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Echoes 

(Gilmour/Mason/Waters/Wright) Recorded at A.I.R. (EMI) studios, the Floyd finally shrugged off the legacy of Syd Barrett and confidently found their own direction, paving the was for "Dark Side of the Moon". 

Released in November 1971 on the album "Meddle", the track proved to be a milestone in the history of the band, and like "Atom Heart Mother" took up the entire side of an album. 



Originally "Echoes" was recorded in January of '71 as a series of individual pieces that were collectively known as "Nothing - Parts 1-24".
 
Gilmour explained that "We never know what an album will be called or what it will sound like right up until the finish."
 
Nick Mason added that "By the end of January we had thirty-six different bits that sometimes cross-related and sometimes didn't. 

'Echoes' was made up from that." The piece was first performed at Norwich University on April 22nd, 1971 and at this stage was called "The Return of the Son of Nothing", although Roger Waters would later introduce the piece as "The March of the Dambusters", "Looking Through The Hole in Granny's Wooden Leg" and We Won The Double". 

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Pigs on the Wing - Parts 1 & 2 

(Waters) Taken from the 8-track release of "Animals". 

To accommodate the 8-track repeat feature this version has an added bridging guitar sequence between the two tracks. 

The riff was performed by Snowy White, who was the Floyd's back-up guitarist during the 1977 tour. 
This version has not been released on any other format, although the bridge was added to "Pigs on the Wing - Part 2" when performed live, as a coda. 

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Comfortably Numb 

(Gilmour/Waters) 

Originally the riff was written by Gilmour and recorded at the Bear Les Alps studios for his first solo album. 

It was resurrected for "The Wall", when Waters was searching for musical ideas to accompany his lyrics, inspired by his own experiences of being forced on stage when very sick. 

Performed live the song is perhaps the crowning moment in the history of Pink Floyd, as all the elements came together perfectly. 

At this stage of the show the Wall is already complete, as Waters, dressed in a white doctors coat, tries to coax his patient in. 

Back lit by an orange arc light, Gilmour, his shadow cast wide across the audience, performed a searing guitar solo from the top of the wall. 

Recognizing the importance of the track, Gilmour performed the song on his 1984 "About Face" tour, and was climax to Pink Floyd's 1987/90 World Tour where the mirror-ball made a welcome reprise. 

This track is a snippet of Gilmour's demo from 1978. 

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When The Tigers Broke Free 

(Waters) 

A track that was specially written for the film "Pink Floyd - The Wall". 

Released as a single in the US and the UK (where it charted at number 39). 
It was to have been a part of the upcoming album "Spare Bricks", a collection of new material from the film. 

When that project was dropped for "The Final Cut", so did an album release for the song. 
The track was also released on a promotional CD for Roger Waters' Berlin 1990 concert. 

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Mother

(Waters) 

The film version of "The Wall" reworked some of the familiar tracks of the album, and the most radically changed track was "Mother". 

The flow of the song was broken up to accommodate the linear story telling, and the acoustic guitar was replaced by an orchestra. 

This version of the song has previously been unreleased and is taken from the digital laser disc version. 

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What Shall We Do Now? 

(Waters) 

"What Shall We Do Now?" was left off of the original album at the last minute, although the lyrics were printed on the record sleeve. 

The song, a lis of obsessions that Pink is faced with to compensate for the "Empty Spaces" in his life, was however performed live to great effect. 

This version is again from the film, where it was reinstated with brilliant animation of Gerald Scarfe's sexually provocative flowers. 

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Bring The Boys Back Home (Special Version) 

(Waters) 

Released as a B-side to "When The Tigers Broke Free" this promotional 12-inch mix is different from the film and the more common 7-inch release. 

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Outside The Wall 

(Waters)

This version of the track was used as the epilogue and end title sequence of the film. 

What is different about this version is that the back-up vocals that repeat Waters' vocal is missing, and a Salvation Army-like orchestration is added. 

The music for the film was produced by David Gilmour, although technically only Waters appears on this track. 

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The Hero's Return - Parts 1 & 2 

(Waters) 

"The Hero's Return" was written for the album "The Final Cut" and was released as a B-side to the single re-dubbed version of "Not Now John".
 
The 12-inch and 7-inch versions feature "The Hero's Return - Part 2", an extra verse of the song performed by Waters. "Part 2" could possibly be a demo version since the sound is distinctly different from that of "Part 1". 

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On The Turning Away 

(Gilmour/Moore) 

"On The Turning Away" was the third single released from "AMLoR" marking the new Gilmour-lead era of the band. 

A video of this live cut was produced, recorded at the Omni, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Run Like Hell 

(Gilmour/Waters)  

Run Like Hell, from "The Wall", was released as a single in the US and Europe, backed by "Don't Leave Me Now". 

Like "Comfortably Numb", "Run Like Hell" was originally intended for Gilmour's first solo album and was played during both his 1984 tour and the Pink Floyd 87/90 tour, in which it was the show stopper. 

The song in context of "The Wall" illustrates Pink turning into a fascist, manipulating racially oriented hate crimes in the name of fascism. Out of context "Run Like Hell" is a great rock number that really gets going. 

Both these performances are from the Omni Atlanta, November 5th, 1987, and appeared as a bonus cut on the release of the "On The Turning Away" CD single. 

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Money 

From Knebworth. 
The sax-player on Money is Candy Dulfer (and is announced by Gilmour). 

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