A Collection of Great Dance Songs
(1981)


CD Ref.: Columbia 700.539/2-467565
N. CDs: 1
Compilation

Tracks

1. One Of These Days (Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour) info lyrics
One Of These Days {Gilmour/Mason/Wright/Waters} (5:49)
From the 1971 album: Meddle

Produced by: Pink Floyd

Recorded: July-August, 1971 at Morgan Sound Studios and AIR Studios, London, England

Instrumentation:
Roger Waters - bass guitar (with echo repeat), VCS3 synthesizer
David Gilmour - Stratocaster guitar, Lewis electric guitar, bass guitar, double-tracked Fender lap steel guitar, backwards tape effect
Richard Wright - piano, Hammond organ
Nick Mason - drums, vocal treatments, tape treatments

2. Money (Waters) info lyrics
Money {Waters} (6:45)
Originally from the 1973 album: Dark Side Of The Moon

Produced by: David Gilmour

Re-Recorded: 1981 at New Roydonia Studios

Instrumentation:
Dick Parry - saxophone
David Gilmour - all other instruments

3. Sheep (Waters) info lyrics
Sheep {Waters} (10:21)
From the 1977 album: Animals

Produced by: Pink Floyd

Recorded: April, May and July, 1976 at Britannia Row Studios, Islington, England

Instrumentation:
Roger Waters - lead vocals, bass guitar
David Gilmour - electric guitars
Richard Wright - Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes piano, ARP synthesizer
Nick Mason - drums
anonymous Pink Floyd roadie - spoken section (through a vocoder)

4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Waters, Wright, Gilmour) info
Shine On You Crazy Diamond {Gilmour/Waters/Wright} (10:39)
From the 1975 album: Wish You Were Here
NOTE: This is a compiled version, segueing Parts 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 with the last two minutes, the saxophone break, cut from Part 5.

Produced by: Pink Floyd

Recorded: January-July, 1975 at Abbey Road Studios, London, England

Instrumentation:
Roger Waters - lead vocals, bass guitar
David Gilmour - harmony vocals, guitars, VCS3 synthesizer
Richard Wright - quadruple-tracked VCS3 synthesizer, Synthi-A, ARP synthesizer, Hammond organ, bass foot pedals
Nick Mason - drums, tape effects
Vanetta Fields, Carlena Williams - background vocals

5. Wish You Were Here (Waters, Gilmour) info lyrics
Wish You Were Here {Gilmour/Waters} (5:26)
From the 1975 album: Wish You Were Here
NOTE: This is an edited version with the intro and outro slightly trimmed.

Produced by: Pink Floyd

Recorded: January-July, 1975 at Abbey Road Studios, London, England

Instrumentation:
Roger Waters - bass guitar
David Gilmour - lead vocal, guitars
Richard Wright - Yamaha piano, Hammond organ
Nick Mason - drums

6. Another Brick In The Wall, Part II (Waters) info
Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) {Waters} (3:50)
From the 1979 album: The Wall
NOTE: This is an edited version utilizing the intro from the single, but with the album cut's ending.

Produced by: Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour and Roger Waters

Recorded: April-November, 1979 at Super Bear, Miravel, France and Producer's Workshop, Los Angeles, CA

Instrumentation:
Roger Waters - lead vocal, bass guitar
David Gilmour - lead vocal, rhythm guitar, lead guitar
Nick Mason - drums
Freddie Mandell - Hammond organ
The Children of Islington Green Primary School Fourth Form - chorus vocals

Lyrics

1. One Of These Days (Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour) tracks

One of these days I'm gonna cut you into little pieces


2. Money (Waters) tracks

Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay and your O.K.
Money it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team
Money get back
I'm all right Jack keep your hands off my stack.
Money it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit
I'm in the hi-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a Lear jet
Money it's a crime
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie
Money so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're
giving none away

"HuHuh! I was in the right!"
"Yes, absolutely in the right!"
"I certainly was in the right!"
"You was definitely in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising!"
"Yeah!"
"Why does anyone do anything?"
"I don't know, I was really drunk at the time!"
"I was just telling him, he couldn't get into number 2. He was asking
why he wasn't coming up on freely, after I was yelling and
screaming and telling him why he wasn't coming up on freely.
It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter out"


3. Sheep (Waters) tracks

Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air
You better watch out
There may be dogs about
I've looked over Jordan and I have seen
Things are not what they seem.
What do you get for pretending the danger's not real
Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel
What a surprise!
A look of terminal shock in your eyes
Now things are really what they seem
No, this is no bad dream.
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He makes me down to lie
Through pastures green he leadeth me the silent waters by
With bright knives he releaseth my soul
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places
He converteth me to lamb cutlets
For lo,m he hath great power and great hunger
When cometh the day we lowly ones
Through quiet reflection and great dedication
Master the art of karate
Lo, we shall rise up
And then we'll make the bugger's eyes water.
Bleating and babbling I fell on his neck with a scream
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream.
Have you heard the news?
The dogs are dead!
You better stay home
And do as you're told
Get out of the road if you want to grow old.


5. Wish You Were Here (Waters, Gilmour) tracks

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here...


