So you have all Floyd albums and you have a weekly Wall listening session? Wow, how your life is gonna change. The best song of the Wall-experience is not on the album. Actually, it is essential to all of Waters’ work. And here is your chance to own it, along with two other 7” gems. 1. The song is ‘When the tigers broke free’, in which Roger Waters finally describers the death of his father on the battlefield, something that has haunted him for all his life and features on almost every album he made. The song was meant for The Wall, but the other members dismissed it as ‘too personal’. It was released as a single and featured in the film-version. The 7" was labelled "Taken from the album The final Cut but was not included on that album until the 2004 remaster. The single version is a unique mix and differs from all subsequent releases. It has a different intro that is shorter. The first verse uses a different vocal take that has never appeared on any other release of the track. This recording also features different percussion accents — short snare roll fills throughout the track. It describes the battle of Anzio where which his father, Eric Waters, fought and died. As Waters tells it, the forward commander had asked to withdraw his forces from a German tank assault, but the generals refused, and "the generals gave thanks / As the other ranks / Held back the enemy tanks for a while" and "the Anzio bridgehead was held for the price / Of a few hundred ordinary lives". In the second verse Waters describes how he found a letter of condolence from the British government, described as a note which "His Majesty signed / with his own rubber stamp". Waters' resentment then explodes in the final line "And that's how the High Command took my daddy from me." The anger spats out of the speakers. The version on offer is the deluxe one, first pressed, in a triple fold sleeve with the iconic black inner sleeve all Floyd singles have. The B-side is Bring the boys back home, taken from the album. Harvest, HAR 5222, UK, 1979, sleeve and disk mint 2. Another brick in the wall (part 2). Their biggest hit, and anthem to many a protest rally. Originally it was quite short, but producer Bob Ezrin foresaw a hit if the would extend it and incorporate a disco rhythm. They refused to do so, but when they were away, Ezrin extended it. The school choir was recorded in 40 minutes, all the time the school would allow. It was banned in south-Africa and Margareth Thatcher ‘hated it’. The b-side is One of my turns. Unfortunately, without the original sleeve, but of course with the Wall-inspired labels. Harvest, HAR 5194, UK, 1979, sleeve and disk mint 3. Not many people know that Waters had two concepts in mind in 1978: Brick in the Wall and The pros and cons of hitchhiking. Two projects would be too much for the Floyd so he let the band choose which one was for them and which one would be his solo debut. The band choose The Wall although David Gilmour found the other one musically superior. After the Wall Roger returned to the pros and cons. It describes a dream. Two singles were taken from it, this is the first. A European pressing, as proven by the uncensored sleeve (the Americans have a black line over the bare bum). 5:01 AM (the pros and cons of hitchhiking) / 4:30 AM (apparently, they were travelling) Harvest, 2001297, 1984, Europe. Sleeve and disk mint. As stated all vinyl and sleeves are mint. Check the pictures and my reviews. The will be preciously packed and swiftly send.