Pink Floyd - 01) The Show? (Working Title For In The Flesh?)

Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979) stands as one of Pink Floyd's greatest achievements, as well of one of the greatest achievements in rock music and live concert production. The album spawned a tour, a film, a book of the film (now quite collectible), and eventually an all-star revival concert in Berlin, and finally in 1999 a double live album. But before The Wall was a film, a concert, or even an album, The Wall was just an idea... an idea under construction. The Wall went through at least two "demo" stages. The first was a crude recording of Roger Waters strumming his guitar and singing alone. Presented by Waters at the same time as another concept called The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Waters' first demo - still uncirculated even today - was deemed unlistenable by the rest of the band, but they felt it had potential. The Hitchhiking demo was set aside, but The Wall demo was developed further. Many writing sessions later, Pink Floyd - probably with assistance from Bob Ezrin - recorded a second, more complete demo. The lyrics were not polished, and neither was the music. Thankfully, lyrics like "I am a physician/ who can handle your condition/ like a magician" would be entirely discarded and rewritten before the songs were finally committed to tape in a studio, but the rough lyrics and the risky musical experiments which appeared in that second demo have finally made it to the public. These demo tapes have circulated among just a very few collectors since about 1999. Now it is available for all fans. This recording presents the entire 'work in progress' in the best sonic quality available on CD. (Note: These Demos will and have made an official release on The Wall: Immersion Box Set.)

[@datskyflame9716]

This version is so beautiful and underrated 😰

[@st.nimbos]

Roger's voice is so much more expressive in these demos

[@ethnicleanserberg7975]

It's awesome

[@arkoudoxumos]

I like ur profile image

[@VivaZeBone]

His bass is much sweeter too.

[@itlia1]

Nick Mason sounds great at this demo!!

[@williamrodgers-g8r]

i dont think that's Nick. sounds like a drum machine and some live drums added.

[@BlazefireBootlegs]

@exww36 If you want it, google "Pink Floyd: Under Construction" and you'll find a download link. Sorry, its just I don't supply one for people anymore. All the links I had don't work anymore.

[@gordatz]

they actually are on the immersion box set, with many other demos too

[@kieran1059]

now i think i will listen to the immersion box set of the wall to see if would orignally sound like

[@jack_myers]

I actually like this version the gutair rift doesn't change too much

[@BlazefireBootlegs]

@hydraofskorge I don't think so. The demos here are when Roger had everything except the lyrics complete for The Wall, so he was just fine tuning everything. The ones in the box I believe are from when Roger didn't have a clue of what The Wall would end up being. Personally, I think the ones here are better.

[@josephst.george7841]

The ones in the box are mix of these versions where he's trying to clean them up as well as a bunch of demos not knowing what it would sound like at all

[@BlazefireBootlegs]

I would love to hear that! Division Bell is my second favorite Floyd album and I've always wanted to hear the things that never made it on.

[@runninlikehell]

Wow, that sound before the plain crash is a scary shit!

[@MALZZZZification]

Thank you!!!

[@comfortablynumb1998]

This isn't as great as the finished product, but like most of pink floyd, it's still a masterpiece.

[@maks886]

It ends too soon!

[@patrykwalentowicz4691]

Sounds like "Roger's Boogie"...

[@scootywoot499]

What's that?

[@machinimafan27]

but was good eitherway. 2 thumbs up.

[@BlazefireBootlegs]

@machinimafan27 Well you have to remember that this was a rough version of what the finished thing would eventually sound like. I'm sure someone listened to it, came to Roger Waters and said that the lyrics weren't all that great and should be changed. But you're right, if these were the actual words this piece would be very laughable.

[@Oh_I_Will]

BlazefireBootlegs yea Roger use to write too many words...maybe it was Ezrin who suggested he scale back the lyrical content...we'll never know

[@MondoTheAlien]

the album should've opened with the pink isn't well thing to give it a more creepy feeling and in the second version it should be the same with the added nazi rally

[@BlazefireBootlegs]

@dobbyarmando The name of it is called "Under Construction" and the link I used to get it which should work for you will be sent to you via a message. Hope this helps

[@exww36]

@BlazefireBootlegs that's ok, thanks anyway

[@TheZacharyMartinShow]

I wonder if there will ever be The Wall 2

[@keithfogletavankulpamusic9823]

The Final Cut album 🤷‍♂️

[@dalekofdoom]

The Wall 2

[@exww36]

@BlazefireBootlegs Can you send me the link? By the way, thank for the videos, this is great work ;-)

[@icallhimgerald6463]

Eduardo Moreira I got FLAC files a few weeks ago from a guitar 101 forum. You never know where it'll be.

[@machinimafan27]

@BobMillahhh yeah sorry. as i said it was good either way

[@Oh_I_Will]

I wonder if that's actually Nick on drums...his playing had deteriorated by this point...

[@Syfoll]

well, they credited Jeff Porcaro, so it has to be Nick

[@josephst.george7841]

did you know that a session artist was brought in for mother because he couldn't even play it

[@Syfoll]

@@josephst.george7841 not really. he couldn't play on Two Suns. On Mother they were in a hurry and Mason didn't have time to learn the time changes

[@pedroborges6754]

Joe st. george I heard it was when he was on vacation and Roger was just trying to piss him off. But regardless, the drumming in mother were really good, I was bummed when I found out it wasn’t him. Also, that same drummer did all of The Final Cut as well.

[@mickjaegerguano4809]

Nicks' best work was in piper at the gates of dawn and went downhill steadily after that, with the exception of animals which was a fantastic release.

[@borrisg4972]

This is so much more emotional, raw, and powerful than the final "rock opera" horseshit studio version. Fuck anything else. When you listen to THIS version in the "proper" track order (you can hear the segues between tracks that make it not go in the "album" order), there's just no going back.

[@Cesar_09_]

??

[@lancylancelancelance]

The music is better...just that the lyrics are not as good.

[@porkyminch2231]

This is a demo of “In the Flesh”, not “In the Flesh?”

[@machinimafan27]

no offence, lyrics fail.

[@amoru1012]

It was on development,but yeah you're right

[@hatujemeletsplayeryheskyce6460]

It's literally almost the same as the original