Did your record company have any doubts when the saw all the different formats?

David Gilmour: I haven’t asked them. I don’t really know or understand the different formats thing. My managers and people tell me that this is the way to do it. I don’t really know. There is a lot of material and it’s nice to put a lot of material out and having it available for people. But obviously there are some people who can’t afford to have, or buy all that, everything you put in has a cost. So you have to, you try, to have a cheaper version so that the people can get the main record and another one which has anything you can possible give.

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Again its sheer joy for all the fans – there’s nothing comparable by Pink Floyd.

David Gilmour: No.

I’m quite sure it’s not very important for you but do you have any commercial expectations for this album?

David Gilmour: Well you know, when you do these things, you invest a lot of money. I don’t know how to do things quickly and cheaply. Everything has to be done properly. I want my work to be done with the best possible quality in every area and of course that costs a lot of money. So yes I mean I’m hoping that it will sell enough do cover all the money that we invested in it and I’m hoping that it will make me little bit of a profit, but you know …, I can survive without that. But I’m very rare and lucky in that sort of way; a lot of people cant, the work is there life.

The last Concert of your Tour was in Gdansk! Over 50.000 Fans didn’t want to miss you and came to see you play! You’re “On an Island” Album was very successful in Poland. Did the sheer capacity of this crowd take you by surprise?

David Gilmour: Well yes, it was a surprise. We never played in Poland before, in that part of Eastern Europe, and it had another objective which was to celebrate the 26 anniversary of Solidarnosc union in polish shipyard there. So I’m sure all of that came together to creating that rather great evening.

Just before this Interview I watched "The Blue" Live version on YouTube and the Footage looks magnificent. To see how you play this Song, bending the strings, gives one Goosebumps! It is unbelievable, a wonderful Song! What was you feeling when you watched the footage?

David Gilmour: Oh, it’s a fantastic show. I mean I’m very glad that you like that Song "The Blue", its one of my favourites. You know it’s a Song that for me stands up to anything what I’ve done in my career with or without Pink Floyd. It’s a beautiful Song and being able to perform it live with those musicians in a beautiful place like Gdansk or in Clam Castle indeed is such a privilege for me. The DVD that’s goes along with the CD is a pretty magical thing to!

I’m sure when you go on tour again you will play such Songs like The Blue or On An Island again. I mean they are such masterpieces!

David Gilmour: Yeah absolutely.

The Concert was filmed from Mr. Gavin Elder, who is relatively unknown compared to David Mallet? What is the main difference between the two Concert-DVDs Remember That Night and Live in Gdansk?

David Gilmour: Well you know when we did the main DVD for the tour which was at the Albert Hall we got David Mallet who worked with us before and is very well known to make the highest possible quality thing. And when we were going out to do Gdansk we thought we should film it because, its solidarity, its in Poland, its in the shipyard and Gavin Elder was the guy who did the documentary stuff on Remember That Night DVD. He is very capable young chap and we thought we give him the job of filming it and putting it together. David Mallet was busy. As we done one DVD we didn’t thing that we could sell a second DVD from that Tour, and there wasn’t so much money on there shoot, and we got Gavin to do it in a slightly different way, that could be filmed much cheaper and we gave it to him as a challenge to try and he did very well.

THE BARN SESSIONS

Fröhliche Hausmusik bei Gilmour in der Scheune: Phil Manzanera, Guy Pratt, Steve DiStanislao, David Gilmour und Rick Wright. Foto: Polly Samson

Mr. Elder also filmed the Barn-Sessions and I recognized that there also a few Bonus tracks from these Sessions on the second DVD. And you play the drums as well on one track. How often to you play at your Farm in the Barn! There must be some very interesting kind of Sessions going on at your home?

David Gilmour: No not really. I mean that was just a one off. That was one Moment where we had the musicians came over and we spent some time jamming and having a bit of fun. We got a lot of stuff from that, four, five days just playing for fun. But that’s not something that happens every week (laughs).

