<P> Generally , all four members agreed that Waters ' album concept unified by a single theme was a good idea . Waters , Gilmour , Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright participated in the writing and production of the new material , and Waters created the early demo tracks at his Islington home in a small studio built in his garden shed . Parts of the new album were taken from previously unused material ; the opening line of `` Breathe '' came from an earlier work by Waters and Ron Geesin , written for the soundtrack of The Body , and the basic structure of `` Us and Them '' borrowed from an original composition by Wright for Zabriskie Point . The band rehearsed at a warehouse in London owned by The Rolling Stones , and then at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park , London . They also purchased extra equipment , which included new speakers , a PA system , a 28 - track mixing desk with four quadraphonic outputs , and a custom - built lighting rig . Nine tonnes of kit was transported in three lorries ; this would be the first time the band had taken an entire album on tour , but allowed improvement and refinery nonetheless , which by then had been given the provisional title of Dark Side of the Moon ( an allusion to lunacy , rather than astronomy ) . However , after discovering that that title had already been used by another band , Medicine Head , it was temporarily changed to Eclipse . The new material premièred at The Dome in Brighton , on 20 January 1972 , and after the commercial failure of Medicine Head 's album the title was changed back to the band 's original preference . </P>
<P> Generally , all four members agreed that Waters ' album concept unified by a single theme was a good idea . Waters , Gilmour , Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright participated in the writing and production of the new material , and Waters created the early demo tracks at his Islington home in a small studio built in his garden shed . Parts of the new album were taken from previously unused material ; the opening line of `` Breathe '' came from an earlier work by Waters and Ron Geesin , written for the soundtrack of The Body , and the basic structure of `` Us and Them '' borrowed from an original composition by Wright for Zabriskie Point . The band rehearsed at a warehouse in London owned by The Rolling Stones , and then at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park , London . They also purchased extra equipment , which included new speakers , a PA system , a 28 - track mixing desk with four quadraphonic outputs , and a custom - built lighting rig . Nine tonnes of kit was transported in three lorries ; this would be the first time the band had taken an entire album on tour , but allowed improvement and refinery nonetheless , which by then had been given the provisional title of Dark Side of the Moon ( an allusion to lunacy , rather than astronomy ) . However , after discovering that that title had already been used by another band , Medicine Head , it was temporarily changed to Eclipse . The new material premièred at The Dome in Brighton , on 20 January 1972 , and after the commercial failure of Medicine Head 's album the title was changed back to the band 's original preference . </P>
who wrote the songs on dark side of the moon
who wrote the songs on dark side of the moon
Waters Gilmour Mason Richard Wright
Waters Gilmour Mason Richard Wright