Eagle Releases Tori Amos ‘Live At Montreux 1991/1992′ - On CD and DVD September 30
August 27, 2008
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EAGLE TO RELEASE TORI AMOS LIVE AT MONTREUX 1991/1992
~September 30~
Acclaimed Singer/Songwriter Gets Duel CD/DVD Release
New York, NY (August 26, 2008)—Tori Amos splashed on the scene in the early ‘90s brimming with newfound creativity, intelligence, sensitivity and an exacting literary bearing. Fawned over by critics and the public alike, that first spotlight was a heady time in the young singer/songwriter’s career. On September 30, 2008, Eagle Rock Entertainment, through its wholly-owned Eagle Eye Media subsidiary, will release Tori Amos Live At Montreux 1991/1992 on both CD (16 songs) and DVD (90 minutes, 19 songs) simultaneously sold separately [pre-book date September 10, DVD Retail Sales Price $14.98, CD Retail Sales price $13.98]. It is a rare glimpse into that initial breathy rush of a great artist’s ascendency.
The ’91 gig came only months before her Little Earthquakes debut had catapulted her into an instant icon, the ’92 appearance shortly thereafter. The progression in both performance and audience receptivity is appreciable. Material includes most of the stellar debut but also tracks from her indie EPs and some curious covers (Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” and “Thank You” as well as Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”).
Tori was born Myra Ellen Amos in 1963. Her stark confessional style owes a hint of a debt to Joni Mitchell. Tori, though, updated Joni’s obliquely personal oeuvre by digging down deep into such dramatic lyrical topics as sexuality, religion and personal tragedy. It touched a universal chord and a star was born.
1991 DVD TRACK LISTING
1) Silent All These Years
2) Precious Things
3) China
4) Crucify
5) Leather
6) Song For Eric
7) Upside Down
Happy Phantom
9) Winter
10) Thank You
1992 DVD TRACK LISTING
11) Little Earthquakes
12) Crucify
13) Silent All These Years
14) Precious Things
15) Happy Phantom
16) Whole Lotta Love/Thank You
17) Me And A Gun
18) Winter
19) Smells Like Teen Spirit
CD TRACK LISTING
1991 show:
1) Silent All These Years
2) Precious Things
3) China
4) Crucify
5) Leather
6) Song For Eric
7) Upside Down
8) Happy Phantom
9) Winter
10) Thank You
1992 show:
11) Little Earthquakes
12) Precious Things
13) Whole Lotta Love/Thank You
14) Me And A Gun
15) Winter
16) Smells Like Teen Spirit
JOHNNY WINTER DVD OUT NOW - LIVE THROUGH THE ‘70S
August 22, 2008
WINTER, JOHNNY - LIVE THROUGHTHE ‘70S
This DVD contains an incredible collection of archival footage from the ’70s including performances from Danish TV “Gladsaxe Teen Club” (Denmark 1970), the Royal Albert Hall in London (1970), the Beat Club in Bremen, Germany (1970), Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert - Palace Theater in Waterbury, CT (1973), Soundstage - Blues Summit in Chicago, IL (1974), Musikladen in Bremen, Germany (1974), and Rockpalast in Germany (1979). Intermixed with the live content is interview footage at Detroit Tubeworks in Detroit, MI (1970). It’s the definitive document of Johnny’s career in the ’70s.
DURHAM COUNTY SEASON ONE On DVD From Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada September 9
August 7, 2008
Muse Distribution International and Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada Premieres Durham County: Season One On DVD September 9, 2008
?Dark, moody, and emotionally taut…it’s one of the best Canadian shows of the year.? - NOW Magazine Toronto, ON ? Muse Distribution International has engaged Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada, a leader in the crime and horror genre, as its exclusive service agent in Canada to distribute Durham County, the sophisticated and powerful series that explores violence in a suburban setting, in the Canadian home entertainment market. This title will be available for the first time ever on DVD September 9, 2008 in a three disc set packaged in a stunning foil slip case. Season two of Durham County is heading into production this fall and will premiere on The Movie Network (eastern Canada) and Movie Central (western Canada) in spring 2009.
