"Hey You": Graffiti is overlaid on top of the Wall during the opening shot in the home release.
Other than that, the rest of the song uses exactly the same footage in both versions.
"Is There Anybody Out There?": Mostly the same in both versions, except for additional footage overlaid in a few spots.
"Nobody Home": The live airing actually shows us what's on the "thirteen channels of shit" that Roger sings about. I assume this had to be removed from the home release due to rights issues?
The echo on "fly to" seems to be missing from the live version.
"Vera": The home release mostly focuses on an impressive panning shot of the entire Wall.
"Bring The Boys Back Home": The title of the song is projected on the Wall in the home release, while the live version only has the words in a few shots.
"Comfortably Dumb": There's a part during the second chorus that had to be replaced in the home release because the stage smoke ended up blocking Van Morrison and The Band from view.
The live feed goes out again during the final chorus.
"In the Flesh": When the limousine arrives, the pyrotechnics go off once in the live version, but twice in the home release.
More transmission issues occur during the intro. The home release replaces this with alternate angles.
Roger's vocals seem to be unchanged in the home release.
"Run Like Hell": The arrival of the pig balloon is spoiled a bit in the live version, as it can briefly be seen at the end of "In the Flesh".
During the keyboard solo, the home release has a lot more shots of skinheads coming down the Wall on ropes. One of these shots is also slowed down in the home release.
"Waiting For The Worms": An odd bit of audio interference occurs twice during the song. Since the home release uses a different take, this is not an issue there.
"Stop": The live version has more audio interference during this song.
The home release cuts to a closeup of Roger when he shouts "STOP!!!"
"The Trial": Probably the highlight of this version of the show. All of the characters in the song are played by special guests, such as Albert Finney as the Judge, Thomas Dolby as the Schoolmaster, German singer Ute Lemper as the Wife, Marianne Faithfull as Pink’s Mother, and, best of all, Tim Curry as the Prosecutor!!!
While the vocals are the same in both versions, some kind of technical glitch happened during the Wife's part where she isn't on screen for the first part of her verse. As a result, they had Lemper reshoot her scene at Brixton Academy in London for the home release. The difference in image quality is rather obvious.
The home release is missing a rather funny shot of Roger putting his face right up in front of the camera before the Judge's verse begins.
When the Wall first starts to fall apart, I like how the live version shows an angle where we can see the technicians pushing the bricks down. The upshot shown in the home release is more dramatic, and I can see why they used this angle instead.
A lot of unimportant far shots are cut from the home release before the start of the next song.
"The Tide Is Turning": This song was added to the setlist for this concert only. It was originally on the Radio KAOS album.
Only some of the singers (such as Cyndi Lauper) appear to utilize alternate vocal takes in the home release. The rest are all the same.
There's not a lot of alternate angles in this song. Those that do appear aren't during any of the vocal parts.
"Outside The Wall": The album that was released of this show cuts this song for some reason. To be fair, "The Tide Is Turning" does make a better finale for this particular iteration of The Wall.
The credits font is different in the home release. Some of the names have been switched around, and the live credits are a little slower.
Rather amusingly, you can barely hear the song in the live copy that's currently available, as the Italian commentators talk over pretty much the whole thing.
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