MOTHER , MOTHER
THERE'S TO MANY OF YOU CRYING
BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER
THERE'S FAR TOO MANY OF YOU DYING
YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY
TO BRING SOME LOVING
HERE TODAY
TRACKLIST
01. If This World Were Mine
02. Ain't No Mountain High Enough
03. Stubborn Kinda' Fellow
04. What's Going On
05. Ain't That Peculiar
06. If I Could Build The Whole World
07. A Wonderful One
08. Let's Get It On
09. Let's Get It On (Live)
Marvin Gaye - Vocals, writing
Roger Waters - music, vocals, rhythm guitar, tape and electronic effects, vocoder
David Gilmour - lead guitar, bass guitar, ARP Quadra synthesizer
Richard Wright - Fender-Rhodes piano, Hammond organ, ARP String synthesizer, Minimoog synthesizer
Nick Mason - drums, tape effects
The Story Of Marvin Gaye & Pink Floyd's
Unreleased Album:
The Wall concert was only performed
a handful of times each in four cities:
Los Angeles,
Uniondale (Long Island),
Dortmund,
and
London (at Earl's Court).
The primary 'tour' occurred
in 1980,
but the band performed
eight shows at
Dortmund
(14–20 February 1981)
and five more shows
at Earl's Court
(13–17 June)
for filming,
with the intention of integrating
the shows into the
upcoming movie.
The resulting footage was
deemed substandard and scrapped;
years later,
Roger Waters
has given conflicted answers
on the status of the concert films
stating from
"trying to locate this footage
for historical purposes
but was unsuccessful
and considers it to be
lost forever"
to
"I have all of the film but
am reluctant to release".
There are several unofficial videos
of the entire live show
in circulation and
some footage is shown
on the
Behind the Wall
documentary.
During Marvin Gaye’s stay in Belgium,
he would frequent across the pond
to the UK,
specifically as he was
on the road himself for
“The Heavy Love Affair Tour”.
As Gaye found himself an
off day in London,
he allegedly visited the
Pink Floyd concert
at Earl’s Court,
and was invited to join them
on stage for a rendition of
“Let’s Get it On”
over Pink Floyd’s
“Shine On You Crazy Diamond”.
A recent piece
of audio footage
of this performance
has been located.
After the chemistry
of this impromptu performance,
Waters and Gaye
discussed the possibility
of recording these collaborations
for a possible release
in what would be considered
an early version
of what people now would call a
mash-up record.
In late 1981,
before returning back
to the States,
Marvin Gaye recorded
eight renditions
of his songs alongside
Waters and
Pink Floyd’s
released material.
Coming off a recent departure
from Motown,
Gaye, upset with the
rush-job of the
Motown-released
“In Our Lifetime”,
felt the need to move onto
other label prospects,
feeling the creative urge
to push into new
musical directions.
As Gaye was now a free agent,
Harvest Heritage
was interested in putting out
this collaborative effort
with Marvin
and Pink Floyd,
following their release of
Pink Floyd’s
“A Collection of Great Dance Songs”
but could not clear rights
from Motown
to use Marvin’s likeness
or vocals from his
Motown recordings.
Reworking an unused
Roger Waters album title,
the record was named
“Requiem For a Dream”.
A limited amount of records
were pressed up in late 1981,
using previously existing pictures
in hopes that it would see
a release date to no avail.
The live audio footage
of this show
is believed to have either
surfaced from the
original bootleg entitled
“The Wall Came Tumbling Down”
or Waters unreleased
The Wall Tour footage,
but cannot be confirmed.
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