David Gilmour - Meltdown Festival 2001

David Gilmour is one of the best guitar players, undoubtedly. The sound of his guitar is unique and unmistakable, and he touches our souls with his guitar playing. Gilmour is most associated as a lead guitarist. His own solo style is often characterized by blues-influenced phrasing, expressive note bends and sustain. In 2011, Gilmour was rated the 14th greatest guitarist by Rolling Stone magazine. In January 2007, Guitar World readers voted Gilmour's solos, "Comfortably Numb", "Time" and "Money" into the top 100 Greatest Guitar Solos ("Comfortably Numb" was voted the 4th," Time" was voted the 21st and "Money" was voted the 62nd greatest solo of all time).

In 1996, Gilmour was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd. Gilmour's solo on "Comfortably Numb" was voted as one of the greatest guitar solos of all time in several polls by listeners and critics. Although mainly known for his guitar work, Gilmour is also a proficient multi-instrumentalist. He also plays bass guitar (which he did on many Pink Floyd tracks), keyboards, synthesiser, banjo, lap steel, mandolin, harmonica, drums (as heard on the Syd Barrett solo track "Dominoes", and other songs where he opted to play all the instruments) and lately, the saxophone.

So, we want to share two bootlegs (of the same show) of Mr. Gilmour playing Floyd songs in a more acoustic sessions... 

David Gilmour - Plays Floyd Unplugged (2001)

David Gilmour - acoustic, electric, &a slide guitar 

Michael Kamen - piano and cor anglais 

Chucho Merchan - double bass 

Caroline Dale - cello 

Dick Parry - saxophone 

Neill MacColl - acoustic guitar 

Nic France - percussion 

Gospel Choir led by Sam Brown 

David Gilmour - Gilmour's Meltdown 2001

A nice report of this show = ( http://www.pinkfloydz.com/david_gilmour_22_june_2001.htm ).

David Jon Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

David Jon Gilmour, CBE (born 6 March 1946) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He joined the progressive rock band Pink Floyd as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1968, effectively as a replacement for founder Syd Barrett, who left the band shortly afterwards. Pink Floyd subsequently achieved international success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall. By the early 1980s, they had become one of the most critically acclaimed and best-selling acts in the history of popular music; it was estimated that by 2012 the band had sold over 250 million records worldwide, including 75 million units sold in the United States. Following the departure of another founder member, Roger Waters, Gilmour assumed leadership of Pink Floyd in 1985.

In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has produced a variety of artists, for example the Dream Academy, and has had a solo career which has included four studio albums: David Gilmour, About Face, On an Island, and Rattle That Lock. As a member of Pink Floyd, he was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2005, Gilmour was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to music. He was awarded with the Outstanding Contribution title at the 2008 Q Awards. In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 14 in their list of the greatest guitarists of all time. Additionally, Gilmour was voted number 36 in the greatest voices in rock by Planet Rock listeners in 2009.

He has taken part in projects to promote international charities related to such subjects as animal rights, homelessness, poverty, environmentalism, wildlife conservation, human rights, and music therapy. He has married twice and is the father of eight children.

Greatest Hits (2015)

David Gilmour (1978)

David Gilmour - New Game (1984)

David Gilmour - Plays Floyd Unplugged (2001)

