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Live in Gdask 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.

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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 Gdask Shipyard to celebrate the founding of the Solidarity trade union.

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Track list
1. 'Castellorizon'
2. 'On An Island'
3. 'The Blue'
4. 'Red Sky At Night'
5. 'This Heaven'
6. 'Then I Close My Eyes'
7. 'Smile'
8. 'Take A Breath'
9. 'A Pocketful Of Stones'
10. 'Where We Start'
11. 'Astronomy Domine'
12. 'High Hopes'
13. 'Echoes'
14. 'A Great Day For Freedom'
15. 'Comfortably Numb'

Musicians

David Gilmour - Guitars, Vocals, Cümbüş, Alto Saxophone on "Red Sky at Night"
Richard Wright - Hammond Organ, Farfisa Organ, Synthesizer, Vocals
Jon Carin - Keyboards, Vocals, Lap Steel Guitar, Programming
Guy Pratt - Bass Guitars, Vocals, Double bass, Guitar on "Then I Close My Eyes", Glass Harmonica on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Phil Manzanera - Guitars, Vocals, Glass Harmonica on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Dick Parry - Saxophones, Keyboards, Glass Harmonica on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Steve DiStanislao - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Zbigniew Preisner - Conductor, Orchestrations
Leszek Możdżer - Piano
Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra
Igor Sklyarov - Glass Harmonica on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Venice performance only)

The show featured the song A Great Day for Freedom, which appears on Pink Floyd's final studio album The Division Bell from 1994. It was last performed by Gilmour during his semi-acoustic shows in 2002.

It's also the final Pink Floyd-related recording to feature the late Richard Wright, who died on September 15, 2008, one week before the album's official release.

The album debuted at #10 on the UK Album chart and debuted at #26 on the US Billboard album chart.
Source : Wikipedia
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