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2002 David Gilmour solo concert DVD From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Gilmour in Concert is a DVD of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concert that took place at the Royal Festival Hall, London in June 2001, as part of the Robert Wyatt-curated Meltdown festival.[1][2][3][4] It also features footage filmed during three concerts at the same venue in January 2002.[2][5] The track selection includes several Pink Floyd songs, in addition to Gilmour's solo works.[3][4] Guest appearances are made by Floyd colleague Richard Wright, as well as Robert Wyatt and Bob Geldof.[1][3] It includes the first performance of "Smile",[2][4] a track that would appear almost five years later on Gilmour's third solo album, On an Island. Gilmour also plays two Syd Barrett songs.[2][3][4]
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Released | October 2002 (UK) November 2002 (US) | |||
Recorded | London, England, 22 June 2001 and January 2002 | |||
Genre | Acoustic soft rock, folk rock, progressive rock | |||
Length | 92 min. (concert footage), 2 hours (concert plus extras) | |||
Label | EMI (UK) Capitol Records (US) | |||
Director | David Mallet | |||
Producer | David Gilmour | |||
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Also included is "Je crois entendre encore" ("I still believe I hear") – an aria from Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers)[6] – with a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. Sung by Gilmour in the original French. "I remember my wife Polly's face going red when I tried singing it," he recalled, "and my face literally going into a cold sweat – 'Do I dare try this?' But once the choir came up here [Gilmour's studio] and ran through it with me, that gave me a huge amount of confidence."[7]
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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).[8][9] 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.[9][5]
I can show you places where the nerves are there. At the beginning of 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', there's a closeup of me doing a vibrato on the acoustic guitar which is more than I'd ever intended. That was due to trembling. It wasn't as under control as one would like it to be.
— David Gilmour, 2002[7]
How did you go about choosing the material for the shows? I went through the entire Pink Floyd catalogue, and I picked the tunes I liked. Then, after I figured out which ones would work with the instrumentation I had in mind, I spent about three months fiddling around in my home studio mocking up the arrangements.
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[16] | Platinum | 8,000^ |
France (SNEP)[17] | Platinum | 20,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[18] | Gold | 25,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[13] | 3× Platinum | 15,000^ |
Poland (ZPAV)[19] | Gold | 5,000* |
Portugal (AFP)[20] | Platinum | 8,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] | Platinum | 50,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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