Durham County is an emotionally compelling six-episode dramatic series that combines police procedural with an intense family drama. It explores the complex relationship between a homicide cop, Mike Sweeney, played by Hugh Dillon (Hard Core Logo, Flashpoint) and his adversary, Ray Prager, who appears to be a serial killer, played by Justin Louis (Trump Unauthorized). They have a shared history that goes all the way back to high school; as well as unfinished business and dark secrets. You think you can leave your past behind. But you can?t?
H?l?ne Joy (Murdoch Mysteries) plays Sweeney?s wife Audrey who has recently returned home from the hospital after a battle with breast cancer, and Laurence Leboeuf (Human Trafficking) is their 16 year old daughter with a dark streak. Ray?s wife Traci, Sonya Salomaa (The Collector), is a knockout blonde in her early thirties and Greyston Holt (A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story) is their son Ray Jr, a talented writer who is belittled by his father and an outsider at school. They say there are only six degrees of separation between you and anyone else in the world, but sometimes it?s not even that. Sometimes the most brutal evil you can imagine is already in your world. Sometimes he?s just across the street.
Disc One Episodes 1-3 - English and French Tracks
Disc Two Episodes 4-6 - English and French Tracks
Disc Three Bonus Features - Behind The Scenes Featurette - Character bios - Audio Tracks from Hugh Dillon and the Redemption Choir: ?Sorrytown?, exclusive to Durham County, and the previously released ?Puzzle I Am? - Season 2 Synopsis
Durham County is written by Laurie Finstad Knizhnik (Bliss, Cold Squad) and helmed by award-winning directors Holly Dale for episodes 1-4 (Cold Case, Absolution, The Collector) and Adrienne Mitchell for episodes 5-6 (Bliss, Drop The Beat, Straight Up) and Executive Producers are Michael Prupas (This is Wonderland, Human Trafficking, Wind in the Willows) of Muse Entertainment Enterprises and Janis Lundman (Bliss, Drop The Beat, Talk 16) and Adrienne Mitchell of Back Alley Film Productions Ltd. Durham County was created by Finstad Knizhnik, Lundman and Mitchell.
Durham County is a co-production between Muse Entertainment Enterprises and Back Alley Film Productions Ltd. With the participation of The Movie Network and Movie Central, and will be distributed on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada on behalf of Muse Distribution International.
Muse Entertainment Enterprises is a leading independent feature film and television producer known for well-crafted, high-quality productions. Muse?s most recent productions include the comedy feature The Deal starring William H. Macy and Meg Ryan, and the television mini-series Durham County. Since its founding in 1998, Muse has produced, co-produced and provided production services on more than 100 theatrical features, TV movies, mini-series and series. Among its many award-winning productions are the mini-series Human Trafficking and Answered by Fire, the TV series This is Wonderland and Tales from the Neverending Story and the TV films The Wind in the Willows and The Many Trials of One Jane Doe. Muse was the production services producer of the award-winning feature films I?m Not There and The Fountain and of the TV movies The Wool Cap and Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story. The company?s head office and its Quebec production centre are based in Montreal. Muse also maintains development and production operations in Toronto, Vancouver and Los Angeles. Back Alley Film Productions Ltd. has been producing entertaining and provocative film and television in Canada for over 15 years. Founded by Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell, the company is synonymous with high-quality, innovative productions that aim to entertain both domestic and international audiences. With their strong backgrounds in producing (Lundman/Mitchell) and directing (Mitchell) the two partners have produced award winning human-interest documentaries (Talk 16, Talk 19, Lawn and Order) and cutting edge dramatic television series (Straight Up, Drop The Beat and Bliss). Their most recent 6 X 1 hour dramatic series, Durham County, combines police procedural with family melodrama and explores violence and the hope for love that drives it. Back Alley Films has worked with co- producing partners Alliance Atlantis, Galafilm and Muse Entertainment and with broadcasters CBC, CTV, Global Television, Showcase, The Movie Network, Movie Central and Oxygen Media. Back Alley Films offices are located in Toronto and Montreal.
