David Gilmour: Paris 2006 (VG++ Aud) FLAC

MOB Remaster!

"Have You Found It Up There, Andy?"
Paris, Olympia, 16Mar06

CD1:
01. Castellorizon
02. On an Island
03. The Blue
04. The Great Gig In The Sky
05. (happy birthday)
06. Red Sky at Night
07. This Heaven
08. Then I Close My Eyes
09. Smile
10. Take a Breath
11. A Pocketful of Stones
12. Where We Start

CD2:
01. Shine on You Crazy Diamond (interrupted)
02. Shine on You Crazy Diamond
03. Wot's... Uh The Deal?
04. Wearing The Inside Out
05. Fat Old Sun
06. Breathe
07. Time
08. Breathe Reprise
09. High Hopes
10. Echoes

CD3:
01. (applause)
02. Wish You Were Here
03. Comfortably Numb

Taped by Xave with Sony MZ-NH1 MD and Sony ECM17 mics.
Mastered by MOB.
Artwork by FlyingPig.
First torrented on Yeeshkul by Breathe.

This gig at the Olympia was the 2nd Parisian gig of the 2006 "On An Island" European Tour (David played the evening before at the Grand Rex Theatre, not far from the Olympia).
The concert at the Olympia had some particularities that made that show very unique.
Firstly, David invited Sam Brown to sing The Great Gig In The Sky, as she was in town that night to perform with Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, at the Trabendo. She performed during the 1st set, just after "The Blue", and probably left the Olympia just after the song, to fulfill her obligations with the Jools Holland band...
Just after this nice surprise, some French people in the audience began to wish a happy birthday to David, who turned 60 just 10 days earlier, on March 6th. Then most of the audience sang the famous "Happy Birthday" song to David.
A third particularity of the Olympia gig is due to a big larsen problem during "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", at the beginning of the first verse. David stopped, and after the problem was identified (refer to the title of the RoIO ;-)), David restarted the song from the beginning! Furthermore - probably to avoid to play twice the same solos during the same concert - he did totally improvised lines during the intro, and also during the first electric solo just after Syd's Theme! This performance of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" at the
Olympia is therefore a very unique version, with alternate solos, almost totally improvised and very exciting to hear!
The Olympia concert was also the first one where David played "Fat Old Sun" instead of "Dominoes" (and he was totally on fire during the final electric solo!).
The recording from Xave was excellent, and needed just slight adjustments on the levels (on the raw recording, the level of the audience parts was far too loud compared to the rest of the recording). After comparing with the other sources we were able to hear from that night, we believe this could be the best recording of the Olympia concert.
Enjoy! -MOB.

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