Hear Both Sides of ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ on Vinyl with Pierre Robert
Listen to MMR on Wednesday at 2pm as Pierre marks the 50th anniversary of the Pink Floyd album by playing the vinyl version live on air
This Wednesday (3/1) is the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's psychedelic masterpiece The Dark Side of the Moon. The band will mark the occasion with an elaborate box set, and we've got our own plans to celebrate at MMR the best way we know how: with vinyl.
Every weekday around 2:15pm, Pierre Robert cues up the Vinyl Cut - real, live vinyl on the radio. Tomorrow, we'll bump that up to 2pm (Pierre... early for something?). He'll drop the needle on Side 1 and let it spin all the way through - snaps, crackles and pops included - and follow that with Side 2.
WMMR has been playing these tracks since they were brand new in 1973, but this full album play-through will be something special. Listen live in your car, at work or wherever you can open the MMR App - and drift away, if you so choose.
A number of classic albums celebrate their golden anniversary in 2023. Among the artists with LPs turning 50 in New Year are Pink Floyd, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street band and more!
Scroll below to see 33 albums that turn 50 in 2023.
David Bowie - ‘Aladdin Sane’
Released on April 20, 1973.
Pink Floyd - ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’
Released on March 1, 1973.
The Allman Brothers Band - ‘Brothers and Sisters’
Released in August 1973.
The Stooges - ‘Raw Power’
Released on February 7, 1973.
Aerosmith - ‘Aerosmith’
Released on January 5, 1973.
The Who - ‘Quadrophenia’
Released on October 26, 1973.
Stevie Wonder - ‘Innervisions’
Released on August 3, 1973.
Genesis - ‘Selling England by the Pound’
Released in September 1973.
Led Zeppelin - ‘Houses of the Holy’
Released on March 28, 1973.
Alice Cooper - ‘Billion Dollar Babies’
Released on February 25, 1973.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - ‘(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)’
Released on August 13, 1973.
Rolling Stones - ‘Goats Head Soup’
Released on August 31, 1973.
Elton John - ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’
Released on October 5, 1973.
Steely Dan - ‘Countdown to Ecstasy’
Released in July 1973.
Paul McCartney and Wings - ‘Band on the Run’
Released on December 5, 1973.
Lou Reed - ‘Berlin’
Released on October 5, 1973.
Dr. John - ‘In the Right Place’
Released on February 25, 1973.
Marvin Gaye - ‘Let’s Get It On’
Released on August 28, 1973.
The Doobie Brothers - ‘The Captain and Me’
Released on March 2, 1973.
Paul McCartney and Wings - ‘Red Rose Speedway’
Released on April 30, 1973.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - ‘Brain Salad Surgery’
Released on November 19, 1973.
Elton John - ‘Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player’
Released on January 26, 1973.
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - ‘The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle’
Released on November 5, 1973.
Black Sabbath - ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’
Released in November 1973.
ZZ Top - ‘Tres Hombres’
Released on July 26, 1973.
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - ‘Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.’
Released on January 5, 1973.
John Lennon - ‘Mind Games’
Released on October 29, 1973.
Todd Rundgren - ‘A Wizard, a True Star’
Released on March 2, 1973.
Paul Simon - ‘There Goes Rhymin’ Simon’
Released on May 5, 1973.
Bob Marley and the Wailers - ‘Burnin’
Released on October 19, 1973.
Jackson Browne - ‘For Everyman’
Released in October 1973.
George Harrison - ‘Living in the Material World’
Released on May 30, 1973.
Yes - ‘Tales from Topographic Oceans’
Released on December 7, 1973.
