The Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon 50th anniversary box set will be released on March 24th.
It features a newly remastered version of the album on CD and LP, the live album The Dark Side of the Moon: Live at Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974 on CD and LP, replica seven inch singles of “Money” and “Us and Them,” a Blu-Ray with the original album in 5.1 and high-resolution remastered stereo mixes, another Blu-Ray with a Dolby Atmos Mix and a DVD with two different 5.1 mixes.
The set also comes with the Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon: 50th Anniversary book that features rare black and white photographs from their tours of the U.S. and U.K. from 1972 to 1975. (This book will also be published separately on March 24th.) The list price for the box set is $300.
The Dark Side of the Moon: Live at Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974 will also be released as a stand alone CD and LP on March 24th.
Beyond the box set, the band is holding a competition for animators to create music videos for any of the 10 songs on the album. The winners will be selected from a panel of experts that will include the band’s Nick Mason, Pink Floyd’s creative director Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell and the British Film Institute. The deadline for submissions is November 30th at PinkFloyd.com/competition.
Lastly, a new program of visuals set to the album will be screened at planetariums around the world in March.
