Pink Floyd fans just noticing ‘clever’ detail on The Wall vinyl

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Fans of legendary rock outfit Pink Floyd are only just noticing a “clever” detail on The Wall vinyl.

The Roger Waters-written album released in 1979 and is considered one of the band’s most important releases. With bassist Waters touring the album in full decades later, listeners returned to the album and noticed a tremendous detail on the vinyl print. A post to the r/PinkFloyd subreddit had listeners thrilled by the detail seen on each side of the record. One user attached a picture of the A-Side, B-Side, C-Side, and D-Side of The Wall and pointed out the titular wall was rising higher on each side.

The user wrote: “I just noticed The Wall gets higher every side.” Other users were delighted to notice the detail and say the inclusion of the judge on the fourth side has a much stronger meaning than first thought. One user wrote: “Fuck that’s clever… and you’re amazing for picking it up.” Another added: “Wow.” A third wrote: “Should be the top post, I’ve never thought of this… really clever.”

Some were left discussing the purpose of The Wall and its judge character, who is pictured on the fourth side of the double LP. One user wrote: “I never understood in The Trial why the judge says to tear down the wall. I thought the whole point was a wall being built around Pink.”

Another replied: “The Trial is where Pink is forced to deal with all his demons (problems). It’s Pink’s ultimate breakdown. The Trial is followed by Outside the Wall, which is an admonition against being so closed off from the world and those who care about you because they may just give up on you and leave you in a destructive cycle of isolation.

“Hence, if you listen closely at the end of the album there is a sentence that abruptly cuts of where Waters says, ‘Isn’t this where.’ And if you listen closely to the beginning of the album, Waters finishes the sentence, ‘We came in?’ In addition, the accordion and what sounds like a crackling fire at the beginning with Waters’ voice over, is the same accordion and crackling fire at the end with his voice over.

“This represents the destructive cycle of isolation we will live if we don’t open ourselves up to the world. All the tracks on the album are interrelated and not standalone in the context of the album. Roger Waters is an absolute genius in conception and songwriting.”

Another user suggested: “It’s the culmination of his madness (and the building of the wall) where Pink is judging himself and realises the wall must come down. Interestingly, there is a sample linking the end of the album to the start (‘isn’t this where we came in?’) possibly indicating that the cycle repeats, but I’m not sure how much sense that makes.”

Some were still confused by the purpose of the judge, who makes for a prominent feature on the vinyl release of The Wall. One user added: “I agree, I understand the basic concept of The Wall, but the last part always left me confused because The Judge is a voice in Pink’s head, and Pink built the wall.

“The Judge sides with The Mother, wife and teacher and they all helped build the wall. And The Judge also seems to be in line with the Fascists? But then they tear down The Wall, even though The Wall is what created those characters (because they are existing in Pink’s head)?

“Like it just seems like the ultimate punishment from these negative entities (tearing down the wall) is actually the cure to Pink’s problems? I dunno, to me it doesn’t resolve super cleanly but whatever.”