Live in Gdańsk

Live In Gdańsk
Live album by David Gilmour
Released	22 September 2008 Specific regions are detailed below
Recorded	26 August 2006
Genre	Progressive rock, Blues-rock, Symphonic rock
Length	2:28:58 (2-CD version), 7:40:58 (4-disc 2-CD/2-DVD version), 8:58:24 (5-disc 3-CD/2-DVD version) 2:58:47 (iTunes version)
Label	EMI (UK) Columbia (U.S.)
Producer	David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera
David Gilmour chronology
On an Island (2006) Live In Gdańsk (2008) Metallic Spheres (with The Orb) (2010)

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Live in Gdańsk is a live album by David Gilmour. It is a part of his On an Island project which includes an album, tour, DVD, and live album. It was released on 22 September 2008. A David Gilmour Signature Series Fender Stratocaster was released at the same time.

It is a recording of the final show of his On an Island tour in 2006, where he played to an audience of 50,000 at the Gdańsk Shipyard to celebrate the founding of the Solidarity trade union.

The show featured the song A Great Day for Freedom, which appears on Pink Floyd's final studio album The Division Bell from 1994. It was last performed by Gilmour during his semi-acoustic shows in 2002.

It's also the final Pink Floyd-related recording to feature the late Richard Wright, who died on September 15, 2008, one week before the album's official release.

Gilmour and his band were backed by the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zbigniew Preisner and Leszek Możdżer on piano.

The album debuted at #10 on the UK Album chart and debuted at #26 on the US Billboard album chart.

Release

The release dates for the album are as follows:

• Europe, Brazil, Israel, New Zealand - 22 September 2008
• North America, Argentina - 23 September 2008
• Australia - 27 September 2008
• Japan - 8 October 2008

Versions

The four different available versions of Live in Gdańsk are:

• 2 disc version containing the concert on CD
• 3 disc version containing the above plus a DVD featuring 114 minutes of concert footage, plus a 36-minute documentary
• 4 disc version containing the above plus a 5.1-surround sound mix of On an Island and 11 extra audio-visual tracks taken from various TV appearances
• 5 disc version containing the above plus an extra CD containing 12 bonus live tracks from the 2006 tour as well as a wallet of memorabilia.

The DVD that comes with the 3, 4, and 5 disc sets allowed the purchaser to download 13 additional tracks free of charge via a web-pass. (As of May 2010, this content is no longer accessible.) These tracks included all 12 tracks on the bonus CD included with the 5 disc version, and the song "Wot's...Uh The Deal" that was performed at the concert but not included on the album itself. The bonus tracks were released one a month as follows:

• September 2008: "Wot's...Uh the Deal?"
• October 2008: "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Live from Venice and Vienne)
• November 2008: "Dominoes"(Live from Paris)
• December 2008: "The Blue" (Live, Vienne)
• January 2009 track: "Take A Breath" (Live, Munich)
• February 2009: "Wish You Were Here" (Live, Glasgow)
• March 2009: "Coming Back to Life" (Live, Florence)
• April 2009: "Find the Cost of Freedom" (Live, Manchester)
• May 2009: "This Heaven" (Live, Vienne)
• June 2009: "Wearing the Inside Out" (Live, Milan)
• July 2009: "A Pocketful of Stones" (Live, Vienne)
• August 2009: "Where We Start" (Live, Vienne)
• September 2009: "On the Turning Away" (Live, Venice)

Exclusive to independent record retailers, the American version includes a bonus CD containing the track Wots... Uh The Deal?, unavailable in Europe.

Track listing

Below are the official track listings for the different versions of the album.

Standard Edition

The standard two CD edition is the most basic form of the album and is simply the recording of the Gdańsk show, omitting "Wot's... Uh the Deal?":
Disc 1

1. "Speak to Me" - 1:23
2. "Breathe" - 2:49
3. "Time" - 5:38
4. "Breathe (Reprise)" - 1:32
   (The above tracks originally from The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd 1973)
5. "Castellorizon" - 3:47
6. "On an Island" - 7:26
7. "The Blue" - 6:39
8. "Red Sky at Night" - 3:03
9. "This Heaven" - 4:33
10. "Then I Close My Eyes" - 7:42
11. "Smile" - 4:26
12. "Take a Breath" - 6:47
13. "A Pocketful of Stones" - 5:41
14. "Where We Start" - 8:01
    (The above tracks originally from On an Island, David Gilmour 2006)

