HDPinkFloyd's video: Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in The Sky PULSE Remastered 2019

Pink Floyd concert video taken from the 20 October 1994 concert at Earls Court, London, England in The Division Bell Tour. It was originally released on VHS and Laserdisc in 1995. David Gilmour – guitar, vocals Nick Mason – drums, percussion, vocal phrase (recording) Rick Wright – Hammond organ, synthesiser Guy Pratt – bass guitar Gary Wallis – percussion, extra drums on Pulse Tim Renwick – rhythm guitar Jon Carin – synthesiser, must not forget the ladies backing up Floyd ! Sam Brown – backing vocals Durga McBroom – backing vocals, Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals "The Great Gig in the Sky" is the fifth track on The Dark Side of the Moon, the 1973 album The song began life as a Richard Wright chord progression. During 1972 it was performed live as a simple organ instrumental, accompanied by spoken-word samples from the Bible and snippets of speeches by Malcolm Muggeridge, a British writer known for his conservative religious views. When the band came to record Dark Side in 1973, the lead instrument had been switched to a piano. a couple of weeks before the album was due to be finished, the band thought of having a female singer "wail" over the music. As the band began casting around for a singer, album engineer Alan Parsons suggested Clare Torry, a 25-year-old songwriter and session vocalist. The 1994 live album P•U•L•S•E features a version sung by Sam Brown, Durga McBroom and Claudia Fontaine. When the Floyd's manager, Steve O'Rourke, died in 2003, Gilmour, Wright, and Mason played "Fat Old Sun" and "The Great Gig in the Sky" at O'Rourke's funeral.