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David Gilmour is the debut solo studio album by Pink Floyd guitarist and co-lead vocalist David Gilmour, released on 26 May 1978. The album reached number 17 in the UK and number 29 on the Billboard US album charts; it was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. The album was produced by Gilmour, and consists mostly of blues and guitar-oriented rock songs, except for the piano-dominated ballad "So Far Away". Production and recording The tracks used for the album were recorded between February and March 1978 with engineer John Etchells at Super Bear Studios in France. They were then mixed at the same studio by Nick Griffiths. Session musicians included bass guitarist Rick Wills and drummer Willie Wilson, both of whom used to be part of Jokers Wild with Gilmour. The album was recorded at the same studio where Pink Floyd bandmate Richard Wright had recorded his first solo album, Wet Dream just weeks before, though it would not be released till September 1978. Album's cover artwork The album cover used for the first EMI pressings of the album LP was done by Hipgnosis and Gilmour and includes Gilmour, Rick Wills and Willie Wilson in the cover photo; Gilmour was credited on the cover for contributing "Keyboards, Vocals" though he was primarily a guitarist. The CBS/Columbia pressings (outside Europe) listed Gilmour as contributing "Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals". Among those depicted on the inner sleeve is Gilmour's then-wife, Ginger.

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“Syd's story is a sad story romanticised by people who don't know anything about it. They've made it fashionable but it's just not that way.”
— As quoted in Musician (December 1982)
“Roger doesn't have the right at present to tell me what to do with my life, although he believes that he does. And he'll not ruin my career, although lately he's been trying to.”
— As quoted in Penthouse (September 1988)
“Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing ... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually — mostly — the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter.”
— On guitar solos, in an interview in Time, quoted in Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon (2003)
“The band? It's over. Reunited because of the good cause (Live 8), to get over the bad relationship, and not to have regrets.”
— Ruling out the possibility of a permanent reunion of Pink Floyd in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica (February 2006)
“Obviously, they're all a gang of idiots. But, you know... live and let live.”
— About the band, in Dark Side of the Moon Sessions
“We want to spread this message of peace, and we want to raise the morale of the people who are defending their homeland there in Ukraine.”
— On his inspiration to collaborate with Andriy Khlyvnyuk after seeing his rendition of the 1914 Ukrainian patriotic march "Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow" by adding Pink Floyd musical adaptations to produce the composition "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" as a means of funding humanitarian relief in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. - Official lyrics video at YouTube: "Hey, Hey, Rise Up"

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Notable quotes

“Syd's story is a sad story romanticised by people who don't know anything about it. They've made it fashionable but it's just not that way.”
— As quoted in Musician (December 1982)
“Roger doesn't have the right at present to tell me what to do with my life, although he believes that he does. And he'll not ruin my career, although lately he's been trying to.”
— As quoted in Penthouse (September 1988)
“Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing ... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually — mostly — the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter.”
— On guitar solos, in an interview in Time, quoted in Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon (2003)
“The band? It's over. Reunited because of the good cause (Live 8), to get over the bad relationship, and not to have regrets.”
— Ruling out the possibility of a permanent reunion of Pink Floyd in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica (February 2006)
“Obviously, they're all a gang of idiots. But, you know... live and let live.”
— About the band, in Dark Side of the Moon Sessions
“We want to spread this message of peace, and we want to raise the morale of the people who are defending their homeland there in Ukraine.”
— On his inspiration to collaborate with Andriy Khlyvnyuk after seeing his rendition of the 1914 Ukrainian patriotic march "Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow" by adding Pink Floyd musical adaptations to produce the composition "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" as a means of funding humanitarian relief in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. - Official lyrics video at YouTube: "Hey, Hey, Rise Up"

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