Live in New York (Joe Cocker album)
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Live in New York is a live album from Joe Cocker
, recorded in New York's Central Park in 1980 to an audience of 20,000 people. The album was, however, released only in Australia by Liberation Records. It was reissued on CD in Australia by Mushroom Records in 1999.
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...
, recorded in New York's Central Park in 1980 to an audience of 20,000 people. The album was, however, released only in Australia by Liberation Records. It was reissued on CD in Australia by Mushroom Records in 1999.
Track listing
- "Intro" - 0.30
- "Put Out The Light" (Daniel Moore) - 3.40
- "Look What You've Done" (C.C. Hill) - 3.38
- "So Blue" (B. Linebeck) - 4.32
- "Guilty" (Randy NewmanRandy NewmanRandall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
) - 3.02 - "Jealous Kind" (Robert Guidry) - 3.45
- "Hitchcock Railway" (Don Dunn, Tony McCashen) - 4.06
- "Sweet Forgiveness" (Daniel Moore) - 4.02
- "You Are So BeautifulYou Are So Beautiful"You Are So Beautiful" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher and Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys. It was first recorded by Preston and made popular in a version by Joe Cocker....
" (Billy PrestonBilly PrestonWilliam Everett "Billy" Preston was a musician who gained notoriety and fame, first as a session musician for the likes of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and later finding fame as a solo artist with hits such as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from...
, Bruce FisherBruce FisherBruce Fisher is an American songwriter, record producer, playwright and guitarist best known for his collaborations with Billy Preston.-Career:Born January 8, 1951, in Washington D.C., Fisher was raised in Chicago, Illinois, by his grandmother...
) - 3.40 - "The Letter" (Wayne Carson Thompson) - 3.53
- "With a Little Help from My FriendsWith a Little Help from My Friends-Joe Cocker version:Joe Cocker's version was a radical re-arrangement of the original, in a slower, 6/8 meter, using different chords in the middle eight, and a lengthy instrumental introduction...
" (John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, Paul McCartneyPaul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
) - 6.42
Personnel
- Joe Cocker - vocals
- Mitch Chakour - piano
- Cliff Goodwin - guitar
- Howie Hersh - bass guitar
- B.J. WilsonB.J. WilsonBarrie James "B.J." Wilson was an English rock drummer.-Career:Born in Edmonton, London, England, Wilson was the drummer for Procol Harum. He did not play on their first hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale" , but joined the group soon afterwards...
- drums - Bob Leinbach - keyboards
- Maxine Green - background vocals
- Ann Lang - background vocals
- Beth Anderson - background vocals
Production notes
- Executive producer: Michael Lang
- Producer: Robert Deitsch
- Engineering crew: George Thomas Musgrave, James P. McGuirge, Gene Maxwell, Frank D'Ella