David Gilmour in Concert

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David Gilmour in Concert
Video by David Gilmour
Released	October, 2002 (UK), November, 2002 (US)
Recorded	London, England, June 2001
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	92 min. (concert footage), 2 hours (concert plus extras)
Label	EMI (UK), Capitol Records (US)
Director	David Mallet
Producer	David Gilmour

David Gilmour in Concert is a DVD of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London in June 2001, as part of the Robert Wyatt-curated Meltdown festival. It also features additional footage recorded during three concerts at the same venue in January 2002. The track selection includes several Pink Floyd compositions in addition to Gilmour's solo works. Guest appearances are made by Floyd colleague Rick Wright, as well as Robert Wyatt and Bob Geldof. It includes the first ever performance of "Smile" a track which would appear almost five years later on Gilmours 3rd solo album - "On an Island".

[edit] Track listing

[edit] The Meltdown Concert from June, 2001

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1 - 5) (Gilmour/Waters/Wright)
2. Terrapin (Barrett)
3. Fat Old Sun (Gilmour)
4. Coming Back to Life (Gilmour)
5. High Hopes (Gilmour/Samson)
6. Je crois entendre encore (Bizet)
7. Smile (Gilmour/Samson)
8. Wish You Were Here (Gilmour/Waters)
9. Comfortably Numb (with Wyatt) (Gilmour/Waters)
10. Dimming Of The Day (Thompson)
11. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 6 - 8) (Gilmour/Waters/Wright)
12. A Great Day for Freedom (Gilmour/Samson)
13. Hushabye Mountain (Sherman/Sherman)

[edit] Bonus tracks from January, 2002

1. Dominoes (Barrett)
2. Breakthrough (with Wright) (Wright/Moore)
3. Comfortably Numb (with Geldof) (Gilmour/Waters)

[edit] Personnel

• David Gilmour: Guitars, vocals
• Neill MacColl: Guitars, backing vocals
• Michael Kamen: Piano, English horn
• Chucho Merchan: Double bass
• Caroline Dale: Cello
• Dick Parry: Sax
• Nic France: Drums & percussion
• Gospel Choir: Sam Brown (choir leader), Chris Ballin, Pete Brown, Margo Buchanan, Claudia Fontaine, Michelle John Douglas, Sonia Jones, Carol Kenyon, David Laudat, Durga McBroom, Aitch McRobbie, Beverli Skeete

with

• Bob Geldof - vocals on "Comfortably Numb" (January, 2002 footage)
• Robert Wyatt - vocals on "Comfortably Numb" (June, 2001 footage)
• Richard Wright - vocals on "Breakthrough", keyboards on "Breakthrough" and "Comfortably Numb"
• Aitch McRobbie - harmony vocals on "Smile"

[edit] Special features

The 30 minutes of special features on the DVD include the tracks 'I Put a Spell on You' (from Later with Jools Holland from June, 1992), 'Don't' (from a Leiber-Stoller Tribute concert from June, 2001), and a performance of Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 18' (recorded on Gilmour's houseboat The Astoria). Additionally, there is a version of 'High Hopes' performed by Gilmour's backing vocalists. Finally, there are lyrics, a home movie of the band and choir rehearsing at home, and a 'Spare Digits' feature - a camera on Gilmour's fretboards during six guitar solos.

[edit] External links

• http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/dg/index.html