''Pink Floyd's David Gilmour'' or simply ''David Gilmour'' is a film by

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 ...

from his 1984 tour from the album '' About Face'' for

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

. The film is mainly a concert performance from The Hammersmith Odeon in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

in April 1984, and also features promotional clips. A documentary called ''After 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

soundcheck A sound check is the preparation that takes place before a concert, speech, or similar performance to adjust the sound on the venue's sound reinforcement or public address system. The performer and the audio engineers run through a small port ...

s 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.Pink Floyd Archives - E.U. David Gilmour DVD Discography
/ref> The DVD, however, does not contain the extra footage that could be found on the VHS. Similarly,

Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainmen ...

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)

#"Until We Sleep" (

) #"All Lovers Are Deranged" (Gilmour,

Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is co-founder, leader, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. Towns ...

) #"There's No Way Out of Here" (Ken Baker) #"Short and Sweet" (Gilmour, Roy Harper) #"

Run Like Hell "Run Like Hell" is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, written by David Gilmour and Roger Waters. It appears on the album '' The Wall''. It was released as a single in 1980, reaching #15 in the Canadian singles chart as well as ...

" (Gilmour,

Roger Waters George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. Waters initially served as the bassist, but following the departure of singer-s ...

) #"Out of the Blue" (Gilmour) #"Blue Light" (Gilmour) #"Murder" (Gilmour) #"

Comfortably Numb "Comfortably Numb" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd from their eleventh album, ''The Wall'' (1979). It was released as a single in 1980, with " Hey You" as the B-side. The music was composed by guitarist David Gilmour. The lyrics were ...

" (Gilmour, Nick Mason)

Videos

#"Blue Light" #"All Lovers Are Deranged"

Documentary

#After The Floyd

Personnel

: guitars, vocals *

Mick Ralphs Michael Geoffrey Ralphs (born 31 March 1944, Herefordshire) is an English musician, vocalist and songwriter, who was a founding member of rock bands Mott the Hoople and Bad Company. Career Ralphs began his career as a teenager, playing with b ...

: guitars, vocals * Mickey Feat: bass, vocals * Raphael "Raff" Ravenscroft: saxophone, keyboards, percussion *

Gregg Dechert Gregg Dechert (born May 11, 1952, in Listowel, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian keyboardist and guitarist. He was the keyboardist for Uriah Heep between July 1980 and March 1981, replacing Ken Hensley. He also performed keyboards and vocals with Davi ...

: keyboards, vocals *

Chris Slade Chris Slade (born Christopher Slade Rees; 30 October 1946) is a Welsh musician, best known for playing for the Australian rock band AC/DC. He drummed for the band from 1989 to 1994, performing on their 1990 album '' The Razors Edge'' along with ...

: drums, percussion *

Jody Linscott Jody Linscott is an American session musician and percussionist who resides in England and maintains an extended discography. She has two daughters Kachina Dechert and Coco Linscott and has written two children's books which were published by D ...

: percussion * Roy Harper: vocals (on "Short and Sweet"), percussion (on "Comfortably Numb") *

Nick Mason Nicholas Berkeley Mason, (born 27 January 1944) is an English drummer and a founder member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He is the only member to feature on every Pink Floyd album, and the only constant member since its formation i ...

: drums (on "Comfortably Numb")

References

{{Authority control Concert films David Gilmour video albums 1984 video albums Live video albums 1984 live albums Music video compilation albums 1984 compilation albums Albums recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo