March 1, 1973 this was released

Heartbeats, clockticks, coins in a cashdrawer, mechanical calculator, comedic laughter, conceding conversion and crazy scream.

Whomever came up with that intro was either the most singularly unaffected person of those times - or the most tortured - or something or someone not of this planet inspired it.

I'm barely scratching the surface here. I've listened to this one at least 500 times and notice something I never had before often enough that it baffles me. How did they make this one?

As awesome today as it was back then.

People, especially young people, used to accuse me of lying when I said I had never heard that album. I finally picked up a platinum CD of it. I might have listened to it twice.

I saw Pink Floyd and Roger waters in concerts like a week apart in 1987.
They were my second and third concerts ever. If I were a few years older I would have seen Led zep too.

My mom (1931-1998) loved that album as did I, my kids, and now my grandkids that were born after 2005.

It's a goodie.

A masterpiece of great magnitude

50 years ago

The best prog album of all time.