David Gilmour - On TV and Radio, Volume 1: 1978-1986

David Gilmour, the lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, has had a fairly successful solo career, but he's been pretty selective about his album releases. He put out his first solo album way back in 1978, but since then, he's only released three more solo albums, plus two live albums. He's never put out a box set or any other significant archival releases. So I decided to make a series of stray tracks of TV and radio performances focused entirely on his solo career, avoiding any Pink Floyd performances. Here's the first of three albums in that series.

For the duration of this album, it was clear Gilmour's solo career took a back seat to his role in Pink Floyd, one of the biggest bands in the world. He released solo albums in 1978 and 1984 because they were mostly inactive years for Pink Floyd. As for concerts, the only tour he did during this time was in 1984, during a particularly long break while Pink Floyd fell apart and then reformed.

The first five songs are from 1978. Although he put out the solo album "David Gilmour" that year, he didn't perform any concerts to support it. However, he did play these five songs "live" in a studio with no audience. That performance was recorded and his record company released it only to radio stations to help promote the album. So while these five songs are from his 1978 album, the performances are totally different.

The next two songs, tracks 6 and 7, are from 1984. I have an entire BBC concert I'll be posting from that year. But the theme of this series of albums is TV and radio performances, so I can't draw on just any concert recordings. These two songs are from an appearance on the British TV show "The Tube."

The remaining five tracks are from a concert appearance in 1986. He didn't tour that year, but he played a set for the Colombian Volcano Disaster Appeal Benefit. Luckily, that whole benefit concert was broadcast on TV, so I'm able to present his entire short set here.

This album is an hour and two minutes long.

01 There's No Way Out of Here (David Gilmour)
02 So Far Away (David Gilmour)
03 No Way (David Gilmour)
04 I Can't Breathe Anymore (David Gilmour)
05 Mihalis [Instrumental] (David Gilmour)
06 Until We Sleep (David Gilmour)
07 Blue Light (David Gilmour)
08 You Know I'm Right (David Gilmour)
09 Run like Hell (David Gilmour)
10 talk (David Gilmour)
11 Out of the Blue (David Gilmour)
12 Comfortably Numb (David Gilmour)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16010823/DavdGlmour_1978-1986_OnTVndRdioVolum1_atse.zip.html

The photo is from a concert in Chicago in June 1984.