Roger Waters AMUSED TO DEATH Analogue Productions AAPP 468761 (2 RECORD SET)

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Roger Waters AMUSED TO DEATH Analogue Productions AAPP 468761 (2 RECORD SET) 200 gram audiophile QRP pressing

Tracklist

A1 The Ballad Of Bill Hubbard Guitar – Jeff BeckKeyboards, Percussion [Programming] – Patrick LeonardPercussion – Luis ConteVocals – Alf Razzell 4:19 A2 What God Wants, Part I Arranged By [Choir], Keyboards – Patrick LeonardBacking Vocals – Doreen Chanter, Katie Kissoon, N'Dea Davenport, Natalie JacksonBass Guitar – Randy Jackson (2)Conductor [London Welsh Chorale] – Kenneth BowenDrums – Graham BroadGuitar [Arpeggio] – Geoff WhitehornGuitar [Chorus] – Tim PierceRhythm Guitar [Acoustic], Electric Guitar – Andy Fairweather Low*Soloist, Guitar – Jeff BeckVocals, Synthesizer [Emu], Bass [Intro] – Roger Waters 6:00 A3 Perfect Sense, Part I Acoustic Guitar – Bruce GaitschBass Guitar – James Johnson*Conductor, Arranged By [Strings] – John DupreeDrums – Graham BroadGuitar [Intro] – Steve LukatherGuitar [Low Grunting] – Rick DiFonso*Keyboards, Voice [2nd Sportscaster] – Patrick LeonardPedal Steel Guitar – B.J. Cole*Percussion – Luis ConteSnare, Hihat – Brian MacLeodVocals – P.P. ArnoldVocals, Synthesizer – Roger WatersVoice [Sportscaster, The Voice Of The Nba] – Marv Albert 4:16 A4 Perfect Sense, Part II Acoustic Guitar – Bruce GaitschBass Guitar – James Johnson*Conductor, Arranged By [Strings] – John DupreeDrums – Graham BroadGuitar [Intro] – Steve LukatherGuitar [Low Grunting] – Rick DiFonso*Keyboards, Voice [2nd Sportscaster] – Patrick LeonardPedal Steel Guitar – B.J. Cole*Percussion – Luis ConteSnare, Hihat – Brian MacLeodVocals – P.P. ArnoldVocals, Synthesizer – Roger WatersVoice [Sportscaster, The Voice Of The Nba] – Marv Albert
2:50 B1 The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range Backing Vocals – Lynn Fiddmont-Linsey*, Natalie JacksonBass Guitar – John PierceDrums – Denny FongheiserGuitar – Tim PierceOrgan [Hammond], Synthesizer – Patrick LeonardVocals, Twelve-String Guitar – Roger Waters 4:43 B2 Late Home Tonight, Part I Bass Guitar – James Johnson*Conductor, Arranged By [National Philharmonic Orchestra Limited] – Michael KamenCornet – Steve SidwellDrums, Percussion – Graham BroadGuitar, Backing Vocals – Andy Fairweather Low*Percussion – Luis ConteVocals – Roger Waters 4:00 B3 Late Home Tonight, Part II Bass Guitar – James Johnson*Conductor, Arranged By [National Philharmonic Orchestra Limited] – Michael KamenCornet – Steve SidwellDrums, Percussion – Graham BroadGuitar, Backing Vocals – Andy Fairweather Low*Percussion – Luis ConteVocals – Roger Waters 2:13 B4 Too Much Rope Backing Vocals – Doreen Chanter, Jessica Leonard, Jordan Leonard, Katie KissoonBacking Vocals [End] – Screaming Kids (2)Bass Guitar – James Johnson*Conductor, Arranged By [National Philharmonic Orchestra Limited] – Michael KamenDrums – Graham BroadGuitar – Geoff WhitehornGuitar [Additional] – Steve LukatherKeyboards – Patrick LeonardPercussion – Luis ConteTwelve-String Guitar [Rickenbacker 12 Strings Played With A Feather] – Andy Fairweather Low*Vocals – Roger Waters 5:47 B5 What God Wants, Part II Acoustic Guitar [Rhythm], Electric Guitar – Andy Fairweather Low*Arranged By [Choir], Keyboards – Patrick LeonardBacking Vocals – Doreen Chanter, Katie KissoonBass Guitar – Randy Jackson (2)Drums – Graham BroadLead Guitar – Tim PiercePerformer [Tv Evangelist] – Charles FleischerVocals – Roger Waters
3:41 C1 What God Wants, Part III Arranged By [Choir], Keyboards – Patrick LeonardBass Guitar – James Johnson*Conductor [London Welsh Chorale] – Kenneth BowenConductor, Arranged By [National Philharmonic Orchestra Limited] – Michael KamenDrums – Graham BroadGuitar – Geoff WhitehornPercussion – Luis ConteSoloist, Guitar – Jeff BeckVocals – Roger Waters 4:08 C2 Watching TV Acoustic Guitar – Andy Fairweather Low*Bass Guitar [Upright & Electric] – John PatitucciDulcimer, Lute, Oboe, Bass, Other [Zhen] – Guo Yi, The Peking BrothersElectric Guitar – Jeff BeckPiano [Acoustic] – Patrick LeonardVocals – Don HenleyVocals, Acoustic Guitar – Roger Waters 6:07 C3 Three Wishes Backing Vocals – Doreen Chanter, Katie KissoonBass Guitar – James Johnson*Drums – Graham BroadGuitar [Chorus Leslie] – Tim PierceKeyboards – Patrick LeonardOrgan [Hammond] – John "Rabbit" Brundrick*Percussion – Luis ConteRhythm Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar [Feathered 12-Strings] – Andy Fairweather Low*Soloist, Guitar – Jeff BeckVocals – Roger Waters
6:50 D1 It's A Miracle Arranged By [Choir], Piano, Synthesizer – Patrick LeonardBacking Vocals – Jim Haas, Jon Joyce, Stan LaurelBass Guitar – James Johnson*Conductor [London Welsh Chorale] – Kenneth BowenDrums – Jeff PorcaroGuitar – Jeff BeckVocals, Bass – Roger Waters 8:30 D2 Amused To Death Backing Vocals – Doreen Chanter, Katie KissoonBass Guitar – James Johnson*Drums – Graham BroadElectric Guitar – Geoff WhitehornKeyboards – Patrick LeonardSoloist, Guitar – Jeff BeckVocals – Alf Razzell, Rita CoolidgeVocals, Acoustic Guitar – Roger Waters 9:06

