Album: Live In Gdansk [Digipak]

Song Title

Time

Speak to Me

Breathe (In the Air)

Time

Breathe (In the Air) (Reprise)

Castellorizon

On an Island

Blue, The

Red Sky at Night

This Heaven

10)

Then I Close My Eyes

11)

Smile

12)

Take a Breath

13)

Pocketful of Stones, A

14)

Where We Start

Shine on You Crazy Diamond

Astronomy Domine

Fat Old Sun

High Hopes

Echoes

Wish You Were Here

Great Day for Freedom, A

Comfortably Numb

Album: Live In Gdansk [Digipak]

Song Title

Time

Speak to Me

Breathe (In the Air)

Time

Breathe (In the Air) (Reprise)

Castellorizon

On an Island

Blue, The

Red Sky at Night

This Heaven

10)

Then I Close My Eyes

11)

Smile

12)

Take a Breath

13)

Pocketful of Stones, A

14)

Where We Start

Shine on You Crazy Diamond

Astronomy Domine

Fat Old Sun

High Hopes

Echoes

Wish You Were Here

Great Day for Freedom, A

Comfortably Numb

Performer Notes

Lyricists: David Gilmour; Polly Samson.
Personnel: David Gilmour (vocals, guitar, saxophone); Phil Manzanera (vocals, guitar, guitars); Guy Pratt (vocals, guitar, bass guitar); Jon Carin (vocals, lap steel guitar, keyboards, programming); Richard Wright (vocals, keyboards); Steve DiStanislao (vocals, drums); Hanna Bereza, Anna Sliwa, Ewa Baranowska, Miroslawa Sobczak, Lidia Zawadzka, Malgorzata Piotrowska, Bozena Kwasiborska, Marek Kordas, Joanna Szmit Macidlowska, Sylwia Kolinska, Wieslawa Merong Calusinska, Bozena Pruss Czaja, Henryka Orzechowska Cichosz, Robert Kwiatowski, Pawel Kapica, Piotr Staniszewski, Tomasz Diakun, Krystyna Rychlicka, Eliza Napierala (violin); Marek Czulak, Lukasz Lisowski, Marzena Kaczmar Kaminska, Ewa Fredrich, Elzbieta Karmelita Wojciechowska, Maria Wiczynska, Sylwia Cieslinska, Anna Reinholz (viola); Blazej Golinski, Malgorzata Bellwon, Magdalena Amilkiewicz, Krzysztof Pawlowski, Anna Kulowska (cello); Dick Parry (saxophone, keyboards); Leszek Mozdzer (piano); Maria Baczynska, Jacek Birr, Jadwiga Moskal, Zdzislaw Cichocki, Malgorzata Kolcz, Tomasz Bock (double bass).
Programmer: Jon Carin.
Audio Mixers: Damon Iddins; David Gilmour; Devin Workman; Andy Jackson .
Audio Remasterer: Doug Sax.
Recording information: Gdansk Shipyard (08/26/2006).
Authors: Radek Sikorski; Jaroslaw Sellin.
Photographers: Anna Wloch; Paul Loasby; Polly Samson.
This 2006 concert took place at the Polish shipyards were Lech Walesa and his Solidarity Movement made their first impact in 1980, and it celebrates the spirit of that revolution. It also celebrates the spirit of Gilmour's former band, Pink Floyd. The show opens with Gilmour leading his band through a batch of tunes from Floyd's classic DARK SIDE OF THE MOON before launching into his most recent solo album, ON AN ISLAND, in its entirety. The second disc returns to the Floyd catalog, cherry-picking Syd Barrett-era psychedelic gem "Astronomy Domine," prog-rock epic "Echoes," and staples like "Wish You Were Here" and "Comfortably Numb." LIVE IN GDANSK also ended up as an unintentional elegy to Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright, who joins Gilmour here, and died days before the release of this, his last recorded performance.

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Gilmour coolly reestablishes his credentials as British cosmic blues guitarist numero uno, nowhere more so than a formidable 25-minute version of Floyd's finest hour, their post-psychedelic odyssey 'Echoes.'"

Record Collector (magazine) (p.88) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "A suitably impressive backdrop for an equally impressive audio and visual extravaganza, the 2-CD set runs to nearly 160 minutes..."