Royal Festival Hall
London, England
January 17, 2002
Free Range Pigs (FRP CDR-017/018)
Disc One:
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. I-V)
2. Fat Old Sun
3. Coming Back To Life
4. Dominoes
5. High Hopes
6. High Hopes (Reprise)
7. Je Crois Entendre Encore
8. Smile
9. Rick Wright Introduction
10. Breakthrough
11. Wish You Were Here
12. Comfortably Numb
Disc Two:
1. Dimming Of The Day
2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. VI-IX)
3. Band Introductions
4. A Great Day For Freedom
5. Hushabye Mountain
-Extras-
6. Jools Holland Introduction
7. I Put a Spell On You
8. Interview with David Gilmour - Part 1
9. One Of These Days
10. Interview with David Gilmour - Part 2
11. Marooned
12. Interview with David Gilmour - Part 3
13. Making It Up As We Go Along
14. Interview with David Gilmour - Part 4
15. Je Croix Entendre Encore (Meltdown)
16. Interview with David Gilmour - Part 5
17. High Hopes (Meltdown)
18. Interview with David Gilmour - Part 6
19. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. VI-IX)
With Guest Performers:
Richard Wright Keyboards, Vocals (Disc One - Tracks 10,11,12)
Sir Bob Geldolf Guest Vocalist (Disc One - Track 12)
Supporting Performers:
Dick Parry Saxophone
Michael Kamen Piano and Oboe
Neil MacColl Guitars and Vocals
Caroline Dale Cello
Nick France Percussion
Chucho Marchan Double Bass
Choir:
Sam Brown, Durga McBroom, Claudia Fontaine, Margo Buchanan Carol Kenyon
Beverley Skeet, David Lordat, Chris Ballin, Michelle John-Douglas
Notes: The second night at Royal Festival Hall. Again, cosmetic work was
kept to a minimum in order to provide the actual ambience and feel of
the evening. This time no annoying usherettes to get in the way, but the
crowd seems to be far more feisty than the first night. One person in
particular, who's presence can be felt in the right channel found it
necessary to be quite vocal. We cleaned him up as best as we could,
especially his more obnoxious moments, but there's at least one cut that
can be heard due to him saturating the channel.
It was an another outstanding performance that was a lot cleaner in
terms of technical presence. Richard Wright appears again and is
seemingly less hesitant than he was on the first night. Another
highlight of the night is Sir Bob Geldolf singing Comfortably Numb with
Gilmour. His representation is far more powerful than Robert Wyatt's
performances.
The Interview with David Gilmour is from the "Later with Jools Holland"
- BBC 2 Radio interview conducted/broadcasted on December 10, 2001. The
interview material is fantastic, and highlights include Soundboard
recordings of some of the songs played during the Meltdown Festival.
Technical Details: This source was recorded from Level 4 Terrace, Seat
B16. This recording has never departed the digital domain. Exact lineage
is as follows: Sony ECM-717 > Sony MZ-R30 > Sony MDSJB940 > Optical Link
> Philips CDR785 > CDR > EAC > SHN (MD0>CDR0).