Is There Anybody Out There (The Wall Live 1980-1981) - Pink Floyd

Advantages: Excellent Feel for the Actual Concert.....
Disadvantages: Sounds a bit dated at times........Very Expensive

...1981, and this double CD is indeed a full concert performance of those shows..... So what exactly do you get here...... Well the cover of the CD itself is nothing special to look at really, its just four life masks of the individual members of the Band, printed on a black background, same on both sides. Open up the case, and inside we have 2 different patterned coloured discs, and 2 very informative booklets to accompany them, which are designed ...
...being played brilliantly, highlight here is " Comfortably Numb ". We then get another short appearance of MC: Atmos to introduce " In the Flesh " again, and we are off into the final few tracks to finish off the Concert, when the inevitable Wall comes crashing down in super surround stereo sound, which takes a couple of seconds to abate, then we get the last track on the CD, the acoustic " Outside The Wall ".....and thats the end of the show folks.... ... Read review

Advantages: Original comes in an excellent book format
Disadvantages: It was overpriced when first released

...original book format do so,it is both interesting and informative and a nice item to add to your Pink Floyd collection. The album puts across the true sound of 'The Wall' as a piece of rock music theatre, which I do not feel the studio version realises. From the opening MC introduction and subsequent opening roar as the band strike up, right to the closing bars of 'outside the wall' this two disc set will pull you in. Tracks such as 'another brick ...
...are, but it is probably unfair to lift these particular tracks above all the rest as there is not a bad one here. The only regret I have with this album, is that, It makes me wish even more that I could have been there to see it played live. ... Read review