Thursday, September 18, 2008

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Richard Wright - Richard Wright Discography Solo





Two lines for the blog, written more personal than musical, accompanied by links to two albums of Richard Wright.


It 'difficult to write about Rick Wright. Because it is always difficult stato un personaggio in ombra che, se pure schierato con Gilmour e Mason nella battaglia legale con Waters per i diritti sul materiale Pink Floyd, di fatto non è mai stato 'in prima linea'. Difficile se si vuole evitare di cadere nella cronaca della sua vita personale e musicale. Difficile perché tutta la sua musica, anche quella celeberrima, anche quella che sentiamo ogni giorno, anche quella che sembra 'esplodere' nelle nostre orecchie (fra tutti i brani ricorderò "The great gig in the sky"), in realtà contiene sempre una nota intimista, interiore. Musica fatta per essere compresa e goduta, non solo ascoltata; e di certo non solo con le orecchie. Musica che parla prima alla nostra mente che ai nostri sensi.







Wet Dream, 1978


Tutte le canzoni sono di Rick Wright, tranne dove annotato.


01 Mediterranean C

02 Against The Odds

03 Cat Cruise

04 Summer Elegy

05 Waves

06 Holiday

07 Mad Yannis Dance

08 Drop In From The Top

09 Pink's Song (Rick e Juliette Wright)

10 Funky Deux


Richard Wright - keyboards, vocals, Oberheim Synthesizer

Snowy White - Guitars

Larry Steele - Bass guitar

Reg Isadore - Drums and percussion

Mel Collins - Saxophone and flute








Broken China, 1996


01 Breaking Water

02 Night of a Thousand Furry Toys

03 Hidden Fear

04 Runaway

05 Unfair Ground

06 Satellite

07 Woman of Custom

08 Interlude

09 Black Cloud

10 Far from the Harbour Wall

11 Drowning

12 Reaching for the Rail

13 Blue Room in Venice

14 Sweet July

15 Along the Shoreline

16 Breakthrough


Songs composed by:

1, 2, 10, 12, 15, 16 Wright / Moore

3, 13 Wright / Gordon

4, 7 Moore

5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14 Wright


Richard Wright - keyboards, piano, programming, synthesizers, voice

Tim Renwick - guitars

Dominic Miller - guitars

Steven Bolton - guitar

Pino Palladino - bass

Katché Manu - drums , percussion

Sian Bell - Cello

Kate St. John - oboe, English horn

Maz Palladino – voce

Sinéad O'Connor – voce in “Reaching for the Rail” e “Breakthrough”

Jason Reddy: computers

Anthony Moore – computer programming e arrangiamenti






Bruno Meoli


Wednesday, September 17, 2008

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Richard Wright(July 28, 1943 - September 15, 2008)

How does my friend Bruno Meola: "I like to think that somewhere now, and an angel had just said - Hey Rick, I played The Great Gig in the Sky?"