How Pink Floyd Built The Wall - Part Two: The Tour | Vinyl Rewind

The live show for Pink Floyd’s The Wall was the one most ambitious and elaborate tours ever conceived, but with only 31 shows and refusing to play in stadiums, Pink Floyd lost money on each and every performance. On today’s episode, we continue our look into the making of The Wall, with part two, the making of the tour. #musichistory #PinkFloyd #vinyl
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The Building of "The Wall” and "The Lost Documentary”. Howard Joseph Lamden,1980, 2003
Fitch, Vernon and Richard Mahon. Comfortably Numb A History of “The Wall” Pink Floyd 1978-1981. St. Petersburg: PFA Publishing, Inc, 2006.
Povey, Glenn. Echoes: The Complete History of Pink Floyd. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, Inc, 2010
Pink Floyd Their Mortal Remains. London: V&A Publishing, 2017
Blake, Mark. Comfortably Numb The Inside Story of Pink Floyd. Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 2008
Mason, Nick. Inside Out A Personal History of Pink Floyd. San Francisco, Chronicle Books LLC, 2017
Scarfe, Gerald. The Making of Pink Floyd The Wall. Da Capo Press, 2010
“Retrospective, The Other Side of the Wall and film commentary.” Pink Floyd The Wall Movie. Directed by Alan Parker, MGM Pictures, 1999. DVD.
"Pink Floyd: The Story." Omnibus. Season 32, Episode 6. 15 Nov. 1994. Television.
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall. Directed by Sonia Anderson, Vantage International Productions, 28 May 2011.
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink? Directed by Chris Rodley, BBC, 2007
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Roger Waters: The Wall Directed by Sean Evans and Roger Waters, Universal, 2015

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[JakeCuster]

These are so well done! It’s kind of poetic that a channel that has such great production talked about a tour that had so much effort put into it

[arbyw.]

Noticing a trend with The Wall and everything to do with it


Nightmare for them to create it, but payed off in the long run.

[JustThinking]

Hope this blows up. Really helped me understand the band and this album better.

[evanlanctot]

I saw Floyd perform The Wall live, in L.A. in February, 1980. The BERST concert I ever went to!

[baron_von_brunk]

In 2012, I saw Roger Waters perform a full Wall concert at Yankee Stadium and he ROCKED!!

[DaveMcGarry]

So sad.. Only 10 minutes : I could have watched an hour of this.. Excellent production! Thanks... Can't wait for Part 3

[WibblyWobblyBob]

I saw the wall at Earls court in 1980 and again in 1981 when they filmed it to get footage for the movie (that was never used)

[transmissionggb]

My father was one of the few who saw the original wall concert, god bless him, I have the t shirt he got from the gig.

[psychCS]

I love the emotional feeling during "goodbye cruel world" when he is behind the wall, when the song finishes, the hole that you see him through is filled with the final brick.

[cuviecarl]

I don't know much about Pink Floyd, but this video got me pretty excited to start listening to them.

[rumpunch]

Mad respect man, keep up the good work

[anthonybeesly]

The Wall at the Berlin Wall was an ultra high moment in history!

[davedial]

This is really well done. The presenter is nearly perfect in his presentation .. not getting too "fan excited" but yet conveying peaks of the story. His look is excellent with outstanding hair and attire. The set is very well lit and thought out. The voice cadence for a long format presentation is done very, very well and never becomes boring .. nor tiring. A perfect blend. The audio quality is excellent. I truly have nothing negative to say about the style and personality of how you are presenting these videos to the public. That may be a first for YouTube. I'm really, truly impressed and you should pursue this with great vigor and not let go. You're doin' damn good, son. This is the best I've seen on this website. Truly outstanding.

[phillippershing]

Nice video, Vinyl Rewind! My favorite channel and album!

[beats]

Saw the wall in NY and it was the best concert I ever saw
Scalpers tickets and 6 rows from the front

[freddiemoore]

Its tough having to wait between videos, love them so much
Can't wait for the next one, it's one of my favourite films of all time

[jcalli]

In those days in the NYC area, upcoming concerts would be announced in the Sunday NY times entertainment section and I remember opening the Sunday Times In early Dec. 1979 and seeing this full page ad for Pink Floyd’s upcoming 6 shows at Nassau Coliseum and tickets going on sale at Ticketron the very day on Monday morning. I remember it was a really cool Scarfe drawing of his ‘Pink’ character screaming and to this day, I wish i had kept a copy of it to frame. Bring only 13 but already a diehard Floyd fan, I begged and pleaded with my mom to let me stay out overnight on a school night (and upfront me something like $80-100 for 4 tickets) but not surprisingly, she laughed at me and said ‘Are you out of your mind?’ Being I wouldn’t let my 13 year old go to the mall alone, I grudgingly forgive her :-)

[WaterTheDesert]

I attended this show at Nassau Coliseum (Long island, NY ), Feb 25, 1980 . I was 15, this was my 3rd concert. I have fond recollections of when the wall came crashing down an consider it one of the most fantastic things i have ever witnessed in my life. 100 concerts later, and this still serves as my greatest concert moment.

[bigorange]

I was fortunate enough to be stationed in California at that time. I got to see one of the shows at the LA venue. One of my favorite concerts ever.

[jakegripp]

One of my favorite classic rock albums, thank you