David Gilmour

Orb album to feature David Gilmour

Posted August 18, 2010 by Floydian Slip

The Orb‘s “Metallic Spheres” album, to be released this fall, will feature guitar work by Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour.

Gilmour’s contributions come from a jam session with Martin “Youth” Glover (Killing Joke), originally intended only for an ambient remix of “Chicago,” the Graham Nash song Gilmour helped re-record to benefit alleged UK computer hacker and cause celebre Gary McKinnon.

“Metallic Spheres” will be released in October, with all artist royalties going to benefit McKinnon’s plight to fight extradition to the United States.

There will be two versions of the CD release: A standard, single-disc version; and a two-disc deluxe set. The deluxe version will include the standard CD, along with a second disc presenting the material in 3D60™ sound.

3D60™ is a new sound production process developed by Glover, sound engineer Mike Brady (The Jam) and Ian Thompson that simulates three-dimensional sound without any special equipment needed.

The album will also be available on vinyl and as a download on iTunes.

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Full video: Water/Gilmour reunion show

Posted August 16, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Nearly a half-hour, this is the full video of the reunion of Pink Floyd‘s Roger Waters and David Gilmour from July’s Hoping Foundation charity event.

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Video: Waters/Gilmour reunion performance

Posted August 14, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters has made available a “two-minute taster” of his reunion gig with David Gilmour, which took place at the Hoping Foundation charity event in July.

“The sound quality is crap but it was a great night for me, and for him, and also for ‘US and THEM’,” he writes on his Web site.

The video seems to be a hand-held job, shot from the audience of 200.

The duo have given the entire 29-minute set to the foundation, which plans to post it at 5 p.m. Monday UK time.

Watch the video online.

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David Gilmour, Roger Waters perform together

Posted July 11, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Pigs flew last night at an Oxfordshire, England, charity event, when Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Roger Waters performed live together.

Appearing in Kidlington for a concert to benefit the Hoping Foundation, the two played four songs together, accompanied by Guy Pratt, on bass and acoustic guitar; Harry Waters, on keyboards; Andy Newmark, on drums; Chester Kamen, on guitar; and Jonjo Grisdale, also on keyboards.

The set contained four songs: Floyd classics “Wish You Were Here,” “Comfortably Numb,” and “Another Brick in the Wall (Part Two),” along with Phil Spector’s “To Know Him Is To Love Him.”

The photo is from a rehearsal for the event.

Let’s hope this is a sign of things to come.

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Video: David Gilmour with Al Green

Posted June 20, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour recently joined the Rev. Al Green to do “Let’s Stay Together” on the BBC 1 TV’s “Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.”

BBC America will air the episode Friday, June 25, at 10:20 p.m. EDT.

The video’s also available on YouTube:

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David Gilmour photos from this weekend’s show

Posted June 20, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Here are some exclusive stills to accompany the David Gilmour interview we aired as part of this weekend’s Floydian Slip #741.

Thanks to filmmaker Roddy Bogawa who supplied the clip and photos from his upcoming documentary on Storm Thorgerson called “Taken by Storm.”

Learn more about the film.

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Floydian Slip songlist #726

Posted March 8, 2010 by Floydian Slip

“David Gilmour Birthday Special”

Shine on You Crazy Diamond I-V
David Gilmour in Concert DVD (David Gilmour) (2002)
Sorrow
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
Wot’s … Uh the Deal
Live in Gdansk (David Gilmour) (2008)
I Can’t Breathe Anymore
David Gilmour (David Gilmour) (1978)
Childhood’s End
Obscured by Clouds (1972)
Fat Old Sun
BBC Radio 2 (David Gilmour) (2002)
All Lovers are Deranged
About Face (David Gilmour) (1984)
Blue Light
Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour VHS (1984)

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Win: Lost David Gilmour track

Posted November 15, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Enter to win a copy of the Celebrated Artists Band’s double-album “Join Together,” including the previously unreleased “For the Old Times,” featuring Floyd’s David Gilmour (and Floyd sideman Snowy White), recorded in the late-’70s/early-’80s.

Registration deadline is 6 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 23.

Enter to win here.

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Photo: Honorary degree for David Gilmour

Posted November 12, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Quick follow-up to our post from a month ago, regarding the honorary degree bestowed upon Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour: The ceremony took place yesterday at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, and Gilmour was in attendance.

Cambridge News quoted John Gordon, who was in Gilmour’s early band Joker’s Wild: “I am delighted to hear of my old mate David’s recognition by my old college. … I’ve kept in occasional contact with David over the years and followed his progress as one of the world’s finest exponents of the guitar.”

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David Gilmour buys new home

Posted October 29, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has purchased a Â£3 million beachfront home in the southern English town of Hove.

He and his wife, Polly Samson, have hired an architectural firm from nearby Brighton to renovate the six-story structure, which is at the corner of Medina Terrace and King’s Esplanade, yards from the beach.

The home has six bedrooms, five baths, and includes a two-bedroom apartment on the ground floor.

According to the architect’s Web site, which lists the owners as “Mr. and Mrs. Samson,” the renovation will use low-carbon technologies and incorporate a solar water heating system, grey water recycling and a ventilation system with heat recovery.

The property previously belonged to Karron Eubank, former wife of boxer Chris Eubank.

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