''Live in Gdańsk'' is a live album by

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. It is a part of his ''

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'' project which includes an album, tour,

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, 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

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in 2006, where he played to an audience of 50,000 at the

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to celebrate the founding of the

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. The show featured the song "

A Great Day for Freedom "A Great Day for Freedom" is a song by Pink Floyd from their 1994 album, ''The Division Bell''. Writing The song, originally titled "In Shades of Grey", addresses the great hopes following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the disappointment that f ...

", from the

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album ''

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'' (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. Gilmour played the entire ''On an Island'' album during this concert. It's the last Pink Floyd-related recording to feature Richard Wright, who died on 15 September 2008, one week before the album's official release. (Wright appears posthumously on Pink Floyd's 2014 release ''The Endless River'', but his contribution to that album was recorded before the Gdansk concert.) Also notably, this concert took place approximately one month following the death of

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. Gilmour and his band were backed by the

Polish Baltic Philharmonic Polish Baltic F. Chopin Philharmonic in Gdańsk (full name in Polish: ''Polska Filharmonia Bałtycka im. Fryderyka Chopina w Gdańsku'') is a concert hall located in Ołowianka, Gdańsk. History Polish Baltic F. Chopin Philharmonic was founde ...

Orchestra conducted by

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Leszek Możdżer Leszek Możdżer (Polish pronunciation: born Lesław Henryk Możdżer, 23 March 1971, Gdańsk) is a Polish jazz pianist, music producer and film score composer. Life and career Możdżer was born on 23 March 1971 in Gdańsk. He began to play t ...

was featured on piano as a special guest.

Editions

The six different available editions of ''Live in Gdańsk'' are: * Two-disc edition containing the concert on CD * Three-disc edition containing the above plus a DVD featuring 114 minutes of concert footage, plus a 36-minute documentary * Four-disc edition 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 * Five-disc deluxe edition containing the above plus an extra CD containing 12 bonus live tracks from the 2006 tourPage about the bonus tracks at David Gilmour website
as well as a wallet of memorabilia. * Five-LP vinyl edition containing the whole Gdansk show, including " Wot's... Uh the Deal?" and a bonus LP containing 2 Barn Jams, "On the Turning Away" and two songs from ''Live at Abbey Road''. *

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edition containing the entire album, plus various region-dependent audio and video extras. The DVD that comes with the three-, four-, and five-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 five-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: * September 2008: "Wot's...Uh the Deal?" (Gdańsk) * October 2008: "

Shine On You Crazy Diamond "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a nine-part Pink Floyd composition written by David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright. It appeared on Pink Floyd's 1975 concept album ''Wish You Were Here''. The song is written about and dedicated to Syd ...

" (Venice and Vienne) * November 2008: "Dominoes" (Paris) * December 2008: "The Blue" (Vienne) * January 2009: " Take a Breath" (Munich) * February 2009: "

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" (Glasgow) * March 2009: "

Coming Back to Life "Coming Back to Life" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1994 album ''The Division Bell'', and is the only track from the album to be credited solely to David Gilmour. Composition Gilmour has said (as can be heard on the ''David Gilmour in Concert'' D ...

" (Florence) * April 2009: "Find the Cost of Freedom" (Manchester) * May 2009: "

This Heaven "This Heaven" is a song written and recorded by former Pink Floyd lead singer and guitarist, David Gilmour. It is included as the sixth track from his third studio album, and his first post-Pink Floyd solo album, ''On an Island ''On an Island ...

" (Vienne) * June 2009: "

Wearing the Inside Out "Wearing the Inside Out" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1994 album, ''The Division Bell''. A collaboration between Richard Wright and Anthony Moore, it is the only song on the album for which David Gilmour receives no writing credit. The song had ...

" (Milan) * July 2009: "A Pocketful of Stones" (Vienne) * August 2009: "Where We Start" (Vienne) * September 2009: "

On the Turning Away "On the Turning Away" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1987 album, ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason''. The song was a staple of live shows from the 1987–89 world tours in support of ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' and was one of the songs in rotation d ...

" (Venice)

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 # "

Speak to Me "Speak to Me" is the first track on British progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album, ''The Dark Side of the Moon'', on which it forms an overture. Nick Mason receives a rare solo writing credit for the track, though recollections differ as t ...

" – 1:23 # " Breathe" – 2:49 # "

Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...

" – 5:38 # "

Breathe (Reprise) "Time" is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It is included as the fourth track on their eighth album '' The Dark Side of the Moon'' (1973) and was released as a single in the United States. Bassist Roger Waters wrote the lyri ...

" – 1:32 # "

Castellorizon "Castellorizon" is the opening track on David Gilmour's third solo album, ''On an Island''. It is an instrumental guitar solo, which starts off with an overture of various sounds from other tracks of the album before the guitar is introduced. ...

