Brain Damage

Fri, 25 January 2008

Show #103 Release date: 25. January, 2008

The Complexity of staging The Wall live meant that Pink Floyd could not take it on the road, as they had done with live performances of their previous albums. Instead, The Wall had to be set up days in advance at a select arena, performed for a series of shows, and then dismantled over the course of a couple of days. As a result, The Wall was performed in only two venues in the United States, and two more in Europe, for a total of just 31 shows.* This show is the third of six at Earls Court, 6th August, 1980.

Set One:
1. Announcements
2. In the Flesh?
3. The Thin Ice
4. Another Brick in the Wall (part 1)
5. The Happiest Days of Our Lives
6. Another Brick in the Wall (part 2)
7. Mother
8. Goodbye Blue Sky
9. Empty Spaces / What Shall We Do Now?
10. Young Lust
11. One of My Turns
12. Don’t Leave Me Now
13. Another Brick in the Wall (part 3)
14. Goodbye Cruel World

Set Two:
1. Hey You
2. Is There Anybody Out There?
3. Nobody Home
4. Vera
5. Bring the Boys Back Home
6. Comfortably Numb
7. The Show Must Go On
8. "Announcements"
9. In the Flesh
10. Run Like Hell
11. Waiting for the Worms
12. Stop
13. The Trial
14. Outside the Wall

Running time: 1h:58m:12s
*Fitch, Vernon, and Richard Mahon. Comfortably Numb - a History of "the Wall": Pink Floyd 1978-1981. 1st ed. St. Petersburg, FL: PFA, Inc., 2006. 187.

Direct download: BD103_-_floyd_podcast_-_01-25-08.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:23 PM

Comments[25]

I once read a humorous date-by-date transcription of every RLH intro, as they evolved in a hilarious and somewhat psychotic way. I'd like to hear them one after another...
posted by: Keith Handy on 2008-02-10 14:58:00
Maybe the DSotM idea would work if, instead of going by year/tour, you built it up from 1972 concerts as it developed. Anything after that wasn't really "honing" anything, it was beating a dead horse... :)
posted by: Keith Handy on 2008-02-10 11:30:00
it is and it isn't... ; )
posted by: doc on 2008-02-10 07:34:00
Is "What Shall We Do Now" a part of "Empty Spaces" now? I thought it was two seperate songs, or that "Empty..." was a part of "Waht..."
posted by: Péter on 2008-02-10 05:39:00
Nice concert, builds me up for the best of the wall tour 2008 by the australian pink floyd show. New england cost me £5 quid on sunday by loseing the super bowl 42
posted by: Max Waliczek on 2008-02-06 13:59:00
Hey doc,this maybe be a few weeks late but someone asked from an earlier podcast if there were any soundboards from 1977,I have and LP with a complete soundboard of WYWH performed live on that tour (I believe it was from New York) Do you know anything about this? Is the rest of the concert available?
posted by: Scott Williams on 2008-02-04 03:06:00
I'd need to hear it
posted by: Doc on 2008-02-04 03:49:00
Scott, Doc;
I believe the cd version of this concert is known as Welcome To The Machine - it has a very good sound, with one or two minor edits/jumps. For information about various roio's, this can be a useful site - but it's no longer updated .
http://www.pf-roio.de/
Regards
Tony
posted by: Tony UK on 2008-02-04 17:28:00
Doc, condolences on the Pats.....still, a HELL-of-a-year for Bill's Boys....and we'll no doubt see them "there" again soon...
posted by: MIchael from SC on 2008-02-04 19:11:00
Great stuff doc, thanks again.
posted by: dan in england on 2008-02-03 08:21:00
Excellent show Doc...Thanks.

