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1973
Nov
The Beach Boys After Holland , the group maintained a touring regimen, captured on

After Holland , the group maintained a touring regimen, captured on the double live album The Beach Boys in Concert released in November 1973, but recorded very little in the studio through 1975. Following Murry’s death in June 1973, Brian retreated into his bedroom and withdrew further into drug abuse,…
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Mar
Pink Floyd Released in March 1973

Released in March 1973, the LP became an instant chart success in the UK and throughout Western Europe, earning an enthusiastic response from critics. Every member of Pink Floyd except Wright boycotted the press release of The Dark Side of the Moon because a quadraphonic mix had not yet been…
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Mar
Pink Floyd US tour

Throughout March 1973, The Dark Side of the Moon featured as part of Pink Floyd’s US tour. The album is one of the most commercially successful rock albums of all time. A US number-one, it remained on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart for more than fourteen years during…
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Os Mutantes left the band in that year

Arnaldo left the band in that year to pursue a solo career due to differences with other band members and problems with the abuse of LSD

Os Mutantes recorded in 1973

Subsequently, the band moved in a progressive rock direction with the album O A e o Z , recorded in 1973

The Beatles only album to include

Starr’s Ringo (1973) was the only album to include compositions and performances by all four ex-Beatles, albeit on separate songs.

The Beatles released in 1973

Two double-LP sets of the Beatles’ greatest hits, compiled by Klein, 1962–1966 and 1967–1970 , were released in 1973, at first under the Apple Records imprint.

1972
May
Pink Floyd recorded The Dark Side of the Moon between May 1972 and

Pink Floyd recorded The Dark Side of the Moon between May 1972 and January 1973 with EMI staff engineer Alan Parsons at Abbey Road. The title is an allusion to lunacy rather than astronomy. The band had composed and refined the material while touring the UK, Japan, North America, and…
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May
The Beach Boys Early 1972 saw the recruitment of two former members of the South

Early 1972 saw the recruitment of two former members of the South African band the Flames , guitarist/singer Blondie Chaplin and drummer/singer Ricky Fataar , into the Beach Boys. Shortly afterwards, Johnston left the band. Rieley said that he fired Johnston at the request of the Wilson brothers; while Johnston…
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Feb
Pink Floyd first recording session

Pink Floyd had already recorded the soundtracks to the films The Committee (1968) and More (1969) and part of Zabriskie Point (1970). On the back of More ‘ s success, the director Barbet Schroeder asked them to record the soundtrack of his next major project, La Vallée . The band…
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