You may want to argue, that with plenty of decent live Pink Floyd albums available this new release from Mr Gilmour is not required. Wrong. “Live in Gdansk” eclipses the previous Floyd live releases for a number of reasons. Firstly the production quality of this album would have Gerald the (Not the 9’O’Clock News) gorilla waxing lyrical for hours, the performance it self is sublime and the set list is inspired. Included here for the first time in an official live release is “Fat Old Sun”, Gilmour’s first serious contribution to Pink Floyd from 1970’s “Atom Heart Mother”. Even more important is the inclusion of the mighty epic “Echoes” the early Floyd colossus. Each track is also subtly adapted to add new interest from Richard Wrights dicking around during Echoes, the extended guitar solo at the end of “Fat Old Sun” and the Spanish guitar at the conclusion of the post Waters high tide mark, “High Hopes”.
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David Gilmour: Live in Gdansk
You may want to argue, that with plenty of decent live Pink Floyd albums available this new release from Mr Gilmour is not required. Wrong. “Live in Gdansk” eclipses the previous Floyd live releases for a number of reasons. Firstly the production quality of this album would have Gerald the (Not the 9’O’Clock News) gorilla waxing lyrical for hours, the performance it self is sublime and the set list is inspired. Included here for the first time in an official live release is “Fat Old Sun”, Gilmour’s first serious contribution to Pink Floyd from 1970’s “Atom Heart Mother”. Even more important is the inclusion of the mighty epic “Echoes” the early Floyd colossus. Each track is also subtly adapted to add new interest from Richard Wrights dicking around during Echoes, the extended guitar solo at the end of “Fat Old Sun” and the Spanish guitar at the conclusion of the post Waters high tide mark, “High Hopes”.
David Gilmour: On an Island
This is easily Gilmour’s best solo record to date and also an improvement on any of the post Waters Floyd stuff that Gilmour has done. This is a very cohesive album and like the mid 70’s Floyd albums works well as a complete piece rather than a collection of songs. So much so, that Dave chose to play the album in its entirety at this years live performances. DVD available soon I hope. The album has Gilmour’s recognisable guitar style throughout despite the lack of heavier moments which aren’t actually missed. Dave even extends his musical prowess to the saxophone (That’s Dick Parry unemployed again).