Disc 2

1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" - 12:07
   (The above track originally from Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd 1975)
2. "Astronomy Domine" - 5:02
   (The above track originally from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Pink Floyd 1967)
3. "Fat Old Sun" - 6:40
   (The above track originally from Atom Heart Mother, Pink Floyd 1970)
4. "High Hopes" - 9:57
   (The above track originally from The Division Bell, Pink Floyd 1994)
5. "Echoes" - 25:26
   (The above track originally from Meddle, Pink Floyd 1971)
6. "Wish You Were Here" - 5:15
   (The above track originally from Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd 1975)
7. "A Great Day for Freedom" - 5:56
   (The above track originally from The Division Bell, Pink Floyd 1994)
8. "Comfortably Numb" - 9:22
   (The above track originally from The Wall, Pink Floyd 1979)

Three Disc Edition

This edition contains the two CDs above and the following DVD:

DVD (Disc 3)

• The album comes with a bonus DVD containing a 114-minute film of the concert featuring:

1. "Castellorizon"
2. "On an Island"
3. "The Blue"
4. "Red Sky at Night"
5. "This Heaven"
6. "Then I Close My Eyes"
7. "Smile"
8. "Take a Breath"
9. "A Pocketful of Stones"
10. "Where We Start"
11. "Astronomy Domine"
12. "High Hopes"
13. "Echoes"
14. "A Great Day for Freedom"
15. "Comfortably Numb"

• Gdańsk Diary - a 36-minute documentary.
• Web-pass to download 12 additional live tracks and Wot's...Uh the Deal?

Four Disc Edition

This version contains the above three discs as well as the following:

DVD (Disc 4)
Disc 4 contains the following:

• A 5.1 surround sound mix of On an Island (Audio only) - 51:42

• Three never-before heard jams from The Barn, January 2007
  • "Barn Jam 166" - 4:49
  • "Barn Jam 192" - 2:49
  • "Barn Jam 121" - 7:32
    (All "Barn Jams" are written by Gilmour)

• "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" - 10:57
• "Wearing the Inside Out" - 8:09
• "Comfortably Numb" - 7:20

(From the Mermaid Theatre performance in 2006)

• "On an Island" - 6:48
• "High Hopes" - 9:10

(From the AOL Sessions, 2006)

• "The Blue" - 6:27
• "Take a Breath" - 6:20
• "Echoes (Acoustic)" - 6:51

(From Live from Abbey Road)

Deluxe Edition

Disc 5
The Deluxe Edition has the double-album + the two above DVDs + a third CD containing the 12 live tracks that are available free of charge via the web-pass on the DVD from the 3 and 4 Disc versions, taken from the On an Island 2006 tour. In the US, this edition was only available at Best Buy retailers and www.bestbuy.com while outside the US was readily available.

1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" - 13:09
   Venice, 12 August 2006 & Vienne, 31 July 2006
2. "Dominoes" - 4:53
   Paris, 15 March 2006
   (The above track originally from Barrett, Syd Barrett 1970)
3. "The Blue" - 6:21
   Vienne, 31 July 2006
4. "Take a Breath" - 6:43
   Munich, 29 July 2006
5. "Wish You Were Here" - 5:17
   Glasgow, 27 May 2006
6. "Coming Back to Life" - 7:10
   Florence, 2 August 2006
   (The above track originally from The Division Bell, Pink Floyd 1994)
7. "Find the Cost of Freedom" - 1:27
   Manchester, 26 May 2006
8. "This Heaven" - 4:27
   Vienne, 31 July 2006
9. "Wearing the Inside Out" - 7:32
   Milan, 25 March 2006
   (The above track originally from The Division Bell, Pink Floyd 1994)
10. "A Pocketful of Stones" - 6:27
    Vienne, 31 July 2006
11. "Where We Start" - 7:37
    Vienne, 31 July 2006
12. "On the Turning Away" - 6:06
    Venice, 12 August 2006
    (The above track originally from A Momentary Lapse of Reason, Pink Floyd 1987)

The Deluxe Edition also contains a twenty page booklet (the other versions have a 12 page booklet) and these items of memorabilia:

• Reproduction postcard
• Ticket
• Backstage pass and artist's pass
• A large double-sided poster
• A guitar plectrum
• Seven photographs

Vinyl Edition

The vinyl edition of the album is no longer in production.

LP 1:

1. Speak to Me
2. Breathe
3. Time
4. Breathe (Reprise)
5. Castellorizon
6. On an Island
7. The Blue
8. Red Sky at Night
9. This Heaven

LP 2:

1. Then I Close My Eyes
2. Smile
3. Take a Breath
4. A Pocketful of Stones
5. Where We Start

LP 3:

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
2. Wot's... Uh The Deal?
3. Astronomy Domine
4. Fat Old Sun
5. High Hopes

LP 4:

1. Echoes
2. Wish You Were Here
3. A Great Day for Freedom
4. Comfortably Numb

LP 5:

1. On The Turning Away (Venice, 12 August 2006)
2. The Blue (Live from Abbey Road, August 2006)
3. Echoes (Acoustic) (Live from Abbey Road, August 2006)
4. Barn Jam 166
5. Barn Jam 121

