The Endless River has as its starting point the music that came from the 1993 Division Bell sessions, when David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason played freely together at Britannia Row and Astoria studios. This was the first time they had done so since the ‘Wish You Were Here’ sessions in the seventies. Those sessions resulted in The Division Bell, the band’s last studio album.
In 2013 David Gilmour and Nick Mason revisited the music from those sessions and decided that the tracks should be made available as part of the Pink Floyd repertoire. It would be the last time the three of them would be heard together. The band have spent the last year recording and upgrading the music,using the advantages of modern studio technology to create The Endless River.
The Endless River is a tribute to Rick Wright, whose keyboards are at the heart of the Pink Floyd sound. It is a mainly instrumental album with one song, ‘Louder Than Words’, (with new lyrics by Polly Samson), arranged across four sides and produced by David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera, Youth and Andy Jackson.
2-DISC BOXED SET
Box includes 24-page photo/credit booklet in hard cover, including previously unseen photographs from 1993 sessions
CD in full colour card wallet with full colour label
DVD (NTSC) or BLU-RAY in full colour card wallet with full colour label
3 x Collectors’ full colour postcards, one of which with 3D Lenticular design
BLU-RAY contains ‘The Endless River’ album in high resolution 5.1 Surround (DTS Master Audio and PCM, 96/24), plus PCM stereo 96/24
PLUS EXTRA non-album audio-visual material (approx. 39 minutes): 6 video tracks and 3 audio tracks, unavailable elsewhere
Includes archive video material and still photographs shot at the original 1993 recording sessions
Creative Director: Aubrey Powell, Hipgnosis / Sleeve design by Stylorouge / Front cover concept by Ahmed Emad Eldin
Album produced by David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera, Youth, Andy Jackson
CD
SIDE 1
Things Left Unsaid
It’s What We Do
Ebb and Flow
SIDE 2
Sum
Skins
Unsung
Anisina
SIDE 3
The Lost Art of Conversation
On Noodle Street
Night Light
Allons-y (1)
Autumn ’68
Allons-y (2)
Talkin’ Hawkin’
SIDE 4
Calling
Eyes to Pearls
Surfacing
Louder Than Words
BLU-RAY VERSION
‘The Endless River’ album in 5.1 Surround (DTS Master Audio) 96kHz /24 bit
‘The Endless River’ album in 5.1 Surround (PCM) 96kHz /24 bit
‘The Endless River’ album in PCM stereo 96kHz /24 bit
Video:
Anisina
Untitled
Evrika (a)
Nervana
Allons-y
Evrika (b)
Video material from standard definition sources
Bluray Audio: 96/24
Audio:
TBS9
TBS14
Nervana
BLU-RAY: PCM Stereo (96/24)