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This 2015 2 LP 200-gram vinyl edition of Amused To Death features remastered audio completed by longtime Roger Waters / Pink Floyd collaborator and co-producer, James Guthrie, and has been pressed at Quality Record Pressings. The cover and gatefold art has been updated for 2015 by Sean Evans, the creative director of Waters' 2010-2013 "The Wall Live" tour and movie.

       

Now even more applicable to current times than its creation era! 200-gram gatefold double LP pressed at Quality Record Pressings!

"In some ways, this is even better than The Wall. Waters got a lot of top performers to play on the album, usually behind his singing and speaking of the lyrics .... Guitarist Jeff Beck is heard frequently in the album, with his special virtuosity on eight of the tracks. ... (Waters is) certainly at his cynical best here - and without him Pink Floyd — never mind the general doom and gloom — wouldn't have been the top rock group it is and was." — Audiophile Audition, Jan. 12, 2016.

"Despite the bombast and conceit, this long-time audiophile favorite sounds outstanding in this 200-gram vinyl edition. Back in the day you needed some pretty heady drugs to make DSOTM sound this good, and the stellar line-up of musicians, with Jeff Beck on eight tracks, makes for a pharmaceutical-free audiophile amusement ride. The LP surfaces are dead quiet too, allowing you to hear every nuance of cricket chirp and dog bark." Recording = 9.5/10; Music = 8.5/10 - Dennis D. Davis, Hi-Fi +, Issue 128

"I have the original double vinyl issue of this, that until recently went for upwards of $600, and this reissue beats that one in every possible way ... The QSoundTM "surround sound" is more intensely drawn, dynamics are staggering, deep bass is monumental and the depth and width of the cinematic soundstage is beyond that of every other record I can think of in my collection. The 200g QRP pressing I got (sealed) was perfectly quiet and flat and after sitting through all four sides I felt as if I'd experienced a 3D IMAX movie, only with greater sonic intensity and dimensionality." — Music = 9/11; Sound = 11/11 — Michael Fremer, AnalogPlanet.

"Even if you have one of the original issue vinyl LPs, the new version of Amused to Death on the Analogue Productions label is an essential upgrade to your listening experience. Like The Division Bell and The Endless Rivervinyl LPs before it, Analogue Productions has kept their commitment for quality meticulously high with Amused to Death. The record pressing is uniformly excellent..." Paul Powell Jr., Brain Damage U.K. Pink Floyd News, August 2015.

An unblinking look at an entertainment-obsessed society, Amused to Death addresses issues that have only grown in complexity and urgency over the past two decades. With Amused to Death, Roger Waters sounded the alarm about a society increasingly — and unthinkingly — in thrall to its television screens. Twenty-three years later, Amused to Death speaks to our present moment in ways that could scarcely have been anticipated two decades ago. In 2015, television is just one option in an endless array of distractions available to us anytime, anywhere, courtesy of our laptops, tablets and smartphones. With eyes glued to our screens, the dilemmas and injustices of the real world can easily recede from view.

The 2015 2 LP 200-gram vinyl edition of Amused to Death features remastered audio completed by longtime Roger Waters / Pink Floyd collaborator and co-producer, James Guthrie, and has been pressed at Quality Record Pressings. The cover and gatefold art has been updated for 2015 by Sean Evans, the creative director of Waters' 2010-2013 "The Wall Live" tour and movie.

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