Description ROGER WATERS PINK FLOYD PROMO 12" THE PROS AND CONS OF HITCH HIKING Columbia LP PC 39290. Mint condition vinyl PROMO Lp. Jacket is Very Good+. Some light ring wear.I am selling off a collection I started in 1966 so check back to see what else I have listed.I do combine on shipping.Any questions,just ask. Thanks for looking. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is the first solo album by Roger Waters released in 1984. The following year Waters announced his departure from Pink Floyd. The album was certified gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 1995.Contents [hide] 1 Concept history2 Album release and artwork3 Possible film4 Track listing4.1 Side one4.2 Side two5 Chart positions6 Personnel7 Production8 References9 External linksConcept history[edit]The concept, as envisioned by Waters in 1977, rotated around a man's scattered thoughts during a road trip through California, focusing on his midlife crisis, and how he dreams of committing adultery with a hitchhiker he picks up along the way. Along the way he also faces other fears and paranoia, with all of these things taking place in real time in the early morning hours of 04:30:18 AM to 05:12 AM on an unspecified day.In July 1977, Waters played some of the music demos of what he had pieced together, but he also played parts of another album he was preparing titled Bricks in the Wall to the rest of his bandmates in the group Pink Floyd.[4][5] After a long debate, they decided that they preferred the concept of Bricks in the Wall instead,[5] even though their manager at the time,Steve O'Rourke, thought that Pros and Cons was a better-sounding concept,[6] and David Gilmour calling Pros and Cons stronger musically.[5]Well, the idea for the album came concurrently with the idea for The Wall – the basis of the idea. I wrote both pieces at roughly the same time. And in fact, I made demo tapes of them both, and in fact presented both demo tapes to the rest of the Floyd, and said "Look, I'm going to do one of these as a solo project and we'll do one as a band album, and you can choose." So, this was the one that was left over. Um...I mean, it's developed an awful lot since then, I think.— Roger Waters, [7]Bricks in the Wall, retitled The Wall, became the next Pink Floyd album in 1979, and Waters shelved Pros and Cons. In early 1983, Waters undertook the shelved project himself.[8]The album was recorded in three different studios between February and December 1983 in London, the Olympic Studios, Eel Pie Studios and in Waters' own Billiard Room, the studio where his demos were constructed. Several people appeared on the album, including musical conductor Michael Kamen, the vocal talents of actor Jack Palance, saxophonist David Sanborn and rock and blues guitarist Eric Clapton.Track 7, 4.50 AM (Go Fishing) includes the same refrain as "The Fletcher Memorial Home" from Pink Floyd's The Final Cut uses for the line: "The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable tyrants and kings". This song also includes the chorus melody from that album's "Your Possible Pasts".Album release and artwork[edit]As the original album was released in January 1984 on the traditional two-sided vinyl LP and cassette formats, in keeping with Waters' concept there are a few seconds missing between sides one and two, allowing the listener to flip the record (or turn the cassette), thus keeping the second half starting at exactly 4:50 AM as planned. When the album was released on CD a few years later however, this short gap was lost due to continuous play, throwing the time back several seconds. Also, the times for "4:37 AM (Arabs With Knives and West German Skies)" and "4:47 AM (The Remains of Our Love)" on the first side are incorrect: the songs begin several seconds earlier than indicated, as they start during the seconds of "4:36 AM" and "4:46 AM", respectively.