Return to the Dark Side of the Moon
Not to be confused with the covermount album of the same name with Mojo magazine in 2011
Return to the Dark Side of the Moon is a tribute album organised by Billy Sherwood, and released in 2006 on Purple Pyramid. It is a re-creation of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, and a sequel to Sherwood's Back Against the Wall, itself a re-creation of Pink Floyd's The Wall. Return to the Dark Side of the Moon, in addition includes an original piece composed by Sherwood (and recorded with Tony Kaye and Robbie Krieger) in the style of the original album.
The album features guests mostly from the world of progressive rock, including former Yes members Bill Bruford, Peter Banks, Geoff Downes, Rick Wakeman, Kaye and Sherwood himself.
Track listing
- "Speak to Me" (Mason) / "Breathe" (Waters, Wright, Gilmour) (featuring Malcolm McDowell, Adrian Belew, Jeff Baxter, Tony Kaye, Alan White, John Giblin) 5:44
- "On the Run" (Waters, Wright, Gilmour) (featuring Larry Fast, Alan White) 3:17
- "Time" (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason) (featuring Gary Green, Billy Sherwood, Micheal Sherwood, Robbie Krieger, David Sancious, Alan White, Jay Schellen, Colin Moulding, CC White) 6:58
- "The Great Gig in the Sky" (Wright) (featuring Rick Wakeman, CC White, Steve Howe, Jay Schellen, Billy Sherwood) 4:40
- "Money" (Waters) (featuring Tommy Shaw, Edgar Winter, Gary Green, Billy Sherwood, Bill Bruford, Tony Levin) 6:24
- "Us and Them" (Waters, Wright) (featuring John Wetton, Scott Page, Dweezil Zappa, Tony Kaye, Pat Mastelloto, Jimmy Haslip, Bob Kulick, Michael Sherwood) 7:34
- "Any Colour You Like" (Wright, Gilmour, Mason) (featuring Robben Ford, Steve Porcaro, Billy Sherwood, Aynsley Dunbar, Tony Franklin) 4:13
- "Brain Damage" (Waters) (featuring Colin Moulding, Robbie Krieger, Geoff Downes, Vinnie Colaiuta, Del Palmer, Michael Sherwood, Billy Sherwood) 3:51
- "Eclipse" (Waters) (featuring Billy Sherwood, Peter Banks, Tony Kaye, Vinnie Colaiuta, John Wetton, CC White) 2:07
- "Where We Belong" (Sherwood) (featuring Billy Sherwood, Robbie Krieger, Tony Kaye) 3:56
- Track 10 is an "exclusive original bonus track".
Participants
- Peter Banks: guitar (Yes) Flash, Empire.
- Jeff Baxter: guitar, pedal steel (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan)
- Adrian Belew: vocals (King Crimson)
- Bill Bruford: drums (Yes, UK, King Crimson)
- Vinnie Colaiuta: drums (Frank Zappa)
- Geoff Downes: keyboards (Yes, Asia) Icon
- Aynsley Dunbar: drums (Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, Journey)
- Larry Fast: keyboards (Peter Gabriel), Synergy
- Robben Ford: guitar
- Tony Franklin: bass (The Firm, David Gilmour, Kate Bush, Whitesnake, Blue Murder, Roy Harper)
- John Giblin: bass (Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds, David Sylvian, Kate Bush, Brand X, Phil Collins
- Gary Green: guitar (Gentle Giant)
- Jimmy Haslip: bass Alan Holdsworth, Vinnie Colaiuta
- Steve Howe: guitar, Tomorrow, (Yes, Asia)
- Tony Kaye: keyboards (Yes), David Bowie, Detective, Badfinger, Yes, Circa, Yoso
- Bob Kulick: guitar (Kiss, Lou Reed)
- Robby Krieger: guitar (The Doors)
- Tony Levin: bass (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel), Pink Floyd, ABWH
- Steve Lukather: guitar (Toto)
- Malcolm McDowell: vocals (actor)
- Pat Mastelloto: drums (King Crimson)
- Colin Moulding: vocals, bass (XTC)
- Scott Page: sax (Toto, Supertramp, Pink Floyd)
- Del Palmer: bass (Kate Bush), Alan Parson's Project
- Steve Porcaro: keyboards (Toto)
- David Sancious: keyboards Jon Anderson, Sting, Peter Gabriel
- Jay Schellen: drums Badfinger, Chris Squire's Conspiracy, Circa, Yoso, (Asia)
- Tommy Shaw: vocals (Styx)
- Billy Sherwood: vocals, keyboards, guitar (Yes) Circa, Yoso
- Michael Sherwood: vocals
- Rick Wakeman: keyboards (The Strawbs, Yes)
- John Wetton: bass, vocals Mogul Trash, (Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, UK, Wishbone Ash, Asia), Icon
- Alan White: drums, John Lennon, George Harrison, Joe Cocker, Yes
- CC White: vocals
- Edgar Winter: sax White Trash
- Dweezil Zappa: guitar
Production
- Produced & Mixed By Billy Sherwood
- Engineers: Billy Sherwood, Rob Audrey, Ken Latchney, Erik Jordan, Andy Partridge, Jeff Knowler
- Mastered By Joe Gastwirt
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