DAVID GILMOUR “About Face” LP orig ’84 PINK FLOYD w/ hype sticker SEALED

$

76

Artist:  David Gilmour

Title:   “About Face”

Label:   COLUMBIA ~ FC 39296.  Stereo pressing. 

Year:  1984

NOTE:  This album came from the extensive personal collection of the former owner of a chain of retail music stores who retired from the business in the early 80’s.  The albums have been stored virtually untouched and unplayed since that time in a climate controlled, non-smoking environment.  I will be selling many investment grade coloured vinyl LPs, promos, sealed LPs, and other rare collector items from the collection over the coming months.  If you desire MINT albums, you will not be disappointed.

Condition: 

Album is STILL SEALED in original factory shrink wrap, with factory hype sticker on the front.  Shrink wrap is clean and fully intact.  This one is hard to find in sealed condition, and any copies that do turn up quickly disappear into collections.    

Track Listing:

Side One:

• Until We Sleep
• Murder
• Love on the Air
• Blue Light
• Out of the Blue

Side Two:

• All Lovers are Deranged
• You Know I’m Right
• Cruise
• Let’s Get Metaphysical
• Near the End

Review:

“David Gilmour released his second solo venture in 1984, following the apparent dissolution of Pink Floyd.  He had released a record on his own in 1978, but About Face is much more accessible.  Gilmour has a stellar band backing him, including Jeff Porcaro (drums), Pino Palladino (bass), and Anne Dudley (synthesizer).  The songs on About Face show a pop sensibility that Pink Floyd rarely was concerned with achieving.  Although the album didn't attract the attention of a Floyd release, several cuts did manage to get airplay. "Until We Sleep" is rife with shimmering synthesizers and cavernous drums, and "Blue Light" was a minor pop hit, with Gilmour’s trademark delay-drenched guitar giving way to a driving, horn-laced rocker.  Pete Townshend wrote two of the tracks: "Love on the Air" and the propulsive "All Lovers Are Deranged."  Of course, there's more than enough of Gilmour’s fluid guitar playing to satisfy, including the gorgeous "Murder," a gentle acoustic track that explodes with some fiery organ by Steve Winwood and concludes with a fierce coda.  About Face is well-honed rock album that is riveting from beginning to end.”

(courtesy Tom Demalon, allmusic.com.)

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