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. The DVD version came out 17 September 2007 in the UK, Europe and Australia, and on 18 September 2007 in the US and Canada.[1] The Blu-ray version was released on 20 November 2007.

Remember That Night
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Released17 September 2007 (UK/Europe)
18 September 2007 (US)
RecordedLondon, England, 29, 30 & 31 May 2006, except for track 5 in London, England, 15 September 2007
GenreProgressive rock
Length313 min.
LabelDavid Gilmour Music Ltd.
DirectorDavid Mallet
ProducerDavid Gilmour
David Gilmour video chronology
David Gilmour in Concert
(2002)
Remember That Night
(2007)
Live in Gdansk
(2008)
Singles from Remember That Night
  1. "Arnold Layne"
    Released: 26 December 2006

The DVD has subtitles for spoken portions of the DVD in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Track listing

Disc 1

The main concert at the Royal Albert Hall. These are the songs:

  1. "Speak to Me"
  2. "Breathe"
  3. "Time"
  4. "Breathe (Reprise)"
  5. "Castellorizon"
  6. "On an Island" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash)
  7. "The Blue" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash)
  8. "Red Sky at Night"
  9. "This Heaven"
  10. "Then I Close My Eyes" (with Robert Wyatt)
  11. "Smile"
  12. "Take a Breath"
  13. "A Pocketful of Stones"
  14. "Where We Start"
  15. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-2, 4-5)" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash)
  16. "Fat Old Sun"
  17. "Coming Back to Life"
  18. "High Hopes"
  19. "Echoes"
  20. "Wish You Were Here"
  21. "Find the Cost of Freedom" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash)
  22. "Arnold Layne" (with David Bowie)
  23. "Comfortably Numb" (with David Bowie)

The footage is from his concerts at the Royal Albert Hall on 29, 30 & 31 May 2006.

Disc 2

This disc contains the following bonus features:

Easter Eggs

There are at least three hidden videos (or "Easter Eggs") on Disc 2 of the DVD, they are as follows:

  • An acoustic version of "Echoes" which plays after the "Dark Globe" track (it will show if you fast forward past Dark Globe). This only plays if "Dark Globe" is selected from the menu and will not play while using the "Play All" function.
  • A short video of David Gilmour playing the cümbüş, to view this watch the Main Menu of the DVD and wait about 25 seconds for a firework to appear, use your DVD remote to quickly select the firework (using the enter button), this will play the video.
  • "On an Island" dance remix video is available on the "Royal Albert Hall" sub-menu of the DVD, which includes bonus tracks from the Albert Hall, again wait about 20 seconds for a firework to play then select it with your DVD remote.

In addition to these, there are several small videos with further information and interviews in the documentaries, which will play if you press the enter button while the "Wireman" is shown in the window.

Publicity

Cinema broadcasts

The UK/Europe premiere took place at the Leicester Square Odeon on 6 September 2007. It was transmitted live by satellite to various European cinemas. The North American premiere took place on 15 September 2007.

Television broadcasts

BBC One aired an hour of footage from the main concert on 8 September 2007, repeated on 25 May 2008 on BBC Four. This included the tracks:

  1. "Speak to Me"
  2. "On an Island"
  3. "This Heaven"
  4. "Smile"
  5. "The Blue"
  6. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
  7. "Fat Old Sun"
  8. "Coming Back to Life"
  9. "Arnold Layne"
  10. "Find the Cost of Freedom"
  11. "Wish You Were Here"

Live single

As part of the build-up to the release of the DVD, a two-track single was released as a download via the iTunes Store with the tracks "Wish You Were Here" and "The Blue" taken from the DVD.

Personnel

Guests

  • David Bowie – lead vocals on "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb"
  • David Crosby and Graham Nash – backing vocals on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "On An Island", and "The Blue"; harmonised lead vocals on "Find the Cost of Freedom".
  • Robert Wyattcornet on "Then I Close My Eyes"

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Music DVDs Chart[2] 2
Austrian Music DVDs Chart[3] 1
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart[4] 1
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart[5] 1
Danish Music DVDs Chart[6] 1
Dutch Music DVDs Chart[7] 2
Finnish Music DVDs Chart[8] 4
German Albums Chart[9] 9
New Zealand Music DVDs Chart[10] 1
Spanish Music DVDs Chart[11] 6

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12] 2× Platinum 20,000^
France (SNEP)[13] Platinum 20,000*
Germany (BVMI)[14] Gold 25,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[15] Platinum 5,000^
United States (RIAA)[16] Platinum 100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  7. "DVD Music Top 30". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
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  9. "Top 100 Longplay". Charts.de (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
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  11. "Top 20 DVD Musical" (PDF). PROMUSICAE (in Spanish). Media Control GfK International. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  12. "Canadian video certifications – David Gilmour – Remember That Night". Music Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  13. "French video certifications – David Gilmour – Remember That Night" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  14. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (David Gilmour; 'Remember That Night')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
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  16. "American video certifications – David Gilmour – Remember That Night". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 26 March 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Video Longform, then click SEARCH. 
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