Original vinyl, US
Cassette
Remastered vinyl with poster, stickers, etc
CD, US
SACD
Immersion box
If we are really talking about the love of this album, we have to mention bootlegs and covers too:
Bootlegs:
Brain Damage- The Screaming Abdabs (there are so many more, but this is the one to hold a candle too)
Covers: any comments below are not on the quality of the recording unless stated, but rather on the listenability- I warn you that you have to LOVE DSOM to get through many of these.
DSOM purists- please feel free to RUN LIKE HELL from this post!
Many are just ok recordings, but musically it's intriguing to me the variation in musical styles and different feelings that can be conveyed from the same material. Most think of DSOM as a masterpiece work, but to the artists below, it's really just fresh clay...
Dub Side of the Moon- Easy Star All Stars (Reggae- great background jam)
Dubber Side of the Moon- Easy Star All Stars (more of the above- more production than the first outing. Toned down or tuned up, take your pick)
Return to the Dark Side of the Moon- Various Artists
Dark Side of the Moonshine- Poor Man's Whiskey (bluegrass fun)
The Moon Revisited- Various Artist (rock)
The Dark Side of the Mule- Govt Mule
Doom Side of the Moon- Doom Side of the Moon (which just gives me a "Spinal Tap" vibe, in the best way)
VSQ Master Series: Tribute to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon- Vitamin String Quartet (it's instrumental, it's VST, all good- take your vitamins!)
Dark Side of the Moon A Cappella- Dark Side of the Moon A Cappella (Voices on the Dark Side) (my least favorite- it's well done, but just makes me think "High School Musical" every time I hear it. The highlight is them all yelling "wake up" in front of Time - it's a cappella, so no alarm clocks...)
From the Dark Side of the Moon- Mary Fahl (another not a favorite interpretation, but an absolutely amazing recording)
The Not-So-Bright-Side of the Moon- The Squirrels (Vegas lounge rock, with punk asthetics and a Zappa sort of vibe)
and then there is this:
The Dark Side of the Moon-
The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon (it's exactly what it says it is).
Please let me know any decent ones that I'm missing!
Get them all, make a massive playlist, but move a genre each song, playing them in album order. Play it at your next get together or neighborhood BBQ and see how long it is before your guests or your spouse yells that it's the same album- I got away with almost 2h! Someone please beat my record!
Need to go- the Wizard of Oz is about to start and I need to make sure I hit play at the correct time, so the audio matches.