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guitarist

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's solo concert that took place at the

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in June 2001, as part of the

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-curated Meltdown festival. It also features footage filmed during three concerts at the same venue in January 2002. The track selection includes several Pink Floyd songs, in addition to Gilmour's solo works. Guest appearances are made by Floyd colleague Richard Wright, as well as

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. It includes the first performance of "

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", a track that would appear almost five years later on Gilmour's third solo album, ''

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''. Gilmour also plays two

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songs. Also included is "" ("I still believe I hear") – an aria from Georges Bizet's opera ' (''The Pearl Fishers'') – with a

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by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. Sung by Gilmour in the original French. "I remember my wife

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'' #48, Christmas 2002, p58

Track listing

The Meltdown Concert from June 2001

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" ( Richard Thompson) #"Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–VII, ending from Part V)" (Gilmour, Waters, Wright) #" A Great Day for Freedom" (Gilmour, Samson) #" Hushabye Mountain" ( Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman)

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Personnel

– guitars, vocals * Neill MacColl – guitars, backing vocals *

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– piano, English horn * Chucho Merchán – double bass * Caroline Dale – cello * Dick Parry –

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s * Nic France – drums & percussion *Gospel Choir – Sam Brown (choir leader), Chris Ballin, Pete Brown, Margo Buchanan, Claudia Fontaine, Michelle John Douglas, Sonia Jones, Carol Kenyon, David Laudat, Durga McBroom, Aitch McRobbie (solo on Smile), Beverly Skeete with *

– vocals on "Comfortably Numb" (January 2002 footage) *

– vocals on "Comfortably Numb" (June 2001 footage) * Richard Wright – vocals on "Breakthrough", keyboards on "Breakthrough" and "Comfortably Numb"

Special features

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

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's Sonnet 18 (recorded on Gilmour's houseboat ''The Astoria''). 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.

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