Notes

A COLLECTION OF GREAT DANCE SONGS
Released: November 23, 1981
Compiled by: David Gilmour
Cover by: TCP and Citizen
Label: Columbia TC-37680


One Of These Days {Gilmour/Mason/Wright/Waters} (5:49)
From the 1971 album: Meddle

Produced by: Pink Floyd

Recorded: July-August, 1971 at Morgan Sound Studios and AIR Studios, London, England

Instrumentation:
Roger Waters - bass guitar (with echo repeat), VCS3 synthesizer
David Gilmour - Stratocaster guitar, Lewis electric guitar, bass guitar, double-tracked Fender lap steel guitar, backwards tape effect
Richard Wright - piano, Hammond organ
Nick Mason - drums, vocal treatments, tape treatments

Money {Waters} (6:45)
Originally from the 1973 album: Dark Side Of The Moon

Produced by: David Gilmour

Re-Recorded: 1981 at New Roydonia Studios

Instrumentation:
Dick Parry - saxophone
David Gilmour - all other instruments

Sheep {Waters} (10:21)
From the 1977 album: Animals

Produced by: Pink Floyd

Recorded: April, May and July, 1976 at Britannia Row Studios, Islington, England

Instrumentation:
Roger Waters - lead vocals, bass guitar
David Gilmour - electric guitars
Richard Wright - Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes piano, ARP synthesizer
Nick Mason - drums
anonymous Pink Floyd roadie - spoken section (through a vocoder)

Shine On You Crazy Diamond {Gilmour/Waters/Wright} (10:39)
From the 1975 album: Wish You Were Here
NOTE: This is a compiled version, segueing Parts 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 with the last two minutes, the saxophone break, cut from Part 5.

Produced by: Pink Floyd

Recorded: January-July, 1975 at Abbey Road Studios, London, England

Instrumentation:
Roger Waters - lead vocals, bass guitar
David Gilmour - harmony vocals, guitars, VCS3 synthesizer
Richard Wright - quadruple-tracked VCS3 synthesizer, Synthi-A, ARP synthesizer, Hammond organ, bass foot pedals
Nick Mason - drums, tape effects
Vanetta Fields, Carlena Williams - background vocals

Wish You Were Here {Gilmour/Waters} (5:26)
From the 1975 album: Wish You Were Here
NOTE: This is an edited version with the intro and outro slightly trimmed.

Produced by: Pink Floyd

Recorded: January-July, 1975 at Abbey Road Studios, London, England

Instrumentation:
Roger Waters - bass guitar
David Gilmour - lead vocal, guitars
Richard Wright - Yamaha piano, Hammond organ
Nick Mason - drums

Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) {Waters} (3:50)
From the 1979 album: The Wall
NOTE: This is an edited version utilizing the intro from the single, but with the album cut's ending.

Produced by: Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour and Roger Waters

Recorded: April-November, 1979 at Super Bear, Miravel, France and Producer's Workshop, Los Angeles, CA

Instrumentation:
Roger Waters - lead vocal, bass guitar
David Gilmour - lead vocal, rhythm guitar, lead guitar
Nick Mason - drums
Freddie Mandell - Hammond organ
The Children of Islington Green Primary School Fourth Form - chorus vocals

Total playing time 42:52

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Release date: 23 November, 1981

Following "The Wall" great success, Pink Floyd released "A Collection Of Great Dance Songs", some kind of "Best Of".

Tracks:
One Of These Days (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason)
Vocals by Mason.
Money (Waters)
Vocals by Gilmour.
Sheep (Waters)
Vocals by Waters.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Waters, Wright, Gilmour)
Vocals by Waters and Gilmour.
Wish You Were Here (Waters, Gilmour)
Vocals by Gilmour.
Another Brick In The Wall part.II(Waters)
Vocals by Waters and Gilmour.

Musicians Featured:
David Gilmour: Guitars, Vocals
Nick Mason: Drums
Roger Waters: Bass Guitar, Vocals
Rick Wright: Keyboard, Vocals

One Of These Days (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason)
One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces



Money (Waters)
Money, get away.
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay.
Money, it's a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team.

Money, get back.
I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack.
Money, it's a hit.
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit.
I'm in the high-fidelity first class travelling set
And I think I need a Lear jet.

Money, it's a crime.
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie.
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today.
But if you ask for a raise it's no surprise that they're
giving none away.

"HuHuh! I was in the right!"
"Yes, absolutely in the right!"
"I certainly was in the right!"
"You was definitely in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising!"
"Yeah!"
"Why does anyone do anything?"
"I don't know, I was really drunk at the time!"
"I was just telling him, he couldn't get into number 2. He was asking
why he wasn't coming up on freely, after I was yelling and
screaming and telling him why he wasn't coming up on freely.
It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter out"



Sheep (Waters)
Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away;
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air.
You better watch out,
There may be dogs about
I've looked over Jordan, and I have seen
Things are not what they seem.

What do you get for pretending the danger's not real.
Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel.
What a surprise!
A look of terminal shock in your eyes.
Now things are really what they seem.
No, this is no bad dream.

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He makes me down to lie
Through pastures green He leadeth me the silent waters by.
With bright knives He releaseth my soul.
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places.
He converteth me to lamb cutlets,
For lo, He hath great power, and great hunger.
When cometh the day we lowly ones,
Through quiet reflection, and great dedication
Master the art of karate,
Lo, we shall rise up,
And then we'll make the bugger's eyes water.

Bleating and babbling I fell on his neck with a scream.
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream.

Have you heard the news?
The dogs are dead!
You better stay home
And do as you're told.
Get out of the road if you want to grow old.



Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Waters, Wright, GIlmour)
Remember when you were young,
You shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes,
Like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire
Of childhood and stardom,
Blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!

You reached for the secret too soon,
You cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night,
And exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome
With random percision,
Rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

Nobody knows where you are,
How near or how far.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Pile on many more layers
And I'll be joining you there.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
And we'll bask in the shadow
Of yesterday's triumph,
And sail on the steel breeze.
Come on you boy child,
You winner and loser,
Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!



Wish You Were Here (Waters, Gilmour)
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.



Another Brick In The Wall part.II (Waters)
We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

"Wrong, Do it again!"
"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"
"You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddy!"