Pink Floyd - 1980-08-09 - London, UK (SBD)

Pink Floyd

1980-08-09

Earls Court

London, England

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. In The Flesh? (first two notes cut)

02. The Thin Ice

03. Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 1

04. The Happiest Days of Our Lives

05. Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2

06. Mother

07. Goodbye Blue Sky

08. Empty Spaces

09. Young Lust

10. One Of My Turns

11. Don't Leave Me Now

12. Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 3

13. Goodbye Cruel World

CD 2:

01. Hey You

02. Is There Anybody Out There?

03. Nobody Home

04. Vera

05. Bring The Boys Back Home

06. Comforatbly Numb

07. The Show Must Go On

08. MC/ In The Flesh

09. Run Like Hell

10. Waiting For The Worms

11. Stop

12. The Trial

13. Outside The Wall 

Pink Floyd - 1980-08-09 - London, UK (SBD)

Pink Floyd's monumental 1979 double album, The Wall, was a direct outgrowth of Roger Water's experiences during the band's 1977 World tour. As documented in numerous posts on this blog, Waters, during that tour, began to feel more and more alienated from his audience, which resulted in numerous incidents ranging from yelling obscenities to spitting in the face of a fan. The Wall focuses on themes of isolation and abandonment, telling the tale of Pink, a character based on Waters. When Pink Floyd decided to tour in support The Wall in 1980, the band spared no expense in ensuring that the theatrics, staging and sound quality would be unlike any concert ever before performed. The band spent over $1.5 million on lighting, sound equipment, props, etc. before they even played a concert. The shows would include the building of a giant wall across the stage, which would eventually be torn down as the show progressed. Due to the cost and effort involved in staging each individual concert, Pink Floyd only performed The Wall live 31 times in just 4 cities, in 1980 and 1981. Those 31 shows had an enormous impact on rock concerts, however, as noted by the NY Times in its March 2nd, 1980 edition. The Times wrote "The Wall show remains a milestone in rock history and there's no point in denying it. Never again will one be able to accept the technical clumsiness, distorted sound and meager visuals of most arena rock concerts as inevitable. The Wall show will be the touchstone against which all future rock spectacles must be measured." This soundboard recording captures Pink Floyd playing in London on August 9, 1980, 34 years ago today. Perhaps it was no coincidence that The Wall tour would be the last with Roger Waters as a member of the band. Waters not only built a wall across the stage, but also one between himself and his fellow band mates.