Live in Gdańsk

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Album
Live In Gdańsk
Live In Gdańsk cover
Live album by David Gilmour
Released September 15, 2008 (UK)
September 16, 2008 (US)
Recorded August 26, 2006
Genre Progressive Rock
Label EMI (UK)
Columbia Records (U.S.)
Producer David Gilmour & Phil Manzanera
David Gilmour chronology
On an Island
(2006)		 Live In Gdańsk
(2008)

Contents

[edit] About

Live In Gdańsk is an upcoming live album by David Gilmour. It is a part of his On An Island project which includes an album, tour, DVD and now a live album.

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 to celebrate Poland's 1980 revolution. The show stands out as being the only show on the tour to feature the song A Great Day for Freedom, which appears on Pink Floyd's album, The Division Bell from 1994.

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

The album will be a double album and will include a bonus DVD containing 114 minutes of concert footage from the Gdańsk concert featuring all of On An Island plus "Astronomy Domine", "A Great Day For Freedom", "High Hopes", "Comfortably Numb" and "Echoes"[1][2]. The DVD will also contain a 36 minute documentary.

The 5 disc set contains all of the following below as well as a twenty page booklet (the other versions - 12 page booklet) and these items of memorabilia: reproduction postcard, ticket, backstage pass and artist's pass; a large double-sided poster, a guitar pick/plectrum and seven photographs.

[edit] Release

The currently confirmed releases dates for the album are as follows:

[edit] Versions

Gilmour's official blog has said that there will be 4 different versions of the album available

  • 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.[3]
  • 5 disc version containing the above plus an extra CD containing 12 bonus live tracks from the 2006 tour.[4]
  • The DVD that comes with the 3 and 4 disc sets will have the 5th CD tracks to download free of charge.

[edit] Track listing

Gilmour's official blog (updated by the Features Editor) has stated that it will be a live album of the Gdańsk show plus a documentary. Details of the documentary are still secret. The tracklisting was confirmed as below by Gilmour's official blog on 10th June 2008[5]

[edit] Standard Edition

The standard 2CD edition is the most basic form the album will take and is simply the recording of the Gdańsk show

[edit] Disc 1

  1. Speak to Me
  2. Breathe in the Air
  3. Time
  4. Breathe (Reprise)
    (Above tracks are from Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd, 1973)
  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
    (The above tracks are taken from On An Island - David Gilmour, 2006)

[edit] Disc 2

  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
    (Taken from Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd, 1975)
  2. Wot's... Uh the Deal? (Vinyl version only)
    (Taken from Obscured By Clouds - Pink Floyd, 1972)
  3. Astronomy Domine
    (Taken from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd, 1967)
  4. Fat Old Sun
    (Taken from Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd, 1970)
  5. High Hopes
    (Taken from The Division Bell - Pink Floyd, 1994)
  6. Echoes
    (Taken from Meddle - Pink Floyd, 1971)
  7. Wish You Were Here
    (Taken from Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd, 1975)
  8. A Great Day for Freedom
    (Taken from The Division Bell - Pink Floyd, 1994)
  9. Comfortably Numb
    (Taken from The Wall - Pink Floyd, 1979)

[edit] 3 Disc Edition

The 3-disc edition contains the 2CDs above and the following DVD:

[edit] DVD

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

  • Castellorizon
  • On An Island
  • The Blue
  • Red Sky At Night
  • This Heaven
  • Then I Close My Eyes
  • Smile
  • Take A Breath
  • A Pocketful of Stones
  • Where We Start
  • Astronomy Domine
  • High Hopes
  • Echoes
  • A Great Day For Freedom
  • Comfortably Numb

It will also contain a 36-minute documentary.

[edit] 4-Disc Edition

The 4-disc version contains the above three discs plus a web-pass to download 12 additional live tracks as well as the following:

[edit] Disc 4

Disc 4 is a DVD containing the following:

  • A 5.1 mix of On An Island
  • Three never-before heard jams from The Barn, January 2007
    • Shine on You Crazy Diamond
    • Wearing the Inside Out
    • Comfortably Numb

(From the Mermaid Theatre performance in 2006)

    • On an Island
    • High Hopes

(From the AOL Sessions, 2006)

    • The Blue
    • Take a Breath
    • Echoes

(From Live At Abbey Road)

[edit] Deluxe Edition

[edit] Disc 5

12 live tracks from the On An Island 2006 tour These tracks will be available for download free of charge on the DVD available with the 3 and 4 disc sets.

  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Venice, 12 August 2006
  2. Dominoes - Paris, 15 March 2006
  3. The Blue - Vienne, 31 July 2006
  4. Take A Breath - Munich, 29 July 2006
  5. Wish You Were Here - Glasgow, 27 May 2006
  6. Coming Back To Life - Florence, 2 August 2006
  7. Find The Cost Of Freedom - Manchester, 26 May 2006
  8. This Heaven - Vienne, 31 July 2006
  9. On The Turning Away - Venice, 12 August 2006
  10. Wearing The Inside Out - Milan, 25 March 2006
  11. A Pocketful of Stones - Vienne, 31 July 2006
  12. Where We Start - Vienne, 31 July 2006

[edit] Vinyl Edition

First four LPs consist of the Gdańsk concert with the same track listing as the CD with the addition of Wot's...Uh The Deal The fifth LP contains these bonus tracks:

  1. On The Turning Away - Venice, 12 August 2006
  2. The Blue - Live from Abbey Road, August 2006
  3. Echoes - Live from Abbey Road, August 2006
    Plus two Barn Jams recorded in January 2007.

[edit] Band members

[edit] References

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David Gilmour
Studio albums
David Gilmour (1978) • About Face (1984) • On an Island (2006)
Live Albums
Live in Gdańsk (2008)
Singles
There's No Way Out of Here (1978) • Blue Light (1984) • Love on the Air (1984) • On An Island (2006) • Smile/Island Jam (2006) • Arnold Layne/Dark Globe (Live) (2006)
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