Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd’s eight album, was released in March of 1973. It was an immediate hit and is still a major seller forty years later. It has sold over 50 million albums so far and was on the Billboard Album chart for 741 straight weeks! It was, is, and always will be one of the best albums of all time. Listen to Us and Them and then hang around and watch a great documentary on the making of Dark Side of the Moon.
The Making Of Dark Side Of The Moon Documentary
Although Dark Side of the Moon is the most widely remember album released in March of 1973, there were actually quite a few additional albums of note that were released that month. My overview of a few those albums is provided below. I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane.
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Johnny Winter – Still Alive and Well
Still Alive and Well was a comeback album of sorts for Johnny. It served as a notice to the world that he was still a force to be reckoned with after he recovered from an addiction to heroin and the album kicked ass. I loved the single of the same name which was written for Johnny by Rick Derringer. Rick had played with Johnny earlier in the 1970s as part of And. Let’s listen…..
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Tower of Power – Tower of Power
Tower of Power was an Oakland, California based, horn-driven, R&B band. They released their self titled first album in March of 1973. That album produced a number of hit singles and kicked off a successful career that continues today. Interesting enough, the Tower of Power horn section achieved a level of fame as a stand-alone unit by playing on a huge variety of albums from other artists in the 1970s. The song I have for you today is a great 1973 live Soul Train performance of their hit single So Very Hard To Go.
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Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy
Houses of the Holy was Led Zeppelin’s fifth album. With Led Zeppelin IV already achieving legendary status, Houses of the Holy did not disappoint. It is the source of multiple great additions to the Led Zeppelin catalog and, strangely enough, the song for which the album is named did not make it onto the album. (It finally appeared on Physical Graffiti their next album) To give you a taste of Houses of the Holy, I offer up a wonderful live performance of Song Remains The Same, the lead off track for the album.
Coming Attractions – If you liked the Song Remains The Same video above, be sure to tune in next Sunday for our Sunday Sessions #3 Post which will feature the entire concert that the above video was extracted from.
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There are a other albums from March 1973 (see below) that I have already discussed in earlier posts. If you are interested, I encourage you to use the blog search feature to find and read these earlier posts.
Todd Rundgren – A Wizard A True Star
Beck, Bogert, and Appice – Beck, Bogert, and Appice
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