roger waters

flickering flame

The Solo Years Volume I
A collectors limited edition including
two rare demo recordings

Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Too Much Rope
The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid)
Perfect Sense Part I & II
Three Wishes
5:06am (Every Stranger's Eyes)
Who Needs Information
Each Small Candle
Flickering Flame (new demo)
Towers Of Faith
Radio Waves
Lost Boys Calling (original demo)

CD cover design : 4i Group
Photographs : Jimmy Ienner Jr, Neal Preston, Jonathan Park

Special thanks : Todd Horn, Columbia Records

Management : Mark Fenwick, MFM Limited

Album compiled : James Guthrie & Roger Waters
Assisted : Joel Plante

In the old days, pre dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd played to audiences which by virtue of their size were allowed an intimacy of connection that was magical. However, success overtook us and by 1977 we were playing in football stadiums. The magic crushed beneath the weight of numbers, we were becoming addicted to the trappings of popularity. I found myself increasingly alienated in that atmosphere of avarice and ego until one night in the Olympic Stadium, Montreal, the boil of my frustations burst. Some crazed teenage fan was clawing his way up the storm netting that separated us from the human cattle pen in front of the stage screaming his devotion to the "Demi-Gods" beyond his reach. Incensed by his misunderstanding and my own connivance I spat my frustration in his face. Later that night, back at the hotel, shocked by my behaviour I was faced with a choice. To deny my addiction and embrace that comfortably numb but magic less existence or accept the burden of insight, take the road less travelled and embark on the often painful journey to discover who I was and where I fit. The Wall was the picture I drew for myself to help me make that choice.
Roger Waters 1995.