Anchor Bay Entertainment is a division of Starz Media. Starz Media is a programming production and distribution company operating worldwide. It includes Film Roman and Anchor Bay Entertainment as well as the Manga Entertainment brands. Its units create animated and live-action programming ? including theatrical films ? and programming created under contract for other media companies. It distributes that programming, and programming acquired from outside producers, through home video retailers, theaters, broadcasters, ad supported and premium television channels, and Internet and wireless video distributors in the US and internationally. Starz Media is a wholly owned subsidiary of Starz, LLC which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp. and which is attributed to Liberty Capital Group, www.starzmedia.com
Alice Cooper - Earthquake, Broken Rib - don’t faze Alice Cooper
August 7, 2008
HUDSON BROTHERS RAZZLE DAZZLESHOW: COMPLETE SERIES DVD
August 7, 2008
HUDSON BROTHERS RAZZLE DAZZLESHOW: COMPLETE SERIES DVD
Do you love those great 70’s sketch shows? Remember the hilarious Chucky Margolis? Yeah, those were the days…but wait, just when you thought every possible TV show was out on DVD, VSC reaches back in time to bring you the landmark release of The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show. That’s right, for the first time on any format comes sixteen seriously zany half hours of Saturday morning family programming from an era when zany used to count for something. It’s the Hudson Brothers - Brett, Mark and Bill, along with (Brett’s signature character) Chucky Margolis, shticking and singing their way through sixteen half hours that entertained kids of all ages. Once called "The Kings of Saturday Morning" by John Lennon himself, The Hudsons are joined by series "irregulars" Ted Ziegler, Billy Van and Murray Langston, the latter destined to become The Unknown Comic. With Rod Hull and his Emu rounding out the zoo, the Hudson Brothers will take you back to the golden age of TV variety shows! Includes the Hudsons singing …So You Are a Star (Top Ten Hit) and much more!
Bonus Materials:
- The Best Sketches from the Hudson Brothers Show
- Best of Chucky Margolis
BEACH BOYS AND THE SATAN ON DVD
August 7, 2008
BEACH BOYS AND THE SATAN ON DVD
Most people imagine California during the sixties to be an idyllic peaceful and highly creative place in which some of the greatest music of the sixties and beyond was created. In many ways this is true but there was also a dark undercurrent that took hold during the late sixties and it stretched out and infiltrated what many people to be "America’s Band" The Beach Boys when drummer Dennis Wilson became involved with a cult led by Charles Manson called "The Family". This documentary details the Beach Boys rise to success into context with rarely seen footage of the band, while it exposes the Summer of Love’s darkest side and investigates the connections between some of the most controversial characters of that period (Anton La Vey, Kenneth Anger, and Brian Wilson) and their connection to the Manson Family. The film includes interviews with Kim Fowley, Don Was and the creative force behind the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson. The film which was originally released in 1997 has been unavailable for some time and this release on DVD will be highly anticipated.
