Chance for a Live Time (Kayak album)
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Chance For A Live Time is a live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by Dutch progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Kayak
Kayak (band)
Kayak are a Dutch progressive rock band formed in 1972 in the city Hilversum by Ton Scherpenzeel and Pim Koopman. In 1973, their debut album "See See The Sun" was released, including 3 hit singles. Their main popularity was in the Netherlands, with their top hit reaching #6 on the Dutch charts in...

, released in 2001. It was the first real live album of the band. In 1981 they had released a live album called Eyewitness
Eyewitness (Kayak album)
Eyewitness is an album by the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. The original LP was released in 1981. The album was recorded 'live' in a recording studio, with some overdubs added later. To create a 'live' atmosphere, Kayak fans were invited later to cheer and clap to the already recorded songs...

. But that album was recorded in a recording studio, without audience.

This album was the first with Bert Heerink as lead singer and Rob Vunderink as singer/guitarist. Heerink joined Kayak as extra singer for a tour in 2000. Lead singer Max Werner
Max Werner
Max Werner was lead singer, drummer and percussionist of the Dutch Progressive rock band Kayak. He co-founded the band along with keyboardist Ton Scherpenzeel, guitarist Johan Slager and drummer Pim Koopman in 1972....

 left the band during that tour, and Heerink finished the tour as sole lead singer. Rob Vunderink once stood in for guitarist Rob Winter, who had other commitments. But Vunderink's high-pitched singing voice and guitar abilities proved a valuable addition to the band, and he became a permanent member. The album Night Vision
Night Vision (Kayak album)
Night Vision is a studio album by Dutch progressive rock band Kayak, released in 2001. It was the first studio album with singer Bert Heerink. Heerink had joined Kayak in 1999, to help original singer Max Werner on songs from the past that were originally sung by Kayak's second lead singer, Edward...

would be the first studio album with Heerink and Vunderink.

Track listing

CD1
  1. "Close To the Fire" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 8:03
  2. "Crusader" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 3:47
  3. "When Hearts Grow Cold" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 3:55
  4. "Mammoth" (Scherpenzeel/Koopman) - 3:08
  5. "Wintertime" (Van Leeuwen/Koopman) - 3:00
  6. "Persicope Life" (Scherpenzeel) - 3:47
  7. "Sweet Revenge" (Scherpenzeel) - 3:47
  8. "See See The Sun" (Van Leeuwen/Koopman/Scherpenzeel) - 4:35
  9. "Anne" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 3:34
  10. "Anybody's Child" (Koopman) - 4:22


CD2
  1. "Two Wrongs (Don't Make A Right)" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 4:54
  2. "Forever" (Koopman) - 4:30
  3. "Merlin" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 7:38
  4. "Ninane (Lady Of The Lake)" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 5:52
  5. "Chance For A Lifetime" (Scherpenzeel) - 4:30
  6. "Starlight Dancer" (Scherpenzeel) - 5:09
  7. "Ruthless Queen" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 5:47
  8. "Full Circle" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 5:41

Members

  • Ton Scherpenzeel
    Ton Scherpenzeel
    Ton Scherpenzeel is a keyboardist and a founding member of the Dutch rock band Kayak, together with Pim Koopman and Max Werner whom he met whilst at the Hilversum Muziek Lyceum ....

     - keyboards, accordion, backing vocals
  • Pim Koopman
    Pim Koopman
    Wilhelmus Frederikus Koopman was the drummer and percussionist of the Dutch Progressive rock band, Kayak.-Biography:...

     - drums, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Bert Heerink - lead and backing vocals, percussion
  • Bert Veldkamp - bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Rob Winter - guitars, backing vocals
  • Rob Vunderink - guitars, lead and backing vocals

Guests

The Choir of youth theatre company Jeugdtheater Hofplein joined Kayak during the concert at the Nighttown in Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

. Their rendition of the song "Anybody's Child" is included on the album.
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