The Final Cut was originally planned as a soundtrack album for the 1982 film, Pink Floyd The Wall. Under its working title Spare Bricks, it would have featured new music or songs re-recorded for the film, such as "When the Tigers Broke Free" and "Bring the Boys Back Home", respectively. Bass guitarist, vocalist, and primary lyricist Roger Waters also planned to record a small amount of new material for the album, further expanding The Wall's narrative.
Several pieces of music considered for but not used on The Wall, including "Your Possible Pasts", "One of the Few", "The Final Cut", and "The Hero's Return", had initially been set aside for Spare Bricks, and although Pink Floyd had often re-used older material in their work, Gilmour felt that these songs were not good enough for a new album. He wanted to write new material, but Waters remained doubtful as Gilmour had lately contributed little to the band's lyrical repertoire.
So with the above supposedly being the "official" statement regarding the set up for this album... has anyone heard the original versions of these songs from The Wall sessions? Were there others as well that were bumped from the 26 that were used for the double album? Anyone know where these songs were to fit in the story line of The Wall? I'm as guilty as anyone of liking the album when it came out then not revisiting it for some time then finding how much I like it when I do give it a spin..
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