The Delicate Sound Of Thunder BLU-Ray
The Delicate Sound Of Thunder encapsulates a band at their best.
Alongside the classic live album and full concert film (restored
and re-edited from the original 35mm film and enhanced with 5.1
surround sound.
In 1987, Pink Floyd made a triumphant resurgence. The legendary
British band, formed in 1967, had suffered the loss of two
co-founders: keyboardist / vocalist Richard Wright, who left
after sessions for The Wall in 1979, and bass player and lyricist
Roger Waters, who had left to go solo in 1985, soon after the
1983 album The Final Cut.
The gauntlet was thus laid down for guitarist/singer David
Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason, who proceeded to create the
multi-platinum A Momentary Lapse Of Reason album, a global chart
smash, which also saw the return of Richard Wright to the fold.
Originally released in September 1987, A Momentary Lapse Of
Reason was quickly embraced by fans worldwide, who flocked to
attend the live tour dates, which started within days of the
album’s release. The tour played to more than 4.25 million fans
over more than two years, and, as a celebration of the enduring
talent and global appeal of Pink Floyd, was unsurpassed at the
time.
Filmed at Long Island’s Nassau Coliseum in August 1988 and
directed by Wayne Isham, the 2020 release of the Grammy Award
nominatedDelicate Sound Of Thunder is sourced directly from over
100 cans of original 35mm negatives, painstakingly restored and
transferred to 4K, and completely re-edited by Benny Trickett
from the restored and upgraded footage, under the creative
direction of Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis. Similarly, the sound was
completely remixed from the original multitrack tapes by longtime
Pink Floyd engineer Andy Jackson with Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour,
assisted by Damon Iddins.
Pink Floyd’s stellar supporting cast for the live dates included:
Jon Carin (Keyboards, Vocals), Tim Renwick (Guitars, Vocals), Guy
Pratt (Bass, Vocals), Gary Wallis (Percussion), Scott Page
(Saxophones, Guitar), Margret Taylor (Backing Vocals), Rachel
Fury (Backing Vocals) and Durga McBroom (Backing Vocals).
Technical credits include: Film Producers: Curt Marvis and Carl
Wyant; Director of Photography: Marc Reshovsky; Lighting
Designer: Marc Brickman, with conceptual footage directed by
Storm Thorgerson, except ‘Money’ directed by Storm Thorgerson,
Barry Chattington and Peter Medak. Animation on ‘Time’ was by Ian
Emes.
The setlist carefully balances the then-new material and Pink
Floyd classics, including songs from The Dark Side Of The Moon
(Time, On The Run, The Great Gig In The Sky and Us And Them), the
anthemic title track of Wish You Were Here, The Wall’s
Comfortably Numb and a cathartic Run Like Hell. The 2-CD version
features all the songs from A Momentary Lapse Of Reason including
the powerful Learning To Fly, the lyrical On The Turning Away,
and the mesmerising Sorrow. Other formats include a variety of
songs – please see detailed content lists below.
As a record of the creative power of David Gilmour, Nick Mason
and Richard Wright at their incendiary best, Pink Floyd’s
Delicate Sound of Thunder is an engrossing and uplifting event,
to be enjoyed by any rock music fan.
TRACKLIST:
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Blu-ray – Stereo PCM 96/24, 5.1 dts Master Audio (96/24)
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5
2. Signs Of Life
3. Learning To Fly
4. Sorrow
5. The Dogs Of War
6. On The Turning Away
7. One Of These Days
8. Time
9. On The Run
10. The Great Gig In The Sky
11. Wish You Were Here
12. Us And Them
13. Money
14. Comfortably Numb
15. One Slip
16. Run Like Hell
BONUS TRACKS
Blu-ray: Stereo PCM 96/24 / DVD: Stereo PCM 48/16
1. Yet Another Movie
2. Round And Around
3. A New Machine Part 1
4. Terminal Frost
5. A New Machine Part 2