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Artist:    Pink Floyd
Title:     Monopoly
Unique_Id: MONOPOLY

Format:    2CD
Catalog:   None given, and matrix has been scratched away.
Misc.:     Picture discs with hammers.
Produced:  Copyright 1996 DYNAMO GULAG SUBOTNIK, MOSCOW
Date:      800228 700211
Matrix:    CD1: keine
           CD2: keine
           
Cover:     Front: Strange painting of 4 faceless staues wearing tux and hats,
           in a factory of some kind. "PINK FLOYD" written on the right, and 
           "MONOPOLY" in a brownish/white pattern just under. Also says "Live
           Nassau Colliseum N.Y. 28/2/80"
           Back: "Pink Floyd - Nassau Colliseum N.Y. 28/2" written on top on 
           black background. Also a painting of some men working in a factory.

Sources:   28 Feb 1980, 11 Feb 1970
           Nassau Coliseum, 28/2/80 + Birmingham Town Hall, 11/2-70

Tracks:    Disc 1:
            1. In the flesh?
            2. The thin ice
            3. Another Brick in the Wall Part 1
               Happiest days of our lives
               Another Brick in the Wall Part 2
            4. Mother
            5. Goodbye blue sky / Empty spaces (I)
            6. Empty spaces (I) / What shall we do now
            7. Young lust
            8. One of my turns
            9. Don't leave me now
           10. Another Brick in the Wall Part 3
           11. Goodbye cruel world
           12. Hey you
           13. Is there anybody out there?
           14. Nobody home
           15. Vera & Bring The Boys Back Home
           16. Comfortably numb
           17. The Show must go on.
               Total Time:                   79:48

           Disc 2:
            1. In the flesh!
            2. Run like hell
            3. Waiting for the worms / Stop / The trial
            4. Outside the wall.
            5. Main theme from More
            6. Sysyphus
            7. Violence Sequence incl. Pink Blues/Us and them
               Total Time:                     72:19

Band:      Roger Waters 
           David Gilmour
           Rick Wright 
           Nick Mason

Xref:      Various other Wall-concerts 
           ROIO - LP VIOLENCE IN BIRMINGHAM

Quality:   Ex+/VG(+)

Comments:  Just another copy of 28/2/80 wall-concert??  NO!  What makes
	   this cd interesting is that has the Birmingham concert from
	   11/2/70 included on it, and this is the first time it appears on
	   cd!  So these bonus tracks are _really_ bonus tracks, and are
	   alone worth getting this roio for.  Just to hear Violence
	   Sequence is fantastic, and Main Theme is a
	   this-will-blow-your-mind-away-version.  Unfortunately, sound
	   quality is only vg(+) for these tracks (ex+ for wall), but they
	   are still well worth listening to.  Both concerts are taken from
	   vinyl, so pops do appear - although not many.  Now we can only
	   wait until the rest af the Birmingham performance shows up on cd
	   somewhere, as Embryo, CWTA,E, and Atom Heart Mother are missing.
	   Inlay suggests that this roio is made in Russia, and the barcode
	   says 40670027878137.  Does this match?  I recommend this cd, it
	   is worth getting just for the Birmingham tracks.  And if you
	   don't have a live Wall perfomance, then what are you waiting
	   for?  - Oscar
	   
	   Indeed a fine set. I think some things should be said though. 
           First of all, the announcements before the versions of In The 
           Flesh has both been cut out, as well as the first verse of Hey 
           You. I haven't heard any of the Xrefs of this show so I don't 
           know if these cuts only appears on this records. I do hope the 
           manufactors didn't make them just to make room for the bonus 
           tracks, no matter how nice they are. Also, the vinyl sources 
           seems to have been of good but far from pristine condition. I 
           wouldn't really rate the Wall show Ex+. Furthermore, to finish 
           this whining off, I don't agree with other postings suggesting 
           that this would be the best Wall performance around. That said, 
           I would certainly recommend this record. Even with the earlier 
           mentioned reservations this is probably the best sounding Wall 
           show I've heard, and the performance is also enjoyable. The 
           bonus tracks is a very nice touch. The only setbacks are those 
           cuts; true, they are of the kind that would annoy only a 
           fanatic in desperate need of a life but then again, there is 
           one or two of us around here, isn't there?   -ANON

           Lower sound quality than Behind the Wall or Brick By Brick. 
           There is more hiss and some songs are faded in and out. At 
           least only crowd noise was lost. Roger's comments before Young 
           Lust are cut. Bonus tracks much lower sound quality. Disk 
           matrix also scratched out. This set seems available. I also 
           question the date of the show, the LP database indicated a 
           technical problem on Feb 26 with "call the schoolmaster" (the 
           Trial) missing. It is missing on Monopoly. I prefer Behind the 
           Wall or Brick by Brick. 
                          - JZ