THE BLACK STRAT

I saw you the first time playing with Pink Floyd in Vienna 1988. And for me a big difference now of course was the Guitar, you played the Black Stratocaster. Phil Taylor wrote in his Book lately: "The Black Strats return to prominence was during the Pink Floyd Live 8 rehearsals. During the third day David tried the Black Strat! David’s Guitar Sound instantly ascended to what can only be described as "another level". His Body Language changed, becoming animated and interacting with the guitar as if he had just discovered an old long lost friend."

Live8: Roger Waters und Pink Floyd wiedervereint nach 24 Jahren!

One interesting thing is, I know that Mr. Robert Plant was at your DVD Premiere in London last Year.

DAVID GILMOUR: That’s right.

What’s quite interesting about it is: Of course there is Led Zeppelin and Mr. Plant has the same opinion about reforming a super group as you maybe. If he would say: "Yes of course, we go out and tour again as Led Zeppelin". I mean they would sell millions of tickets. And on the other side you are in the same position with Pink Floyd. And I thought that was quite interesting. I didn’t know that there was any contact between you at all.

DAVID GILMOUR: Well you know, he came along and it was very nice to see him. I don’t know him that well. But yeah, he seems to following the similar path. He is going out doing this tour with Alison Kraus, isn’t it? And enjoying him self. What will happen to them in the future? Any ones guess. (Laughs) I’m not privileged to that kind of information.

Remember That Night DVD Premiere 2007: David Gilmour, Polly und Robert Plant. Foto: Getty Images

I would like to ask you two more questions about the Pink Floyd back catalogue. Any chances to maybe see the release of any kind of Pink Floyd DVD in the near future? Because I think the only one so far is "Pulse". Pink Floyd was such a visual band and there is just one DVD out.

DAVID GILMOUR: Well you know, there is the possibility that we will do something one day. But the reality is that, well one has to accept, that an awful lot of things that we did, in our early career just wasn’t filmed. And you cant magical create Film when there isn’t any. So if it were possible to dig out an original "Dark Side Of The Moon" Show that was filmed properly and properly sound recorded, we loved to, but we just don’t have those things (laughs). They just don’t exist. There’s an awful lot of stuff that does exists, in one way or in another. Who knows one day we might do something together, but my focus is on looking forwards more then looking back.

Das "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" Album möchte David Gilmour unbedingt soundtechnisch überarbeiten!

You mentioned during an Interview that you want to remix the Pink Floyd Album "A Momentary Lapse of Reason"? Is this still something you would like to do one day?

There were some rumours this year that David Gilmour & Band were interested in playing Glastonbury. Could you imagine playing as a headliner at a Festival in the future someday?

DAVID GILMOUR: Who knows? I haven’t got any plans, you see. I’m living my life and when I start again I will think about these things, one of these days. But I haven’t thought any further then to the release of this album really.

Then I wanted to ask you about your Website. Which opens a bit the door for the fans to come a bit closer to you. That’s something new for Pink Floyd Fans. How much are you involved with it?

DAVID GILMOUR: I’m not watching it every day and I’m not pushing things every day. It gets on mostly without me taking much part in it. We got very good people looking after it and who are very involved with me and in what we do. If anything comes up that I want to say, I can make a phone call and say can you put this article from the newspaper on, where people can see what I’m interested in.

After the success of the "On An Island" Tour do you have some kind of regrets that you took so much time, so many years to release an new album. Of course I know that you have a big family. But do you think 12 years, maybe a bit too long.  

DAVID GILMOUR: No I don’t have any regrets about it. That’s just the way how life works. And hopefully it will not be 12 years again (laughs). I was having a nice time, a busy time in my life, with a lot of other things, you know. Okay, Werner I have to get of now I’m afraid.

Okay, Mister David Gilmour! So THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!

David Gilmour: Oh, thank you. It was very enjoyable!

Bye bye!

David Gilmour: Okay fine.

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