The latest issue (dated October 2005) of the US's Guitar World Magazine has an article which is an excerpt from one of the two forthcoming books about Pink Floyd's classic album, Dark Side Of The Moon. The issue also comes with a CD-Rom that is said to show David Gilmour demonstrating how to play "Breathe" and "Us and Them" on guitar. The clips are from the DSOTM Classic Albums DVD.

The excerpt is from John Harris's book, which we've reported on previously. John's book sounds like it will be a fascinating read, full of interviews done specifically for the book, so the excerpt should be a good taster. (In fact, look for our review of this title soon).

The publishers say this about the article: "The road to The Dark Side of the Moon was long, bumpy and strewn with French hippies, art house movies and shaky gigs from Tokyo to Manhattan; Guitar World proudly presents the untold story behind Pink Floyd's masterpiece."

Elsewhere in the magazine are tabs and sheet music for "Us and Them", and also there is a large feature on Jimi Hendrix performing at Woodstock, with Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox, his rhythm section, talking at length about it.

Our thanks to Jimmy Hayes and neutron722 for the information about this magazine, which is now on US newsstands, and will soon be available in selected outlets worldwide as an import.