Dark Side Of the Moon

JD wrote: Upon it's release, still have some of the stickers that came with the original LP.

I still have all the stickers and the two posters that came with it are up on my wall 

The Dark Elf wrote: tamijo wrote: Yes i remember, but im not sure excatly when it was, is was before "Wish You Were Here" came out.   Ummm...maybe that is because DSotM was the album released just before WYWH? It's just a guess.

^ Mine were like olive color with a thick black coiled cable.  The ear pads were liquid filled if I remember correct, yeah they would leave a ring around the ear when you took them off 

I'm dating myself, but I was a high school sophomore when Dark Side' first came out and heard it around that time at a weekend party in an exclusive neighborhood of east San Diego county (I myself was from down by the tracks). The hostess put it on and let both sides play, and it was pretty much background music for a bunch of kids swilling beer. I sat across the living room on the floor next to one of the speakers and took it all in, knowing that what I was hearing sounded like an instant classic. Was listening to a couple of its tracks just last night off of Echoes.

Edited by Rednight - May 06 2015 at 11:05

Yes i remember, but im not sure excatly when it was, is was before "Wish You Were Here" came out.

I was 15-16 years old, attending Spanish Springs High School in Sparks, Nevada. I was in awe of Rick's writing for and playing on "The Great Gig In The Sky" and Dave's solo on "Time", and I found something profound about the obvious like "Why should I be frightened of dying? There is no reason for it. You gotta go some time." That dynamic peak on "Speak To Me/Breathe" felt like a wash of a wave.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - May 06 2015 at 00:38

I was 14, listening on the floor of my friend John's bedroom. It was a Saturday afternoon. He's a few years older than me, he and his brothers had some Pink Floyd cassettes and t-shirts. It was like a religion to them, they were shicked and awed that I had never heard anything by Pink Floyd before. The music blew me away, like watching a really good movie. There was nothing else like it in my musical universe at that time.

1992 or 1993
My older brother was often listening to it but it did not click with me instantly like WYWH and Animals did (at that time). Once it did and blew my mind, made me look for more albums from them.
This album (and some other 70s prog and 70s hard rock + some Marillion) chased away my The Doors fanboyism from my late high school times.

Last year when I found it (I was surprised) in my dad's cassette case, probably late August or early September.  WOW! All I knew at the time was that getting high with DSOTM/Pink Floyd was a thing.  I really thought Pink Floyd was just for stoners!

So yep, I was introduced to prog last year with this video. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGLMntx2lPc
I like all things roads and I was watching this video, when From The Beginning plays.  It sounded odd, it was different then regular classic rock I'd heard before, mostly the synthesizer caught me.  I looked up the song and I immediately listened to Trilogy. It sounded great!  I found my dad's DSOTM, Fragile, Best of Alan Parsons Project. Great stuff.  After looking up things on ProgArchives I've found great music.
Gentle Giant, Genesis, Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, VdGG
I love Prog!

Michael678 wrote: it was actually while playing Ratchet & Clank (the original) on the PS2 that i used to have. i usually play albums while actual gameplay takes place. however it wasn't till a couple of weeks (maybe a month?) later that i fully understood the album itself. a f**king masterpiece, ladies and gentlemen, a f**king masterpiece.