David Gilmour - acoustic, electric, &a slide guitar 

Michael Kamen - piano and cor anglais 

Chucho Merchan - double bass 

Caroline Dale - cello 

Dick Parry - saxophone 

Neill MacColl - acoustic guitar 

Nic France - percussion 

Gospel Choir led by Sam Brown 

David Gilmour - Gilmour's Meltdown 2001

David Gilmour - 1984 - Live at Hammersmith Odeon

David Gilmour - 2015-09-05 - Brighton Center, Brighton, UK

September 5, 2015

Brighton Centre, Brighton

David Gilmour - guitar, vocals

Phil Manzanera – guitar

Guy Pratt – bass

Jon Carin – keyboards, guitar

Stevie DiStanislao – drums, percussion

Kevin McAlea – keyboards

Theo Travis – saxes, clarinet

Bryan Chambers - backing vocals

Louise Marshall – backing vocals

A-Austr - Musics From Holyground (Kissing Spell) 1970

Biography : Released in a limited batch of 99 in 1970, A to Austr's one-off masterwork Musics from Holyground takes the psych-pop aesthetic to an entirely new level. A behemoth (and fun) journey through psychedelia, Musics from Holyground touches on everything from psych-pop and eastern influenced folk to pub ready saxophone jams and vaudevillian break downs, with a ton of other sounds I have no business describing thrown in the mix. The Penguin Guide to Rare Records calls A to Austr's only record "the most sacred UK LP there is," which sort of makes sense considering only 99 folks in the world have an original copy, and it wasn't given the reissue treatment until 1989. Apparently the initial goal was "to write about King Arthur who lies sleeping with his knights of the Round Table until England needs him." This was news to me, as the record in no way, shape or form feels like a treaty on Renaissance knights, rather an exploration of an entire genre, gleaming back and forth from the nuanced psych pop of "Birds" to "Hawaiian War Chant" (which sounds exactly like its title suggests) to "It's Alright", which is basically the Incredible String Band-Love-Zombies collaboration I've been dreaming about for years. I could go on and on about this record, but it wouldn't do any good, mostly because its impossible to describe. Even after listening to it about twenty five times over the past six months, I still have trouble wrapping my head around it, as if its not supposed to be chewed on, merely experienced, over and over again, sort of like life (and psychedelic experiences in general). If this spiked your interest, even just a little bit, I highly recommend heading over to Holy Ground's website and peeping their extremely thorough and insightful history of the recording session, the album itself, and its little known legacy.

(http://solidboymusicblog.blogspot.com.br/2015/10/repost-austr-musics-from-holyground.html)

A-Austr - A-Austr (1968 Kissing Spell)

Tracklist:

01.Bird 2:45

02.Judy 2:16

03.Mini 2:51

04.Prelude To Change For Arthur 0:10

05.Thumbquake & Earthscrew 2:47

06.Change For Arthur 0:39

07.Between The Road 2:30

08.Hawaiian War Chant 1:12

09.It's Alright 6:45

10.Reprise Of Part Of Bird 0:20

11.Essex Queen (She Dances) 3:08

12.D Minor Minuet 1:01

13.A Curse On You 3:18

14.What Did You Go 7:56

15.Grail Search 4:28

16.Essex Queen (First Version) 2:46

17.Grail Search (First Version) 3:36

18.Judy (Fragment Of First Version) 0:48

19.It's Alright (Later Version, Remixed) 6:42

20.Aren't You Glad You Stayed (Early Vocal Version) 3:59

Line-up:

Brian Calvert - lead guitar, vocals, guitar, lute, horn, trombone

Chris Coombs - lead guitar, vocals, guitar, piano, organ, glockenspiel, horn, percussion

Brian Wilson (aka Pete Taylor) - bass, vocals, guitar, organ, mandolin, harp, clarinet

Ted Hepworth - drums

Mike Levon - triangle, effects, electronics

and:

Bill Nelson - guitar, hawaiian guitar

Mike Gould - trumpet

John Perfect - tenor sax

Lyn Cavell - alto sax

George Mabon - flute

Gill Green - cello

Al Green - organ

Dave Wood - goüd

Yvonne Carrodus - vocals, triangle

Denise Calvert - vocal, piano, harpsichord

Gill Maudsley - spoken vocal

Cath Wood - raspberry saw

Aardvark - Heavy Prog

The group Aardvark remains one of those numerous bands who released a single album in the early seventies and subsequently sunk without a trace. However the band still retain a certain amount of interest amongst progressive rock enthusiasts because of their particular heavy styled progressive rock that was completely keyboard based with the band making do without the use of any guitar. 

The band itself was a studio band with most compositions entrusted to the hand of Dave Skillin and were based in the Midlands. Strangely enough, though the band dispensed with any guitars, they had trouble with the recruitment of a keyboardists and one could say that they were mainly a studio band with very little live dates to their name. 

Because of their very brief history, very little can be said about the band and it is their album that speaks volumes for what they were all about. However, there are a couple of interesting anecdotes related to this band and for those musos who try to connect musicians and bands through the ages, Aardvark had a number of musicians who would later go on to make names for themselves with various other outfits. 

The album was released in 1970 on the Deram Nova label in both mono and stereo versions as (S)DN 17 with a value on today's market of 50.00 British sterling. Though titled Aardvark, it is also known as Put It In Your Pipe And Smoke It. In all probability the title was withdrawn because of its obvious drug references, with the title track reduced to just Put It In You Pipe. 