• Plus a 20-page booklet and a web-pass which allows a single download (mp3) version of one of the tracks from Disc 5 of the Deluxe Edition which can be downloaded to only one computer.

iTunes Edition

1. Speak To Me
2. Breathe
3. Time
4. Breathe (Reprise)
5. Castellorizon
6. On an Island
7. The Blue
8. Red Sky at Night
9. This Heaven
10. Then I Close My Eyes
11. Smile
12. Take a Breath
13. A Pocketful of Stones
14. Where We Start
15. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
16. Astronomy Domine
17. Fat Old Sun
18. High Hopes
19. Echoes
20. Wish You Were Here
21. A Great Day For Freedom
22. Comfortably Numb
23. Wot's... Uh The Deal? (except US and Canada)
    (The above track originally from Obscured by Clouds, Pink Floyd 1972)

and the following:

• Wearing the Inside Out video (from the Mermaid Theatre)
• Take A Breath video (from "Live from Abbey Road")
• Speak To Me/Breathe/Time/Breathe (reprise) [10:41] video (from Gdansk) (US and Canada only)
• Shine On You Crazy Diamond [5:12] partial video {first verse onwards} (from Gdansk) (US and Canada only)
• Digital booklet

Promotion

UK Television
Gilmour guested on Jools Holland's live TV show Later! Live.... with Jools Holland on BBC2 on 23 September 2008, originally to promote the new live album, performing the songs "Astronomy Domine", "The Blue" and "Fat Old Sun" but with the death of Richard Wright on the 15 September he changed his set to "Remember A Day" (one of Rick Wright's contributions to the A Saucerful of Secrets album) and "The Blue" (a track from On An Island to which Wright contributed organ and vocals).

On Friday 26 September 2008, BBC Four held a David Gilmour Night, showing part of the "Gdansk" DVD and "Gdansk Diary" documentary.

US Television
VH1 Classic ran parts of the Gdańsk concert on several nights in late October. The programme includes songs omitted from the DVD: Speak To Me / Breathe, Time, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and Wish You Were Here.

US Cinemas
Selected US cinemas gave showings of the "Gdańsk" concert during release week. This showing also included songs omitted from the DVD: Speak To Me / Breathe, Time, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and Wish You Were Here, though the theaters' did not show "Echoes"

US Radio
Westwood One aired a world première of the "Gdańsk" concert the weekend before release and included new interviews with David Gilmour.

DavidGilmour.com
Since the announcement of the sets release, Gilmour has had certain songs up on his site that vary, including "Fat Old Sun" and "Wot's Uh... The Deal?" in low quality.

Personnel

Tour Personnel

Musicians

• David Gilmour - Guitars, Vocals, Cümbüş, Alto Saxophone on "Red Sky at Night"
• Richard Wright - Hammond Organ, Farfisa Organ, Synthesizer, Vocals
• Jon Carin - Keyboards, Vocals, Lap Steel Guitar, Programming
• Guy Pratt - Bass Guitars, Vocals, Double bass, Guitar on "Then I Close My Eyes", Glass Harmonica on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
• Phil Manzanera - Guitars, Vocals, Glass Harmonica on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
• Dick Parry - Saxophones, Keyboards, Glass Harmonica on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
• Steve DiStanislao - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
• Zbigniew Preisner - Conductor, Orchestrations
• Leszek Możdżer - Piano
• Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra
• Igor Sklyarov - Glass Harmonica on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Venice performance only)

Other

• Polly Samson - Tour photographer
• Anna Wloch - Tour photographer
• Steve Knee - Package design & artwork
• Andy Jackson, Devin Workman, Damon Iddens - Audio mix
• Peter Robson "FEd" - davidgilmour.com
• Marc Brickman - Visual design
• David McIlwaine - Wire-man sculpture
• Piotr Skonieczny - Backstage pass & artist's pass designs and poster design (found in Deluxe Edition)

Barn Jam Personnel

• David Gilmour - Guitar, Lap steel guitar, Drums
• Richard Wright - Keyboards
• Guy Pratt - Bass, Guitar
• Steve DiStanislao - Drums, Double bass

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2008	Argentina	4
2008	Poland	5
2008	Portugal	5
2008	Belgium (Wallonia)	5
2008	Italy	7
2008	UK	10
2008	Germany	12
2008	The Netherlands	14
2008	Switzerland	14
2008	France	15
2008	Canada	19
2008	New Zealand	20
2008	Ireland	22
2008	Belgium (Flanders)	22
2008	Sweden	24
2008	USA	26
2008	Austria	28
2008	Czech Republic	29
2008	Hungary	29
2008	Australia	30
2008	Norway	34
2008	Denmark	38

External links

• Live In Gdańsk at davidgilmour.com