Greatest rock album of all time to star in spectacular event in stunning Harrogate village church

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It’s just over a week until a special charity evening featuring two of the most important prog rock albums of all time in a magnificent Harrogate village church.

The two legendary albums by Pink Floyd and Geneses will be played in full on vinyl on vintage sound equipment, which has been tweaked and re-tuned to take advantage of the church’s incredible and unique acoustics.

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Taking place on Thursday, October 24 in the historic All Saints Church in Kirkby Overblow, The Prog Rock ‘Listening Night’ event will give pride of place on a giant ‘wall of sound’ to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon (1973) and Genesis’s Foxtrot (1972).

Released on March 1,1973 by Harvest Records in the UK and Capitol Records in the USA, Dark Side of the Moon has been certified 14x platinum in the UK and has sold a total of more than 45 million copies worldwide.

Harrogate event - Pink Floyd's classic Dark Side of the Moon album. (Picture contributed)Harrogate event - Pink Floyd's classic Dark Side of the Moon album. (Picture contributed)
Harrogate event - Pink Floyd's classic Dark Side of the Moon album. (Picture contributed)

Released on September 15, 1972 on Charisma Records, Foxtrot is regarded as one of the most important prog albums and features original Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel with Phil Collins still on drums.

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Its centrepiece is the longest song ever recorded by Genesis, Supper's Ready, which clocks in at 23 minutes.

Famously, Gabriel wore the dress and a fox's head from the album’s front cover on stage during the band’s next UK tour, which proved to be a breakthrough in their early career.

The night’s music will be introduced by Graham Chalmers of the Harrogate Advertiser.

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