Editing The Dark Side of the Moon (section)

=== Voices ===
Several tracks, including "Us and Them" and "Time", demonstrated Wright's and Gilmour's ability to harmonise their similar-sounding voices, and the engineer Alan Parsons used techniques such as [[double tracking]] vocals and guitars, which allowed Gilmour to harmonise with himself. Prominent use was also made of [[flanging]] and phase-shifting on vocals and instruments, odd trickery with [[reverb effect|reverb]],<ref name="makingof" /> and the panning of sounds between channels, most notably in the [[quadraphonic]] mix of "On the Run", where the sound of the [[Hammond organ#Console organs|Hammond B3]] organ played through a [[Leslie speaker]] swirls around the listener.<ref name="Povey 2007 161">{{Harvnb|Povey|2007|p=161}}</ref>

[[File:Clare torry.png|left|thumb|upright|alt=A middle-aged woman standing in a garden|Clare Torry in 2003]]

Wright's "The Great Gig in the Sky" features [[Clare Torry]], a session singer and songwriter and a regular at Abbey Road. Parsons liked her voice, and when the band decided to use a female vocalist he suggested that she could sing on the track. The band explained the album concept to her, but they were unable to tell her exactly what she should do, and Gilmour, who was in charge of the session, asked her to try to express emotions rather than sing words.<ref name=mojo>{{cite news |title=The Art of Noise |author=Mark Blake |work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=February 2023}}</ref> In a few takes on a Sunday night, Torry improvised a wordless melody to accompany Wright's emotive piano solo. She was initially embarrassed by her exuberance in the recording booth and wanted to apologise to the band, who were impressed with her performance but did not tell her so.<ref name="Blakepp198199">{{Harvnb|Blake|2008|pp=198–199}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Mason|2005|p=174}}</ref> Her takes were edited to produce the version used on the track.<ref name=gilmour /> She left the studio under the impression that her vocals would not make the final cut,<ref name=Harris>{{cite web |url=http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/other-related-interviews/clare-torry-october-2005-brain-damage-excl-2.html |work=brain-damage.co.uk |title=Clare Torry – Brain Damage – Interview |author=John Harris |date=October 2005 |access-date=18 March 2023 |archive-date=17 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117121640/http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/other-related-interviews/clare-torry-october-2005-brain-damage-excl-2.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and she only became aware that she had been included in the final mix when she picked up the album at a local record store and saw her name in the credits.<ref name=Harris /> For her contribution she was paid her standard session fee<ref name="Povey 2007 161" /> of £30,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/oct/21/little-known-musicians-famous-moments-baker-street |title=The little-known musicians behind some of music's most famous moments |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=21 October 2014 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=3 June 2021 |archive-date=4 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404045652/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/oct/21/little-known-musicians-famous-moments-baker-street |url-status=live }}</ref> equivalent to about £{{Formatprice|{{Inflation|UK|30|1972|r=-1}}|0}} in {{CURRENTYEAR}}.<ref name="Blakepp198199" />{{Inflation-fn|UK}}

In 2004, Torry sued [[EMI]] and Pink Floyd for 50% of the songwriting [[royalties]], arguing that her contribution to "The Great Gig in the Sky" was substantial enough to be considered co-authorship. The case was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum, with all post-2005 pressings crediting Wright and Torry jointly.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Gv5AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA350 |page=350 |title=Music: The Business |edition=6th |author=Ann Harrison |publisher=Random House |date=3 July 2014 |isbn=978-0-7535-5071-7}}</ref><ref name="Poveyp345">{{Harvnb|Povey|2007|p=345}}</ref>

In the final week of recording,<ref name="Alan Parsons"/> Waters asked staff and others at Abbey Road to respond to questions printed on [[flashcard]]s and some of their replies were edited into the final mix. The interviewees were placed in front of a microphone in a darkened Studio 3<ref>{{Harvnb|Mason|2005|p=175}}</ref> and shown such questions as "What's your favourite colour?" and "What's your favourite food?", before moving on to themes central to the album, including those of madness, violence, and death. Questions such as "When was the last time you were violent?", followed immediately by "Were you in the right?", were answered in the order they were presented.<ref name="makingof" />

[[Roadie]] Roger "The Hat" Manifold was recorded in a conventional sit-down interview. Waters asked him about a violent encounter he had had with a motorist, and Manifold replied "...&nbsp;give 'em a quick, short, sharp shock&nbsp;..." Asked about death, he responded, "Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me&nbsp;..."<ref>{{Harvnb|Schaffner|1991|p=165}}</ref> Another roadie, Chris Adamson, recorded the words that open the album: "I've been mad for fucking years. Absolutely years. Over the edge... It's working with bands that does it."<ref>{{Harvnb|Harris|2006|p=133}}</ref>

The band's road manager [[Peter Watts (road manager)|Peter Watts]] (father of the actress [[Naomi Watts]])<ref>{{cite web |title=How Naomi told her mum about Oscar |url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/22/1077384633676.html |last=Sams |first=Christine |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=23 February 2004 |access-date=17 March 2009 |archive-date=2 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002085309/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/22/1077384633676.html |url-status=live }}</ref> contributed the repeated laughter during "Brain Damage" and "Speak to Me", as  well as the line "I can't think of anything to say". His second wife, Patricia "Puddie" Watts (now Patricia Gleason), was responsible for the line about the "geezer" who was "cruisin' for a bruisin{{'"}}, used in the segue between "Money" and "Us and Them", and the words "I never said I was frightened of dying" halfway through "The Great Gig in the Sky".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Sutcliffe |first1=Phil |last2=Henderson |first2=Peter |title=The True Story of Dark Side of the Moon |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=52 |date=March 1998 <!-- |url=https://pfco.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/band/interviews/art-rev/art-mojo98.html is probably a copyvio, so leaving it as a comment -->}}</ref>

Several of the responses – "I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it&nbsp; ... you've got to go sometime"; "I know I've been mad, I've always been mad, like most of us have"; and the closing "There is no dark side in the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark" – came from the studios' Irish doorman, Gerry O'Driscoll.<ref>{{Harvnb|Harris|2006|pp=127–134}}</ref><ref name="Alan Parsons"/> "The bit you don't hear," said Parsons, "is that, after that, he said, 'The only thing that makes it look alight is the sun.' The band were too overjoyed with his first line, and it would have been an anticlimax to continue."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Mark |last=Cunningham |title=The other side of the moon |magazine=Making Music |date=January 1995 |page=19}}</ref>

[[Paul McCartney|Paul]] and [[Linda McCartney]] were interviewed, but their answers – judged to be "trying too hard to be funny" – were not used.<ref>{{Cite news |title=10 things you probably didn't know about Pink Floyd |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/10-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-pink-floyd-h2d8zv8d863 |author=Mark Blake<!-- this style to avoid problems with harvnb Blake --> |date=28 October 2008 |work=[[The Times]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 March 2009}}</ref> The McCartneys' [[Wings (band)|Wings]] bandmate [[Henry McCullough]] contributed the line, "I don't know, I was really drunk at the time."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rock: Henry McCullough |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/rock-henry-mccullough-b3gqk905cvs |last=Price |first=Stephen |date=27 August 2006 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 March 2009 |archive-date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202002054/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rock-henry-mccullough-b3gqk905cvs |url-status=live }}</ref>