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David
Gilmour
"Have You Found It Up There, Andy?"
L’Olympia, Paris, France
16th March 2006
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This
gig at the Olympia was the 2nd Parisian gig of the 2006 "On
An Island" European Tour (David played the evening before
at the Grand Rex Theatre, not far from the Olympia).
The concert at the Olympia had some particularities that made
that show very unique.
Firstly, David invited Sam Brown to sing The Great Gig In
The Sky, as she was in town that night to perform with Jools
Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, at the Trabendo.
She performed during the 1st set, just after "The Blue", and
probably left the Olympia just after the song, to fulfill
her obligations with the Jools Holland band...
Just after this nice surprise, some French people in the audience
began to wish a happy birthday to David, who turned 60 just
10 days earlier, on March 6th. Then most of the audience sang
the famous "Happy Birthday" song to David.
A third particularity of the Olympia gig is due to a big larsen
problem during "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", at the beginning
of the first verse. David stopped, and after the problem was
identified (refer to the title of the RoIO ;-)), David restarted
the song from the beginning! Furthermore - probably to avoid
to play twice the same solos during the same concert - he
did totally improvised lines during the intro, and also during
the first electric solo just after Syd's Theme! This performance
of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" at the Olympia is therefore
a very unique version, with alternate solos, almost totally
improvised and very exciting to hear!
The Olympia concert was also the first one where David played
"Fat Old Sun" instead of "Dominoes" (and he was totally on
fire during the final electric solo!).
Musicians performing: David Gilmour: guitar & vocals,
Rick Wright; Keyboards, Guy Pratt: Bass, Phil Manzanera: Guitar,
Dick Parry: Saxophone, Jon Carlin: Keyboards and Steve DiStanislao:
Drums. |
Disc
1 [65.20]
1. Castellorizion
2. On An Island
3. The Blue
4. The Great Gig In The Sky
5. (Happy Birthday)
6. Red Sky At Night
7. This Heaven
8. Then I Close My Eyes
9. Smile
10. Take A Breath
11. A Pocketful Of Stones
12. Where We Start
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Disc
2 [79.49]
1. Shine on You Crazy Diamond (interrupted)
2. Shine on You Crazy Diamond
3. Wots Uh The Deal
4. Wearing The Inside Out
5. Fat Old Sun
6. Breathe
7. Time
8. Breathe Reprise
9. High Hopes
10. Echoes
Disc 3 [16.16]
Encores:
1. Applause
2. Wish You Where Here
3. Comfortably Numb |
Lineage
Details:
Sony MZ-NH1 MD with Sony ECM-710 mics - taped by Xave |
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