Steve Milliner previously played keyboards with Black Cat Bones, a London based blues-rock based band who only released one album during their brief tenure together. The band is rather more well-known because both Paul Kossof and Simon Kirke played in the band before leaving to form legendary band, Free. 

Dave Skillin would eventually join prog-band Home, another Forgotten Sons candidate whilst I could not find anything related to Frank Clark. Stan Aldous is also known for the work he had done previously with garage band Odyssey. 

Throughout the brief Aardvark history, the band also went through a number of keyboardists. Amongst these one finds Paddy Coulter, Dave Watts, who would later play with Jackson Heights and Affinity and the late Peter John Wood. Wood would go on to play with Quiver, The Sutherland Brothers, Al Stewart and Natural Gas. 

The band Aardvark are also involved in one of the myths of British psychedelia. The group Tintern Abbey only released one single throughout their recording span, Beeside/Vacuum Cleaner, for Deram (DM 164) in 1967. Considered as one of the most collectable items from this particular musical period, it has long been rumoured that the band had recorded a second single, How Do I Feel Today which was never released yet which was supposedly circulated amongst collectors. 

In fact the single was never recorded and the name of the single was actually an unissued Aardvark single that was meant to be released on independent label as Rubble 12. However the tapes were lost by Deram and the band used the name of the Aardvark title, created a fictitious cover and thus deceived countless numbers of psychedelic fans all over the world!

by Nigel Camilleri

(http://rockasteria.blogspot.com.br/2012/09/aardvark-aardvark-1970-uk-great-heavy.html)

Aardvark (1970)

21st Century Schizoid Band

21st Century Schizoid Band were a King Crimson alumnus group formed in 2002. The name derives from the famous song "21st Century Schizoid Man" from the first King Crimson album, In the Court of the Crimson King. The initial band featured Mel Collins on saxophones, flute and keyboards, Michael Giles on drums, Peter Giles on bass, Ian McDonald on alto saxophone, flute and keyboards, and Jakko Jakszyk on guitar and vocals. All but Jakszyk had previously been members of King Crimson in its early years. Ian Wallace, another former Crimson member from that same period, replaced Mike Giles in early 2003 after the band's Japanese tour. Further international touring followed in 2003/04.

The band played live with sets concentrating on compositions from King Crimson's first four albums and other works from the band members' back catalogues, including McDonald and Giles. They have released four albums, mostly of live work but including newer and/or recent compositions, such as Ian McDonald's "Let There Be Light" (from his solo album Driver's Eyes) and "Catley's Ashes," a Jakszyk instrumental which later appeared on his solo album The Bruised Romantic Glee Club (2006). The band has been inactive since 2004; with members based in different countries, touring proved to be logistically and financially difficult. The possibility of performing again in 2005 was considered following offers from festivals, possibly with Guy Evans (of Van der Graaf Generator) on drums to replace Wallace who had other commitments, but the idea was abandoned. Wallace's death in February 2007 would seem to have closed the lid on the band for good.

Jakszyk and Collins went on to record as a trio with founding Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp (and with rhythmic support from fellow members Tony Levin and Gavin Harrison) on the Scarcity of Miracles album in 2011. This was followed in 2013 by the announcement of a new King Crimson formation including all five, plus two additional members.

Live in West Hollywood (2004)

01.A Man, a City

02.Cat Food  

03.Let there be Light

04.Cirkus 

05.Cadence and Cascade

06.The Court of the Crimson King

07.Ladies of the Road

08.Catley's Ashes 

09.Formentera Lady

10.Sailor's Tale 

11.I Talk to the Wind / Band Introduction

12.Epitaph 

13.21st Century Schizoid Man 

14.Starless

The Band:

Ian McDonald - Alto Sax, Flute, Keys, Vocal and Percussion

Peter Giles - Bass And Vocal

Mel Collins - Baritone, Tenor and Alto Sax, Flute, Keys and Vocal

Ian Wallace - Drums and Vocal 

Jakko Jakszyk - Vocal, Guitar, Flute and Keys

A New Place to Live - Symphonic Progressive Rock

Um álbum bem obscuro, com poucas informações. Direto do Canadá, um som meio Prog, meio Krautrock. Encontrei apenas este comentário abaixo...

