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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Mark Jefferies

Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon cover designer shares what inspired iconic artwork

Unlike a book, you can judge an outstanding album such as Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon by its cover.

As the multi-million-selling LP turns 50 today, one of its artwork designers has revealed the prism and rainbow light cover idea came from a kids’ physics book.

Band guitarist Dave Gilmour, now 76, remembers having a run-through of the final album and knowing it would be their biggest hit to date.

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