Live from Gdansk

Live From Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni) (pol. "Shipyard Concert", referring to Gdańsk Shipyard) is a live album, released in 2005, exclusively in Poland. It contains selected songs performed during Jarre's "Space of Freedom" concert in Gdańsk, Poland, on August 26, 2005, commemoraiting twenty-five years of the Solidarity movement.

Jean Michel Jarre performed together with Polish Baltic Philharmonic and Gdańsk University Choir.

Apart from his own works, the album also features Jarre's electronic-style interpretation of Polish protest song "Mury", written by Jacek Kaczmarski in 1978, to the melody of "L'estaca" by Lluís Llach.

Cover art features shipyard cranes in the foreground, then a photograph of Gdańsk Shipyard workers, and wooden tablets of 21 demands of MKS in the background.

Fans complained about the length of the album, which contains only nine out of twenty-four songs performed during the event. In their review, Polish magazine Teraz Rock described this release as "undoubtedly too short".

 

Jean Michel Jarre has a long practice of changing the names of his songs when performing them live. In such case, original name is indicated below the new one:

"Shipyard Overture" - Originally "Industrial Revolution Overture"
"Space of Freedom" - Originally "March 23"
"Light my Sky" - Originally "Tout est Bleu"
"Tribute to John Paul II" - Originally "Akropolis"

 

Jean Michel Jarre: keyboards, mixing desk, laser harp, theremin, vocals
Francis Rimbert: keyboards, electronic percussions
Claude Samard: keyboards, guitars, musical coordinator
Polish Baltic Philharmonic
Gdańsk University Choir .