Bob Bradshaw of Custom Audio Electronics assembled a new MIDI switching sytem for the tour.
For rack effects David used a Yamaha SPX 90 II, Roland DEP-5 Digital Delay, TC Electronic 2290 Digital Delay, Korg DRV 3000 Digital Delay, and a Lexicon PCM-70 Effects Processor.
Both were loaded with active EMG-SA noiseless pickups with the SPC/EXG controls, and shortened tremolo arms.įor effect pedals David used a Boss CS-2 compressor, Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal, TC Electronic BLD (Booster + Line driver & Distortion), Electro-Harmonix "Ram's Head" Big Muff, and four Boss GE-7 equalizers (one for each effect).
He mostly used his Candy Apple Red '57V Stratocaster reissue and cream colored '57V reissue Strat, purchased in early 1984. Snapshots from an unreleased Pink Floyd concert movie, filmed on November 3rd-5th 1987 at the Omni in Atlanta Georgiaġ987 - THE MLOR TOUR RIG - For the live sound of the first leg of the tour (September-December 1987), David basically used much of the same gear as on his About Face tour in 1984, with the addition of a TC Electronic BLD (Booster + Line driver & Distortion), and several new rack effects. Snapshots of the tour stage from the Learning to Fly video Gilmour Solos from the MLOR Pink Floyd tour 1987 - 1988 It is a beautiful film and an enduring document of this period in Pink Floyd's history.īelow is a 22 minute selection of solos from DSOT and other concerts from the 1987-88 tour. A stand alone Blu Ray/DVD version of the re-edited film and stand alone remixed live album was released in 2020. The concert film, which was originally released in 1989 on VHS and Laser Disk formats, was re-scanned in high definition from the original 35mm film negatives and entirely re-edited and expanded for a Blu Ray included in The Later Years.
A few of David's guitar solos were also extended to include material cut from the original release, and strangely, some music in the original release was cut out of this version. It included a few tracks that were not in the original release, like Welcome to the Machine. In 2019 an expanded and remixed version of the Delicate film and live album was released in Pink Floyd's The Later Years boxed set. The sound of some of the older Floyd songs and the overall band sound is very dated to the era now, but Gilmour's lead tones were heavenly. The album could win the award for worst Pink Floyd cover ever, but it sounded fantastic. The Delicate Sound of Thunder live album and concert film, recorded in August 1988 at the Nassau Coliseum in New York, was release in November 1988 (album) and June 1989 (film). The cover to the 2019 Delicate Blu Ray included in The Later Years, and the stand alone 2020 Blu ray/DVD box The Delicate Sound of Thunder original live album cover art from 1989, the Pink Floyd The Later Years box cover, Supposedly the band felt the production and filming was not up to their standard, but they would try again and succeed the following year. Except for a few songs released as music videos to MTV, the 1987 concert film was never officially released. The tour was documented in an unreleased concert film recorded on November 3rd-5th, 1987 at the Omni in Atlanta (available in bootleg form as Would You Buy a Ticket to This Show?). The Gilmour lead solo tones I love the most were the tones heard on 1988 leg of the tour. 1987-1988 Delicate Sound of ThunderLive Lead TonesĪ MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON TOUR LEAD TONES - I actually prefer all these live 1987-1988 lead tones much more than the tones from the original Momentary Lapse of Reason studio recordings.