The Wall-Live In Berlin＜Clear Vinyl＞

1990年にRoger Watersがドイツ/ベルリンで開催した『ザ・ウォール』再現コンサートの模様を収録した、ロック史上最高にシンボリックなライヴ・アルバムの一つ、『ザ・ウォール～ライブ・イン・ベルリン』のリリース30周年記念記念ヴァイナル。ベルリンの壁崩壊後のわずか8ヶ月後に、ブランデンブルグ門とポツダム広場間のかつての無人地帯でレコーディングされたこのライヴは、50万人以上のオーディエンスを集めた。Van Morrison、The Band、Cyndi Lauper、The Scorpions、Jerry Hall、Sinead O'Connor、Joni Mitchellなどの豪華ゲスト陣が結集したのも話題となった。アビー・ロード・スタジオで変換された180g重量盤。

"Record Store Day 2020"限定リリース
180g重量盤クリア・ヴァイナル2枚組

Nobody really expected the Berlin Wall to come down in 1989, and so suddenly. Roger Waters especially, because he had once made a promise never to perform The Wall again after the 1980 tour until the bricks fell in Berlin. But they did, and Waters had no intention to renege on his promise. The Wall became a star-studded megaconcert to benefit the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief, with larger bricks, bigger inflatable puppets, and a larger audience than any of the original Pink Floyd shows. There was always a contradiction in performing such a personal work in a stadium setting, but here it becomes especially acute when opening up the vocal tasks to a variety of artists. Bryan Adams is actually an astute choice for the cock rock swagger of "Young Lust," but Cyndi Lauper ruins the spare funk of "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" with over-enthusiastic yelping. And you'll definitely want to skip Jerry Hall's reading of the background dialog before "One of My Turns" ("Oh my gawd, what a fabulous room! Are all these your guitars?" -- a piece known word for word by every Floyd fan out there), as she seems unaware that a microphone can be used for amplification. By running through the album track by track, a lot of the effect of the live versions wears thin, as it invites constant comparison to the studio album. But the trial scene is handled well, with Albert Finney, Tim Curry, Marianne Faithfull, Thomas Dolby, and Ute Lemper taking on the characters in Waters' psychological drama. It's fun, a nice document, but only makes you want to return to the original album. ~ Ted Mills