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Pink Floyd - The Wall (Immersion Box Set) [6CD]

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For many Pink Floyd fans the Immersion and Experience release of Dark Side of the Moon last year was the most keenly anticipated of the collections, offering delicious insights into how the 1973 classic was recorded and how many of the tracks transformed from demo to final cut (as it were).

1979’s The Wall is a very different album. After Dark Side, Wish You Were Here and Animals continued to display Floyd’s melodic side with all four members fully involved, this 1979 album reveals how cracks had started to appear. The band was heading towards the now infamous spilt.

The Wall was the brainchild of Roger Waters, who took almost full control for the recording; so much so Rick Wright was jettisoned during the sessions (he later returned for live dates). To review it now seems pointless. Most people have made their minds up on whether it is a classic piece of rock opera or overblown and over-rated. No one is going to change their mind now that they have even more versions of the tracks to listen to.

What these releases offer though, is the chance to discover how the album developed. The journey that led to the final recordings of Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) and the epic Comfortably Numb for example. All this and more is offered here in a wonderfully and lovingly put together collection. The Doctor is a section that explores Comfortably Numb’s transformation to a rock classic, with early demos also included of Run Like Hell.

There is plenty here to keep The Wall fans busy for many hours, and more than 30 years later, it underlines what an extraordinary record it is. There is no way such an album would be released now. It marks the end of an era for the 70s concept albums. Punks hold on the popular music scene was about to give way to New Romantics and the hatred towards the perceived over-indulgence of prog-rock was to fade, as its popularity faded.

For Floyd this was the last album recorded as a cohesive unit (the subsequent Final Cut is a Waters solo record in all but name) and it is a thousand miles away from where they started in the 70s. The journey for the band and their fans was a fascinating one and the snippets we get into the whole process in this Immersion box-set remind you just how special it all is.

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Track List

The Wall (Digitally Remastered by James Guthrie, 2011):

Disc 1:

01. In The Flesh? [3:20]

02. The Thin Ice [2:27]

03. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 1 [3:12]

04. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives [1:51]

05. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 [3:59]

06. Mother [5:35]

07. Goodbye Blue Sky [2:47]

08. Empty Spaces [2:08]

09. Young Lust [3:30]

10. One Of My Turns [3:37]

11. Don’t Leave Me Now [4:16]

12. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 3 [1:14]

13. Goodbye Cruel World [1:17]

Disc 2:

01. Hey You [4:40]

02. Is There Anybody Out There? [2:42]

03. Nobody Home [3:23]

04. Vera [1:33]

05. Bring The Boys Back Home [1:27]

06. Comfortably Numb [6:22]

07. The Show Must Go On [1:37]

08. In The Flesh! [4:16]

09. Run Like Hell [4:24]

10. Waiting For The Worms [3:57]

11. Stop [0:31]

12. The Trial [5:19]

13. Outside The Wall [1:46]

Is There Anybody Out There: The Wall Live (Digitally Remastered in 2011 by James Guthrie):

Disc 3:

01. Master of Ceremonies [1:14]

02. In the Flesh? [3:00]

03. The Thin Ice [2:49]

04. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 [4:09]

05. The Happiest Days of Our Lives [1:45]

06. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 [6:19]

07. Mother [7:55]

08. Goodbye Blue Sky [3:14]

09. Empty Spaces [2:16]

10. What Shall We Do Now? [1:39]

11. Young Lust [5:19]

12. One of My Turns [3:42]

13. Don’t Leave Me Now [4:01]

14. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3 [1:21]

15. The Last Few Bricks [3:26]

16. Goodbye Cruel World [1:42]

Disc 4:

01. Hey You [4:56]

02. Is There Anybody Out There? [3:09]

03. Nobody Home [3:17]

04. Vera [1:23]

05. Bring The Boys Back Home [1:25]

06. Comfortably Numb [7:25]

07. The Show Must Go On [2:35]

08. Mc; Atmos [0:38]

09. In The Flesh [4:22]

10. Run Like Hell [7:04]

11. Waiting For The Worms [4:14]

12. Stop [0:30]

13. The Trial [6:03]

14. Outside The Wall [4:32]

The Wall album demos (previously unreleased):

The Wall: Work In Progress

Disc 5:

01. Prelude (Vera Lynn) — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:24]

02. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 — Roger Waters Original Demo [1:04]

03. Mother — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:23]

04. Young Lust — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:14]

05. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:19]

06. Empty Spaces — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:19]

07. Mother — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:08]

08. Backs To The Wall — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:36]

09. Don’t Leave Me Now — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:28]

10. Goodbye Blue Sky — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:40]

11. Don’t Leave Me Now — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:13]

12. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 3 — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:38]

13. Goodbye Cruel World — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:25]

14. Hey You — Roger Waters Original Demo [1:09]

15. Is There Anybody Out There — Roger Waters Original Demo [1:23]

16. Vera — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:28]

17. Bring The Boys Back Home — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:38]

18. The Show Must Go On — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:52]

19. Waiting For The Worms — Roger Waters Original Demo [1:17]

20. Run Like Hell — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:51]

21. The Trial — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:35]

22. Outside The Wall — Roger Waters Original Demo [1:04]

23. Prelude (Vera Lynn) — Roger Waters Original Demo [0:56]

24. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 1 — Band Demo [4:49]

25. The Thin Ice — Band Demo [3:32]

26. Goodbye Blue Sky — Band Demo [2:23]

27. Teacher, Teacher — Band Demo [2:50]

28. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 — Band Demo [1:31]

29. Empty Spaces — Band Demo [1:53]

30. Young Lust — Band Demo [4:27]

31. Mother — Band Demo [4:39]

32. Don’t Leave Me Now — Band Demo [4:35]

33. Sexual Revolution — Band Demo [5:00]

34. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 3 — Band Demo [1:26]

35. Goodbye Cruel World — Band Demo [1:13]

36. In The Flesh — Band Demo [3:25]

37. The Thin Ice — Band Demo [2:36]

38. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 1 — Band Demo [3:42]

39. The Happiest Days Of Your Lives — Band Demo [1:44]

40. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 — Band Demo [1:57]

41. Mother — Band Demo [4:37]

Disc 6:

01. Is There Anybody Out There (Roger Waters Original Demo) [1:53]

02. Vera (Roger Waters Original Demo) [2:19]

03. Bring The Boys Back Home (Roger Waters Original Demo) [0:43]

04. Hey You (Band Demo) [4:07]

05. The Doctor (Comfortably Numb — Band Demo) [3:15]

06. In The Flesh (Band Demo) [4:35]

07. Run Like Hell (Band Demo) [3:08]

08. Waiting For The Worms (Band Demo) [3:54]

09. The Trail (Band Demo) [4:06]

10. The Show Must Go On (Band Demo) [2:07]

11. Outside The Wall (Band Demo) [1:19]

12. The Thin Ice (reprise — Band Demo) [1:32]

13. Outside The Wall (Band Demo) [1:53]

14. It’s Never Too Late (Band Demo) [1:32]

15. The Doctor (Comfortably Numb — Band Demo) [3:20]

16. One Of My Turns (Band Demo) [2:30]

17. Don’t Leave Me Now (Band Demo) [4:05]

18. Empty Spaces (Band Demo) [0:51]

19. Backs To The Wall (Band Demo) [1:33]

20. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 3 (Band Demo) [1:23]

21. Goodbye Cruel World (Band Demo) [1:06]

22. Comfortably Numb (David Gilmour Original Demo) [3:15]

23. Run Like Hell (David Gilmour Original Demo) [3:03]

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