ITAOT Keyboard Playing

I'm just wondering...was Mr. Wright in fact playing the keyboard on the live version of The Wall, "Is There Anybody Out There?"?

I understand that session musicians did a lot of the keyboard playing on the studio album, so I am wondering if the drastic differences I am hearing are due to the fact that it is Mr. Wright himself who is playing?

I have discovered that I GREATLY prefer this version to the studio album, because of this richer sound that it has. Some of the things that really make for a "Floydian" sound seem as though they make a brief return...I felt a distinct chill when I heard that piano come on during the instrumental part of "Run Like Hell"--it almost started reminding me in a weird way of part of "Syncopated Pandemonium", except a lot subtler and creepier. Also, the end of "Goodbye Blue Sky" was very interesting, mournful...that song creeps me out. There are many more instances I could point to, but these are some of the main ones that really got my attention. I don't know what it is, but there is a certain "signature" on these parts that makes me wonder if Mr. Wright came up with them for the concert.

Does anybody else hear this, or am I just hallucinating?

You would be correct. Rick Wright performed The Wall with the band, but was on salary.

Would you say that you think his presence noticeably affected the sound of the album? I think so, but I would like to know if others think so as well.

I am planning to write to him sometime...I wonder if he would like it if I told him what a new life that sound seemed to bring to The Wall. I mean, when I heard some of this stuff for the first time, my mouth just dropped open. I had NEVER imagined it, and yet it fit PERFECTLY!

what the credits say ? the credits to the ITAOT ? does they have a list of musicians played on this concert ?
(sorry i don't have the original CD, so i can't tell

He is included as a member of the band...but what I'm wondering if anyone else notices is the tremendous difference in the sound of The Wall in ITAOT (which I personally find to be a great improvement). Would they agree that it is the altered keyboard parts that create this?

Id venture to say thats correct. I think the extra key solos in ABITW2 and Young Lust and fantastic, great job done by rick.

Yes, that was a WONDERFUL surprise, wasn't it? And to think that I had put off buying ITAOT for so long because I thought it would be redundant! Boy was I ever wrong about that!