To promote the original 1995 release of the video and double album, selections from the album were broadcast on rock radio stations in New York City accompanied by a laser and light show from the observation deck of the Empire State Building.
The mirror ball used at the end of the song "Comfortably Numb" was built by Stagecraft Inc. and is one of the largest in the world at 16 feet in diameter. The mirror ball splits open to a height of 24 feet revealing a powerful 12 kilowatt Phoebus HMI lamp inside.
Additional lasers and lighting were brought in especially for the taping of this live concert video. The video is of a single performance at Earl's Court in London, while the accompanying live double-CD album was culled from this as well as several additional performances.
In "Another brick in the wall pt 2" played at the end of the first CD, the E=mc2 word appears on the DVD, while on the original VHS version the word is ENIGMA.
The video was recorded Oct. 20, 1994. Pink Floyd's final full-length performance (as of 2016) was Oct. 29, 1994.