Today in our Songs with Astronomical Themes series, No. 11: “The Coming of Kohoutek,” by Pink Floyd.
Fans of the band may be surprised to learn about an early Pink Floyd bootleg album known as “In Celebration of the Comet: The Coming of Kohoutek.” It’s a 1972 live recording of a new batch of songs and instrumentals the band was rehearsing. A couple of months later, Pink Floyd went into Abbey Road Studios and recorded what would become one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Fortunately for everyone, they didn’t use the name of the bootleg album, “The Coming of Kohoutek.” Instead, they called their album “The Dark Side of the Moon.”
Here’s the whole album. If you have 45 minutes to spare, you could turn out all the lights, spark up some incense, and have a listen.