Shine On You Crazy Diamond
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"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a nine-part Pink Floyd
composition written by Roger Waters
, Richard Wright
, and David Gilmour
. The song is a tribute to former band member Syd Barrett
, although it was not originally explicitly written with him in mind. It was first performed on their 1974 French tour. It was recorded for the 1975 concept album
Wish You Were Here. The song was intended to be a side-long composition like "Atom Heart Mother
" and "Echoes
", but was ultimately split into two parts and used to bookend the album.
and Nick Mason
on the Wish You Were Here episode of In the Studio with Redbeard
, the band recorded a satisfactory take of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", but because of a new mixing console which was installed at Abbey Road Studios
, it needed to be re-recorded because excessive 'bleed' from other instruments could be heard on the drum tracks.
In another incident, Syd Barrett
wandered into the studio (heavyset, with a completely shaved head and eyebrows) while the band was recording Wish You Were Here, although Nick Mason has since stated that he is not entirely certain whether "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" was the particular song being recorded when Syd was in the studio. Because of his drastically changed appearance, the band could not recognize him for some time.
When they eventually recognized Barrett, Waters was so distressed he was reduced to tears. Someone asked to play the song again and Barrett said a second playback wasn't needed when they'd just heard it. Apparently, when "Wish You Were Here" was played, "He [Barrett] stood up and said, 'Right, when do I put my guitar on?'" keyboardist Richard Wright recalled. "And of course, he didn't have a guitar with him. And we said, 'Sorry, Syd, the guitar's all done.'"
When asked what he thought of Wish You Were Here, Barrett said it sounded a "bit old". He subsequently slipped away during celebrations for Gilmour's wedding to Ginger Hasenbein
, which had taken place earlier that day. Gilmour confirmed this story, although he could not recall which song they were working on when Syd showed up. (One of the photographs in Nick Mason's book Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd
appears to have been taken that day (page 211); it is captioned: Syd Barrett at Abbey Road Studios, 5 June 1975).
Part I (Wright, Waters, Gilmour; from 0:00 – 3:54) begins with the fade-in of a dense G-minor synthesizer pad created with an EMS VCS 3
, ARP
Solina, a Hammond organ and the sounds of wet fingers rubbing the rims of wine glasses (recycled from an earlier project known as "Household Objects"). This is followed by plaintive Minimoog
passages followed by a lengthy, blues
y guitar solo
played by David Gilmour
on a Fender Stratocaster
(neck pickup) using a heavily compressed sound and reverb
. The harmony changes from G minor to D minor at 2:29, then to C minor, and back to G minor. This is repeated again, and the part ends with the synth pad fading into the background.
Part II (Waters, Gilmour, Wright; from 3:55 – 6:26) begins with a four-note theme (B♭, F, G, E) repeated throughout much of the entire section. This theme leads the harmony to C major (in comparison to the use of C minor in Parts I and II). Nick Mason
starts his drumming after the fourth playing of the four-note theme, which is the point where the riffs get into a fixed tempo, in 6/8 time. The chord leads back to G minor (as from Part I), followed by Eb major and D major back to a coda from G minor. This part includes another solo by Gilmour.
Part III (Gilmour, Wright, Waters; from 6:27 – 8:41) begins with a Minimoog synthesizer solo
by Richard Wright. This part includes Gilmour's third guitar solo which is bluesy
in tone, and ends with a fade into Part IV. When performed on the Animals tour, Gilmour added distortion to the guitar for this solo (This bluesy guitar solo is often dropped in live performances whilst the rest of part III is still played—notably Delicate Sound of Thunder
and Pulse.)
Part IV (Waters, Gilmour, Wright; from 8:42 – 11:14) Waters is the lead vocalist, with Gilmour, Wright and female backing vocalists on harmonies.
Part V (Waters, Gilmour, Wright; from 11:15 – 13:40) Part IV is followed by two guitars repeating an arpeggio
riff
for about a minute with the theme of Part II. A baritone saxophone
overlays the sounds, played by Dick Parry
. It ends as the saxophone changes from a baritone saxophone
to a tenor saxophone
. After, a time signature switch from 6/8 to 12/8 creates the appearance that the tempo speeds up, though the arpeggio guitar part in the background remains unchanged, in the background. The sax solo is accompanied by an ARP string synthesizer keyboard sound. A machine-like hum fades in and segue
s into "Welcome to the Machine
".
". As the wind fades away, Gilmour comes in on the bass guitar. Waters adds another bass with a continuing riff pattern. Then Wright comes in playing an ARP String Ensemble Synthesizer and after a few measures, several rhythm guitar parts (Gilmour played the power chord rhythm part using his black Fender Stratocaster before switching to lap steel guitar for the solo in live performances from 1974 to 1977. Snowy White
did the rhythm guitar parts on this track on the band's 1977 "In the Flesh" tour) and drums come in, as well as a Minimoog synthesizer to play the opening solo. At the two minute mark, Wright's Minimoog and Gilmour's lap steel guitar
play notes in unison before Gilmour does a lap steel guitar solo (the lap steel had open E minor tuning) with some counterpointing from Wright's synthesizers. It lasts for about 3 minutes (4 when played on the band's "In the Flesh" tour) and Gilmour played each section an octave higher than the previous one. The highest note he hit on the lap steel/slide solo was a B flat nearly 3 octaves above middle C, followed by a reprise of the guitar solo from Part IV (which was played by Snowy White live on Pink Floyd's 1977 tour so David Gilmour
could switch from lap steel guitar back to his Fender Stratocaster
). The song then switches time signatures to 6/8 (found in Parts II-V), giving the appearance of a slower tempo and the vocals return.
