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One critic described David Gilmour's "On An Island"
Royal Albert Hall concert, as "a near-perfect gig,
where the magic kept coming, as did the surprises'."
Now music fans, who may have missed Gilmour's 2006 tour,
get a chance to share in that magic with the release of
"Remember That Night - Live At The Royal Albert Hall,"
a double DVD commemorating Gilmour's highly acclaimed
SRO tour. Lasting more than 5 hours, "Remember That
Night - Live At The Royal Albert Hall" includes Gilmour's
rave-reviewed London concert -- featuring special guest
appearances from David Bowie, Robert Wyatt, David Crosby
and Graham Nash -- as well as 2 hours and 40+ minutes
of extras, notably a revelatory fly-on-the-wall documentary
following Gilmour and his band on tour. A 20-page booklet
accompanies the DVD.
Gilmour's two-and-a-half-hour concert features band members
Richard Wright of Pink Floyd, Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music,
new band member Steve DiStanislao on drums, plus Pink
Floyd regulars Dick Parry, Guy Pratt and Jon Carin.
Disc 1 of "Remember That Night" includes Gilmour's
critically-acclaimed concert featuring songs from his
#1 UK chart-topping album "On An Island" as
well as Pink Floyd classics such as "High Hopes,"
"Shine on You Crazy Diamond," "Comfortably
Numb" and the first filmed performance (since Pink
Floyd's "Live at Pompeii") of the epic 20 minute
tour de force, "Echoes." The concert's state-of-the-art
production comes courtesy of lighting genius Marc Brickman.
The show was filmed by David Mallet, one of the world's
leading music directors. For the 23-camera shoot, David
Mallet used the latest in high definition digital technology
to create a film that is nothing less than stunning. A
groundbreaking must-have DVD, David Gilmour's "Remember
That Night - Live At The Royal Albert Hall" in Standard
DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats.
Disc 2 of "Remember That Night" Remember That
Night disc 2 is packed with rarities and previously unreleased
material including "Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine,"
a 46-minute road movie filmed during the 2006 tour. Allowing
fans a unique "seat on the tour bus," "Breaking
Bread, Drinking Wine" gives viewers a rare glimpse
of David Gilmour, the man and musician, his band and crew
enjoying and enduring the highs and the lows of life on
tour: from flashfloods, a collapsing stage, a Russian
wine-glass player, and problems with German trains!
Other DVD extras include bonus tracks from the Royal
Albert Hall, Gilmour's first-ever performance of the Syd
Barrett classic "Dark Globe," "Astronomy
Domine" Live From Abbey Road, and the AOL sessions
recorded while on tour in LA. Five songs from the BBC
Mermaid Theatre concert are also on Disc 2, along with
a five-minute documentary shot on tour in LA. The DVD
also includes a photo gallery featuring the tour crew,
shot by tour photographer Polly Samson.
"Remember That Night - Live At The Royal Albert
Hall" comes with a 20-page booklet featuring more
than 80 photos selected from studio recording, touring,
and time off.
"Remember That Night - Live At The Royal Albert
Hall" gives fans an exclusive virtual backstage pass
allowing them share many of the musical highlights from
David Gilmour's 2006 tour, including the making of his
#1 UK chart-topping album, "On An Island," released
in March 2006. Tours in Europe, the US and the UK followed
the release of the album, with the concerts held in theatres
chosen by Gilmour, preferring the intimacy of such venues
after a lifetime of stadium rock. In response to his first
tour, his first since Pink Floyd's 1994 Division Bell
global jaunt, David Gilmour remarked, "It's an extremely
enjoyable tour, fantastically good fun and very, very
satisfying."
"It's probably the most fun, most professional and
easiest tour I've ever done in my life," concurred
Gilmour's longtime bandmate and co-member of Pink Floyd
Rick Wright.
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