Pink Floyd track sales total 6.5 million, and so far this year song downloads stand at 587,000 units. Since 1991, Pink Floyd albums have sold 36.2 million copies in the United States, including 654,000 in 2009 and almost 311,000 this year. But label sources say they doubt that Pink Floyd's asking price will fly, even though the band remains one of the best selling of the Nielsen SoundScan era. private equity firm Terra Firma purchased the major label group in 2007, saddling it with onerous debt service terms that it has struggled to meet.ĮMI's talks with Pink Floyd could prove to be a key test of whether superstar artists still have faith in the label's ability to market their music. Sources at the major labels say elaborate presentations were unveiled for the band's management, but the bidding levels got too high for some of the majors.Īn EMI spokeswoman declined to comment, and managers for various members of the band couldn't immediately be reached for comment.ĮMI has suffered big-name defections like Radiohead and Paul McCartney since U.K.
Label sources say that Pink Floyd's management was shopping the band's entire catalog for a licensing deal about 18 months ago, asking each major to explain how it would market the band's catalog and to make a bid. Pink Floyd's earlier albums - from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn through Dark Side of the Moon - are still available on CD and as digital downloads on EMI. But industry sources say that it likely won't be able to manufacture more physical copies of those albums until a new contract is signed. The albums are still available on CD because EMI has stock that it can sell off. Those albums as well as other post-Dark Side of the Moon titles like Wish You Were Here and The Final Cut - all originally released on Columbia Records but distributed by EMI since 2000 - have been pulled from digital retailers like iTunes and Amazon's MP3 store because EMI's contract covering those albums expired June 30. "The Dark Side Of The Moon," with its combination of great songs, inventive effects and one of the best-known sleeves ever, tapped into the world's collective subconscious and became a landmark in rock history and a truly classic album.NEW YORK (Billboard) - If you're looking to buy the classic Pink Floyd albums The Wall or Animals as digital downloads, you're out of luck.
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The program is also illustrated throughout with archive footage. Alan Parsons (the original engineer) takes us through the multi-track tapes, giving a unique insight into the musical fabric of the record. Roger, David and Richard play songs and demonstrate themes from the album. All four members of the band at that time - Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright - are featured in exclusive interviews. This program takes a track by track look at the making of the 1973 album. Thirty years later, it still strikes a chord with a new generation of music lovers. It would be the first album where Roger Waters would supply all the lyrics as well as the basic "concept." With the timeless qualities of its production and musicality, allied to the hypnotic evocation of its central themes - alienation, paranoia, madness, war and death, "The Dark Side Of The Moon" would become the album that would dominate the '70s and '80s (with a record number of consecutive weeks in the charts). Prior to 1973, Pink Floyd had maintained a relentless gigging schedule, and by the time they came to record a new album had already created the basis for what would become "The Dark Side" record. "The Dark Side Of The Moon" is the album that dramatically transformed Pink Floyd from art house favorites to global stadium superstars. This is the story, told from the inside by the participants, of the creation of a masterpiece.
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