btw, the Pink Floyd Experience out of California put on an excellent show also--caught them in Spartenburg SC a couple years back.....
posted by: Michael from SC on 2008-02-02 22:37:00
Doc, thanks.
I'm more than happy to bow to your greater understanding of your audience and subject ... I'm just happy to listen and enjoy your offerings. Keep them coming - no pressure, mind you.
posted by: Warwick on 2008-02-02 20:48:00
Hey Warwick,
I do plan on including the Wellington NZ based "Pink Floyd Experience"... there is also another tribute band from California with the same name. Oh and the first option (idea) is more of a "through the years" concert progression... not really a song development progression.
that might get a little too redundant.
posted by: Doc on 2008-02-02 20:32:00
Please consider including the Wellington NZ based 'Pink Floyd Experience' http://www.pinkfloydexperience.co.nz if you're putting together another Tribute podcast - there are downloads available on their site. I've been attending their gigs since they started - suffice to say the concerts have just been getting bigger and bigger. Almost as good as the real thing.

I like your first option for a podcast - the final version of Floyd's music could differ quite markedly as they honed the songs. Look forward to hearing your selection.
posted by: Warwick Annear on 2008-02-02 16:54:00
Was very pleasantly suprised this wasn't the box set "Is There Anybody Out There" gig. Excellent. That means I've got two Earl's Court Wall gigs! Superb, but if you want a "The Wall" experience - the studio album is easily king of the hill. Thanks for posting. Floyd on shuffle! Don't think so. Themed and rare stuff must be the best idea, but it seems a popular idea. Perhaps a poll?
posted by: BarryBURBs on 2008-02-02 03:50:00
oh well, what the hell... heres some things I'm thinking for up coming podcasts... these are just rough ideas;
1. a podcast featuring a progression of Floyd honing their craft live by year/tour.
2. Dark Side of The Moon done the same way as above. I already mapped this one out. unfortunately its not possible. Solo tours don't count.
1972 - speak to me/breathe
1973 - on the run
1974 - time/breathe (re)
1975 - great gig in the aky
1977 - money
and thats it... you can figure out the rest... see what I mean?
3. A REALLY nice Wall gig from New York.
4. Tribute bands (if you're in one, now would be a good time to hit me up)
5. A recently surfaced Foxboro gig from 1988 mentioned in Nick's book.

Over and out...
posted by: Doc on 2008-02-02 01:59:00
looks like the comment feature is working... very nice!
posted by: Doc on 2008-02-02 01:54:00
shuffle huh?
posted by: Doc on 2008-02-02 01:49:00
cheers Doc!
wasn't allowed to go to any of The Wall concerts way back when
and this is the first time I've heard if from Earls Court
many many thanks

yes a shuffled podcast would be cool
and the pats for the bowl!
andy.

off topic - there's a competition to win the latest floyd box set - just click my name and it's the first blog that will take you there
posted by: dognamedblue on 2008-02-01 19:20:00
Ah the memories - I'm seein' trails already and still haven't made it to intermission. . .
posted by: trainerdave on 2008-01-30 16:14:00
I rarely listen to the Wall these days simply because I over listened to it when I first started my Floyd obsession......Shame.
Its a good job your here doc to sort it out.
I have a request, my place of work has started to play the sissor sisters cover of comfortably numb, please never ever ever play it in any tribute or for any reason at all, I can't express in words how I feel when I hear it but I would like to invent a time machine and make sure it never was made it needs deleting from history.
sorry for the rant,
and I agree with Sam turn on the shuffle.
thanx Doc
posted by: Maff on 2008-02-01 05:10:00
well that sounds like one I need to check into, ha, ha... sissor sisters, hmmmm
posted by: Magenta on 2008-02-01 18:26:00
Feeling comfortably numb tonight Doc!
Requests for future shows: Earl's Court 1973, Winterland 1972
posted by: Chris S. on 2008-01-28 20:11:00
Sweet show Doc! Can't really go wrong with The Wall live, in any circumstance. Lets get a random selection show next week. Put the Floyd in shuffle mode!
posted by: Sam on 2008-01-28 08:34:00
wow, no comments? Love the intro.... Not a big wall fan (compared to other albums, animals, wish) but worth a listen for sure! Thanks Doc
posted by: magenta on 2008-01-27 08:52:00

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