Roger Waters is bringing Pink Floyd's The Wall Live tour to Europe this spring, and to celebrate, Sony is reissuing a good amount of his work at an affordable price.
On March 28, the compilation Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume I (2002) will be repressed. This set collected the best of Waters' solo material from 1983 to what was then the present, with two unreleased demos added to the mix. Unfortunately, this disc has a rather unsavory legacy, as it was released with a rather extreme form of copy protection that prohibited it from playing on a PC or Mac (it was listed as such on the front sleeve). No online retailers' listings indicate if that condition has been removed for this new pressing - most seem to replicate the details of the original listing - but we can certainly hope otherwise!
Then, on April 4, Roger Waters: The Album Collection will be released. The eight-disc set will consist of The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984), Radio K.A.O.S. (1987), Amused to Death (1992), In the Flesh - Live (2000) (presented as the two-CD/one-DVD version) and the two-disc, operatic Ça Ira (2005). While no new material will be provided, nor has there been any indication of new mastering, this pretty affordable set is the way to go if you've been thinking of diving headfirst into Waters' work.
The rundown of the track listings and pre-order links are below.
Roger Waters, Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume I (originally released as Columbia 507906-2 (EU), 2002 - reissued Sony Music (U.K.), 2011)
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door
- Too Much Rope (Edit)
- The Tide is Turning (After Live Aid)
- Perfect Sense (Parts I & II) (Live)
- Three Wishes
- 5:06 a.m. (Every Stranger's Eyes)
- Who Needs Information (Remix)
- Each Small Candle (Live Edit)
- Flickering Flame (New Demo)
- Towers of Faith
- Radio Waves (Edit)
- Lost Boys Calling (Original Demo)
Tracks 1, 9 and 12 previously unreleased. Track 1 first appeared in The Dybbuk of The Holy Apple Field (1998); finished version of Track 12 first appeared in The Legend of 1900 (1998).
Tracks 2 and 5 from Amused to Death (Columbia, 1992)
Tracks 3, 7 and 11 from Radio K.A.O.S. (EMI (U.K.)/Columbia (U.S.), 1987)
Tracks 4 and 8 from In the Flesh - Live (Columbia, 2000)
Track 6 from The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (Harvest (U.K.)/Columbia (U.S.), 1984)
Track 10 from When the Wind Blows: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Virgin, 1986)
Roger Waters, The Album Collection (Sony Music (U.K.), 2011)
Disc 1: The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (originally released as Harvest SHVL 24 0105 1 (U.K.)/Columbia FC-39290 (U.S.), 1984)
- 4:30 a.m. (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)
- 4:33 a.m. (Running Shoes)
- 4:37 a.m. (Arabs with Knives and West German Skies)
- 4:39 a.m. (For the First Time Today, Part 2)
- 4:41 a.m. (Sexual Revolution)
- 4:47 a.m. (The Remains of Our Love)
- 4:50 a.m. (Go Fishing)
- 4:56 a.m. (For the First Time Today, Part 1)
- 4:58 a.m. (Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin)
- 5:01 a.m. (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Part 10)
- 5:06 a.m. (Every Stranger's Eyes)
- 5:11 a.m. (The Moment of Clarity)
Disc 2: Radio K.A.O.S. (originally released as EMI KAOS 1 (U.K.)/Columbia FC-40795 (U.S.), 1987)
- Radio Waves
- Who Needs Information
- Me or Him
- The Powers That Be
- Sunset Strip
- Home
- Four Minutes
- The Tide is Turning (After Live Aid)
Disc 3: Amused to Death (originally released as Columbia COL COL 468761-2 (U.K.)/CK-47127 (U.S.), 1992)
- The Ballad of Bill Hubbard
- What God Wants, Part I
- Perfect Sense, Part I
- Perfect Sense, Part II
- The Bravery of Being Out of Range
- Late Home Tonight, Part I
- Late Home Tonight, Part II
- Too Much Rope
- What God Wants, Part II
- What God Wants, Part III
- Watching TV
- Three Wishes
- It's a Miracle
- Amused to Death
Discs 4-6: In the Flesh - Live (CDs originally released as Columbia 501137-2 (U.K.)/C2K-85235 (U.S.), 2000; DVD originally released as Columbia Music Video CVD 54185 (U.K.), 2000; CD/DVD set originally released as Columbia 82876 84268-2, 2006)
- In the Flesh
- The Happiest Days of Our Lives
- Another Brick in the Wall, Part II
- Mother
- Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
- Southampton Dock
- Pigs on the Wing, Part 1
- Dogs
- Welcome to the Machine
- Wish You Were Here
- Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-8
- Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
- Breathe (in the Air)
- Time
- Money
- 5:06 a.m. (Every Strangers' Eyes)
- Perfect Sense (Parts 1 and 2)
- The Bravery of Being Out of Range
- It's a Miracle
- Amused to Death
- Brain Damage
- Eclipse
- Comfortably Numb
- Each Small Candle
DVD track list repeats the above two listings.
