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)		 Rattle That Lock
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
BBC(favourable)[2]
ChartAttack[3]
The Guardian[4]
IGN(8.4/10)[5]
Classic Rock[6]

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.

Recording

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", from the Pink Floyd album The Division Bell (1994) and was the only show of the tour to feature it. It was last performed by Gilmour during his semi-acoustic shows in 2002.

It's also the final Pink Floyd-related recording to feature Richard Wright, who died on 15 September 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. Leszek Możdżer was featured on piano as a special guest.

Editions

The six different available editions of Live in Gdańsk are:

The DVD that comes with the 3, 4, and 5 disc sets allowed the purchaser to download 12 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 per month as follows:

Track listing

Below are the official track listings for the different editions 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)
  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)

Disc 2

  1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (12:07)
  2. "Astronomy Domine" (5:02)
  3. "Fat Old Sun" (6:40)
  4. "High Hopes" (9:57)
  5. "Echoes" (25:26)
  6. "Wish You Were Here" (5:15)
  7. "A Great Day for Freedom" (5:56)
  8. "Comfortably Numb" (9:22)

Three-disc edition

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

DVD (Disc 3)

  • 120 minute film of the Gdańsk concert.
  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"
  16. "Wot's... Uh the Deal?" (not listed in booklet; plays during end credits)
  • Gdańsk Diary - a 36-minute documentary.
  • Web-pass to download 12 additional live tracks recorded during the European tour and "Wot's...Uh the Deal?" (which was omitted from the album due to lack of space).

Songs performed at the show but are omitted from the DVD are:

  • "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
  • "Speak to Me"/"Breathe"
  • "Time"/"Breathe (Reprise)"
  • "Wot's... Uh the Deal?"
  • "Fat Old Sun"
  • "Wish You Were Here"

Four-disc edition

This version contains the three discs above and the following DVD:

DVD (Disc 4)

  1. "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" (10:57)
  2. "Wearing the Inside Out" (8:09)
  3. "Comfortably Numb" (7:20)
  • The AOL Sessions, New York, April 2006
  1. "On an Island" (6:48)
  2. "High Hopes" (9:10)
  1. "The Blue" (6:27)
  2. "Take a Breath" (6:20)
  3. "Echoes (Acoustic)" (6:51)
  1. "Barn Jam 166" (4:49)
  2. "Barn Jam 192" (2:49)
  3. "Barn Jam 121" (7:32)
  1. "Castellorizon"
  2. "On an Island"
  3. "The Blue"
  4. "Take a Breath"
  5. "Red Sky at Night"
  6. "This Heaven"
  7. "Then I Close My Eyes"
  8. "Smile"
  9. "A Pocketful of Stones"
  10. "Where We Start"

Deluxe edition

This version contains the four discs above and the following CD containing the 12 live tracks that are available via the web-pass on Disc 3.

The deluxe edition is no longer in production.

Disc 5

  1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (13:09)
    Venice, 12 August 2006 & Vienne, 31 July 2006
  2. "Dominoes" (4:53)
    Paris, 15 March 2006
  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
  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
  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 Deluxe Edition also contains a 20-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 (a replica of the plectrums used by Gilmour on the tour)
  • 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"

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"
  1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
  2. "Astronomy Domine"
  3. "Fat Old Sun"
  4. "High Hopes"
  5. "Echoes"
  6. "Wish You Were Here"
  7. "A Great Day For Freedom"
  8. "Comfortably Numb"
  9. "Wot's... Uh the Deal?" (except US and Canada)

and the following:

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 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 Gdańsk concert and "Gdańsk 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

Other

  • Polly Samson - tour photographer
  • Anna Wloch - tour photographer
  • Steve Knee - package design & artwork
  • Andy Jackson, Devin Workman, Damon Iddins - 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

Charts

The album debuted at number 10 on the UK Album chart[10] and debuted at number 26 on the US Billboard album chart.

Year Chart Position[11]
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

Release schedule

The release dates for the album are as follows:

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ BBC review
  3. ↑ ChartAttack review
  4. ↑ The Guardian review
  5. ↑ IGN review
  6. ↑ Clerk, Carol (2008–09), David Gilmour - Live in Gdansk, Classic Rock Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ↑ On an Island blog page at David Gilmour website
  8. ↑ Page about the bonus tracks at David Gilmour website
  9. 1 2 3 Gdansk album page at David Gilmour website
  10. ↑ "David Gilmour | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "Live In Gdansk - chart positions". swisscharts.com. 2008-10-03. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  12. ↑ web pass blog page at David Gilmour website
  13. 1 2 Blog page at David Gilmour website
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