Hudini wrote:Agreed that the tour was less diverse than their previous tours, focusing solely on "The Wall", but it did have a lot of jam sequences, though those were basically used to extend live versions of the existing songs. At least two of their previous tours featured more variety in performed material, but they tended to play the song with minimal differences from the album versions (excluding the songs that were not recorded in studio by the time, such as "You Gotta Be Crazy" and "Raving And Drooling"). "The Wall" live shows feature lots of extended songs, some songs that were omitted from the album, and restored lengths of some songs that had to be cut shorter to fit in the record. In that way, it's probably more interesting compared to the studio version than the 1977 tour, per instance, though the 1977 tour featured much more diverse material.
listening to the new official live Dark Side you do have a point
aside from the extended Any Colour jam, and some rearrangements to listen for, it is just the studio album with a barely audible audience
this would of course have been different had they given us the full show, instead of just the 2nd set
I still think with the Live Wall, much of what was so cool about the live presentation is missing in an audio only format
this was a highconcept theatrical production unlike anything theyve done before or since (except maybe the Radio KAOS tour) and its a shame that visual part of its still left to our imaginations
but at least in this case the LiveWal album does include essays and personal recollections from the bandmembers about the tour, as well as loads of photos - another bone I have to pick with this new live Dark Side