David Gilmour
Japanese Compact Disc Discography
by Vernon Fitch
*** © copyright Vernon Fitch / The Pink Floyd Archives 2008-2009 ***
by Vernon Fitch
*** © copyright Vernon Fitch / The Pink Floyd Archives 2008-2009 ***
Any comments, corrections or additions to this discography would be appreciated.
Title: David Gilmour (Sony Records 1st issue)
Record Company: Sony Records
Catalog Number: SRCS 6176
Bar Code: 4 988009 617626
Release Date: March 1, 1992
Release Information: Japanese issue. Nice Price Line.
Description:
Front Cover: A picture of David Gilmour. Title at top. 4-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: A picture of David Gilmour. Song titles. Credits. Bar code.
obi: Black obi. Nice Price Line.
Price: Y1,800.
Label: Red label with text in silver.
Title: David Gilmour (Sony Music 2006 remaster)
Record Company: Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
Catalog Number: MHCP 1049
Bar Code: 4 571191 058027
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: PRS-827X 1 + ++ ++++++++ IFPI L278 [IFPI 45K1]
Pressing Plant: Sony Records pressing plant, Japan
Production Mastering: Sony mastering
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Release Information: 2006 Japanese remastered reissue.
Also found as an advance promo CDR with no cover and silver label.
Total Time: 48:44
Track Peak Levels: 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100
Description:
Front Cover: A picture of David Gilmour. Title at top. 8-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: A picture of David Gilmour. Song titles. Bar code. Release date.
Cover Sticker: Round Black sticker that says: "REMASTERED David Gilmour MHCP 1049."
Insert: 12-page white Japanese booklet insert with title, song listing, and lyrics in English and Japanese.
obi: Black obi.
Price: Y1,785
Label: David Gilmour picture label.
Around the edge of the label, it says:
Title: About Face (Sony Records 1st issue)
Record Company: Sony Records
Catalog Number: SRCS 6406
Bar Code: 4 988009 640624
Release Date: May 1, 1994
Release Information: Japanese issue. Nice Price Line.
Description:
Front Cover: A picture of David Gilmour. Title at right.
Back Cover: A picture of David Gilmour. Song listing.
Insert: Japanese insert.
obi: Black obi. Nice Price Line.
Price: Y1,800.
Label: Orange label with text in silver.
Title: About Face (Sony Music 2006 remaster)
Record Company: Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
Catalog Number: MHCP 1050
Bar Code: 4 571191 058010
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: PRS-820X 2 + ++ ++++++++ IFPI L277 [IFPI 45J9]
Pressing Plant: Sony Records pressing plant, Japan
Production Mastering: Sony mastering
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Release Information: 2006 Japanese remastered reissue.
Also found as an advance promo CDR with no cover and silver label.
Total Time: 45:53
Track Peak Levels: 100 / 100 / 99.3 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100
Description:
Front Cover: A picture of David Gilmour. Title at right. 12-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: A picture of David Gilmour. Song titles. Bar code.
Cover Sticker: Round Black sticker that says: "REMASTERED About Face MHCP 1050."
Insert: 12-page white Japanese booklet insert with title, song listing, and lyrics in English and Japanese.
obi: Black obi.
Price: Y1,785.
Label: David Gilmour picture label.
Around the edge of the label, it says:
Title: On an Island
Record Company: Sony Records
Catalog Number: SICP 1060
Bar Code: 4 547366 024708
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: PLA-208X 1 + ++ ++++++++ IFPI L275 [IFPI 4575]
Pressing Plant: Sony Records pressing plant, Japan
Production Mastering: Sony mastering
Release Date: March 24, 2006
Release Information: Japanese issue. Issued in a cloth-bound book with hard cover and 20 pages of lyrics, credits, and art.
Total Time: 51:44
Track Peak Levels: 69.6 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 82.3 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100
Description:
Front Cover: Title with picture of a man on an island with birds overhead.
Back Cover: Song titles. Bar code. Release date.
Insert: 12-page white Japanese booklet insert that features title, song listings, and lyrics in Japanese.
obi: Blue obi. obi covers entire back of CD.
Price: Y2,520
Label: Blue art label.
Around the edge of the label, it says:
Title: On an Island (Special Edition)
Record Company: Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
Catalog Number: MHCP 1223 ~ 4
Bar Code: 4 582192 932636
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: PLA-208X 1 + ++ ++++++++ IFPI L275 [IFPI 45K5]
Pressing Plant: Sony Records pressing plant, Japan
Production Mastering: Sony mastering
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Release Information: Special edition Japanese issue that includes the CD album, plus a bonus DVD of eight live songs titled "David Gilmour-Live and In Session." The CD comes in a cloth-bound book with hard cover and 20 pages of lyrics, credits, and art. The DVD comes in its own separate cardboard slipcase.
Total Time: 51:44
Track Peak Levels: 69.6 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 82.3 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100
Description:
Front Cover: Title with picture of a man and birds.
Back Cover: Song titles. Bar code.
Cover Sticker: White rectangular cover sticker that says: "LIMITED EDITION The Voice and Guitar of Pink Floyd. Includes CD, deluxe book and DVD featuring "Take a Breath" from Royal Albert Hall plus In-Studio Sessions of 7 tracks including "Astronomy Domine," "On an Island," "Comfortably Numb," and "High Hopes." MHCP 1223-4."
Insert: 20-page white Japanese "Special Edition" booklet insert that features title, song listings, and lyrics in Japanese.
obi: Red obi. obi covers entire back of CD.
Price: Y3,150
Label: Blue art label.
Around the edge of the label, it says:
Title: David Gilmour - Live in Gdansk (5 Disc Special Edition box set)
Record Company: Sony Music Japan International Inc.
