Artist:   DAVID GILMOUR

Title:   “David Gilmour”

Label:   COLUMBIA.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl, labeled “DEMONSTRATION”.  Labels are white with black text.  Catalog number is JC 35388. 

Condition: 

DISC:  NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade.

JACKET:  NEAR MINT with nice bright panels.   Front panel has promotional timing strip sticker at the bottom.  Top seam and corner tips have a few tiny specks of wear.   Inside gatefold is clean and pristine.  No writing, stickers, or cutout indications.  Overall the perfect jacket to accompany the flawless disc.  

Track Listing: 

Side 1:

Mihalis There’s No Way Out of Here Cry from the Street So Far Away

Side Two:

Short and Sweet Raise My Rent No Way It’s Deafinitely I Can’t Breathe Anymore

Review:

“By the time of David Gilmour's solo debut, he had not only established himself several times over as an underrated, powerful guitarist in Pink Floyd, but as a remarkably emotional singer, his soothing approach perfectly suited to such songs as "Wish You Were Here."  The self-titled album, recorded with journeyman bassist Rick Wills and Sutherland Brothers drummer Willie Wilson, later to be part of the touring Floyd lineup for its Wall dates, isn't a deathless collection of music in comparison to Gilmour's group heights, but is a reasonably pleasant listen nonetheless.  Certainly it's much more approachable than Animals, released earlier that year, eschewing epics for relatively shorter, reflective numbers.  While Gilmour wrote the vast majority of the songs himself, the most successful number was co-written with Unicorn member Ken Baker: "There's No Way Out of Here," an agreeably dreamy, wistful song featuring an attractive acoustic slide guitar/harmonica hook.  That it sounds a bit like a Pink Floyd outtake certainly doesn't hurt, but one figures Roger Waters would have tried for some heavily barbed lyrics to offset the melancholy.  Throughout the album Gilmour sounds like he's having some jamming fun with his compatriots in his own particular blues-meets-the Home Counties style, adding keyboard overdubs here and there (his efforts are passable, but it's understandable why he's known for his guitar work first and foremost).  Numbers of note include "Cry From the Street," with its fully rocked-out conclusion, the sweetly sad "So Far Away," one of his best vocal showcases, and the concluding "I Can't Breathe Anymore," capturing the recurrent Pink Floyd theme of isolation quite well.  While one would be hard-pressed to hum a memorable melody outside of "There's No Way Out of Here," it's still a good enough experience for those who enjoy his work.”

(Review courtesy of Ned Raggett, allmusic.com)

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