Sony Music will release Roger Waters “The Lockdown Sessions” on vinyl and CD on June 2.
Recorded and filmed during Covid lockdown between 2020-21, Waters first released each track independently on social media as it was recorded. The entire collection, including a new version of “Comfortably Numb” recorded during his “This Is Not a Drill” tour, was made available on streaming services Dec. 9, 2022.
The collection includes five tracks from Waters’s time with Pink Floyd and his solo career: “Mother” and “Vera” from Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”; “Two Suns in the Sunset” and “The Gunner’s Dream” from Floyd’s “The Final Cut”; “The Bravery of Being Out of Range” from his solo album “Amused To Death”; and the new recording of “Comfortably Numb.”
All were were produced by Waters and Gus Seyffert. Appearing on the recordings are Waters – Vocals, Guitar and Piano; Seyffert – Bass, Cellos and Vocals; Joey Waronker – Drums and Percussion; Dave Kilminster – Guitar and Rhythm Guitar; Jonathan Wilson – Guitar and Vocals; Jon Carin – Keyboards and Vocals, Lucius (Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig) – Vocals; Bo Koster – Hammond (on all tracks except “Mother”) and Ian Ritchie – Saxophone (“Two Suns In The Sunset”).
