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David Gilmour: About Face

On March 5, 1984, “Harvest” label released “About Face”, the second David Gilmour studio album. It was recorded in 1983, at “Pathé Marconi” in Paris, “Abbey Road” in London, and was Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour.

Personnel:

  • David Gilmour – lead vocals, guitar, bass
  • Ian Kewley – Hammond organ, piano
  • Pino Palladino – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
  • Bob Ezrin – keyboards, orchestral arrangements
  • Steve Winwood – piano, Hammond organ
  • Anne Dudley – synthesizer
  • Jon Lord – synthesizer
  • Steve Rance – Fairlight CMI programming
  • Kick Horns – brass
  • Luís Jardim – percussion
  • Ray Cooper – percussion
  • Roy Harper – backing vocals
  • Sam Brown – backing vocals
  • Vicki Brown – backing vocals
  • Mickey Feat – backing vocals
  • The National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Michael Kamen – orchestral arrangements
  • Andy Jackson – engineer
  • Kit Woolven – engineer
  • Eric Tomlinson – orchestration recorder
  • James Guthrie – mixing, remastering
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Mike Reese – mastering
  • Storm Thorgerson (credited as STd) – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Gilmour, except where noted, all music by David Gilmour.

  1. Until We Sleep
  2. Murder
  3. Love on the Air – Pete Townshend
  4. Blue Loght
  5. Out of the Blue
  6. All Lovers are Deranged – Pete Townshend
  7. You Know I’m Right
  8. Cruise
  9. Let’s Get Metaphysical
  10. Near the End

Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest

On May 26, 2009, “Warp” label released “Veckatimest”, the third Grizzly Bear studio album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Allaire Studios” in the Catskill Mountains, New York, and was produced by Chris Taylor. The album cover drawing was by William O’Brien.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Rossen– vocals, guitar, keyboards, string arrangements
  • Ed Droste– vocals, guitar, keyboards, omnichord
  • Chris Taylor– bass guitar, woodwinds, backing vocals
  • Christopher Bear– drums, backing vocals
  • Victoria Legrand- backing vocals
  • Brooklyn Youth Choir – backing vocals
  • Acme String Quartet – strings
  • Nico Muhly- choral arrangements
  • Chris Taylor- engineer
  • Gareth Jones – co-mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Falone – mastering assistant
  • Ben Wilkerson Tousley – design
  • Amelia Bauer – hand drawn text

Track listing:

All tracks by Ed Droste, Daniel Rossen, Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear.

  1. Southern Point
  2. Two Weeks
  3. All We Ask
  4. Fine for Now
  5. Cheerleader
  6. Dory
  7. Ready, Able
  8. About Face
  9. Hold Still
  10. While You Wait for the Others
  11. I Live With You
  12. Foreground

David Gilmour: On An Island

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On March 6, 2006, “EMI” label released “On an Island”, the third David Gilmour solo album. It was recorded 2001 – 2005, and was produced by David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera and Chris Thomas.

Personnel:

  • David Gilmour – lead vocals, guitars, lap steel guitars, electric piano, percussion, bass guitar, piano, alto saxophone,  cümbüş, bass harmonica, Hammond organ
  • Richard Wright- lead vocals, Hammond organ
  • Chris Stainton- Hammond organ
  • Georgie Fame- Hammond organ
  • Paul “Wix” Wickens- Hammond organ
  • Chris Thomas- keyboards
  • Jools Holland- piano
  • Polly Samson- piano, backing vocals
  • Leszek Możdżer- piano
  • BJ Cole- Weissenborn guitar
  • Phil Manzanera- guitar
  • Rado Klose- guitar
  • Chris Laurence- double bass
  • Guy Pratt- bass guitar
  • Andy Newmark- drums, percussion
  • Ged Lynch- drums
  • Willie Wilson- drums
  • Robert Wyatt- cornet, percussion, vocals
  • David Crosby- vocals
  • Graham Nash- vocals
  • Caroline Dale- cello
  • Alasdair Malloy – glass harmonica
  • Lucy Wakeford – harp
  • Ilan Eshkeri- programming
  • Zbigniew Preisner- orchestration

Track listing:

  1. Castellorizon – David Gilmour
  2. On an Island – David Gilmour, Polly Samson
  3. The Blue – David Gilmour, Polly Samson
  4. Take a Breath – David Gilmour, Polly Samson
  5. Red Sky at Night – David Gilmour
  6. This Heaven – David Gilmour, Polly Samson
  7. Then I Close My Eyes – David Gilmour
  8. Smile – David Gilmour, Polly Samson
  9. A Pocketful of Stones – David Gilmour, Polly Samson
  10. Where We Start – David Gilmour