Performance: B+
Overall: 3/5 Storage
This show was the last time 'The Wall' was performed by Pink Floyd so it has historical value in that regard and the performance is a pretty good one. The problem I find with the bootlegs from this tour is that they released a version commercially that has the same versions of the songs and the show is pretty standard to that model, there is nothing in here which really sets this show apart from the rest so my recommendation would be to stick to the released one. I will keep looking though, they played this a number of times and I have a lot more versions to go thru!
This version is mainly let down by audience talking, there are a number of quiet sections in the overall piece and there is way too much talking and chatter around the recorder.
First of all how many of you find the interruption of the announcer anything more than barely amusing? This version just gets annoying, the poor guy is left babbling for just over two and a half minutes and then later on, before the second version of In The Flesh, we get treated to it all over again, this time slowed down!
Best thing about this ROIO is the clarity of the vocals evident on the gentler tracks like 'The Thin Ice' and 'Goodbye Blue Sky'.
I am not going to go thru all the tracks individually but I will pick out some notable points good and bad that I found.
- 'Another Brick In The Wall (part 2)' has a great guitar solo and the guitar line is very clear
- There is a slight drop towards the end of 'Mother' but it is not too distracting.
- 'Goodbye Blue Sky' has a different, extended, ending that is different from the album and the live album too.
- Love the crack at Neil Diamond at the beginning of 'Young Lust', I don't like his music so I don't have an issue with it, he does apologize.
- The sound effects at the start of 'One Of My Turns' are very clear and this is a great version of the track, lots of energy.
- 'Another Brick In The Wall (part 3)' is blended in with 'Last Few Bricks' but is a good version. There is a bad transition at the end of this track but I can't tell if it is on the recording or the actual concert itself. It is not major though.
- 'Hey You' is a very good rendition.
- 'Nobody Home' has some great piano work.
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Original info file...
PINK FLOYD
WALLLIVE
Seagull 016 Seagull Records
(P) 1989 Made in Italy
Audience Recording
Xref: Livewall (GSCD 2100) Livewall (CD TDM 03/04)
Disc 1: Time:
1. In The Flesh 5:48
2. The Thin Ice 3:00
3. Another Brick In The Wall (pt.1) 5:23
4. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives 1:42
5. Another Brick In The Wall (pt.2) 6:24
6. Mother 8:27
7. Goodbye Blue Sky 4:13
8. What Shall We Do Now 4:16
Total Time: 38:54
Disc 2: Time:
1. Young Lust 5:34
2. One Of My Turns 4:10
3. Don't Leave Me Now 4:16
4. Empty Spaces 4:13
5. Another Brick In The Wall(pt.3) 6:17
6. Goodbye Cruel World 1:00
7. Hey You 5:00
8. Is There Anybody Out There 3:05
9. Nobody Home 3:43
10. Vera 2:18
11. Bring The Boys Back Home 1:26
Total Time: 36:46
Disc 3: Time:
1. Comfortably Numb 7:24
2. The Show Must Go On 2:48
3. In The Flesh 8:50
4. Run Like Hell 7:52
5. Waiting For The Worms 5:34
6. Stop 0:30
7. Trial 6:24
8. Outside The Wall 2:55
Total Time: 41:37
Band:
Roger Waters (Bass/Vocals)
Rick Wright (Kyboards/Vocals)
Nick Mason (Drums)
David Gilmour (Guitars/Vocals)
Andy Bown (bass)
Snowy White (guitar)
Willie Wilson (drums)
Peter Wood (keyboards)
Comments:
Audience recording.
Sounds like it have been mastered from vinyl, but the sound is very good; especially CD3.
The cover claims that this is a recording from Nassau in April 1980.
First, the shows at Nassau was performed 24-28 February.
Second, the announcer says "Welcome to Earls Court" and one can hear people with British accent talk in the audience.
Empty Spaces is misplaced in the track list.
Last Pink Floyd Concert with Roger Waters
This is a recording of the last show on 'The Wall' concert tour.
It is also the last Pink Floyd concert with Roger Waters.
Referred to as the last "real" Pink Floyd concert by some.
This is a piece of rock history and highly recommended for Pink Floyd collectors.
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