The video is also worth seeing, because it features many iconic Storm Thorgerson-inspired film visuals, projected onto a large circular screen. The two hour and eleven-minute live set wowed fans, and was recorded for posterity. Leaning heavily on tracks from the 1987 album ‘A Momentary Lapse of Reason’, which was the first ever Pink Floyd recording not to feature founding member Waters, ‘Delicate Sound of Thunder’ also wove in classic hits beloved of fans everywhere, dating back to ‘One of these Days’ from 1971’s Meddle album. With Waters gone, Gilmour stepped up to front the band. Nick Mason remained as dependable as ever on drums. Included for the first time here, he performs his best-loved contribution to the Floyd canon, ‘The Great Gig in the Sky’. The late keyboardist Richard Wright, sacked by Waters, was back in the band. It is a live performance from 1988 that excitingly combines the old with the new, which is what makes the backstory so important. It is presented in 5:1 surround sound and with nine additional tracks and is available on 3-LP, 2-CD, Blu-ray and DVD. ‘Delicate Sound of Thunder’ has been re-released, remixed with input by David Gilmour. Following an infamously bitter legal wrangle over the rights to record as ‘Pink Floyd’ (Gilmour won), the band carried on without Waters and charted a new direction. Feeling himself suddenly liberated, lead guitarist David Gilmour had other ideas. After ‘The Final Cut’ in 1983, frontman, bassist and lyricist Roger Waters quit to go solo, assuming that without his stewardship, Pink Floyd would quietly die. The Pink Floyd of the late 1980s was an altogether different proposition to the band that had grown to prominence since the late 1960s.
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