Hot! Live and Otherwise is a combination live and in-studio album by American

United States

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 singer Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....

, released in 1981 on Arista Records. Recorded live over several dates at Harrah's Casino in Reno, NV in the spring of 1981, this is a highly sought after album in Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....

's back catalogue. The original 2-LP

Double album

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 release featured three sides of live recordings, plus a fourth side of studio recordings, including the pop and AC hit "Some Changes Are For Good". Three of those studio recordings were produced by Michael Masser

Michael Masser

Michael Masser , a former stockbroker, is a composer and producer of popular music. He attended the University of Illinois College of Law, but left to pursue his interest in music...

 and the other two were produced by Steve Buckingham.

Copies of the original US and Japan CD versions of the album have sold on eBay for over US$100.00. SoulMusic.com (distributed in the UK by Expansion Records) reissued the LP on CD in 2007 with new liner notes from David Nathan, a slightly amended track listing, and two previously unissued studio bonus cuts, "When the Good Times Come Again" and "Right Back." The former song was written by Richard Kerr (songwriter)

Richard Kerr (songwriter)

Richard Kerr is an English composer, who co-wrote "Mandy", "Looks Like We Made It" and "Somewhere in the Night" - all of which became hit singles for Barry Manilow.-Career:...

 and Will Jennings

Will Jennings

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 - the same writing team that provided Warwick with her gold-selling comeback hit, "I'll Never Love This Way Again" in 1979. Interestingly, when Expansion reissued Dionne's 1980 album No Night So Long

No Night So Long

No Night So Long, Dionne Warwick's second album for the Arista label, was released in 1980. The LP was originally issued as number AL 9526 in the Arista Catalog...

on CD in 2010, they included (amongst 3 bonus cuts) a song that was originally recorded and intended for the studio side of Hot! Live and Otherwise. The song, the Michael Masser

Michael Masser

Michael Masser , a former stockbroker, is a composer and producer of popular music. He attended the University of Illinois College of Law, but left to pursue his interest in music...

-produced "This Time Is Ours", was ultimately relegated to being the B-side of the album's first single, "Some Changes Are For Good". Thus, by including it on the 2010 No Night So Long

No Night So Long

No Night So Long, Dionne Warwick's second album for the Arista label, was released in 1980. The LP was originally issued as number AL 9526 in the Arista Catalog...

reissued CD, the song makes both its first appearance on a Dionne Warwick full-length album and its first appearance on any CD.

Although rumors have circulated that the recorded shows were also filmed, this has not been officially confirmed.

Track listing

Original 2LP, 8-track, and Cassette Version

1. "What You Won't Do For Love/In The Stone"
2. "Don't Make Me Over"
3. "Alfie"
4. "One In A Million You"
5. "Hit Record Medley:
   Walk On By
   Anyone Who Had a Heart
   You'll Never Get to Heaven
   A House Is Not a Home
   Message to Michael
   Trains and Boats and Planes
   The Look of Love
   (They Long to Be) Close to You
   Do You Know the Way to San José
   (Theme from) Valley of the Dolls
   (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
   Make It Easy On Yourself
   Promises, Promises
   What the World Needs Now Is Love
   Then Came You"
6. "Déjà Vu"
7. "Easy Love"
8. "No Night So Long"
9. "We Never Said Goodbye"
10. "I'll Never Love This Way Again"
11. "There's A Long Road Ahead Of Us"
12. "Dedicate This Heart"
13. "Some Changes Are For Good"
14. "Even A Fool Would Let Go"
15. "Now We're Starting Over Again"

CD (Japan Version, 1986)

1. "What You Won't Do For Love/In The Stone"
2. "Don't Make Me Over"
3. "Alfie"
4. "One In A Million You"
5. "Hit Record Medley:
   Walk On By
   Anyone Who Had a Heart
   You'll Never Get to Heaven
   A House Is Not a Home
   Trains and Boats and Planes
   The Look of Love
   (They Long to Be) Close to You
   Do You Know the Way to San José
   (Theme from) Valley of the Dolls
   (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
   Make It Easy On Yourself
   Promises, Promises
   What the World Needs Now Is Love
   Then Came You"
6. "Déjà Vu"
7. "Easy Love"
8. "No Night So Long"
9. "We Never Said Goodbye"
10. "I'll Never Love This Way Again"
11. "There's A Long Road Ahead Of Us"
12. "Some Changes Are For Good"
13. "Now We're Starting Over Again"

CD (US Version, 1990)

1. "What You Won't Do For Love/In The Stone"
2. "Don't Make Me Over"
3. "Alfie"
4. "One In A Million You"
5. "Hit Record Medley:
   Walk On By
   Anyone Who Had a Heart
   You'll Never Get to Heaven
   A House Is Not a Home
   Trains and Boats and Planes
   The Look of Love
   (They Long to Be) Close to You
   Do You Know the Way to San José
   (Theme from) Valley of the Dolls
   (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
   Make It Easy On Yourself
   Promises, Promises
   What the World Needs Now Is Love
   Then Came You"
6. "Déjà Vu"
7. "Easy Love"
8. "No Night So Long"
9. "I'll Never Love This Way Again"
10. "There's A Long Road Ahead Of Us"
11. "Some Changes Are For Good"
12. "Even A Fool Would Let Go"
13. "Now We're Starting Over Again"

CD (UK Version, 2007 Reissue)

1. "What You Won't Do For Love/In The Stone"
2. "Don't Make Me Over"
3. "Alfie"
4. "One In A Million You"
5. "Hit Record Medley:
   Walk On By
   Anyone Who Had a Heart
   You'll Never Get to Heaven
   A House Is Not a Home
   Trains and Boats and Planes
   The Look of Love
   (They Long to Be) Close to You
   Do You Know the Way to San José
   (Theme from) Valley of the Dolls
   (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
   Make It Easy On Yourself
   Promises, Promises
   What the World Needs Now Is Love
   Then Came You"
6. "Déjà Vu"
7. "Easy Love"
8. "No Night So Long"
9. "I'll Never Love This Way Again"
10. "There's A Long Road Ahead Of Us"
11. "Some Changes Are For Good"
12. "Even A Fool Would Let Go"
13. "Now We're Starting Over Again"
14. "When the Good Times Come Again"
15. "Right Back"