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'' (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 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:

* 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''.
* iTunes 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" (Venice and Vienne)
* November 2008: "Dominoes" (Paris)
* December 2008: "The Blue" (Vienne)
* January 2009: " Take a Breath" (Munich)
* February 2009: " Wish You Were Here" (Glasgow)
* March 2009: " Coming Back to Life" (Florence)
* April 2009: "Find the Cost of Freedom" (Manchester)
* May 2009: "This Heaven" (Vienne)
* June 2009: "Wearing the Inside Out" (Milan)
* July 2009: "A Pocketful of Stones" (Vienne)
* August 2009: "Where We Start" (Vienne)
* September 2009: " On the Turning Away" (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" – 1:23
# " Breathe" – 2:49
# "Time" – 5:38
# "Breathe (Reprise)" – 1:32
# " Castellorizon" –3:47
# "On an Island" – 7:26
# "The Blue" – 6:39
# "Red Sky at Night" – 3:03
# "This Heaven" – 4:33
# "Then I Close My Eyes" – 7:42
# "Smile" – 4:26
# " Take a Breath" – 6:47
# "A Pocketful of Stones" – 5:41
# "Where We Start" – 8:01

Disc 2
# "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" – 12:07
# " Astronomy Domine" – 5:02
# " Fat Old Sun" – 6:40
# " High Hopes" – 9:57
# " Echoes" – 25:26
# " Wish You Were Here" – 5:15
# " A Great Day for Freedom" – 5:56
# "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.
# "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, London, March 2006
# "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" – 10:57
# "Wearing the Inside Out" – 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'', London, August 2006
# "The Blue" – 6:27
# "Take a Breath" – 6:20
# "Echoes (Acoustic)" – 6:51

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

* A 5.1 surround sound 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, 12 August 2006 & Vienne

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