Pink Floyd - 1981-02-18 - Dortmund, Germany (HQ Aud)

Pink Floyd

1981-02-18
Westfalenhalle
Dortmund, Germany
HQ Audience recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

CD1
01. Master Of Ceremonies
02. In The Flesh?
03. The Thin Ice
04. Another Brink In The Wall (Pt. 1)
05. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
06. Another Brink In The Wall (Pt. 2)
07. Mother
08. Goodbye Blue Sky
09. Empty Spaces
10. What Shall We Do Now?
11. Young Lust
12. One Of My Turns
13. Don't Leave Me Now
14. Another Brink In The Wall (Pt. 3)
15. The Last Few Bricks
16. Goodbye Cruel World

CD2
01. Hey You
02. Is There Anybody Out There?
03. Nobody Home
04. Vera
05. Bring The Boys Back Home
06. Comfortably Numb
07. The Show Must Go On 
08. Master Of Ceremonies
09. In The Flesh
10. Run Like Hell
11. Waiting For The Worms
12. Stop
13. The Trial
14. Outside The Wall 

Pink Floyd - 1981-02-18 - Dortmund, Germany (HQ Aud)

1981 - 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 will be the touchstone against which all future rock spectacles must be measured." This high quality audience recording captures Pink Floyd playing in Germany on February 18, 1981, 3 dozen 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.