David Gilmour Live 1984 Explained

Pink Floyd's David Gilmour
Type:video
Artist:David Gilmour
Cover:David Gilmour 1984 album cover.jpeg
Released:September 1984
Recorded:Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 30 April 1984
Genre:Progressive rock
Length:100 min.
Label:CBS-Fox
Director:Michael Hurll
Producer:Norman Stone

Pink Floyd's David Gilmour[1] or simply David Gilmour[2] is a film by David Gilmour from his 1984 tour from the album About Face for Europe.

The film is mainly a concert performance from The Hammersmith Odeon in London in April 1984, and also features promotional clips.

A documentary called Beyond The Floyd which followed Gilmour on the 1984 solo tour includes interviews with David on tour buses (the bus driver refers to David as ex-guitarist of Pink Floyd) and in hotel rooms. Also included is more live footage of concerts and soundchecks in Europe. It is now out of production.

The VHS was not released in Europe, apparently due to "lack of commercial interest". This concert footage is now to be found on DVD, released by Crime Crow Productions.[3] The DVD, however, does not contain the extra footage that could be found on the VHS.

Similarly, Sony Music has shown little interest in releasing the title on DVD in the US, possibly due to the age of the concert as well as Gilmour's own dislike of About Face as an album.

Track listing

David Gilmour In Concert (Hammersmith Odeon, 30 April 1984)

  1. "Until We Sleep" (David Gilmour)
  2. "All Lovers Are Deranged" (Gilmour, Pete Townshend)
  3. "There's No Way Out of Here" (Ken Baker)
  4. "Short and Sweet" (Gilmour, Roy Harper)
  5. "Run Like Hell" (Gilmour, Roger Waters)
  6. "Out of the Blue" (Gilmour)
  7. "Blue Light" (Gilmour)
  8. "Murder" (Gilmour)
  9. "Comfortably Numb" (Gilmour, Waters)

Videos

  1. "Blue Light"
  2. "All Lovers Are Deranged"

Documentary

  1. Beyond The Floyd

Personnel

keyboards, vocals

drums, percussion

percussion

vocals (on "Short and Sweet"), percussion (on "Comfortably Numb")

drums (on "Comfortably Numb")

Notes and References

  1. http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=11094 A review with a scan of the video cover
  2. http://pinkfloydarchives.com/DUSVHSDG.htm#DG1VHS Pink Floyd Archives - U.S. David Gilmour VHS Videotape Discography
  3. http://pinkfloydarchives.com/DEUDVDDG.htm#DGHO Pink Floyd Archives - E.U. David Gilmour DVD Discography