series of concerts in Japan, where they continued to showcase the new Dark Side of The Moon material. This FM broadcast captures them in Tokyo on March 6, 1972, 41 years ago today,.