Discs 7-8: Ça Ira (originally released as Sony Classical S2K 96439, 2005)
- The Gathering Storm
- Overture
- Act I, Scene 1: A Garden in Vienna 1765
- Madame Antoine, Madame Antoine
- Act I, Scene 2: Kings Sticks and Birds
- Honest Bird, Simple Bird
- I Want to Be King
- Let Us Break All the Shields
- Act I, Scene 3: The Grievances of the People
- Act I, Scene 4: France in Disarray
- To Laugh is to Know How to Live
- Slavers, Landlords, Bigots at Your Door
- Act I, Scene 5: The Fall of the Bastille – 1:34
- To Freeze in the Dead of Night
- So to the Streets in the Pouring Rain
- Act II, Scene 1: Dances and Marches
- Now Hear Ye!
- Flushed with Wine
- Act II, Scene 2: The Letter
- My Dear Cousin Bourbon of Spain
- The Ship of State is All at Sea
- Act II, Scene 3: Silver Sugar and Indigo
- To the Windward Isles
- Act II, Scene 4: The Papal Edict
- In Paris There's a Rumble Under the Ground
- Act III, Scene 1: The Fugitive King
- But the Marquis of Boulli Has a Trump Card Up His Sleeve
- To Take Your Hat Off
- The Echoes Never Fade from That Fusillade
- Act III, Scene 2: The Commune de Paris
- Vive la Commune de Paris
- The National Assembly is Confused
- Act III, Scene 3: The Execution of Louis Capet
- Adieu Louis for You It's Over
- Act III, Scene 4: Marie Antoinette - The Last Night on Earth
- Adieu My Good and Tender Sister
- Act III, Scene 5: Liberty
- And in the Bushes Where They Survive
John says
Personally, I'd like Wall live DVD/CD from the current tour. I bought Pros and Cons and KAOS on amazon uk a couple of years ago and I think they were remasters. I know that Pros had the unaltered art.
Of course it's to much to ask for a new album, I finally gave up in 2006.
Megatof says
I'm a big fan. Maybe I'll end up buying it but:
1. I'd love to have the related B-sides (especially for Radio KAOS)
2. or extended versions (for Pros & Cons) on the CDs.
3. Also, this is only the english version of "Ça ira", a french version also exists. Why isn't it there too?
4. Not sure anyway if "Ça ira" has its place here. After all where is the Music from the Body?
5. Too bad also that there is nothing from the Dark Side of the Moon tour: the Magny-Cours show (the one that initiated the world tour) was brilliant, and it would be so good to have a DVD of it!
So my wish would have been:
- The three solo albums,
- An extra CD with B-sides, extended versions, the demos from Flickering Flames and anything you can think of...
- A CD/DVD of In the Flesh - Live
- A CD/DVD of The Wall - Live in Berlin
- A CD/DVD of The Dark Side of the Moon - Live in Magny-Cours
It could have taken the form of a studio box, a live box and even a classical box (with both Ça ira)...