The Wall: Live in Berlin [DVD] [1990]

By good fortune I went with two Dutch friends who speak perfect Germanand we arrived in the morning so was able to get very close to the huge stage.Held in Potsdamer Platz (a location which was part of the former "no-man's land" of the Berlin Wall), this concert was even bigger than the Pink Floyd era ones, as Waters built a 550-foot long and 82-foot high wall, which was broken down in the same show.The show had a sell-out crowd of over 200,000 people, and right before the performance started the gates were opened to the concert and an additional 100,000 to 500,000 (estimates vary) people were able to enter for free so we are talking about a huge audience.To Clear up the issue about ' technical failures ' I had a friendrecord the whole show in Holland { unlike the UK in Holland they covered it live ' from start to finish } so I did watch it after the event and I do know the broadcast was marred with a few drop's in sound but we { the audience } watching it live were unaware about any problems ' apart ' from the second song, "The Thin Ice" and part of the third song, "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1)", were disrupted when a circuit breaker tripped. It was reset, but immediately tripped again so they had to rewire some equipment. Those two songs had to be re-recorded for the issue of the DVD.The live performance of "Mother" was also hounded by a power failure. Roger Waters tried to get Sinéad O'Connor to sing her parts anyway, or mime the song, while the error was being fixed. Offended by being asked to mime, she didn't return after the show to re-record the performance (which is how "The Thin Ice" was saved for the CD/Video release.) Instead, the release version of "Mother" comes from the dress rehearsal on the previous night before the concert. Consequently, the large projection of Gerald Scarfe's mother character that was projected on the screen during the concert cannot be seen on the video or DVD versions.I went to a local party in East Berlin and around one hour later we could hear them repeating the part that had been broken up before .Its impossible to spot when you watch the DVD and even although I was thirty foot from the stage I cant even spot the splice.I work in the music festival field so I do get to see many Live events but The Wall Concert in Berlin on 21 July 1990 was the best Concert I have ever seen and even although its now over seventeen years later I can still remember it as if it was yesterday.Really this DVD should be in ever fan's collection.psShot on Potsdamer Platz, the no man's land between East and West Germany, the producers didn't know if the area would be filled with mines - no one did. Before setting up, they did a sweep of the area and found a cache of munitions and a previously unknown SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler bunker. The Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler started as Hitler's elite personal bodyguard but were later diverted to Eastern and Western fronts. There is a misconception probably due to the SS division's name that the bunker found was the Führerbunker or the place were Adolf Hitler committed suicide which is false. The Führerbunker was in another location.At the request of the concert producers, part of the Berlin Wall was kept in place as a security fence behind the stage.

An excellant dvd presentation of an extraordinary performance of Pink Floyd`s The Wall, and what a setting. I remember watching this back in 1990 live on tv and to see it again in this format is fantastic. I can`t fault any of the guest performers ,Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Cyndy Lauper, Sinead O` Connor, Jerry Hall, Paul Carrack, to name but a few. The actual show was visually spectacular with the artists, the lights , the projections and the building and ultimate destruction of the wall is breath taking.Roger Waters as ever gives a terrific performance as vocalist, bass player and actor.A few extras on the dvd include a short documentary about the building of the Berlin wall and how the show came about. Some fascinating unseen footage remaining from what was projected onto the round screen , unfortunately out of shot most of the time during the concert.All in all , well worth getting for reliving a piece of history.

Roger Waters have gathered some of the greatest names of the 1990s music world. Names as the Scorpions, Cyndi Lauper and Bryan Adams were major stars at this time and present a different and great version of The Wall. The show is bigger than ever whit so many people involved that it is breathtaking! Roger Waters have her really pulled of the event of a century, and probably the next century to! If you like The Wall, or like to see dynamic musical theaters happen buy this and if you don’t……… buy it anyway and enjoy the music! And when you order this, make sure that you pick up Roger Waters In the flesh DVD to and Gilmour in concert! Both great concerts!The documentary on this DVD is also great; I actually learned something I didn’t know from before! So don’t be satisfied whit th VHS when you can get a DVD whit much better sound and picture.

