PINK FLOYD – DELICATE SOUND OF THUNDER 2LP – EXC+ UK 1988 ORIG PSYCH PROG

Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound Of Thunder
(EMI Records  1988  EQ5009)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1/A2/B2 – UK Pressing

Gatefold Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners and a few marks
Inner Sleeves in Nr MINT condition

Double Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965. The original line-up was Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, and Richard Wright on keyboards and vocals. Barrett was later replaced by Dave Gilmour.

Delicate Sound of Thunder is a double live album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd which was recorded over five nights at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, New York in August 1988 and mixed at Abbey Road Studios in September 1988. It was released on 22 November 1988, through EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States.

LP

Side 1

1. “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”
2. “Learning to Fly”
3. “Yet Another Movie”
4. “Round and Around”

Side 2

1. “Sorrow”
2. “The Dogs of War”
3. “On the Turning Away”

Side 3

1. “One of These Days”
2. “Time”
3. “Us and Them” (cassette only, omitted from LP).
4. “Money”
5. “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)”

Side 4

1. “Wish You Were Here”
2. “Comfortably Numb”
3. “Run Like Hell”

Personnel

Pink Floyd

• David Gilmour – guitars, lead vocals
• Nick Mason – drums, percussion
• Richard Wright – keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on “Echoes” (performed in 1987) “Time” & “Comfortably Numb”.

Additional musicians

• Jon Carin – keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on “Comfortably Numb”
• Rachel Fury – backing vocals
• Durga McBroom – backing vocals
• Scott Page – saxophones, guitar
• Guy Pratt – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on “Comfortably Numb” and “Run Like Hell”
• Tim Renwick – guitars, backing vocals
• Margaret Taylor– backing vocals
• Gary Wallis – percussion, keyboards on “Comfortably Numb”

Production

• Doug Sax – mastering
• David Gleeson – assistant engineering
• Buford Jones – engineering
• Dimo Safari – band photography
• Storm Thorgerson and Nick Marchant  – cover design and graphics