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Pink Floyd‘s 1973 album “The Dark Side of the Moon” was the third best-selling “catalog” album of the decade, according to Billboard magazine.

The album followed “Legend” by Bob Marley & The Wailers at #2, and “Greatest Hits” by Bob Segar & the Silver Bullet Band, which was the best-selling catalog album of the decade.

Billboard defines catalog albums as those that are at least 18 months old, and have fallen below #100 on the Billboard 200 chart, or are reissues of older titles.

“Dark Side” recently rejoined the Billboard 200 after a 20-year absence. The album is Billboard’s longest-charting album ever.

Read our previous posts about the chart history of “Dark Side”:

• “Dark Side” returns to Billboard 200
• “Dark Side” poised for return to charts

“Floydian Slip” is featured in the latest issue of MacFormat magazine.

Issue #216 features the Mac Pro setup we use to produce, distribute and market our weekly Pink Floyd radio show. The article includes photos of our studio and an interview with host Craig Bailey.

MacFormat is the U.K.’s best-selling Macintosh magazine, with an audited circulation of nearly 30,000. It’s published by Future Publishing Ltd. and is available in the U.S. at larger booksellers, such as Borders and Barnes and Noble.

Our thanks to Deputy Editor Christopher Phin.

Visit MacFormat on the Web.

At the risk of playing “Six Degrees of Floyd,” a couple weeks ago we reported that actor Richard Todd, probably best-known for his role in 1954’s “The Dam Busters,” the film playing on Pink’s TV during the film “Pink Floyd The Wall,” died at age 90.

Now there’s news Peter Jackson plans to remake “The Dam Busters” using new 3-D technology.

The director, most-recently known for bringing “The Lord of the Rings” to the screen, is shooting test footage in 3-D. If the tests prove successful, “Dam Busters” will be his first feature to use the technology.

Christian Rivers, responsible for animation in Jackson’s “King Kong,” will be part of the £24 million project. Stephen Fry will be co-writing the screenplay, adapted from the 1951 Paul Brickhill book.