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Roger Waters:

Pros and Cons of Live Hitch Hiking
  
Bookmark as: http://www.pf-roio.de/roio/roio-cd/pros_cons_live_hiking.cd.html 

Format: CD  

Catalog: SIRA 45/46 Silver Rarities  

Misc.: <no info>  

Produced: <no info>  

Date: 840627  

Cover: Outside Front Cover: "Roger Waters The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking Performed Live" (looks like it could be a program cover) 
           Inside Booklet: Caricature of Roger Waters and Eric Clapton drawn by Gerald Scarfe. Dog in the middle playing bass with caption: "Reg, or is it Rog?"  

Sources: 27 Jun 1984, Birmingham.  

Tracks:

       Disc 1:
        1.  Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun    8:20   8:10
        2.  Money                                        7:55   8:31
        3.  If                                           4:45   4:01
        4.  Welcome to the Machine                       8:00   8:07
        5.  Have a Cigar                                 6:30   7:02
        6.  Wish You Were Here                           6:40   6:17
        7.  Pigs on the Wing (part 1)                    1:35   1:36
        8.  In the Flesh                                 4:40   4:35
        9.  Nobody Home                                  4:45   4:47
       10.  Hey You                                      5:00   4:56
       11.  The Gunners Dream                            7:30   7:20

       Disc 2:
        1.  4.30am Aparently They Were Travelling Abroad
            4.33am Running Shoes
            4.37am Arabs With Knives and West German Skies
            4.39am For the First Time Today (part 2)
            4.41am Sexual Revolution
            4.47am The Remains of Our Love
            4.50am Go Fishing
            4.56am For the First Time Today (part 1)
            4.58am Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin
            5.01am The Pros & Cons of Hitch Hiking
            5.06am Every Strangers Eyes
            5.11am The Moment of Clarity                48:50
        2.  Brain Damage/Eclipse                         6:30


Band:
       Roger Waters
       Accompanied By
       Eric Clapton      Guitar
       Mel Collins       Saxophones
       Michael Kamen     Keyboards
       Andy Newmark      Drums
       Tim Renwick       Guitar/Bass
       Chris Stainton    Keyboards/Bass
       Doreen Chanter    Backing Vocals
       Katie Kissoon     Backing Vovals


Xref: <no info>  

Quality: VG+ - CEI 
G+/VG- -ANON 
 

Comments: For those of you who are keeping count, Andy Newmark played the poly-rhymic drum parts on "Two Suns in the Sunset" on TFC. I suppose the rhythm was too comlicated for Nick. 

Doreen Chanter and Katie Kissoon also back Roger on KAOS and ATD. Doreen sang "Molly's Song" the B-Side of "Who Needs Information." They do not sing on When the Wind Blows, to my knowledge. 

Tim Renwick is the only (?) musician to have been a member of Roger's band and PF Mach III. Michael Kamen conducted the symphonies for The Wall and TFC. - CEI 

This 2 CD set sounds very nice, not quite as good as the vinyl "Roger", but then that was from a radio show. 

The version of "Have A Cigar" is one the best I've ever heard, Clapton really plays it well. - MISC 

I would rate the sound quality G+ or VG-. There is a lot of 'tape hiss' and the stereo-separation is below average. However, disc 1 is a pleasant surprise because many songs are being performed in an unusual way (like IF and WYWH). Disc 2 (+/-oHH) is on average closer to the original, but it still has a nice touch. -ANON