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Pink Floyd’s The Wall album is one of Pink Floyd’s most popular albums both amongst fans and the general public! Although it is a grand conceptual art rock album, musically the album is very accessible in most parts due to producer Bob Ezrin’s desire to focus on a more “rock” than “prog” sound throughout the album in addition to its disco pop loops on Another Brick!

The album uses an array of characters and themes to conjure up a feeling of increasing isolation for poor old ‘Pink’ and was inspired by Roger’s increasing feelings of isolation from his audience. Dark Side of the Moon in particular had opened up the band to the forces of mass consumption by a much wider audience.

Inspiring: The Spitting Incident, 1977

The laid back underground kids on the 1960s London Underground Scene were a far cry away from the lager louts of football stadiums shouting and screaming and being more interested in letting fireworks off than experiencing what the band had to offer. Indeed, the famous 1977 Montreal Spitting Incident is said by Roger to be one of the inspiring moments for him in writing the album.

Due to its popularity, it is threfore no surprise that EMI chose The Wall album as one of the three Immersion Edition’s in the Pink Floyd back catalogue re-release under the banner of the Why Pink Floyd release schedule. The other two being Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here of course.

Mixed Reception from Fans

Over the past few months there have been mixed opinions from fans about these new Immersion Boxsets. They comprise a giant box rammed with audio, video and merchandise like concert ticket scans, reproduced posters, marbles and other materials. They do not come cheap either and some fans are upset about that. However, they are not aimed at the casual fan to the band – that would be the reason for the new and updated Discovery versions of all the albums.

The Immersion box sets are being marketed to the more obsessive fans, the likes of whom probably have some bootleg recordings and original memorabilia and a desire to get at the archives of the band in terms of forgotten recordings and videos! Well, the Immersion Editions attempt to meet the fans desire to have access to out-takes, live performances, lost video, canned video releases and the like.

Restored Video Footage

The Wall Immersion boxset has on one of the 7 discs original professionally shot concert footage from the 1980s performances of The Wall. The recording of the Earls Court shows in Lond on was supposed to be used to release a live video of the album along with the movie. However, it was decided that the video was not up to scratch so the project was shelved. But technology has advanced and the video recordings have now been enhanced so that fans are now able to purchase The Wall Immersion Edition to see some of the original video recordings of the original 1980s shows! I would buy the box set for those videos alone!

Contents of Pink Floyd The Wall Immersion Boxset

There are a whopping 7 discs in total and we can explore below that is contained on them.

• Disc 1 & 2 – These discs are a James Guthrie 2011 remastered version of the original album using the most up to date studio techniques to produce a much cleaner and crisper sound than the other re-masters of the past. These first two discs are essentially the “Discovery” edition of the release schedule for Pink Floyd’s The Wall.
• Discs 3 & 4 – These are Is There Anybody Out There: The Wall Live which have been digitally remastered in 2011 by James Guthrie. This was originally released in 2000 and is the original Wall performances by Pink Floyd from August 1980 and June 1981. Excellent recording for fans of The Wall and presented in the box set in re-mastered form so, if you haven’t got it already to enjoy, then you will if you get The Wall Immersion Edition.
• Disc 5 & 5 – These are the original demo recordings Roger Waters made of The Wall. They have been in circulation for many years in the form of a bootleg amongst “collectors” of such things. Although the quality of the bootlegs has been very terrible indeed. It is interesting to see how the songs developed from these original demos and hear alternate lyrics and musical pieces. The demos are well worth listening to in my opinion.
• Disc 7 – This is a DVD with some excellent video on. It features Another Brick In The Wall pt2 promotional video – restored in 2011, Behind The Wall documentary, Gerald Scarfe Interview, and a short filmed extract of Earls Court concert featuring animation.

Memorabilia – Also in the box in the form of memorabilia is all of the blow goodies which will give you a more immersive experience of The Wall!

• 44 page 27cm x 27cm booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson
• Exclusive photo book
• 27cm x 27cm Exclusive Storm Thorgerson Art Print
• 5 x Collectors’ Cards featuring art and comments by Storm Thorgerson
• Replica of The Wall Tour Ticket
• Replica of The Wall Backstage Pass
• Scarf
• Prints/Cards of Mark Fisher’s stage drawings
• 3 x white marbles with design of bricks
• 9 x Coasters (unique to this box) featuring early Storm Thorgerson design sketches
• Credits booklet

Treat Yourself to Pink Floyd’s The Wall Album!

Given that there is a limited amount of stock, the sooner you get your order, the sooner you get the physical stock that retailers have in their warehouse allocated to your order ready for dispatch in February 2012. I work in retail! So it makes good sense to pre-order your album now to avoid disapointment!

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Pink Floyd The Wall Immersion is, of course, part of the Why Pink Floyd release schedule which has all the Pink Floyd studio albums re-mastered and re-released in three phases. So far, Dark Side, Wish You Were Here and now The Wall have been announced but there have been hints from Nick Mason that others may be considered although their manager told me it was not true. We will have to wait and see what happens!

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