Yes, this one's credited to A New Place To Live, but for all intents and purposes it's a Robert John Gallo release with studio backing from singer Joey Carbon and guitarist Richard Zito of Sounds of Modification fame.   As an added bonus, radio/television personality John Zacherly  recited the poetic segments.   Written, arranged, conducted, and produced by Gallo 1972's "A New Place To Live" was also  released on Gallo's Mandala label.  Quite an industrious guy !!!  A concept piece seemingly based on American psychic Edgar Cayce and a bizarre mixture of ecological concerns, history, religion, social commentary, and probably way too many illicit substances, the album sported one of the strangest plotlines I've come across. To quote the liner notes:  "Due to recent occurrences in the world, I would like to bring your attention to my concept album " A New Place To Live".  Written by Robert John Gallo more than two year ago.  Its meaning and significance take on a frightening yet truthful aspect now that the earthquakes and other disturbing occurrence of nature have begun."  Some of you will swear I'm makin' this stuff up.

RDTEN1 (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/a_new_place_to_live/a_new_place_to_live/)

A New Place to Live (1972)

Conductor, Producer, Written-By – Bob John Gallo* (tracks: A1-A5,B1,B2,B4)

Guitar – Richard Zito*

Narrator [Poems Recited] – John Zacherly*

Vocals – Joey Carbone

1860 Band - Progressive Funk

The 1860 band was a New Zealand group who took their name from the establishment they held residency at.(The 1860 Tavern in Wellington). Their sole LP released in 1978. Formed by Rodger Fox (The Rodger Fox Big Band, Quincy Conserve) the band also included Dave Pearson and other Quincy Conserve members Peter Blake, Billy Brown, Geoff Culverwell and Martin Winch (Espresso Guitar). Quincy Conserve Group recorded from 1968 to 1975. Rodger Fox is a New Zealand jazz trombonist, big band leader, jazz educator, arranger and producer. 

Group Members: Rodger Fox (Trombone) - Martin Winch (Guitar) - Geoff Culverwell

(Trumpet, Flugal, Vocals) - Peter Blake (Keys) - Billy Brown (Drums) - Rob Winch (Bass) 

1860 Band (1978)

ADA LE FOL - France Prog Rock

Ada le Fol is another example of the French underground of bands that played in that unique French theatrical progressive rock style made so popular by Ange and Mona Lisa. This is more under produced and amateurish, just as Trefle and Grime are, but that's where the appeal lies. It's creativity at its most raw. Vocalist does a fine job at the Decamps style, whilst the keys and guitar keep the progressive quotient alive. There's one throwaway good times rock and roller on Side 1 to endure, but otherwise this is a strong example of the style.

Les Années D'Errance (1980)

A Barca do Sol

O conjunto A Barca do Sol iniciou a carreira como banda de apoio do cantor fluminense Pery Reis. Em 1973, seus integrantes lançaram-se em carreira própria. No ano seguinte, a banda lançou seu primeiro álbum, A Barca do Sol, que contou com a participação do compositor e multi-instrumentista Egberto Gismonti nas faixas "Arremesso" e "Alaska". Também em 1974, entrou para o grupo o então flautista Ritchie,[2] que anos mais tarde se notabilizaria em sua carreira de cantor solo. Após uma participação em um especial para a TVE-RJ, o A Barca do Sol começou a se tornar conhecida do público. Em 1976, o segundo disco é lançado, intitulado Durante o Verão. Nesta época, há uma alteração na formação da banda: saem Marcos Stull e Marcelo Bernardes e entram Alain Pierre e David Ganc, respectivamente. Em suas apresentações, o grupo utilizava textos de poetas da chamada "Geração Marginal", particularmente de Geraldo Carneiro, Cacaso e João Carlos Pádua. Em 1978, os integrantes de A Barca do Sol participam do LP Corra o Risco, que marcou a estréia da cantora Olivia Byington. O disco contém sucessos do grupo, como "Lady Jane", "Fantasma da Ópera" e "Brilho da Noite", regravados pela cantora, além de canções inéditas que viriam a compor o novo disco do conjunto: "Cavalo Marinho" e "Jardim da Infância". Em 1979, o grupo lançou pelo selo Verão Produções Artísticas o álbum Pirata. Em 1980, fez uma participação especial na faixa "Mais Clara, Mais Crua", do disco Anjo Vadio, de Olívia Byngton, vindo a dissolver-se em seguida. Apesar do fim da banda em 1981, vários membros continuariam ativos.

A Barca do Sol - 1974 A Barca do Sol

A Barca do Sol - 1976 Durante o Verão

A Barca do Sol - 1978 Corra o Risco (Olivia Byington)

A Barca do Sol - 1979 Pirata

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