Live album performed in front of 50,000 people in Gdansk, Poland in the Shipyards that inspired the rise of the ‘Solidarity’ labour movement and directly led to the fall of Communism in the Eastern Bloc. David’s band (including Pink Floyd veterans Richard Wright, Dick Parry, Jon Carin and Guy Pratt, plus Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera) is accompanied on most of the album by the 40-strong string section of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra conductor is Zbigniew Preisner, who wrote the arrangements for David’s 2006 No.1 UK/Europe solo album ‘On An Island’. Arrangements on selected Pink Floyd tunes are by the late Michael Kamen. All of the ‘On An Island’ album is included, all with orchestral accompaniment. Selected Pink Floyd songs are also performed, including the 20-minute-plus classic ‘Echoes’, Breathe, Time, ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’, ‘Astronomy Domine’ and the following with orchestral accompaniment: ‘High Hopes’, ‘A Great Day For Freedom’, and ‘Comfortably Numb’. ‘A Great Day For Freedom’ was written about the fall of the Berlin Wall, and was performed in Gdansk for the only time on the 2006 David Gilmour tour. Barring ‘Comfortably Numb' this is the first time these songs have been performed live with an orchestra.
CD in vendita da Disco Club a partire da venerdì 19/09/08 al prezzo di € 21,90 - CD+DVD € 39,90 - LP € 42,00.
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2 x Disc package:
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2 x CD Audio - Live concert (150mins) + 12-page booklet in gatefold card sleeve.
4 x Disc package:
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2 x CD Audio - Live concert (150mins) + 2 x DVDs + 12-page booklet in gatefold card sleeve.
DVD 1 includes 114 mins of concert plus 36-min. documentary (same as on other formats).
DVD 2 includes 11 bonus tracks (3 previously unreleased) + 5.1 Surround Sound mix (audio-only)
of the ‘On An Island’ album.
LIVE IN GDA ´NSK
Disc 1 - CD
Speak To Me 1’23”
Breathe 2’49”
Time 5’38”
Breathe (reprise) 1’31”
Castellorizon* 3’47”
On An Island* 7’26”
The Blue* 6’38”
Red Sky At Night* 3’03”
This Heaven* 4’32”
Then I Close My Eyes* 7’41”
Smile* 4’25”
Take A Breath* 6’47”
A Pocketful Of Stones* 5’41”
Where We Start* 8’01”
Disc 1 total: 1’09’24”
Disc 2 - CD
Shine On You Crazy Diamond 12’06”
Astronomy Domine 5’02”
Fat Old Sun 6’40”
High Hopes+ 9’56”
Echoes 25’25”
Wish You Were Here 5’15”
A Great Day For Freedom+ 5’56”
Comfortably Numb+ 9’22”
Disc 2 total: 1’19’47”
Orchestrations by *Zbigniew Preisner, +Michael Kamen
Produced by David Gilmour & Phil Manzanera
Disc 3 - DVD
1. David Gilmour Live in Gdansk - Concert (title still TBC)
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
Timing: 1’53'56"
Director Gavin Elder
2. Gdansk Diary
Director, Cameraman, Editor Gavin Elder
Timing: 36'30" approx.
Disc 3 total: 2’30’26”
Disc 4 - DVD
Extras
Live at the Mermaid Theatre, London, March 2006:
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 10’53”
2. Wearing The Inside Out 7’44”
3. Comfortably Numb 7’31”
Filming Directed by David Mallet
Live from the AOL Sessions, NY, April 2006:
4. On An Island 5’45”
5. High Hopes 9’10”
Filming directed by Gary Corrigan and Shauna O’ Brien
Live From Abbey Road, London, August 2006
6. The Blue (previously unreleased) 6’29”
7. Take A Breath 6’01”
8. Echoes (Acoustic) 6’52”
Filming Directed by A J Jankel
Barn Jam 2007 (previously unreleased):
Recorded live in the UK in January 2007
1. Barn Jam 166 (January 2007) 4’48”
2. Barn Jam 192 (January 2007) 2’47”
3. Barn Jam 121 (January 2007) 7’31”
Filming directed by Gavin Elder
‘Barn Jam’ only personnel:
David Gilmour: Guitar/Drums
Richard Wright: Keyboards
Guy Pratt: Bass/Guitar
Steve DiStanislao: Drums/Bass
DVD total time 87 mins approx.
‘ON AN ISLAND’ AUDIO ONLY 5.1 Surround Sound Version
Dolby Digital e/DTSHplayable on
DVD Surround systems.
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
Produced by David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera and Chris Thomas
Album timing: 51’40”
Disc 4 total: 2’17’00” approx.
5 x Disc LP Vinyl Box package:
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5 x LPs of the entire live concert + 20-page booklet + ‘Web pass’ to download all the album audio.
LPs 1-4 include the whole concert*, and LP 5 includes bonus tracks.
* This format and the USB are the only ones to include ‘Wot’s…Uh The Deal’,
which couldn’t be included on the other formats.
• LP5 Bonus tracks include live recordings from the Venice concert and Abbey Road Studios,
plus two previously unreleased ‘Barn Jams’.
Double Sided Poster - 24”x36”
Rigid Box
20 Page Booklet
5 x LPs
Web Pass
LIVE IN GDA ´NSK
LP 1 Side A
Speak To Me/Breathe/Time/Breathe (reprise)
Castellorizon/On An Island
LP 1 Side B
The Blue*
Red Sky At Night*
This Heaven*
LP 2 Side A
Then I Close My Eyes*
Smile*
Take A Breath*
LP 2 Side B
A Pocketful Of Stones*
Where We Start*
LP 3 Side A
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Wot’s…Uh The Deal?
LP 3 Side B
Astronomy Domine
Fat Old Sun
High Hopes+
LP 4 Side A
Echoes
LP 4 Side B
Wish You Were Here
A Great Day For Freedom+
Comfortably Numb+
LP 5 – EXTRAS
LP 5 Side A
On The Turning Away (Venice)
The Blue (Live From Abbey Road)
Echoes (Acoustic) (Live From Abbey Road)
LP 5 Side B
Barn Jam 166 (January 2007) (previously unreleased)
Barn Jam 121 (January 2007) (previously unreleased)
Orchestrations by *Zbigniew Preisner, +Michael Kamen