" –3:47 # "

" – 7:26 # "The Blue" – 6:39 # "Red Sky at Night" – 3:03 # "

" – 4:33 # "Then I Close My Eyes" – 7:42 # "

Smile A smile is a facial expression formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a Duchenne smile. Among humans, a smile expresses ...

" – 4:26 # " Take a Breath" – 6:47 # "A Pocketful of Stones" – 5:41 # "Where We Start" – 8:01 Disc 2 # "

" – 12:07 # "

Astronomy Domine "Astronomy Domine" (alternative "Astronomy Dominé") is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd. The song, written and composed by the original vocalist/guitarist Syd Barrett, is the opening track on their debut album, ''The Piper at the Ga ...

" – 5:02 # "

Fat Old Sun "Fat Old Sun" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, written and sung by David Gilmour. It appears on their 1970 album ''Atom Heart Mother'', and was performed live in a greatly expanded form (often exceeding fourteen minutes), both before a ...

" – 6:40 # " High Hopes" – 9:57 # " Echoes" – 25:26 # "

" – 5:15 # "

" – 5:56 # "

Comfortably Numb "Comfortably Numb" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd from their eleventh album, ''The Wall'' (1979). It was released as a single in 1980, with " Hey You" as the B-side. The music was composed by guitarist David Gilmour. The lyrics were ...

" – 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. # "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" # "Wot's... Uh the Deal?" (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 omitted from the DVD: * "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) * The

Mermaid Theatre The Mermaid Theatre was a theatre encompassing the site of Puddle Dock and Curriers' Alley at Blackfriars in the City of London, and the first built in the City since the time of Shakespeare. It was, importantly, also one of the first new thea ...

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, March 2006 # "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" – 10:57 # "

" – 8:09 # "Comfortably Numb" – 7:20 * The AOL Sessions, New York, April 2006 # "On an Island" – 6:48 # "High Hopes" – 9:10 * ''

Live from Abbey Road ''Live from Abbey Road'' is a 12-part, one-hour performance series/ documentary that began filming its first season during 2006 at Abbey Road Studios in London. Season 2 was filmed between 2007 and 2008, season 3 was filmed in 2009 and Season ...

'', London, August 2006 # "The Blue" – 6:27 # "Take a Breath" – 6:20 # "Echoes (Acoustic)" – 6:51 *

Barn Jams ''Barn Jams'' are a series of instrumental pieces written by Pink Floyd guitarist, David Gilmour and performed by him and the core members of his 2006 On an Island Tour band, Guy Pratt on bass, Richard Wright on keyboards and Steve DiStanisla ...

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

, England, January 2007 # "Barn Jam 166" – 4:49 # "Barn Jam 192" – 2:49 # "Barn Jam 121" – 7:32 * A

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mix of ''On an Island'' – 51:42 (audio only) #"Castellorizon" #"On an Island" #"The Blue" #"Take a Breath" #"Red Sky at Night" #"This Heaven" #"Then I Close My Eyes" #"Smile" #"A Pocketful of Stones" #"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 (Bonus tracks from the "On an Island" tour, 2006) # "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" – 13:09

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, 12 August 2006 &

Vienne Vienne (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Viéne'') is a landlocked department in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It takes its name from the river Vienne. It had a population of 438,435 in 2019.

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, 15 March 2006 # "The Blue" – 6:21
Vienne, 31 July 2006 # "Take a Breath" – 6:43

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

, 29 July 2006 # "Wish You Were Here" – 5:17

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

, 27 May 2006 # "

" – 7:10

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

, 2 August 2006 # "Find the Cost of Freedom" – 1:27

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

, 26 May 2006 # "This Heaven" – 4:27
Vienne, 31 July 2006 # "Wearing the Inside Out" – 7:32

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, 25 March 2006 # "A Pocketful of Stones" – 6:27
Vienne, 31 July 2006 # "Where We Start" – 7:37)
Vienne, 31 July 2006 # "

" – 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 plectrum is a small flat tool used for plucking or strumming of a string instrument, stringed instrument. For hand-held instruments such as guitars and mandolins, the plectrum is often called a guitar pick, pick and is held as a separate tool i ...

(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: # "Speak to Me" # "Breathe" # "Time" # "Breathe (Reprise)" # "Castellorizon" # "On an Island" # "The Blue" # "Red Sky at Night" # "This Heaven" LP 2: # "Then I Close My Eyes" # "Smile" # "Take a Breath" # "A Pocketful of Stones" # "Where We Start" LP 3: # "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" # "Wot's... Uh the Deal?" # "Astronomy Domine" # "Fat Old Sun" # "High Hopes" LP 4: # "Echoes" # "Wish You Were Here" # "A Great Day for Freedom" # "Comfortably Numb" LP 5: # "On the Turning Away" (Venice, 12 August 2006) # "The Blue" (Live from Abbey Road, August 2006) # "Echoes" (Acoustic) (Live from Abbey Road, August 2006) # "Barn Jam 166" # "Barn Jam 121" * Plus a 20-page booklet and a web-pass that allows a single download (mp3) version of one of the tracks from Disc 5 of the Deluxe Edition.