Part VII (Waters, Gilmour, Wright; from 4:56 – 6:04) contains the vocals, almost identical to Part IV (though half the length) before segueing into Part VIII.
Part VIII (Gilmour, Wright, Waters; from 6:05 – 8:59) brings in Waters to play a second electric guitar for a high-noted sound riff while Gilmour plays the arpeggio riff that bridges parts VII to VIII. A solid progression of funk
rhythm in 4/4 plays for about 2 minutes before very slowly fading out as a continuous single keyboard note fades in around the 9 minute mark. Throughout this section, Wright's keyboards dominate, with the use of Minimoog synthesizer, and a Hohner Clavinet. However, when this section was played live on the band's 1977 "In the Flesh" tour, the sound was filled out by both David Gilmour and Snowy White, who would trade guitar solos in a duet (or known as the battle between Gilmour's black with white pick-ups Strat and Snowy's Goldtop Gibson Les Paul
) which would extend this section upwards to between 5 and 10 minutes.
Part IX (Wright, from 9:00 – 12:31) is played in 4/4 time. Gilmour described Part IX in an interview as "a slow 4/4 funeral march
... the parting musical eulogy to Syd". Again, Wright's keyboards dominate, with little guitar input from Gilmour. The drums play for half of this part, and the keyboards play for the final minute of the song before fading out. On the fade-out, a short part of the melody of "See Emily Play
" (at 12:12), one of Syd Barrett's signature Pink Floyd songs, can be heard. When played live on the 1977 tour, the piano plays the chords on its own before the synthesizer solo was slowly changed from itself (early part of European leg) into half synthesizer and harmony guitar solo by Gilmour (higher notes) and White (lower notes; on the end of the European leg and April and May, 1977 US performances) and then first a bluesy Gilmour solo followed by a harmony guitar solo by Gilmour (higher notes) and White (lower notes; on the June and July, 1977 US performances) finally before ending with the synthesizer solo as on record. Part IX, and the album, ends on G major, a Picardy third
.
in June 1974 as "Shine On". It was first introduced as "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" on the British tour in November 1974. The song was originally performed as one whole suite with some of the parts differing from the album versions with samplings of Syd's solo song "Dark Globe
" during the opening of the song.
The multi-part version of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" was first performed on the band's 1975 North American tour with "Have a Cigar" thrown into the middle of the piece. The 1975 versions were close to the final versions except parts one and nine were still not refined yet.
The band performed the whole nine-part "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" as part of the Wish You Were Here portion of their 1977 In the Flesh Tour, with extra musicians Snowy White
on guitar and backing vocals and Dick Parry
on saxophones.
Parts 1–5 of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" became a staple of Pink Floyd's live performances from 1987 until 1994. The track opened shows for most of the A Momentary Lapse of Reason
and Delicate Sound of Thunder
tours of 1987/1988/1989 and the tour closing performance at Knebworth in 1990 with Candy Dulfer
on saxophone. The first eleven performances had "Echoes
" as the show opener before the band proceeded to play all of Momentary Lapse of Reason in the rest of the first half in a slightly different sequence to the album.
A condensed edition of the track (without the Gilmour solos in both Part 2 and Part 3) would then open the second half of the shows on the group's 1994 The Division Bell
and tour (documented on P•U•L•S•E) except on shows where all of The Dark Side of the Moon
was performed when "Shine On" opened the first half and in the last month and a half of the tour the band added part 7 to Parts 1–5.
David Gilmour performed almost the whole suite (save part 9) at his 2001 and 2002 semi-unplugged concerts (which were documented on his 2002 David Gilmour in Concert
DVD) and has performed Parts 1–2 and 4-5 (in a new arrangement) on his 2006 On an Island
solo tour. Part 3 was omitted and Parts 1 and 2 were simplified and more guitar-focused.
Gilmour performed Parts 1-5 on his Live in Gdańsk
CD on disc 2 and on DVD in the 4-disc edition of the album. The 5-disc edition and the online downloads available in the 3- and 4-disc editions include Parts 1-5 recorded in Venice
and Vienne
in 2006.
Roger Waters has also performed the song on his 1999 and 2000 tours documented on his In the Flesh – Live album and DVD which was a condensed parts 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 9. Part 6 on these performances had a lap steel solo from Jon Carin
then guitar solos from Doyle Bramhall II
and Snowy White
. Then on Waters' 2002 tour, he played all nine parts like on record (although part 8 was shortened). An abridged version of parts 1–5 was performed on Waters' 2006/2007 The Dark Side of the Moon Live tour.
Recorded January to July 1975 at Abbey Road Studios
, London
.
A Collection of Great Dance Songs
The version on this compilation album was cut significantly. Parts III, V, VI, VIII and IX were dropped completely. Parts IV and VII are linked by the guitar solo from earlier in Part IV. Lastly, the riff that links Parts VII and VIII is repeated several times as the song segue
s into the introductory radio passage from "Wish You Were Here".
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
The version on this compilation album was also cut, but less significantly. The guitar solo on Part III was dropped. Part VI was shortened. Parts VIII and IX were dropped completely. Linking parts V and VI is the sound of wind. These are the same wind effects used to bridge "Wish You Were Here" to Part VI of "Diamond" on the original LP. Finally, the riff that links Parts VII and VIII is repeated several times as the song segues into the introductory passage of clocks of "Time
".
Albums
Wish You Were Here (Original release) – Pink Floyd, 1975
A Collection of Great Dance Songs
(Edited version) – Pink Floyd, 1981
Delicate Sound of Thunder
(live version, Parts 1–5) – Pink Floyd, 1988
PULSE (live version, Parts 1–5 and 7) – Pink Floyd, 1995
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
(Edited version) – Pink Floyd, 2000
In the Flesh – Live (live version, Parts 1–8) – Roger Waters, 2000
A Tree Full Of Secrets (7 different versions) - Pink Floyd, 2004
Live in Gdańsk
(live version, Parts 1–5) – David Gilmour, 2008
Wish You Were Here
2011 remastered "Experience" and "Immersion" sets (early live version recorded in 1974) – Pink Floyd, 2011
The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door (Edited version, Parts 1-5) - Pink Floyd, 2011
Video/DVD/BD
Delicate Sound of Thunder
(VHS, Part 1 only) – Pink Floyd, 1988
PULSE (VHS and DVD, Parts 1–5 and 7) – Pink Floyd, 1995 (VHS) 2006 (DVD)
In the Flesh – Live (DVD, Parts 1–8) – Roger Waters, 2000
David Gilmour in Concert
(DVD, Parts 1–5 and Parts 6–8) – David Gilmour, 2002
Remember That Night
(DVD and BD
, Parts 1–2, 4–5) – David Gilmour, 2007
Live in Gdańsk
(DVD, Parts 1–5) – David Gilmour, 2008
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
composition written by Roger Waters
Roger Waters
George Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter...
, Richard Wright
Richard Wright (musician)
Richard William Wright was an English pianist, keyboardist and songwriter, best known for his career with Pink Floyd. Wright's richly textured keyboard layers were a vital ingredient and a distinctive characteristic of Pink Floyd's sound...
, and David Gilmour
David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...
. The song is a tribute to former band member Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett , born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter, best remembered as a founding member of the band Pink Floyd. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter during the band's psychedelic years, providing major musical and stylistic...
, although it was not originally explicitly written with him in mind. It was first performed on their 1974 French tour. It was recorded for the 1975 concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
Wish You Were Here. The song was intended to be a side-long composition like "Atom Heart Mother
Atom Heart Mother (suite)
"Atom Heart Mother" is a six-part suite by progressive rock band Pink Floyd, composed by all members of the band and Ron Geesin. It appeared on the Atom Heart Mother album in 1970, taking up the whole first side of the original vinyl record...
" and "Echoes
Echoes (Pink Floyd song)
"Echoes" is a song by Pink Floyd including lengthy instrumental passages, sound effects, and musical improvisation. Written in 1970 by all four members of the group , "Echoes" provides the extended finale to Pink Floyd's album Meddle...
", but was ultimately split into two parts and used to bookend the album.
Recording
According to David GilmourDavid Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...
and Nick Mason
Nick Mason
Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is an English drummer and songwriter, best known for his work with Pink Floyd. He was the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965...
on the Wish You Were Here episode of In the Studio with Redbeard
In the Studio with Redbeard
In the Studio with Redbeard is a North American radio program, produced and hosted by Dallas, Texas based rock and roll disc jockey Redbeard....
, the band recorded a satisfactory take of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", but because of a new mixing console which was installed at Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
, it needed to be re-recorded because excessive 'bleed' from other instruments could be heard on the drum tracks.
In another incident, Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett , born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter, best remembered as a founding member of the band Pink Floyd. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter during the band's psychedelic years, providing major musical and stylistic...
wandered into the studio (heavyset, with a completely shaved head and eyebrows) while the band was recording Wish You Were Here, although Nick Mason has since stated that he is not entirely certain whether "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" was the particular song being recorded when Syd was in the studio. Because of his drastically changed appearance, the band could not recognize him for some time.
When they eventually recognized Barrett, Waters was so distressed he was reduced to tears. Someone asked to play the song again and Barrett said a second playback wasn't needed when they'd just heard it. Apparently, when "Wish You Were Here" was played, "He [Barrett] stood up and said, 'Right, when do I put my guitar on?'" keyboardist Richard Wright recalled. "And of course, he didn't have a guitar with him. And we said, 'Sorry, Syd, the guitar's all done.'"
When asked what he thought of Wish You Were Here, Barrett said it sounded a "bit old". He subsequently slipped away during celebrations for Gilmour's wedding to Ginger Hasenbein
Ginger Gilmour
Ginger Gilmour, Ginger Gilmour, Ginger Gilmour, (born Virginia Hasenbein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on 19 January 1949, is an artist and former model, and the first wife of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.-Personal life :...
, which had taken place earlier that day. Gilmour confirmed this story, although he could not recall which song they were working on when Syd showed up. (One of the photographs in Nick Mason's book Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd
Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd
Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd is Nick Mason's personal memoir of Pink Floyd published on 7 October 2004 in the United Kingdom. Initially a hardback release, it has since appeared in at least two different paperback editions. The book marks the first time that a group member has...
appears to have been taken that day (page 211); it is captioned: Syd Barrett at Abbey Road Studios, 5 June 1975).
Parts I–V
As neither the original vinyl release (1975) nor the CD re-release actually delineates precisely the various divisions, the make-up of the Parts below is based on a comparison of the recorded timings with the identifications in the published sheet music. Without benefit of the publication, it is easy to perceive Parts I and II as Part I, Part III as Part II, and so on, with the extensive postlude of Part V (at 11:15) as the beginning of the fifth section.Part I (Wright, Waters, Gilmour; from 0:00 – 3:54) begins with the fade-in of a dense G-minor synthesizer pad created with an EMS VCS 3
EMS VCS 3
The VCS 3 is a portable analog synthesiser with a flexible semi-modular voice architecture, by Electronic Music Studios Limited in 1969....
, ARP
ARP Instruments, Inc.
ARP Instruments, Inc. was an American manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, founded by Alan Robert Pearlman in 1969. Best known for its line of synthesizers that emerged in the early 1970s, ARP closed its doors in 1981 due to financial difficulties...
Solina, a Hammond organ and the sounds of wet fingers rubbing the rims of wine glasses (recycled from an earlier project known as "Household Objects"). This is followed by plaintive Minimoog
Minimoog
The Minimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer, invented by Bill Hemsath and Robert Moog. It was released in 1970 by R.A. Moog Inc. , and production was stopped in 1981. It was re-designed by Robert Moog in 2002 and released as Minimoog Voyager.The Minimoog was designed in response to the use of...
passages followed by a lengthy, blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
y guitar solo
Guitar solo
In popular music, a guitar solo is a melodic passage, section, or entire piece of music written for an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. Guitar solos, which often contain varying degrees of improvisation, are used in many styles of popular music such as blues, jazz, rock and metal styles such...
played by David Gilmour
David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...
on a Fender Stratocaster
Fender Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as "Strat", is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation to the present. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top...
(neck pickup) using a heavily compressed sound and reverb
Reverberation
Reverberation is the persistence of sound in a particular space after the original sound is removed. A reverberation, or reverb, is created when a sound is produced in an enclosed space causing a large number of echoes to build up and then slowly decay as the sound is absorbed by the walls and air...
. The harmony changes from G minor to D minor at 2:29, then to C minor, and back to G minor. This is repeated again, and the part ends with the synth pad fading into the background.
Part II (Waters, Gilmour, Wright; from 3:55 – 6:26) begins with a four-note theme (B♭, F, G, E) repeated throughout much of the entire section. This theme leads the harmony to C major (in comparison to the use of C minor in Parts I and II). Nick Mason
Nick Mason
Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is an English drummer and songwriter, best known for his work with Pink Floyd. He was the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965...
starts his drumming after the fourth playing of the four-note theme, which is the point where the riffs get into a fixed tempo, in 6/8 time. The chord leads back to G minor (as from Part I), followed by Eb major and D major back to a coda from G minor. This part includes another solo by Gilmour.
Part III (Gilmour, Wright, Waters; from 6:27 – 8:41) begins with a Minimoog synthesizer solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
by Richard Wright. This part includes Gilmour's third guitar solo which is bluesy
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
in tone, and ends with a fade into Part IV. When performed on the Animals tour, Gilmour added distortion to the guitar for this solo (This bluesy guitar solo is often dropped in live performances whilst the rest of part III is still played—notably Delicate Sound of Thunder
Delicate Sound of Thunder
-LP / Cassette:Side 1# "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"# "Learning to Fly# "Yet Another Movie"# "Round and Around"Side 2# "Sorrow"# "The Dogs of War"# "On the Turning Away"Side 3# "One of These Days"# "Time"...
and Pulse.)
Part IV (Waters, Gilmour, Wright; from 8:42 – 11:14) Waters is the lead vocalist, with Gilmour, Wright and female backing vocalists on harmonies.
Part V (Waters, Gilmour, Wright; from 11:15 – 13:40) Part IV is followed by two guitars repeating an arpeggio
Arpeggio
An arpeggio is a musical technique where notes in a chord are played or sung in sequence, one after the other, rather than ringing out simultaneously...
riff
RIFF
The Resource Interchange File Format is a generic file container format for storing data in tagged chunks. It is primarily used to store multimedia such as sound and video, though it may also be used to store any arbitrary data....
for about a minute with the theme of Part II. A baritone saxophone
Baritone saxophone
The baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the largest and lowest pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece...
overlays the sounds, played by Dick Parry
Dick Parry
Richard 'Dick' Parry is an English saxophonist. He has appeared as a session musician on various albums by modern bands and artists, and is probably best known for his solo parts on the Pink Floyd songs "Money", "Us and Them", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Wearing the Inside Out"...
. It ends as the saxophone changes from a baritone saxophone
Baritone saxophone
The baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the largest and lowest pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece...
to a tenor saxophone
Tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
. After, a time signature switch from 6/8 to 12/8 creates the appearance that the tempo speeds up, though the arpeggio guitar part in the background remains unchanged, in the background. The sax solo is accompanied by an ARP string synthesizer keyboard sound. A machine-like hum fades in and segue
Segue
A segue is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next.-In music:In music, segue is a direction to the performer. It means continue without a pause. It comes from the Italian "it follows". The term attacca is also used in classical music.For written music it implies a transition...
s into "Welcome to the Machine
Welcome to the Machine
"Welcome to the Machine" is the second song on Pink Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here. It is notable for its use of heavily processed synthesizers and guitars, as well as a wide and varied range of tape effects.-Theme:...
".
Parts VI–IX
Part VI (Wright, Waters, Gilmour; from 0:00 – 4:55) begins with a howling wind from the preceding song "Wish You Were HereWish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song)
"Wish You Were Here" is the title track on Pink Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here. The song's lyrics encompass writer Roger Waters' feelings of alienation from other people. Like most of the album, it refers to former Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett and his breakdown...
". As the wind fades away, Gilmour comes in on the bass guitar. Waters adds another bass with a continuing riff pattern. Then Wright comes in playing an ARP String Ensemble Synthesizer and after a few measures, several rhythm guitar parts (Gilmour played the power chord rhythm part using his black Fender Stratocaster before switching to lap steel guitar for the solo in live performances from 1974 to 1977. Snowy White
Snowy White
Snowy White is an English guitarist, known for having played with Thin Lizzy and with Pink Floyd and, more recently, for Roger Waters'...
did the rhythm guitar parts on this track on the band's 1977 "In the Flesh" tour) and drums come in, as well as a Minimoog synthesizer to play the opening solo. At the two minute mark, Wright's Minimoog and Gilmour's lap steel guitar
Lap steel guitar
The lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, an instrument derived from and similar to the guitar. The player changes pitch by pressing a metal or glass bar against the strings instead of by pressing strings against the fingerboard....
play notes in unison before Gilmour does a lap steel guitar solo (the lap steel had open E minor tuning) with some counterpointing from Wright's synthesizers. It lasts for about 3 minutes (4 when played on the band's "In the Flesh" tour) and Gilmour played each section an octave higher than the previous one. The highest note he hit on the lap steel/slide solo was a B flat nearly 3 octaves above middle C, followed by a reprise of the guitar solo from Part IV (which was played by Snowy White live on Pink Floyd's 1977 tour so David Gilmour
David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...
could switch from lap steel guitar back to his Fender Stratocaster
Fender Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as "Strat", is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation to the present. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top...
). The song then switches time signatures to 6/8 (found in Parts II-V), giving the appearance of a slower tempo and the vocals return.
Part VII (Waters, Gilmour, Wright; from 4:56 – 6:04) contains the vocals, almost identical to Part IV (though half the length) before segueing into Part VIII.
Part VIII (Gilmour, Wright, Waters; from 6:05 – 8:59) brings in Waters to play a second electric guitar for a high-noted sound riff while Gilmour plays the arpeggio riff that bridges parts VII to VIII. A solid progression of funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
rhythm in 4/4 plays for about 2 minutes before very slowly fading out as a continuous single keyboard note fades in around the 9 minute mark. Throughout this section, Wright's keyboards dominate, with the use of Minimoog synthesizer, and a Hohner Clavinet. However, when this section was played live on the band's 1977 "In the Flesh" tour, the sound was filled out by both David Gilmour and Snowy White, who would trade guitar solos in a duet (or known as the battle between Gilmour's black with white pick-ups Strat and Snowy's Goldtop Gibson Les Paul
Gibson Les Paul
The Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson...
) which would extend this section upwards to between 5 and 10 minutes.
Part IX (Wright, from 9:00 – 12:31) is played in 4/4 time. Gilmour described Part IX in an interview as "a slow 4/4 funeral march
Funeral march
A funeral march is a march, usually in a minor key, in a slow "simple duple" metre, imitating the solemn pace of a funeral procession. Some such marches are often considered appropriate for use during funerals and other sombre occasions, the most well-known being that of Chopin...
... the parting musical eulogy to Syd". Again, Wright's keyboards dominate, with little guitar input from Gilmour. The drums play for half of this part, and the keyboards play for the final minute of the song before fading out. On the fade-out, a short part of the melody of "See Emily Play
See Emily Play
"See Emily Play" was the second single recorded by the English psychedelic rock group Pink Floyd. It was written by original frontman Syd Barrett and recorded on 23 May 1967. The single featured "Scarecrow" as its B-side...
" (at 12:12), one of Syd Barrett's signature Pink Floyd songs, can be heard. When played live on the 1977 tour, the piano plays the chords on its own before the synthesizer solo was slowly changed from itself (early part of European leg) into half synthesizer and harmony guitar solo by Gilmour (higher notes) and White (lower notes; on the end of the European leg and April and May, 1977 US performances) and then first a bluesy Gilmour solo followed by a harmony guitar solo by Gilmour (higher notes) and White (lower notes; on the June and July, 1977 US performances) finally before ending with the synthesizer solo as on record. Part IX, and the album, ends on G major, a Picardy third
Picardy third
A Picardy third is a harmonic device used in European classical music.It refers to the use of a major chord of the tonic at the end of a musical section which is either modal or in a minor key...
.
Live performances
The song was first performed on the French tourPink Floyd French Summer Tour 1974
Pink Floyd had two concert tours in 1974. One in France and one in the UK, promoting their Dark Side of the Moon album, and debuting new material.-1974 French Summer Tour:...
in June 1974 as "Shine On". It was first introduced as "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" on the British tour in November 1974. The song was originally performed as one whole suite with some of the parts differing from the album versions with samplings of Syd's solo song "Dark Globe
Dark Globe
"Dark Globe" also known as "Wouldn't You Miss Me" is a song by Syd Barrett for his first solo album The Madcap Laughs, and the last track to be recorded. It is notable for its lyrics which seem to make a point about his former bandmates in Pink Floyd, and how apparently easy it was for them to...
" during the opening of the song.
The multi-part version of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" was first performed on the band's 1975 North American tour with "Have a Cigar" thrown into the middle of the piece. The 1975 versions were close to the final versions except parts one and nine were still not refined yet.
The band performed the whole nine-part "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" as part of the Wish You Were Here portion of their 1977 In the Flesh Tour, with extra musicians Snowy White
Snowy White
Snowy White is an English guitarist, known for having played with Thin Lizzy and with Pink Floyd and, more recently, for Roger Waters'...
on guitar and backing vocals and Dick Parry
Dick Parry
Richard 'Dick' Parry is an English saxophonist. He has appeared as a session musician on various albums by modern bands and artists, and is probably best known for his solo parts on the Pink Floyd songs "Money", "Us and Them", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Wearing the Inside Out"...
on saxophones.
Parts 1–5 of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" became a staple of Pink Floyd's live performances from 1987 until 1994. The track opened shows for most of the A Momentary Lapse of Reason
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the thirteenth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. It was released in the UK and US in September 1987. In 1985 guitarist David Gilmour began to assemble a group of musicians to work on his third solo album...
and Delicate Sound of Thunder
Delicate Sound of Thunder
-LP / Cassette:Side 1# "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"# "Learning to Fly# "Yet Another Movie"# "Round and Around"Side 2# "Sorrow"# "The Dogs of War"# "On the Turning Away"Side 3# "One of These Days"# "Time"...
tours of 1987/1988/1989 and the tour closing performance at Knebworth in 1990 with Candy Dulfer
Candy Dulfer
Candy Dulfer is a Dutch smooth jazz alto saxophonist who began playing at the age of six. She founded her band, Funky Stuff, when she was fourteen years old. Her debut album Saxuality received a Grammy Award nomination. Dulfer has released nine studio albums, two live albums, and one compilation...
on saxophone. The first eleven performances had "Echoes
Echoes (Pink Floyd song)
"Echoes" is a song by Pink Floyd including lengthy instrumental passages, sound effects, and musical improvisation. Written in 1970 by all four members of the group , "Echoes" provides the extended finale to Pink Floyd's album Meddle...
" as the show opener before the band proceeded to play all of Momentary Lapse of Reason in the rest of the first half in a slightly different sequence to the album.
A condensed edition of the track (without the Gilmour solos in both Part 2 and Part 3) would then open the second half of the shows on the group's 1994 The Division Bell
The Division Bell
The Division Bell is the fourteenth and last studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. It was released in the United Kingdom by EMI Records on 28 March 1994, and in the United States by Columbia Records on 4 April....
and tour (documented on P•U•L•S•E) except on shows where all of The Dark Side of the Moon
The Dark Side of the Moon
The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in March 1973. It built on ideas explored in the band's earlier recordings and live shows, but lacks the extended instrumental excursions that characterised their work following the departure...
was performed when "Shine On" opened the first half and in the last month and a half of the tour the band added part 7 to Parts 1–5.
David Gilmour performed almost the whole suite (save part 9) at his 2001 and 2002 semi-unplugged concerts (which were documented on his 2002 David Gilmour in Concert
David Gilmour in Concert
David Gilmour in Concert is a DVD of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London in June 2001, as part of the Robert Wyatt-curated Meltdown festival. It also features additional footage recorded during three concerts at the same venue in January 2002...
DVD) and has performed Parts 1–2 and 4-5 (in a new arrangement) on his 2006 On an Island
On an Island
On an Island is the third solo album by David Gilmour, best known as vocalist and lead guitarist for Pink Floyd. It was released in the UK on 6 March 2006, Gilmour's 60th birthday, and in the United States the following day. It was Gilmour's first new solo album in 22 years...
solo tour. Part 3 was omitted and Parts 1 and 2 were simplified and more guitar-focused.
Gilmour performed Parts 1-5 on his Live in Gdańsk
Live in Gdansk
Live in Gdańsk is a live album by David Gilmour. It is a part of his On an Island project which includes an album, tour, DVD, and live album. It was released on 22 September 2008...
CD on disc 2 and on DVD in the 4-disc edition of the album. The 5-disc edition and the online downloads available in the 3- and 4-disc editions include Parts 1-5 recorded in Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
and Vienne
Vienne, Isère
Vienne is a commune in south-eastern France, located south of Lyon, on the Rhône River. It is the second largest city after Grenoble in the Isère department, of which it is a subprefecture. The city's population was of 29,400 as of the 2001 census....
in 2006.
Roger Waters has also performed the song on his 1999 and 2000 tours documented on his In the Flesh – Live album and DVD which was a condensed parts 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 9. Part 6 on these performances had a lap steel solo from Jon Carin
Jon Carin
Jon Carin is a producer, artist and musician best known for his association with Pink Floyd, and more specifically its guitarist David Gilmour and former member Roger Waters over the last twenty five years. In the early eighties, he gained fame as the front-man for the band Industry...
then guitar solos from Doyle Bramhall II
Doyle Bramhall II
Doyle Bramhall II is a guitarist and vocalist in his band Smokestack and was also the second guitarist in Eric Clapton's band from 2004 to 2009.-Discography:with Arc Angels*Arc Angels...
and Snowy White
Snowy White
Snowy White is an English guitarist, known for having played with Thin Lizzy and with Pink Floyd and, more recently, for Roger Waters'...
. Then on Waters' 2002 tour, he played all nine parts like on record (although part 8 was shortened). An abridged version of parts 1–5 was performed on Waters' 2006/2007 The Dark Side of the Moon Live tour.
Personnel
- Music — David GilmourDavid GilmourDavid Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...
, Roger WatersRoger WatersGeorge Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter...
, Richard WrightRichard Wright (musician)Richard William Wright was an English pianist, keyboardist and songwriter, best known for his career with Pink Floyd. Wright's richly textured keyboard layers were a vital ingredient and a distinctive characteristic of Pink Floyd's sound... - Lyrics — Roger WatersRoger WatersGeorge Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter...
- Roger WatersRoger WatersGeorge Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter...
— bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, additional electric guitar on Part 8 - David GilmourDavid GilmourDavid Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...
— guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, backing vocals, lap steel guitarLap steel guitarThe lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, an instrument derived from and similar to the guitar. The player changes pitch by pressing a metal or glass bar against the strings instead of by pressing strings against the fingerboard....
and additional bass guitar on Part 6, EMS Synthi AKSEMS Synthi AKSThe EMS Synthi A, first available in May 1971, and then in March 1972 a version of it with a built-in keyboard and sequencer, the EMS Synthi AKS, a portable modular analog synthesiser made by EMS of England. Most notable for its patch pin matrix, its functions and internal design are similar to the... - Richard WrightRichard Wright (musician)Richard William Wright was an English pianist, keyboardist and songwriter, best known for his career with Pink Floyd. Wright's richly textured keyboard layers were a vital ingredient and a distinctive characteristic of Pink Floyd's sound...
— Hammond organHammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
, ARP String EnsembleARP String EnsembleThe ARP String Ensemble, also known as the Solina String Ensemble, is a fully polyphonic multi-orchestral ARP Instruments, Inc. synthesizer with a 49-key keyboard, produced by Solina from 1974 to 1981. The sounds it incorporates are violin, viola, trumpet, horn, cello and contrabass. The keyboard...
, MinimoogMinimoogThe Minimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer, invented by Bill Hemsath and Robert Moog. It was released in 1970 by R.A. Moog Inc. , and production was stopped in 1981. It was re-designed by Robert Moog in 2002 and released as Minimoog Voyager.The Minimoog was designed in response to the use of...
, clavinetClavinetA Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...
on Part 8, Fender RhodesRhodes pianoThe Rhodes piano is an electro-mechanical piano, invented by Harold Rhodes during the fifties and later manufactured in a number of models, first in collaboration with Fender and after 1965 by CBS....
on Part 8, Steinway piano on Part 3 and 9, backing vocals - Nick MasonNick MasonNicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is an English drummer and songwriter, best known for his work with Pink Floyd. He was the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965...
— drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Dick ParryDick ParryRichard 'Dick' Parry is an English saxophonist. He has appeared as a session musician on various albums by modern bands and artists, and is probably best known for his solo parts on the Pink Floyd songs "Money", "Us and Them", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Wearing the Inside Out"...
— baritoneBaritone saxophoneThe baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the largest and lowest pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece...
and tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
s - Carlena Williams — backing vocals
- Venetta FieldsVenetta FieldsVenetta Fields is an American singer best known as session musician for leading rock and pop acts of the 1970s including Pink Floyd, Barbra Streisand, Steely Dan and the Rolling Stones...
