Rock Aid Armenia re-issue with David Gilmour and others

Just released is a new CD and DVD set, Smoke On The Water - The Metropolis Sessions which should be of great interest to David Gilmour fans. This is a special package released for the 21st anniversary of Rock Aid Armenia's Smoke On The Water , which was released as a single in 1989, followed in 1990 by The Earthquake Album , a compilation CD featuring a 1990 remix of Smoke On The Water recorded in 1989, plus 14 other titles from famous prog and hard rock bands (Free, Rush, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Genesis,Yes, ELP, Whitesnake, Asia, Starship, Foreigner, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple and Mike And The Mechanics). In addition to the various mixes included on this new edition are some very interesting video features...As you may know, David Gilmour participated to the 1989 recording sessions of Smoke On The Water (actually, he was the first artist to be contacted by Rock Aid Armenia founder Jon Dee, and he immediately agreed to participate and gave permission to use his name).This new edition is housed in a fold-out digipack with an introduction by Jon Dee, talking of the reasons behind the reissue of this project. Called, at the time of the original release the greatest array of hard rock talent ever assembled , the project is still raising money for Armenia, still affected by the 1988 earthquake, and the money from this release will go towards rebuilding the children's music school in Gyumri, which is still in ruins some 22 years later.

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