Catalog Numbers:
Case: SICP-2022 ~ 6
CDs: SICP 2022 / SICP 2023 / SICP 2026
DVDs: SICP 2024 / SICP 2025
Bar Code: 4 547366 039719
Release Date: October 8, 2008
Release Information: Five disc special edition box set.
Disc 1 - CD: Speak to Me, Breathe (in the air), Time, Breathe (in the air) (reprise), Castellorizon, On an Island, The Blue, Red Sky at Night, This Heaven, Then I Close My Eyes, Smile, Take a Breath, A Pocketful of Stones, Where We Start.
Disc 2 - CD: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Astronomy Domine, Fat Old Sun, High Hopes, Echoes, Wish You Were Here, A Great Day for Freedom, Comfortably Numb.
Disc 3 - DVD:
1) Live in Gdansk Concert: Castellorizon, On an Island, The Blue, Red Sky at Night, This Heaven, Then I Close My Eyes, Smile, Take a Breath, A Pocketful of Stones, Where We Start, Astronomy Domine, High Hopes, Echoes, A Great Day for Freedom, Comfortably Numb.
2) Gdansk Diary Documentary.
Disc 4 - DVD:
1) Live at the Mermaid Theater, London, March 2006: Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Wearing the Inside Out, Comfortably Numb.
2) Live from the AOL Sessions, New York, April 2006: On an Island, High Hopes.
3) Live from Abbey Road, London, August 2006: The Blue, Take a Breath, Echoes (acoustic).
4) Recorded live in the U.K., January 2007: Barn Jam 166, Barn Jam 192, Barn Jam 121.
5) On an Island (audio only) 5.1 Surround Sound Version Dolby Digital / dts playable on DVD Surround Systems: Castellorizon, On an Island, The Blue, Take a Breath, Red Sky at Night, This Heaven, Then I Close My Eyes, Smile, A Pocketful of Stones, Where We Start.
Disc 5 - CD:
1) Bonus tracks from the On an Island Tour, 2006: Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Venice, August 12 / Vienne, July 31), Dominoes (Paris, March 15), The Blue (Vienne, July 31), Take a Breath (Munich, July 29), Wish You Were Here (Glasgow, May 27), Coming Back to Life (Florence, August 2), Find the Cost of Freedom (Manchester, May 26), This Heaven (Vienne, July 31), Wearing the Inside Out (Milan, March 25), A Pocketful of Stones (Vienne, July 31), Where We Start (Vienne, July 31), On the Turning Away (Venice, August 12).
Description:
Front Cover: Title with picture of David Gilmour Band performing live in Gdansk, Poland. At the bottom, it says "5 DISC SPECIAL EDITION 2-CD, 2-DVD, BONUS CD."
Back Cover: Song titles. Bar code.
Insert: 18-page Japanese insert.
obi: Picture obi. obi covers entire back of box.
Price: Y9,975.
Label: Picture labels.
Title: David Gilmour - Live in Gdansk (3 Disc Edition)
Record Company: Sony Music Japan International Inc.
Catalog Numbers:
Case: SICP-2027 ~ 9
CDs: SICP 2027 / SICP 2028
DVD: SICP 2029
Bar Code: 4 547366 039719
Matrix Information:
1) Disc 1: Bottom: PLDA-336X 1 + ++ ++++++++ IFPI L276 [IFPI 455F]
-- Disc 2: Bottom: PLDA-337X 1 + ++ ++++++++ IFPI L275 [IFPI 455F]
-- Disc 3: Bottom: SICP-2029 A0 1 + ++ ++++++++ IFPI L271 SICP-2029 A1 1 + ++ ++++++++ [IFPI 45U0]
Pressing Plant: Sony Records pressing plant, Japan
Production Mastering: Sony mastering
Release Date: October 8, 2008
Release Information: Double CD album plus DVD. Comes in a fold-open cardboard sleeve.
Disc 1 - CD: Speak to Me, Breathe (in the air), Time, Breathe (in the air) (reprise), Castellorizon, On an Island, The Blue, Red Sky at Night, This Heaven, Then I Close My Eyes, Smile, Take a Breath, A Pocketful of Stones, Where We Start.
Disc 2 - CD: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Astronomy Domine, Fat Old Sun, High Hopes, Echoes, Wish You Were Here, A Great Day for Freedom, Comfortably Numb.
Disc 3 - DVD:
1) Live in Gdansk Concert: Castellorizon, On an Island, The Blue, Red Sky at Night, This Heaven, Then I Close My Eyes, Smile, Take a Breath, A Pocketful of Stones, Where We Start, Astronomy Domine, High Hopes, Echoes, A Great Day for Freedom, Comfortably Numb.
2) Gdansk Diary Documentary.
Total Time:
Disc 1: 69:25
Disc 2: 79:45
Track Peak Levels:
Disc 1: 85.6 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 82.7 / 100 / 100 / 76.4 / 100 / 92.2 / 100 / 100 / 93.9 / 100
Disc 2: 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100
Description:
Front Cover: Title with picture of David Gilmour Band performing live in Gdansk, Poland. At the bottom, it says "3 DISC EDITION."
Back Cover: Song titles. Bar code. Logos.
Booklet: 12-page booklet. Includes song listings, credits, and pictures.
Insert: 32-page Japanese booklet insert. Includes song listing, and lyrics in both English and Japanese.
obi: Picture obi. obi covers entire back of CD.
Price: Y4,410
Label: Picture labels.
Around the edge of the label, it says:
Title: Hits a Sony Music Express - Vol. 38
Record Company: Sony Records
Catalog Number: SDCI80336
Release Date: April 2006
Release Information: Japanese promotional CD sampler that includes the David Gilmour song, On an Island.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. Pictures of musicians.
Back Cover: Song listing.
Label: Brown art label.