iTunes edition

#"Speak to Me" #"Breathe" #"Time" #"Breathe (Reprise)" #"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" #

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond"

#"Astronomy Domine" #"Fat Old Sun" #"High Hopes" #"Echoes" #"Wish You Were Here" #"A Great Day For Freedom" #"Comfortably Numb" #"Wot's... Uh the Deal?" (except US and Canada) 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)" 0:41video (from Gdańsk) (US and Canada only) *"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" :12partial video (first verse onwards) (from Gdańsk) (US and Canada only) *Digital booklet

Promotion

UK Television
Gilmour guested on

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's live TV show ''Later! Live.... with Jools Holland'' on

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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 "Remember a Day" is a song by the British rock band Pink Floyd, written and sung by their keyboardist Richard Wright, appearing on their second album, '' A Saucerful of Secrets'' (1968). It was performed by Pink Floyd only once, as an encore in ...

" (one of Rick Wright's contributions to the ''

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'' album) and "The Blue" (a track from ''On an Island'' to which Wright contributed organ and vocals). On Friday 26 September 2008,

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held a David Gilmour Night, showing part of the Gdańsk concert and "Gdańsk Diary" documentary. US Television

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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 *

–

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and backing vocals,

console steel guitar The console steel guitar is any type of electric steel guitar that is built in a frame supported by legs. It may be a lap steel or a pedal steel. Console steel guitars are typically heavier instruments that have multiple necks and/or more than six ...

, acoustic lap steel guitar,

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

on "Red Sky at Night" * Richard Wright –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

Farfisa organ Farfisa (Fabbriche Riunite di Fisarmoniche) is a manufacturer of electronics based in Osimo, Italy, founded in 1946. The company manufactured a series of compact electronic organs in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Compact, FAST, Professiona ...

, lead and backing vocals *

Jon Carin Jon Carin (born October 21, 1964) is a musician, singer, songwriter and producer who has been a longtime collaborator with the bands Pink Floyd and The Who, and the solo careers of David Gilmour and Roger Waters, Pete Townshend, Eddie Vedder, Kate ...

–

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

, synthesiser, backing vocals, lap steel guitar, programming *

Guy Pratt Guy Adam Pratt (born 3 January 1962) is a British musician. He is best known for his prolific work as a session bass player, working with artists including Pink Floyd (also David Gilmour and Nick Mason), Roxy Music (also Bryan Ferry), Gary M ...

–

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

s, backing vocals,

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, guitar on "Then I Close My Eyes", glass harmonica on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" *

Phil Manzanera Phillip Geoffrey Targett-Adams (born 31 January 1951), known professionally as Phil Manzanera, is an English guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the lead guitarist with Roxy Music, and was the lead guitarist with 801, and Quiet Sun. ...

– guitars, backing vocals, glass harmonica on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" *

Dick Parry Richard Parry (born 22 December 1942) is an English saxophonist. He has appeared as a session musician on various albums, most notably in solo parts on the Pink Floyd songs "Money", "Us and Them", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Wearing the ...

–

tenor A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The lo ...

and

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

electronic organ An electric organ, also known as electronic organ, is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ. Originally designed to imitate their sound, or orchestral sounds, it has since developed ...

, glass harmonica on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" *

Steve DiStanislao Steve DiStanislao is an American drummer. David Gilmour DiStanislao toured and recorded with Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, promoting his solo album ''On an Island''. The touring band featured Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright and occa ...

–

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

, backing vocals *

– conductor *

– piano *

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

– "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", "High Hopes*", "A Great Day for Freedom*" and "Comfortably Numb*" (Orchestrations by Zbigniew Preisner except "Comfortably Numb" by

Michael Kamen Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, and session musician. Biography Early life Michael Arnold Kamen was born in ...

.) * Igor Sklyarov – glass harmonica on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Venice performance only) *

David Crosby David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Crosby joined the Byrds in 1964. They got ...

and

Graham Nash Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, and activist. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and the supergroups Crosby, Stills ...

- vocals on "Find the Cost of Freedom" Other *

Polly Samson Polly Samson (born 29 April 1962) is an English novelist, lyricist, and journalist. She is married to the musician David Gilmour and has written the lyrics to many of Gilmour's works, both as a solo artist and with the group Pink Floyd. Life an ...

– tour photographer * Anna Wloch – tour photographer * Steve Knee – package design and 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 and artist's pass designs and poster design (found in Deluxe Edition) Barn Jam personnel * David Gilmour – guitar, console steel guitar, drums on "192" * Richard Wright – keyboards * Guy Pratt – bass, guitar on "192" * Steve DiStanislao – drums, double bass on "192"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release schedule

The release dates for the album are as follows: *

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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

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References

External links

''Live In Gdańsk'' at davidgilmour.com
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