David Gilmour

Unreleased David Gilmour material part of new compilation

Posted October 5, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Recordings featuring Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour are part of a new 2-CD compilation.

“Join Together” by producer Tom Newman and musician Peter Gibson, includes previously unreleased material recorded by Newman at his Argonaut Studios in London, between 1977-1982.

Mike Oldfield and occasional Floyd guitarist Snowy White also appear on some tracks.

Newman is most famous for producing Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells.” Gibson is part of Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts.

The new disc is available online from Well Alright.

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The Orb recording with David Gilmour

Posted October 2, 2009 by Floydian Slip

The List reports electronica duo The Orb is recording with Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.

“I’ve just started work on an album with David Gilmore (sic) from Pink Floyd, which I think every Orb and Pink Floyd fan will want to hear,” Orb founder Alex Paterson told the Scottish magazine.

The band’s first album, “Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld” (1991), featured the Battersea Power station on its cover, reminiscent of Floyd’s “Animals” (1977).

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David Gilmour one of “100 greatest guitarists”

Posted September 25, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Admittedly, any list of top guitarists that didn’t include Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour would be bigger news than any that did. Nonetheless, it’s worth noting the U.K.’s Classic Rock magazine has featured him on its list of “100 greatest guitarists of all time” published in the September issue.

The peer-generated list created by polling 100 guitarists includes a write-up about Gilmour by Marillion‘s Steve Rothery.

“It’s down to playing what the song requires, and no more, basically. If somebody’s playing fast for a reason, that’s great, but mindless shredding has never really done much for me,” Rothery writes. “A lot of what Gilmour does is about feel and emotion and atmosphere.”

Well put.

A couple pages later you can read Gilmour’s tribute to Jeff Beck.

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David Gilmour covers “Chicago”

Posted July 15, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has joined other artists in re-recording Graham Nash‘s “Chicago.” The new recording is part of an effort to help British computer hacker Gary McKinnon avoid extradition to the United States.

Bob Geldof and Chrissie Hynde also appear on the track, which was produced by Chris Thomas (“Dark Side of the Moon”).

McKinnon is accused of causing more than a half-million dollars of damage by hacking into nearly 100 federal and military computers in the United States. McKinnon, who is a UFO fanatic, says he was looking for evidence of extra-terrestrial life.

McKinnon has Asperger’s syndrome, which has turned his plight into a wider discussion of treatment of those with autism.

Nash’s song, written in the aftermath of the conflict at the 1968 Democratic party convention in Chicago and subsequent trial of the “Chicago Seven,” has been rewritten by KcKinnon’s mother, Janis Sharp, to include new lyrics.

You can download the song here after making a donation of any size to benefit McKinnon’s cause. Funds go to the Autism Research Centre (ARC) and the National Autistic Society (NAS).

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New album/DVD from David Gilmour coming in September

Posted August 6, 2008 by Floydian Slip

Sony/Columbia will release “Live at GdaÅ„sk,” a double live album and concert DVD by David Gilmour, on Sept. 22 in the U.K., the following day in the U.S.

The concert, performed in front of an audience of 50,000 at the GdaÅ„sk shipyards in Poland, was the only show of the Summer ’06 tour that included an orchestra. The 40-piece Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zbigniew Preisner, joined Gilmour on stage. Preisner also handled orchestral arrangements on Gilmour’s “On an Island” album.

“Live at GdaÅ„sk” will come in a number of different packages: 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-disc versions, containing a variety of CDs and DCDs; as well as a 5-LP box, which comes with a pass to download the entire thing in MP3 format.

Learn more at the official David Gilmour site.

Order your copy of “Live at GdaÅ„sk” online now.

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New David Gilmour album in 2008

Posted November 27, 2007 by Floydian Slip

David Gilmour will release a new album in 2008.

According to the Floyd guitarist’s official Web site, the album will be culled from Gilmour’s show last August in Gdansk, Poland, and will contain “one or two assorted extras thrown in for good measure.”

Last year’s “On an Island” was the first solo album from Gilmour in 22 years.

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David Gilmour DVD coming Sept. 18

Posted August 28, 2007 by Floydian Slip

Columbia Records will release “Remember That Night — Live at the Royal Albert Hall,” a 2-DVD set by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, on Sept. 18.

Disc 1 consists of a show from Gilmour’s 2006 tour recorded in London. Songs include tracks from his 2006 solo album “On an Island,” as well as Floyd songs “High Hopes,” “Shine on You Crazy Diamond,” “Comfortably Numb” and “Echoes.”

Backing Gilmour are Floyd’s Rick Wright, Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music), and Steve DiStanislao on drums, as well as Floyd regulars Dick Parry, Guy Pratt and Jon Carin. The show features guest appearances by David Bowie, Robert Wyatt, David Crosby and Graham Nash.

Disc 2 includes “Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine,” a 46-minute road movie filmed during the 2006 tour; bonus tracks from the Royal Albert Hall; Gilmour’s first performance of Syd Barrett‘s “Dark Globe”; “Astronomy Domine,” live from Abbey Road; and the AOL sessions recorded while on tour in Los Angeles, Calif.

Five songs from the BBC Mermaid Theatre concert are also on Disc 2, along with a five-minute documentary shot on tour in L.A.; and a photo gallery featuring the tour crew, shot by Gilmour’s wife and tour photographer Polly Samson.

“Remember That Night” will come with a 20-page booklet featuring more than 80 photos of studio recording, touring, and time off.

Attendees at 166 movie theatres in the U.S. and Canada can enjoy an 85-minute theatrical version of “Remember That Night” on Saturday, Sept. 15.

The one-time event, beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern time and broadcast in high definition, will include a one-song live performance by Gilmour prior to the concert, and end with a question and answer session, both live via satellite from Ritzy Picturehouse in Brixton, London.

Tickets for the theatre event will be $12.50 U.S./$12.95 Canadian.

View a list of U.S. theaters taking part in the event. View a list of Canadian theaters.

No tickets are being sold for the Ritzy performance.

Order “Remember That Night — Live at the Royal Albert Hall” DVD or order the Blu-Ray DVD online now.

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Pink Floyd members surprise performers at Barrett tribute

Posted May 11, 2007 by Floydian Slip

The surviving members of Pink Floyd were surprise performers at last night’s sold-out Syd Barrett tribute concert in London.

“Madcap’s Last Laugh,” co-produced by Floyd producer Joe Boyd at Barbican Hall, promised names such as Chrissie Hynde, Robyn Hitchcock, Kevin Ayers and others.

But the audience got more than they planned for when Roger Waters, accompanied by Jon Carin, took the stage to perform “Flickering Flame” at the end of the evening’s first set.

David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright performed “Arnold Layne” at the end of the second set, only to join most of the evening’s performers in “Bike” to close the show.

Not a bad line-up for the show’s $30-50 ticket price.

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