[citation needed]Gerald Scarfe, who had created the album artwork and some animation for Pink Floyd's The Wall album, created all the graphics and animation for the Pros and Cons album. Its cover prompted controversy for featuring a rear-view nude photograph of model and softcore pornography actress Linzi Drew. It was condemned by some feminist groups. Although it was originally released with the nudity intact, subsequent editions distributed by Columbia Records censored Drew's buttocks with a black box.'Roger's a very different sort of person [i.e. different from Eric Clapton or David Gilmour, described as easygoing]. I have tremendous respect for him. He's a very clever man, but he is very serious. When Eric and I toured with him, he wanted everything exactly the same as the record, which, unfortunately, kind of took the fun out of performing.'— Tim Renwick, guitar player[9]Possible film[edit]A film based on the concept was proposed, and in 1987 a press release for the Radio K.A.O.S. album claimed a film adaptation had been completed, though nothing has been heard of it since. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hikingscreenplay was written by BBC/Radio Times Drama Award winner Pete Ward, who used excerpts from Waters' songs/lyrics (from 1967–1987) as background to his award-winning play, Yesterday's Triumph,[10] exploring the 20-year relationship of two close friends – one who attempts to fake mental illness to be with the other, who is an institutionalised 'catastrophic schizophrenic'. Ward was commissioned to expand the plot and characters in The Pros and Cons around the album's 42-minute real-time dream sequence based on Waters' own dreams.A film was made in 1984 and 1985 which combined Gerald Scarfe's animations and Nicholas Roeg's live-action footage. Also directed by Nicholas Roeg the film was projected on a backdrop behind the stage as the band played. Three promotional videos were also directed by Roeg. "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking" features snippets of the live action material from the screen films interspersed with footage of "Shane" and other cowboy films. "Sexual Revolution" also featured screen film material insterspersed with footage Waters singing the song and playing his bass. "Every Stranger's Eyes" is identical to the screen projection, except for the fact that footage of Waters is also interspersed here.Track listing[edit]Side one[edit]All songs written and composed by Roger Waters[8]. No.TitleLength1."4:30 AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)" 3:122."4:33 AM (Running Shoes)" 4:083."4:37 AM (Arabs with Knives and West German Skies)" 2:174."4:39 AM (For the First Time Today, Part 2)" 2:025."4:41 AM (Sexual Revolution)" 4:496."4:47 AM (The Remains of Our Love)" 3:09Side two[edit]No.TitleLength1."4:50 AM (Go Fishing)" 6:592."4:56 AM (For the First Time Today, Part 1)" 1:383."4:58 AM (Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin)" 3:034."5:01 AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Part 10)" 4:365."5:06 AM (Every Stranger's Eyes)" 4:486."5:11 AM (The Moment of Clarity)" 1:28Chart positions[edit]Chart (1984)Peak positionNew Zealand (RIANZ)[11]14Norway (VG-lista)[12]4Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13]3Switzerland (Media Control AG)[14]12UK Albums (The Official Charts Company)[15]13US Billboard 200[16]31Personnel[edit]The Musicians:Roger Waters – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, tape effects, lead vocalsEric Clapton – lead guitar, backing vocals, Roland guitar synthesizerRay Cooper – percussionAndy Newmark – drums, percussionDavid Sanborn – saxophoneMichael Kamen – pianoAndy Bown – hammond organ, 12-string guitarMadeline Bell, Katie Kissoon, Doreen Chanter – backing vocalsRaphael Ravenscroft, Kevin Flanagan, Vic Sullivan - hornsThe National Philharmonic Orchestra, Conducted and Arranged by Michael KamenThe Actors (in order of appearance):Andy Quigley as 'Welshman in Operating Theatre'Beth Porter as 'Wife'Roger Waters as 'Man'Manning Redwood and Ed Bishop as 'Truck Drivers'Jack Palance as 'Hells Angel'Madeline Bell as 'Hels Angel's Girlfriend'The Crew:Roger Waters and Michael Kamen - producersAndy Jackson - engineerLaura Boisan - assistant engineerMichael King - SFX boffinZuccarelli Labs - holophonicsDoug Sax and Mike Reese - masteringRoger Waters and Gerald Scarfe - sleeve designAlex Henderson - photographyThe Artful Dodgers - co-ordinationProduction[edit]Produced By Roger Waters & Michael KamenRecorded & Engineered By Andy JacksonAssistant Engineer: Laura BoisanMastered By Doug Sax & Mike Reese FREE! 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