David Gilmour: Remember That Night Blu-ray Review
David Gilmour dazzles at the Royal Albert Hall
Reviewed by Sir Terrence, May 28, 2009
Remember that Night directed by David Mallet was filmed over three nights, May 29,
30 and 31, 2006 at London's beautiful Royal Albert Hall during Gilmour's short tour
promoting his latest project
On An Island. Featuring songs from this latest project,
and some Pink Floyd hits as well, Gilmour delivers an exciting performance that delights and
mesmerizes the engaged audience throughout the concert. Gilmour also brought several
guest stars onstage in the form of David Crosby, Graham Nash, and David Bowie who I
almost did not recognize. David is backed by the same group of musicians that joined him
on his last tour, except for Nick Mason. Also joining Gilmour is British jazz musician Robert
Wyatt who plays a beautiful rendition of "Then I Close My Eyes".
This concert video is a performance package, with every element delivering at a high level.
The band is excellent, from Richard Wright's keyboard playing to Guy Pratt's bass playing.
There is not a week musician in the bunch. Crosby and Nash deliver very sweet delicate
harmonies to Gilmour's vocals on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". There is a cool 23 minute
rendition of "Echoes" and David Bowie's made "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb" his
own, as he turned in a fine performance as well. The lighting design by Marc Brickman is
exciting, at times eye popping, creative, and completely complimentary of the musical
performance. Lasers are also apart of the colorful lighting show, and are not used as
gimmicks, but as a complimentary part of the lighting design.
This Blu-ray concert video release is one of the best values released on the format. With a
total of five hours of material to scour over - half of that just the concert only, you get two
and a half hours of quality bonus features that I found as watchable as the concert itself.
There are 13 extra live performances from the tour, three documentaries, and a two
promotional music video's. I watched every bit of it, and enjoyed it all. If you are a fan of
Pink Floyd, or David Gilmour himself, you must get this concert video as fast as you can.
The set list for the three nights is as follows:
Speak to Me (Mason)
Breathe (Waters/Gilmour/Wright)
Time (Waters/Mason/Gilmour/Wright)
Breathe (Reprise) (Gilmour)
Castellorizon (Gilmour)
On an Island (with David Crosby and Graham Nash) (Gilmour/Samson)
The Blue (with David Crosby and Graham Nash) (Gilmour/Samson)
Red Sky at Night (Gilmour)
This Heaven (Gilmour/Samson)
Then I Close My Eyes (with Robert Wyatt) (Gilmour)
Smile (Gilmour/Samson)
Take a Breath (Gilmour/Samson)
A Pocketful of Stones (Gilmour/Samson)
Where We Start (Gilmour)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash)
(Waters/Gilmour/Wright)
Fat Old Sun (Gilmour)
Coming Back to Life (Gilmour)
High Hopes (Gilmour/Samson)
Echoes (Waters/Gilmour/Wright/Mason)
Wish You Were Here (Gilmour/Waters)
Find the Cost of Freedom (with David Crosby and Graham Nash) (Stills)
Arnold Layne (with David Bowie) (Barrett)
Comfortably Numb (with David Bowie) (Gilmour/Waters)
David Gilmour's band consists of:
David Gilmour - lead and backing vocals, electric, acoustic, classical on "High Hopes" & lap
steel guitars, c�mb�s on "Then I Close My Eyes", alto saxophone on "Red Sky at Night"
Richard Wright - lead and backing vocals, Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer
Dick Parry - tenor and baritone saxophones, electronic organ
Phil Manzanera - twelve string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar on "High
Hopes" & backing vocals
Guy Pratt - bass guitar, double bass, backing vocals, electric guitar on "Then I Close My
Eyes"
Jon Carin - synthesizer, backing vocals, lap steel guitar, programming
Steve DiStanislao - drums, percussion & backing vocals
David Gilmour: Remember That Night Blu-ray, Audio Quality
This concert video release offers up three audio choices for your auditory pleasure. Off the
top is a very good 5.1 Dolby TrueHD encode at a 24/48 kHz bit and sample rate, followed by
a 5.1 Dolby Digital lossy encode at 640kbps, and lastly a LPCM stereo track at a 24/48 kHz
bit and sample rate. All the tracks sound really good, but I chose the TrueHD track for its
terrific spatial envelopment, and coherent 360 degree sound stage. Vocals are well
recorded, with both solo and harmony work that is always clear and well balanced. There
are a lot of instruments used in this recording, but they never sound crowded or congested.
Bass is ample without being bloated or out of control. All the electric samples from the digital
keyboards sound as they should, with no distortion or odd harmonics added. The front
sound stage is deep and wide, and folds back coherently into the surrounds. Crowd noises
emanate from the surrounds in a very realistic fashion, and occasional they are used within
the production for atmospheric effects. Each guitar Gilmour uses has a different sound to it
that is easily discernable, and both Manzanera and Gilmour guitar work is easily
distinguishable from each other. The center channel while low in level, ties the left and right
channels together creating a complete sonic picture of the band.
In comparing the other audio offerings to the lossless one, the Dolby Digital does not sound
as good as the LPCM stereo track to the ears. While it has the benefit of the surround
channels, it does not have the clarity of the stereo track. All tracks are sure to please, and
the use of all three guarantees that everyone will hear good quality sound whether they
can decode the new codec's or not.
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