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This month sees three reissues hit
the shelves, all featuring David Gilmour who was, at the time, taking a
break from his Pink Floyd duties.
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| John Martyn DVD |
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| Townshend - White City CD |
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| Townshend - Deep End CD |
The first of these is the
long-awaited DVD of John Martyn performing his 1990 comeback album, The
Apprentice, live. In 1990, to coincide with the release of the album,
John undertook a series of eleven concerts at the Shaw Theatre, London,
as part of a three month tour. David guested at these London shows, and
plays on the tracks 'John Wayne' and 'Look At That Girl'.
These concerts were filmed and
the resulting video was released in 1990. The video was deleted in 1995
and copies that do exist are selling for £50 each. Now for the first
time this concert is available as a DVD release.
John was moved to write The
Apprentice having met a particularly ill looking man in a pub near the
Sellafield nuclear recycling plant in Cumbria.
The DVD should be hitting the
shelves as you read this (and indeed, some retailers already have
this). Alternatively, this can be ordered, with a discount, through the
following special links: Amazon US/International, UK/Europe, or Germany.
The other two reissues are part
of a bigger programme bringing out a number of out of print Pete
Townshend albums, the majority of which include bonus tracks. The
reissues are to coincide with The Who going back on tour following some
excellent shows in the UK recently (we saw the recent Brighton show,
and the band have not lost any of their fire!).
Of principal interest to Floyd
fans are White City and Deep End - Live. White City was released in
1985, and features some great Gilmour guitar work on Give Blood and
White City Fighting. Both these tracks also appear in the film created
to accompany the album. The reissue also includes the previously
unreleased Night School and Save It For Later, plus a extended mix of
Hiding Out (from a 12 inch single release of the time).
Deep End - Live was recorded at
Brixton Academy in 1985, and Gilmour was part of Townshend's band (the
eponymous Deep End) for the show. The principal aim was to help raise
money for the Double O Charity, in aid of drug victims. David plays
extensively throughout the show, and the album now includes Deep End's
take on The Who's Magic Bus and Won't Get Fooled Again.
Release dates for these vary according to region, but chiefly fall around the end of July/start of August.
You can order White City through the following special links:
Amazon US/International, Canada, UK/Europe, France, or Germany.
To order Deep End - Live, you can use the following special links:
Amazon US/International, Canada, UK/Europe, France, or Germany.
Any item bought through these links at Amazon (not just Floyd items)
helps with the running costs of the site, and we really appreciate it.
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Roger Waters 2007 
