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)

1. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
2. Too Much Rope (Edit)
3. The Tide is Turning (After Live Aid)
4. Perfect Sense (Parts I & II) (Live)
5. Three Wishes
6. 5:06 a.m. (Every Stranger’s Eyes)
7. Who Needs Information (Remix)
8. Each Small Candle (Live Edit)
9. Flickering Flame (New Demo)
10. Towers of Faith
11. Radio Waves (Edit)
12. 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)

1. 4:30 a.m. (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)
2. 4:33 a.m. (Running Shoes)
3. 4:37 a.m. (Arabs with Knives and West German Skies)
4. 4:39 a.m. (For the First Time Today, Part 2)
5. 4:41 a.m. (Sexual Revolution)
6. 4:47 a.m. (The Remains of Our Love)
7. 4:50 a.m. (Go Fishing)
8. 4:56 a.m. (For the First Time Today, Part 1)
9. 4:58 a.m. (Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin)
10. 5:01 a.m. (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Part 10)
11. 5:06 a.m. (Every Stranger’s Eyes)
12. 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)

1. Radio Waves
2. Who Needs Information
3. Me or Him
4. The Powers That Be
5. Sunset Strip
6. Home
7. Four Minutes
8. 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)

1. The Ballad of Bill Hubbard
2. What God Wants, Part I
3. Perfect Sense, Part I
4. Perfect Sense, Part II
5. The Bravery of Being Out of Range
6. Late Home Tonight, Part I
7. Late Home Tonight, Part II
8. Too Much Rope
9. What God Wants, Part II
10. What God Wants, Part III
11. Watching TV
12. Three Wishes
13. It’s a Miracle
14. 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)

1. In the Flesh
2. The Happiest Days of Our Lives
3. Another Brick in the Wall, Part II
4. Mother
5. Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
6. Southampton Dock
7. Pigs on the Wing, Part 1
8. Dogs
9. Welcome to the Machine
10. Wish You Were Here
11. Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-8
12. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

1. Breathe (in the Air)
2. Time
3. Money
4. 5:06 a.m. (Every Strangers’ Eyes)
5. Perfect Sense (Parts 1 and 2)
6. The Bravery of Being Out of Range
7. It’s a Miracle
8. Amused to Death
9. Brain Damage
10. Eclipse
11. Comfortably Numb
12. Each Small Candle

DVD track list repeats the above two listings.

Discs 7-8: Ça Ira (originally released as Sony Classical S2K 96439, 2005)

1. The Gathering Storm
2. Overture
3. Act I, Scene 1: A Garden in Vienna 1765
4. Madame Antoine, Madame Antoine
5. Act I, Scene 2: Kings Sticks and Birds
6. Honest Bird, Simple Bird
7. I Want to Be King
8. Let Us Break All the Shields
9. Act I, Scene 3: The Grievances of the People
10. Act I, Scene 4: France in Disarray
11. To Laugh is to Know How to Live
12. Slavers, Landlords, Bigots at Your Door
13. Act I, Scene 5: The Fall of the Bastille – 1:34
14. To Freeze in the Dead of Night
15. So to the Streets in the Pouring Rain
16. Act II, Scene 1: Dances and Marches
17. Now Hear Ye!
18. Flushed with Wine
19. Act II, Scene 2: The Letter
20. My Dear Cousin Bourbon of Spain
21. The Ship of State is All at Sea
22. Act II, Scene 3: Silver Sugar and Indigo
23. To the Windward Isles
24. Act II, Scene 4: The Papal Edict
25. In Paris There’s a Rumble Under the Ground

1. Act III, Scene 1: The Fugitive King
2. But the Marquis of Boulli Has a Trump Card Up His Sleeve
3. To Take Your Hat Off
4. The Echoes Never Fade from That Fusillade
5. Act III, Scene 2: The Commune de Paris
6. Vive la Commune de Paris
7. The National Assembly is Confused
8. Act III, Scene 3: The Execution of Louis Capet
9. Adieu Louis for You It’s Over
10. Act III, Scene 4: Marie Antoinette – The Last Night on Earth
11. Adieu My Good and Tender Sister
12. Act III, Scene 5: Liberty
13. And in the Bushes Where They Survive