Timeline Thursday 1 March 1973

Events on Thursday 1 March 1973 2

• 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon -- the album that changed everything The Dark Side of the Moon is released on 1 March 1973. It remains on the Billboard 200 chart for 741 consecutive weeks -- 14 years -- and has sold over 50 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums in history. Its themes -- time, money, madness, death, conflict -- are addressed with a sonic and conceptual sophistication unprecedented in rock music. 'Money,' 'Time,' 'The Great Gig in the Sky,' 'Brain Damage' and 'Eclipse' are woven into a seamless 43-minute listening experience. Alan Parsons's engineering and the band's use of the studio as a compositional tool set a new standard for record production.
• 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon released Pink Floyd album becomes one of the best-selling records of all time Pink Floyd released their eighth studio album, The Dark Side of the Moon, exploring themes of conflict, time, and mental illness. It spent over 900 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and became one of the best-selling albums in history.