Herb Music
David Gilmour - Live at Pompeii cover art

Live at Pompeii

Artist
TypeLive album
Released
GenresProgressive Rock, Blues Rock
LabelsColumbia
FormatCD, Digital, Vinyl, DVD, Blu-ray
Length148:19
Reviews :  0
Comments :  0
Total votes :  0
Rating :  -
Have :  0
Want :  0
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
youtube
Added by PopRock
Live at Pompeii Information

Track listing (Songs)

Title Length Rating Votes
Side one / CD 1
1. 5 A.M. 3:13 - 0
2. Rattle That Lock 5:23 - 0
3. Faces of Stone 6:00 - 0
4. What Do You Want from Me 4:30 - 0
Side two
5. The Blue 6:33 - 0
6. The Great Gig in the Sky 6:02 - 0
7. A Boat Lies Waiting 4:55 - 0
Side three
8. Wish You Were Here 5:18 - 0
9. Money 8:13 - 0
10. In Any Tongue 7:47 - 0
Side four
11. High Hopes 9:31 - 0
12. One of These Days 6:32 - 0
Side five / CD 2
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 12:32 - 0
2. Fat Old Sun 6:05 - 0
Side six
3. Coming Back to Life 7:18 - 0
4. On an Island 7:01 - 0
5. Today 6:40 - 0
Side seven
6. Sorrow 10:50 - 0
7. Run Like Hell 7:16 - 0
Side eight
8. Time / Breathe (Reprise) 6:45 - 0
9. Comfortably Numb 9:59 - 0

Line-up (Members)

  • David Gilmour : Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Classical Guitar, Console Steel Guitar, Lead and Backing Vocals, Cymbals on "One of These Days", Whistling on "In Any Tongue"

Guest / session musicians

  • Chester Kamen : Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Classical Guitar, 12-string Acoustic Guitar, High-strung Acoustic Guitar on "Comfortably Numb", Backing Vocals, Harmonica on "The Blue"
  • Guy Pratt : Bass Guitars, Double Bass, Backing Vocals, Co-lead Vocals on "Run Like Hell"
  • Greg Phillinganes : Piano, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Co-lead Vocals on "Time"
  • Chuck Leavell : Organ, Keyboards, Accordion, Backing Vocals, Co-lead Vocals on "Comfortably Numb"
  • Steve DiStanislao : Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Aeoliphone on "One of These Days"
  • João Mello : Saxophones, Clarinet, Additional Keyboards on "The Blue", High-strung Acoustic Guitar on "In Any Tongue"
  • Bryan Chambers : Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on "In Any Tongue" and "The Great Gig in the Sky", Tambourine
  • Lucita Jules : Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky"
  • Louise Clare Marshall (Pompeii only) : Backing Vocals, Cowbell, Lead Vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky"
  • Leszek Możdżer : Piano on "The Girl in the Yellow Dress" (wrocław, 25 june 2016)
  • Phil Manzanera : Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals, High-strung Acoustic Guitar on "Comfortably Numb"
  • Jon Carin : Piano, Keyboards, Electric Guitars, Backing Vocals, Co-lead Vocals on "Time" and "Comfortably Numb"
  • Kevin McAlea : Keyboards

Production staff / artist

  • Zbigniew Preisner : Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted
  • Gavin Elder : Director
  • David Gilmour : Producer
Additional notes
Cinema
On 13 September 2017 there was a worldwide cinema screening of Live at Pompeii prior to its 29 September release. The cinema version omitted some of the songs which feature on the full release.

Cinema track listing
1. Intro film featuring rehearsals and interviews.
2. 5 A.M.
3. Rattle That Lock
4. What Do You Want from Me
5. The Great Gig In the Sky
6. A Boat Lies Waiting
7. Wish You Were Here
8. In Any Tongue
9. High Hopes
10. One of These Days
11. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
12. Sorrow
13. Run Like Hell
14. Time / Breathe (Reprise)
15. Comfortably Numb
16. Beauty (end credits) (studio recording)

The songs "Faces of Stone", "The Blue", "Money", "Fat Old Sun", "Coming Back to Life", "On an Island" and "Today" were omitted from the cinema version.

Television
On 22 December 2017 a 60-minute TV version of Live at Pompeii premiered on Arte, a Franco-German broadcaster. The tracklist included "Faces of Stone" and "Coming Back to Life", but was greatly edited, cutting out portions of "Sorrow" and "Comfortably Numb".

TV track listing
1. 5 A.M.
2. Rattle That Lock
3. Faces of Stone
4. The Great Gig In the Sky
5. Wish You Were Here
6. In Any Tongue
7. Coming Back to Life
8. Sorrow
9. Comfortably Numb

DVD and BD
Concert footage
1. 5 A.M.
2. Rattle That Lock
3. Faces of Stone
4. What Do You Want from Me
5. The Blue
6. The Great Gig In the Sky
7. A Boat Lies Waiting
8. Wish You Were Here
9. Money
10. In Any Tongue
11. High Hopes
12. One of These Days
13. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
14. Fat Old Sun
15. Coming Back to Life
16. On an Island
17. Today
18. Sorrow
19. Run Like Hell
20. Time / Breathe (Reprise)
21. Comfortably Numb
22. Beauty (closing credits) (studio recording)
Pompeii Then and Now documentary.

Deluxe box set
The boxset contains the 2-CD album and the film on BD. It also contains the following:

Bonus BD of live material and documentaries
South America concert footage:
1. Astronomy Domine
2. Us and Them
3. Today
4. Time / Breathe (Reprise)
5. Comfortably Numb
Wrocław, Poland, June 2016 with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra concert footage:
1. 5 A.M.
2. Rattle That Lock
3. Dancing Right In Front of Me
4. The Girl In the Yellow Dress (with Leszek Możdżer)
5. In Any Tongue
Europe 2015 documentary
South America 2015 documentary
North America 2016 documentary
Europe 2016 documentary
BBC documentary: David Gilmour: Wider Horizons

Collectables
24-page hardback photo book
8-page Pompeii guide titled The Amphitheatre at Pompeii – An Interview with Mary Beard
4 postcards
2-sided poster (the obverse replicates the album artwork, the reverse is a replica of the posters used to promote the Pompeii shows)

David Gilmour Discography

Album title Type Released Rating Votes Reviews
(1978) Studio - 0 0
(1984) Studio - 0 0
(2006) Studio - 0 0
(2008) Live - 0 0
(2015) Studio - 0 0
(2017) Live - 0 0