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THE WALL
March 28, 2000
The Wall Live - Pink Floyd - 1980-81
"Is there anybody out there?"
ROGER WATERS ("..The Wall is part of my narrative, my story, but I think the basic themes resonate in other people. The idea that we, as individuals, generally find it necessary to avoid or deny the painful aspects of our experience, and in fact often use them as bricks in a wall behind which we may sometimes find shelter, but behind which we may just as easily become emotionally immured, is relatively simply stated and easy to grasp. It's one a lot of people grapple with themselves. They recognise it in their own lives..")
("..As to the actual recording and shows, I think they were the best we did together as Pink Floyd. I'm inordinately proud of the work. It has great musical and narrative shape, good tunes and it's a well-crafted piece of rock 'n' roll theatre. Who knows, I'm only 56, but it may well turn out to be the best thing I ever did..")
DAVID GILMOUR ("..For me, the best bit of The Wall was standing on top of it. We were a few songs into the second half of the show. The band had been bricked in, the audience left to confront a vast, blank barrier. 'Is there anybody out there?' sang Roger, a tiny figure now appearing stage-right. Then, a trick of the light, there I was, 30 feet up, with the heat of four enormous spotlights at my back, throwing my shadow as far as I could see over the audience..")
("..The sensation was certainly incredible, almost out-of-body. For a few minutes, I was free of the crowd, the band, the 80-strong crew and the headphone-chatter. I didn't have to think where I should be standing for the next number, or direct the backing singers, or cue the roadies. I could simply do the part of my job that I enjoy most: playing the guitar, trying to make it a little better every night..")
NICK MASON ("..What gripped me first about The Wall was the narrative idea. I often think that a thematic peg is the hardest thing to come up with for projects like our's, yet for The Wall it was complete and powerful from the beginning..")
("..What is immensely satisfying to me now is The Wall's obvious longevity. People still talk about the shows and the CD goes on selling. Most rock music is ephemeral, but The Wall apparently isn't. That's surely some testament to the power of its ideas, the power of its music and to its power as a piece of extraordinary theatre..")
RICHARD WRIGHT ("..Audiences were mesmerised. Nobody had done anything like it before, nor has there been anything like it since. In some future history of rock shows, I'm quite sure The Wall will feature as one of the most influential and unforgettable..")
("..It was an extraordinary show to have put on and, despite everything, Ienjoyed performing in it. The thing I remember most is the really odd feeling I got from playing without seeing the audience. I suppose it's the way members of an orchestra feel in the pit of a theatre or an opera house, only I wasn't used to it..")
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© 2000 Pink Floyd Music Limited,
under exclusief licence to EMI Records Limited
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the release of the original studio album The Wall, Pink Floyd will release Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live, a sonic document of the group's legendary live performances of the groundbreaking tour de force. Is There Anybody Out There?
The Wall Live is in stores (Europe) on March 28, 2000, from EMI Records. The Wall Live is in stores on April 18, 2000, from Columbia Records.
Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live will be available as a deluxe limited-edition double CD set, packaged in a 64-page hardcover casebound book with full-color souvenir artwork from the show. The album will also be available in a double-jewelcase edition as well as a double-cassette. Packaging for Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live is designed by longtime Pink Floyd art director Storm Thorgerson.
Recorded live in 1980-81 by Pink Floyd soundman and co-producer James Guthrie on a 48-track mobile studio during the original Earl's Court, London, concerts, the particular performances on Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live were handpicked by Guthrie, who has created a hi-resolution mix for the CD set from the original multi-track concert recordings.
A pristine composite live performance of The Wall, never-before-available in its entirety, Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live includes never-before-released music including "What Shall We Do Now?" (available on CD for the first time, the song can be heard in the film "Pink Floyd - The Wall") and "The Last Few Bricks" (which has never been previously released in any form).
Released in December 1979, Pink Floyd's The Wall is one of the defining masterpieces of rock culture. Conceived and written by Roger Waters; produced by Roger Waters, Bob Ezrin, and David Gilmour; co-produced and engineered by James Guthrie, the album's ferocity of intelligence and austere depth of musical complexity confounded conventional market wisdom to reach the #1 spot on countless charts around the world while spawning the multi-platinum single and youth anthem "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)." The Wall has earned an astounding 23x platinum certification from the RIAA.
Over the next two years, The Wall was performed live by Pink Floyd in Los Angeles (February 1980), New York (February 1980), Dortmund, Germany (February 1981) and London (August 1980, June 1981). Staging of The Wall was spectacular: room sets appeared within "The Wall," which was built live on-stage; giant puppets were dangled from "The Wall" while crazed animations, created by Gerald Scarfe, were projected onto it. During the show's breathtaking finale, "The Wall" crashed to the ground revealing the band playing in the ruins.
Undiminished by time, Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live is further proof of the abiding musical legacy of Pink Floyd. Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live track listings:
Disc 1
MC: Atmos
In the Flesh
The Thin ice
Another brick in the wall-part 1
The happiest days of our lives
Another brick in the wall-part 1
Mother
Goodbye blue sky
Empty spaces
*What shall we do now?
Young lust
One of my turns
Don't leave me now
Another brick in the wall-part 3
* The last few bricks
Goodbye cruel world
*not on the original studio album 'The Wall'
Disk 2
Hey You
Is there anybody out there?
Nobody home
Vera
Bring the boys back home
Comfortably numb
The schow must go on
MC: Atmos
In the Flesh
Run like hell
Waiting for the worms
Stop
The trial
Outside the wall
 Pink Floyd
Roger Waters - David Gilmour - Nick Mason - Richard Wright
withAndy Bown (bass)
Snowy White (guitar 1980)
Andy Roberts (guitar 1981)
Willie Wilson ( drums)
Peter Woods (keyboards)
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