— backing vocals
Recorded January to July 1975 at Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Edited versions
Two different edited versions of the composition have appeared on compilation albums.A Collection of Great Dance Songs
A Collection of Great Dance Songs
-8-track cartridge:Program 1#"One of These Days"#"Wish You Were Here"Program 2#"Sheep"Program 3#"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" Program 4#"Money" #"Another Brick in the Wall " -Personnel:Pink Floyd...
The version on this compilation album was cut significantly. Parts III, V, VI, VIII and IX were dropped completely. Parts IV and VII are linked by the guitar solo from earlier in Part IV. Lastly, the riff that links Parts VII and VIII is repeated several times as the song segue
Segue
A segue is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next.-In music:In music, segue is a direction to the performer. It means continue without a pause. It comes from the Italian "it follows". The term attacca is also used in classical music.For written music it implies a transition...
s into the introductory radio passage from "Wish You Were Here".
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is a compilation album by Pink Floyd. It was released by EMI Records in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2001 and the following day in the United States through Capitol Records. It debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart on 24 November 2001, with sales...
The version on this compilation album was also cut, but less significantly. The guitar solo on Part III was dropped. Part VI was shortened. Parts VIII and IX were dropped completely. Linking parts V and VI is the sound of wind. These are the same wind effects used to bridge "Wish You Were Here" to Part VI of "Diamond" on the original LP. Finally, the riff that links Parts VII and VIII is repeated several times as the song segues into the introductory passage of clocks of "Time
Time (Pink Floyd song)
"Time" is the fourth track from English progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon, and the only song on the album credited to all four members of the band...
".
Releases
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" features on all the below releases:Albums
Wish You Were Here (Original release) – Pink Floyd, 1975
A Collection of Great Dance Songs
A Collection of Great Dance Songs
-8-track cartridge:Program 1#"One of These Days"#"Wish You Were Here"Program 2#"Sheep"Program 3#"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" Program 4#"Money" #"Another Brick in the Wall " -Personnel:Pink Floyd...
(Edited version) – Pink Floyd, 1981
Delicate Sound of Thunder
Delicate Sound of Thunder
-LP / Cassette:Side 1# "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"# "Learning to Fly# "Yet Another Movie"# "Round and Around"Side 2# "Sorrow"# "The Dogs of War"# "On the Turning Away"Side 3# "One of These Days"# "Time"...
(live version, Parts 1–5) – Pink Floyd, 1988
PULSE (live version, Parts 1–5 and 7) – Pink Floyd, 1995
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is a compilation album by Pink Floyd. It was released by EMI Records in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2001 and the following day in the United States through Capitol Records. It debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart on 24 November 2001, with sales...
(Edited version) – Pink Floyd, 2000
In the Flesh – Live (live version, Parts 1–8) – Roger Waters, 2000
A Tree Full Of Secrets (7 different versions) - Pink Floyd, 2004
Live in Gdańsk
Live in Gdansk
Live in Gdańsk is a live album by David Gilmour. It is a part of his On an Island project which includes an album, tour, DVD, and live album. It was released on 22 September 2008...
(live version, Parts 1–5) – David Gilmour, 2008
Wish You Were Here
Why Pink Floyd...?
Why Pink Floyd...? is an exhaustive re-release campaign of the entire back catalogue of the English rock group Pink Floyd scheduled for 2011–12. It will entail various incarnations of the band's material in multiple formats. The music will be presented newly remastered, featuring unreleased tracks...
2011 remastered "Experience" and "Immersion" sets (early live version recorded in 1974) – Pink Floyd, 2011
The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door (Edited version, Parts 1-5) - Pink Floyd, 2011
Video/DVD/BD
Delicate Sound of Thunder
Delicate Sound of Thunder
-LP / Cassette:Side 1# "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"# "Learning to Fly# "Yet Another Movie"# "Round and Around"Side 2# "Sorrow"# "The Dogs of War"# "On the Turning Away"Side 3# "One of These Days"# "Time"...
(VHS, Part 1 only) – Pink Floyd, 1988
PULSE (VHS and DVD, Parts 1–5 and 7) – Pink Floyd, 1995 (VHS) 2006 (DVD)
In the Flesh – Live (DVD, Parts 1–8) – Roger Waters, 2000
David Gilmour in Concert
David Gilmour in Concert
David Gilmour in Concert is a DVD of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London in June 2001, as part of the Robert Wyatt-curated Meltdown festival. It also features additional footage recorded during three concerts at the same venue in January 2002...
(DVD, Parts 1–5 and Parts 6–8) – David Gilmour, 2002
Remember That Night
Remember That Night
Remember That Night is a live concert recording of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concerts at the Royal Albert Hall on 29, 30 & 31 May 2006 as part of his On an Island tour. The title is taken from a line in the song "On an Island". It has been released on both DVD and Blu-ray formats...
(DVD and BD
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
, Parts 1–2, 4–5) – David Gilmour, 2007
Live in Gdańsk
Live in Gdansk
Live in Gdańsk is a live album by David Gilmour. It is a part of his On an Island project which includes an album, tour, DVD, and live album. It was released on 22 September 2008...
(DVD, Parts 1–5) – David Gilmour, 2008
External links
- [ William Ruhlmann review of Shine On You Crazy Diamond]
- Hubble Ultra Deep Field video featuring Part 1 of the song