THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “To celebrate the 50th anniversary year of The Dark Side Of The Moon, Roger Waters announces the release of his homage to the original: The Dark Side Of The Moon Redux.
Waters says: “When we recorded the stripped-down songs for the Lockdown Sessions, the 50th anniversary of the release of The Dark Side Of The Moon was looming on the horizon. It occurred to to me that The Dark Side Of The Moon could well be a suitable candidate for a similar re-working, partly as a tribute to the original work, but also to re-address the political and emotional message of the whole album. I discussed it with Gus and Sean, and when we’d stopped giggling and shouting ‘You must be ****ing mad’ at one another, we decided to take it on. It’s turned out really great and I’m excited for everyone to hear it.
“It’s not a replacement for the original which, obviously, is irreplaceable. But it is a way for the 79-year-old man to look back across the intervening 50 years into the eyes of the 29 year old and say, to quote a poem of mine about my father, ‘We did our best, we kept his trust, our dad would have been proud of us.’ And also it is a way for me to honour a recording that Nick and Rick and Dave and I have every right to be very proud of.”
As founding member, lyricist, and principal composer of Pink Floyd during the band’s most influential and creative period, Waters has achieved global success and global renown. He co-founded Pink Floyd in the mid-1960s. Under Waters’ guidance, Pink Floyd made a series of best-selling albums during the 1970s, of which the most successful and iconic were The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall. Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and is now one of the most successful solo artists in the world.”
