Live in Gdańsk


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 and was the only show of the tour to feature it. It was last performed by Gilmour during his semi-acoustic shows in 2002.
Gilmour played the entire On an Island album during this concert.
It's the final Pink Floyd-related recording to feature Richard Wright, who died on 15 September 2008, one week before the album's official release. Also notably, this concert took place approximately one month following the death of Syd Barrett. 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. 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:
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 " – 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
  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?"
Songs performed at the show but are omitted from the DVD are:
This version contains the three discs above and the following DVD:
DVD
  1. "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" – 10:57
  2. "Wearing the Inside Out" – 8:09
  3. "Comfortably Numb" – 7:20
  1. "On an Island" – 6:48
  2. "High Hopes" – 9:10
  1. "The Blue" – 6:27
  2. "Take a Breath" – 6:20
  3. "Echoes " – 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
  1. "Dominoes" – 4:53
Paris, 15 March 2006
  1. "The Blue" – 6:21
Vienne, 31 July 2006
  1. "Take a Breath" – 6:43
Munich, 29 July 2006
  1. "Wish You Were Here" – 5:17
Glasgow, 27 May 2006
  1. "Coming Back to Life" – 7:10
Florence, 2 August 2006
  1. "Find the Cost of Freedom" – 1:27
Manchester, 26 May 2006
  1. "This Heaven" – 4:27
Vienne, 31 July 2006
  1. "Wearing the Inside Out" – 7:32
Milan, 25 March 2006
  1. "A Pocketful of Stones" – 6:27
Vienne, 31 July 2006
  1. "Where We Start" – 7:37)
Vienne, 31 July 2006
  1. "On the Turning Away" – 6:06
Venice, 12 August 2006
The Deluxe Edition also contains a 20-page booklet and these items of memorabilia:
The vinyl edition of the album is no longer in production.
LP 1:
  1. "Speak to Me"
  2. "Breathe"
  3. "Time"
  4. "Breathe "
  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"
  2. "The Blue"
  3. "Echoes"
  4. "Barn Jam 166"
  5. "Barn Jam 121"
  1. "Speak to Me"
  2. "Breathe"
  3. "Time"
  4. "Breathe "
  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"
  16. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
  17. "Astronomy Domine"
  18. "Fat Old Sun"
  19. "High Hopes"
  20. "Echoes"
  21. "Wish You Were Here"
  22. "A Great Day For Freedom"
  23. "Comfortably Numb"
  24. "Wot's... Uh the Deal?"
and the following:
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" and "The Blue".
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
Barn Jam Personnel
The album debuted at number 10 on the UK Album chart and debuted at number 26 on the US Billboard album chart.
YearChartPosition
2008Argentina4
2008Poland5
2008Portugal5
2008Belgium 5
2008Italy7
2008UK10
2008Germany12
2008The Netherlands14
2008Switzerland14
2008France15
2008Canada19
2008New Zealand20
2008Ireland22
2008Belgium 22
2008Sweden24
2008USA26
2008Austria28
2008Czech Republic29
2008Hungary29
2008Australia30
2008Norway34
2008Denmark38

Release schedule

The release dates for the album are as follows: