The Dark Side Stained Glass

This stunning limited edition silkscreen print celebrates the album cover art designed for the 30th Anniversary edition of Dark Side of the Moon.

“Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon album was remixed from original tapes in Super Audio to provide an even more detailed and splendid audio experience. It was the same music but not the same mix, so it seemed appropriate to indicate as much on the cover by re-working the original design which was an airbrush illustration with line work for tint lay. What more fitting then than a glass rendition of the same design? A design about light (passing through a prism) represented via a medium of light (a stained glass window). So simple, pure and succinct.

“The stained glass window was made in the same proportions as the original design. The stained glass window was photographed outside against a winter sun (actually in the back garden of a house belonging to one of Pink Floyd) highlighting the texture and imperfections of the glass itself. All very radiant we thought.” Storm Thorgerson.

The image in the print differs very slightly from the album covers as you can see below in the cover images for the Japan/EU/Australia (centre) and USA (right) releases, with the art print image on the left. Thanks to our lovely customer Julien for sharing his expertise on this subject!