2020-2021 Recorded Versions of Pink Floyd and Solo Material

The Lockdown Sessions was recorded at home during the Covid lockdown between 2020 and 2021. The collection includes five seminal tracks from across Roger Waters' time with Pink Floyd and his solo career; "Mother" and "Vera" from The Wall; "Two Suns In The Sunset" and "The Gunner's Dream" from Waters' final Pink Floyd album, The Final Cut; and "The Bravery of Being Out Of Range" from his highly acclaimed solo album, Amused To Death. Waters' new version of the classic Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb", which was recorded during the recent "This Is Not A Drill" tour features as the final track.

The Lockdown Sessions were produced by Roger Waters and Gus Seyffert. Appearing on the recordings are Roger Waters – vocals, guitar and piano; Gus 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").

Waters commented: "Our Us and Them Tour lasted three years...At every gig we did an encore after the main show closed with Comfortably Numb...the encore was always Mother...I can't remember why I decided to start doing other songs?...Anyway, at some point after the end of the tour...I started thinking, "It could make an interesting album, all those encores"..."The Encores". "Yeah, has a nice ring to it!" Then...I'm in England doing the Ginger Baker tribute gig one Tuesday night at the Hammersmith Odeon with Eric Clapton and...the following Saturday marching from The Australian Embassy to Parliament Square to make a speech in support of Julian Assange, when bugger me, Covid...Schlummmm! For me it was Friday March 13th 2020. Lockdown! So much for the "Encores" project. Unless...we've tacked C. Numb on the end of the collection, as an appropriate exclamation point in closing this circle of love."