Whilst we are sure that many of you regularly head over to the official Pink Floyd Facebook page (along with, hopefully, the Brain Damage FB page!) we also know that a significant chunk of you don't indulge in this particular social networking platform.

Now of course, this month marks a particular anniversary. The exact date of release on either side of the Atlantic cannot be agreed on and there has been much discussion over when the album hit the stores in the UK and US, but irrespective of that, The Dark Side Of The Moon celebrates the 40th anniversary of its release this month - quite a landmark.

Those who have been keeping an eye on Facebook (and the Floyd's Twitter page, too) recently will have seen some very interesting images starting to appear. With a Twitter hashtag of #DarkSide40, it is clear that the band are just as keen to mark the anniversary - and for those who want to steer clear of the world of tweets and suchlike, you can enjoy the images unveiled so far over at PinkFloyd.com too.

Each of the separate images includes a link to this page, where you find a 7x7 grid which is gradually filling up as each interpretation, or version, of the cover is made public. Posted so far have been a mix of expected - some of the lovely "Liquid DSOTM" pictures, some of the variants done for Roger's tour materials, and some previously unseen pictures, such as a new stained glass image which brings to mind The Final Cut with a knife poised to plunge into someone's back! Click the thumbnail to the left of this story to see progress so far. The live grid enables one to click on each image to view at a higher resolution and size.

It is testament to the enduring popularity of the album, but also to the design skills of Storm Thorgerson and his team at StormStudios, who are the ones who have worked so hard to create all of these.

As to how the grid continues to build, we will keep watching with interest...

Italian newspaper La Repubblica and magazine Sorrisi Canzoni TV are, from Tuesday, March 12, issuing the entire Pink Floyd catalogue in a special box.

Tuesday's La Repubblica will have the CD of The Dark Side Of The Moon together with the special box to eventually contain the fourteen albums which were remastered in 2011, as well as the DVD of Pulse.

Each successive Tuesday will have a further album, and these will be issued in the following order: The Wall (2CD) (March 19th), Wish You Were Here (March 26th), Atom Heart Mother (April 2nd), Animals (April 9th), Ummagumma (2CD) (April 16th), The Division Bell (April 23rd), A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (April 30th), Meddle (May 7th), The Final Cut (May 14th), The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (May 21st), Music From The Film More (May 28th), A Saucerful Of Secrets (June 4th), Obscured By Clouds (June 11th) and PULSE (2DVD) (June 18th). Single CDs will cost €9.90, double CDs will cost €12.90 and the DVD will be €15.90.

More info and a promo spot video can be found at Repubblica.it. Our thanks to Alberto from the Heyou Floyd fanzine for the info.

Back on January 25th we told you about a new approach to Pink Floyd's music which had emerged to much comment and discussion - in more than one world of music. As we all know, over many years, tribute bands and other artists have covered Floyd's songs. A young Turkish pianist and graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, Aysedeniz Gokcin, has interpreted Floyd's music in a "Lisztian" way, and this has unsurprisingly divided opinion within the Floyd community, with purists decrying the radically different treatment. Others have loved it.

Gokcin recently said: "I was inspired by Liszt's legacy, his showmanship as a touring pianist - he was one of the first to play to audiences as big as 3000 people at a time. And I love Pink Floyd's music." The next live performance by Gokcin is at St James' Piccadilly in London on April 25th, but in the meantime, courtesy of ClassicFM, you can watch her perform Wish You Were Here and Another Brick In The Wall, and see their interview with her, talking about this project, bit.ly/classicPFvideo.

Our very best wishes, and many happy returns, to David Gilmour today, who is no doubt celebrating his 67th birthday!

Born and raised in Cambridge, David became involved with various bands in the area, principally Jokers Wild who were a popular draw when they played, before joining Pink Floyd in 1968. More recent years have seen David concentrating on his solo career, and helping out chums on their musical projects on an ad hoc basis - such as appearing on stage with Phil Manzanera at the legendary Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, with Amadou & Mariam at the Crisis "hidden" charity show, with Jeff Beck at the Royal Albert Hall, and most recently - just after his birthday last year - the Douglas Adams 60th Birthday concert at London's Hammersmith Apollo.

With it being now an incredible seven years to the day (how time flies!) since the release of his last solo album, On An Island, many people's thoughts are on whether we might see a follow up to that. We can only hope that rumours of him working on new music, encouraged by Polly talking about helping out with lyrics, bear fruit at some point. In the meantime, of course, we wish David a very happy day!