Jonathan Livingston Seagull (album)
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In 1973 Neil Diamond
recorded the soundtrack to the film Jonathan Livingston Seagull
on Columbia Records
. The album grossed more than the film itself. It was his first album after his successful 1972 release Hot August Night
.
Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
recorded the soundtrack to the film Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a 1973 American film directed by Hall Bartlett, adapted from the novella by Richard Bach. The film, which has no human actors on screen, tells the story of a young seabird who, after being outcast by his stern flock, goes on an odyssey to discover how to break the...
on Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
. The album grossed more than the film itself. It was his first album after his successful 1972 release Hot August Night
Hot August Night
Hot August Night is a 1972 live double album by Neil Diamond. The album is a recording of a Diamond concert on Thursday August 24, 1972, one of ten sold out concerts that Diamond performed that month at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles...
.
Track listing
| Title | Liner Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prologue | And here begins our story – the sky, the sea, the flock. |
| 2 | Be | Introduction of Jonathan – his flight and fall. |
| 3 | Flight Of The Gull | Jonathan is carried to the heights of ambition, and to near catastrophe. |
| 4 | Dear Father | Battered, and near death, Jonathan asks for reasons. |
| 5 | Skybird | Returning home to show what he has learned, his acrobatics only serve to anger the flock elders. He is put on trial, and forever…outcast. |
| 6 | Lonely Looking Sky | Alone and adrift. |
| 7 | The Odyssey [Be – Lonely Looking Sky – Dear Father] |
And so begins a journey, an odyssey, a test of the spirit. |
| 8 | Anthem | "Transcend, purify, glorious." |
| 9 | Be | Jonathan returns to teach the flock. |
| 10 | Skybird | The lesson |
| 11 | Dear Father | Rebuked again by the elders, Jonathan attempts to rally the flock. |
| 12 | Be | Recapitulation and farewell to Fletcher |
| 13 | Dear Father (CD only) | |
| 14 | Be (CD only) |
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Australian Kent Music Report Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998... Albums Chart |
1 |
| US Pop Albums Chart | 2 |
Personnel
- Produced by Tom Catalano
- Engineered by Armin Steiner
- Executive Art Director: Ron Coro
- Art Direction and Design: David Larkham, Michael Ross
- Album Design and Photography: Ed Caraeff
- Inside Cover Portrait Photo by Tom Burke
Orchestra
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- Burbank Staff
- Will Abar - stage man
- Jim Atherton - stage man
- Donn Fallenbuchel - electrician
- Andy MacDonald - recorder
- Bill Gernand - recorder
- Bill Lambert - maintenance
- Tom Beckert - maintenance
- Richard Hayden - projectionist
- Jim Winfree - record recording administrator
- Doc Siegel - mixer