Great performance

We all know the music and the celebration in 1990. A clear 4 stars.I am writing to correct some apparent misunderstandings evident from the first review and three comments to it. This SACD is actually a hybrid, which is proved by a sticker attached to the front cover. Perhaps the first reviewer's sticker fell off; the back cover implies hybrid in that CD Audio is named as an option. Anyway, the comments concluded that the first reviewer could not read. That may well not be true.My copy plays on a standard cd player, but only after pressing the play button a few or five or six times and waiting up to ten seconds. I am not used to this inability of hybrids to track; maybe some kind of programmming deviation arose during the production process.

love this dvd. have already watched it 3 times its great. came on time and was well packed

excellent product..

very good

If you are a Pink Floyd fan this is a MUST for your collection.

Wie immer super gelaufen, sehr guter Zustand... gerne wieder!

Excelente producto, original y en su empaque cellado, se los recomiendo al 100% llegó mucho antes de lo previsto.!!

First off, I think everything that could be said about this concert probably already has been, but I haven't read all of the reviews. Here's my two cents...Let me start by saying THIS IS ONE GREAT SHOW!!! Rodger Waters as well as his band are just quite simply - PERFECT! Waters has assembled several(now)legendary guests to help perform The Wall in where else but Berlin.... The album is pretty much performed verbatum. FYI, these guests generally only perform one song and this is generally earlier on in the show before Rodger Waters takes over full-time. I have to admit I was a bit skeptical about even renting this because of some of these guests. I have mulled over this DVD and passed on it many times since discovering it's exsistence a couple years ago. Boy was I wrong. This concert really works overall and just keeps getting better and better while building up to a truly amazing finish! It's impossible to give it justice with mere words. YOU HAVE TO SEE & HEAR THIS! By now, you guys probably already know who's in this. I'm not a big Cindy Laupner fan. She actually does a fine job on this and does so in her own classic Laupner style. It works, somehow..., but it works. And Apparently Rodger was a fan of The Last Waltz, as he invited several members of The Band, as well as some others from that classic concert, to do a couple songs from The Wall album - all in their own unique styles. I'm a big big fan of The Last Waltz and while it's nice to see these guys again, I'd have to say that they are somewhat out of place in this particular venue. They lend a country twang to the song they perform which, in my opinion, is questionable... The most suprising and impressive performance though, would have to be Sinead O'Conner(sp?) singing "Mother" w/ a little help from THE Band. Surprisingly, she may just be the best single guest artist of the entire show. I've always found her to be a bit odd..., but she really hits it on this night. It surprised the you know what out of me! Also, The Scorpians do a great job on all the songs they perform. But beyond the guest appearances, Rodger Walters performs & sings most of the songs himself w/ his band. Let me tell you something. This guy is not missing a beat. Everything he does, is spot on and he recreates the songs much like the actual album. He is definately the master of his domain! He, as well as the show and set are very theatrical & animated all at the same time - just as we've come to expect and then some... I may be wrong, but I don't sense any lip synching going on throughout the show other than "The Trial" song and I'll give them a free pass on that one - you'll see why...I love David Gilmour's stuff, but quite frankly, this show is done as only Rodger Walter's can do. Dark Side is Gilmour's and The Wall is Waters'. It's a shame they can't be on stage together, but if you've ever watched The Pulse and Rodger's The Wall, you'll see that they don't "have" to be. They are each very capable of producing a very satisfying result on their own!Do yourself a favor and at least rent this. Don't pass this gem by. I own it and I'm glad I do. It's a keeper and I love showing & sharing it with others and seeing their reactions. This is a very very big production. The audio and video quality are very good! I'd be curious to know what this evening ended up costing. For it's time, I wouldn't be surprised if it was among the most expensive single concert productions of it's time. I am assuming that this was only done once?

期待してた通りの素晴らしステージでした。特にスコーピオンズのIN THE FLESHは私の世代（50代)には最高の懐かしパフォーマンスでした。（高校時代、買ったアルバムはバージンキラー）。しかし シンディ・ローパーは若い若すぎる、でもそのおかげで彼女の歌うANOTHERBRICK IN THE WALL PT.2は、曲のイメージとぴったりでした。後半にはマイケル・ケイメン指揮のランドファンク・オーケストラ、ソウ"ィエト軍マーチング・バンド、コーラス隊などが出演、重厚な演奏が楽しめました。最大の山場、壁のくずれる場面は想像以上に迫力があり、見どころ満載のコンサートでした。