July
22
Gilmour in Gdansk Goes Gangbusters
Columbia Records will release "David Gilmour Live In Gdansk" in five different configurations on Sept. 16.
Set was recorded at the final performance of his 2006 "On An Island" tour, a concert held in the Gdansk shipyards with an orchestra. Zbigniew Preisner conducted the Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra at the concert.
The options:
1) 2 CD + 1 concert/documentary DVD and 12-page booklet
2) 2 CD and 12-page booklet
3) 2 CD + 2 DVD and 12-page booklet.Extras DVD includes three unreleased "Barn Jams" and and 5.1 audio version of "On An Island."
4) 3 CD + 2 DVD and 24-page booklet. Extra CD has bonus live tracks.
5) 5 LP Box Set and 20-page booklet, plus web-pass to download the album, features:
The story behind the show: Former president of Poland Lech Walesa and Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz invited Gilmour and his band to perform in commemoration of the 26th anniversary of the founding of the trade union Solidarity. The concert was titled “It Started in Gdansk – The Space Of Freedom” and was held on Aug. 26, 2006. In 1989, the Solidarity Trade Union toppled the Communist government.
It is the first ever live recording with an orchestra of Pink Floyd’s "High Hopes" and "A Great Day For Freedom."

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