X2:(David Gilmour/ About Face) Review

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(More customer reviews)One time Pink Floyd singer/guitarist David Gilmour's US record label Columbia Records (who handles the distribution rights to his catalog in all countries outside Europe (in Europe he is on EMI)) has just re-released his first two solo albums as a convenient 2-CDs for the price of 1-CD package called David Gilmour X2 (coincidentally this set comes out at the same time that his new Live in Gdansk album (available in five configurations) was released).
The two CDs in David Gilmour X2 consists of his first two solo albums (which are his self titled solo debut from 1978 (which contains classics like "There's No Way Out of Here", "So Far Away", "No Way" and "I Can't Breathe Anymore") and his second solo album About Face from 1984 (which contains tracks like "Until We Sleep", "Murder", Blue Light", "Out of the Blue" and "All Lovers Are Deranged")) together at a low price rather than buying the CDs individually.
The versions of his first two solo albums contained in this special 2-for-1 set are the remastered CD versions that were first released in September of 2006 here in the US and the other territories where David is signed to Sony BMG (see my reviews for the self-titled David Gilmour remaster and the About Face remaster to save time for re-writing the reviews here).
Interesting that this package is only available in the US and Canada as Columbia/Sony owns the licensing rights to David Gilmour's solo catalog whereas EMI in Europe has the licensing rights to DG's catalog (in a similar manner like Pink Floyd licensing their catalog to EMI/Capitol and/or CBS/Sony (before the band switched all licensing rights to EMI for the whole world)).
If you want to acquire both of David's two pre-On an Island solo albums and either not spent lots of money or upgrade the 1980s CDs to new remastered CD versions, this is the best bet and an actual money saver to do so unlike buying them separately. If you own the 2006 remasters already then steer clear.
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