David Gilmour Live at the Albert Hall
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''Remember That Night'' is a live concert recording of
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David Gilmour David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1967, shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. P ...
's solo concerts at the
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on 29, 30 & 31 May 2006 as part of his
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. The title is taken from a line in the song " On an Island". It has been released on both
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version was released on 20 November 2007. The DVD has subtitles for spoken portions of the DVD in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish.


Track listing


Disc 1

The main concert at the Royal Albert Hall. These are the songs: #"
Speak to Me "Speak to Me" is the first track on British progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album, ''The Dark Side of the Moon'', on which it forms an overture. Nick Mason receives a rare solo writing credit for the track, though recollections differ as t ...
" #" Breathe" #"
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" #" Breathe (Reprise)" #"
Castellorizon "Castellorizon" is the opening track on David Gilmour's third solo album, ''On an Island''. It is an instrumental guitar solo, which starts off with an overture of various sounds from other tracks of the album before the guitar is introduced. ...
" #" On an Island" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash) #"The Blue" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash) #"Red Sky at Night" #" This Heaven" #"Then I Close My Eyes" (with
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) #" Smile" #" Take a Breath" #"A Pocketful of Stones" #"Where We Start" #" Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-2, 4-5)" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash) #"
Fat Old Sun "Fat Old Sun" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, written and sung by David Gilmour. It appears on their 1970 album ''Atom Heart Mother'', and was performed live in a greatly expanded form (often exceeding fourteen minutes), both before a ...
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Coming Back to Life "Coming Back to Life" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1994 album ''The Division Bell'', and is the only track from the album to be credited solely to David Gilmour. Composition Gilmour has said (as can be heard on the ''David Gilmour in Concert'' D ...
" #" High Hopes" #" Echoes" #"
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" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash) #" Arnold Layne" (with
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) #" Comfortably Numb" (with
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) The footage is from his concerts at the Royal Albert Hall on 29, 30 & 31 May 2006.


Disc 2

This disc contains the following bonus features: *Bonus tracks from the Albert Hall concerts: **" Wot's... Uh the Deal?" **" Dominoes" **"
Wearing the Inside Out "Wearing the Inside Out" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1994 album, ''The Division Bell''. A collaboration between Richard Wright and Anthony Moore, it is the only song on the album for which David Gilmour receives no writing credit. The song had ...
" **" Arnold Layne" (with Richard Wright) **" Comfortably Numb" (with Richard Wright) * Other bonus tracks: **"
Dark Globe "Dark Globe" (also known as "Wouldn't You Miss Me") is a song by Syd Barrett, released on his first solo album ''The Madcap Laughs''. Recording Syd Barrett recorded "Dark Globe" and other songs during a session held on 12 June 1969, with pr ...
" (video) ***" Echoes" (
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) **"On an Island" promo video **"Smile" promo video **"This Heaven" (AOL Sessions performance) **"Island Jam" (January 2007 version, recorded at 'The Barn') *Footage from the Mermaid Theatre concert (March 2006): **"Castellorizon" **"On an Island" **"The Blue" **"Take a Breath" **"High Hopes" *Documentaries: **''West Coast Documentary'', filmed between shows in
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with some shots by Richard Wright. **''Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine'', a tour documentary by Gavin Elder. **The making of ''On an Island''. *Photo Gallery *Credits


Easter Eggs

There are at least three hidden videos (or "Easter Eggs") on Disc 2 of the DVD, they are as follows: *An acoustic version of "Echoes" which plays after the "
Dark Globe "Dark Globe" (also known as "Wouldn't You Miss Me") is a song by Syd Barrett, released on his first solo album ''The Madcap Laughs''. Recording Syd Barrett recorded "Dark Globe" and other songs during a session held on 12 June 1969, with pr ...
" track (it will show if you fast forward past Dark Globe). This only plays if "Dark Globe" is selected from the menu and will not play while using the "Play All" function. *A short video of
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playing the cümbüş, to view this watch the Main Menu of the DVD and wait about 25 seconds for a firework to appear, use your DVD remote to quickly select the firework (using the enter button), this will play the video. *" On an Island" dance remix video is available on the "Royal Albert Hall" sub-menu of the DVD, which includes bonus tracks from the Albert Hall, again wait about 20 seconds for a firework to play then select it with your DVD remote. In addition to these, there are several small videos with further information and interviews in the documentaries, which will play if you press the enter button while the "Wireman" is shown in the window.


Publicity


Cinema broadcasts

The UK/Europe premiere took place at the Leicester Square Odeon on 6 September 2007. It was transmitted live by satellite to various European cinemas. The North American premiere took place on 15 September 2007.


Television broadcasts

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aired an hour of footage from the main concert on 8 September 2007, repeated on 25 May 2008 on
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. This included the tracks: #"Speak to Me" #"On an Island" #"This Heaven" #"Smile" #"The Blue" #"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" #"Fat Old Sun" #"Coming Back to Life" #"Arnold Layne" #"Find the Cost of Freedom" #"Wish You Were Here"


Live single

As part of the build-up to the release of the DVD, a two-track single was released as a download via the
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with the tracks "Wish You Were Here" and "The Blue" taken from the DVD.


Personnel

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David Gilmour David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1967, shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. P ...
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and
backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...
,
guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
s, console steel guitar, acoustic lap steel guitar, cümbüs,
alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...
on "Red Sky at Night" * Richard Wright – lead and backing vocals,
Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...
, Farfisa organ,
piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
*
Dick Parry Richard Parry (born 22 December 1942) is an English saxophonist. He has appeared as a session musician on various albums, most notably in solo parts on the Pink Floyd songs "Money", "Us and Them", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Wearing the ...
baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...
& alto
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s, electronic organ *
Phil Manzanera Phillip Geoffrey Targett-Adams (born 31 January 1951), known professionally as Phil Manzanera, is an English guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the lead guitarist with Roxy Music, and was the lead guitarist with 801, and Quiet Sun. ...
– guitars, backing vocals *
Guy Pratt Guy Adam Pratt (born 3 January 1962) is a British musician. He is best known for his prolific work as a session bass player, working with artists including Pink Floyd (also David Gilmour and Nick Mason), Roxy Music (also Bryan Ferry), Gary M ...
bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...
,
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, backing vocals, guitar on "Then I Close My Eyes" * Jon Carin
synthesiser A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and f ...
, piano, keyboards, programming, lap steel guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Breathe", "The Blue", "Take A Breath" and "Echoes" *
Steve DiStanislao Steve DiStanislao is an American drummer. David Gilmour DiStanislao toured and recorded with Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, promoting his solo album ''On an Island''. The touring band featured Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright and occa ...
drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
,
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, backing vocals


Guests

*
David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...
– lead vocals on "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb" * David Crosby and Graham Nash – backing vocals on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "On An Island", and "The Blue"; harmonised lead vocals on "Find the Cost of Freedom". *
Robert Wyatt Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945) is a retired English musician. A founding member of the influential Canterbury scene bands Soft Machine and Matching Mole, he was initially a kit drummer and singer before becoming para ...
cornet The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B, though there is also a sopr ...
on "Then I Close My Eyes"


Charts


Weekly charts


Certifications


References


External links


David Gilmour's official websiteDavid Gilmour's official blogRemember That Night DVD Premiere Photos
* {{Authority control David Gilmour video albums Live albums recorded at the Royal Albert Hall 2007 video albums Live video albums 2007 live albums