MARILLION - SOMEWHERE IN LONDON DVD
June 10, 2008
MARILLION - SOMEWHERE IN LONDON DVD
Marillion are one of the UK music scene’s best kept secrets; purveyors of soulful, powerful, and often deeply-moving music, whose blistering live shows leave their audiences breathless. This concert film puts YOU in the crowd, filmed over the final 2 nights of Marillion’s ‘Somewhere Else’ album tour at the London Forum in June 2007. This special 2 DVD Extended Edition includes a feature-length concert film, plus an extra disc of the remaining songs played during the 2 nights at the Forum, plus a featurette of competition winners’ visit to an exclusive tour rehearsal from Marillion’s Racket Club studio. Also included are 4 surround sound mixes of ‘Somewhere Else’ album tracks. Directed and edited by Tim Sidwell, the soundtrack is presented in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound, mixed by Michael Hunter
Bonus Materials:
- Extra disc of the remaining songs played during the 2 nights at the Forum (Ocean Cloud, Afraid of Sunlight, Beautiful, Most Toys, Estonia, Sugar Mice, Easter)
- Featurette of competition winners’ visit to an exclusive tour rehearsal from Marillion’s Racket Club studio (The Last Century for Man, Estonia, Neverland, Faith, See it Like a Baby)
- Four surround sound mixes of ‘Somewhere Else’ album tracks (The Wound, A Voice from the Past, No Such Thing, Somewhere Else)
EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT TO RELEASE SOME MORE STUFF ON JULY 15
June 10, 2008
EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT TO RELEASE SOME MORE STUFF ON JULY 15
Live At Montreux 1976 Documents Smokin’ Set By Instrumental Titans
New York, NY (June 9, 2008)—They were the most in-demand of all the session players. Guitarist Cornell Dupree, bassist Gordon Edwards, drummer Steve Gadd, guitarist Eric Gale and keyboardist Richard Tee probably played on most of the albums you bought in the 1970s and beyond. Yet when they convened as Stuff, an all-instrumental funk-jazz-pop-rock-soul machine, they had an inherent chemistry all their own. They could stop on a dime, wheel it around and churn off in another direction that was as dizzying and satisfying as it was thrilling and syncopated. Their only Montreux Jazz Festival appearance came in 1976 and they did not disappoint.
Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce the release of Stuff’s Live At Montreux 1976—on CD and DVD—on July 15 [pre-book date June 25, DVD Retail Sales Price $14.98, CD Retail Sales Price $13.98.]
With material by composers such as Stevie Wonder, Dave Mason, Billy Preston, Steely Dan, Earth Wind & Fire, Edwin Hawkins, James Weldon Johnson and others, Stuff plays the tar out of these songs and the knowledgeable Montreux crowd erupts. It’s a goosebump-raising performance.
The legendary vocalist Odetta contributes vocals to “Oh Happy Day.”
Bassist Edwards writes the liner notes. Singer/songwriter Chris Rea contributes an essay. “The purity of what’s on this video,” says Rea, “is the true history of modern music. It’s as good as it ever got and ever will get."
Eric Clapton, who knows a little something about guitar, calls the Stuff groove, “one of the best groove zones ever, every player a genius.”
Track Listing
1) Foots
2) Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours
3) The Gadd Solo
4) Stuff’s Stuff
5) That’s The Way Of The World
6) Feelin’ Alright
7) Life Every Voice And Sing/Oh Happy Day
Ode To Stuff
9) How Long Will It Last?
10) You Are So Beautiful
11) Boogie On Reggae Woman
12) Do It Again
Eagle Rock Entertainment develops, acquires and produces music programming for a wide range of notable and high profile artists, which the company distributes on a worldwide basis. Eagle Rock Entertainment, Eagle Vision and Eagle Eye Media are wholly owned divisions of Eagle Rock Group, LTD.
Eagle To Release Rare Johnny Hallyday ‘Live At Montreux 1988′ album & DVD
May 16, 2008
Eagle To Release Rare Johnny Hallyday ‘Live At Montreux 1988′ album & DVD
Eagle To Release Rare
JOHNNY HALLYDAY LIVE AT MONTREUX 1988
~ On CD May 20 and DVD June 24 ~
French Legend Finally Gets Stateside Due
With Solid Set Of Euro-Rockabilly
Elvis Presley. Jerry Lee Lewis. Carl Perkins. Roy Orbison. Buddy Holly. Billy Lee Riley. Gene Vincent. These are the names one thinks of as the architects of rockabilly: distinguished by those hiccupping vocals and that slapback bass. It sprouted up in the mid-1950s as the bastard child of country music and rhythm’n’blues. DJ Alan Freed called it rock’n’roll and the name stuck.
Not too many Americans noticed that overseas, in France, there was one more major rock’n’roll artist who took that original spark and made it uniquely French. Johnny Hallyday, after 100 million albums sold, 400 tours, hit movies and status as a national icon, is all but unknown in the States. When he retired from live performances last year at the age of 64, an era had ended.
On May 20, Eagle Records will release Johnny Hallyday Live At Montreux 1988 on CD, with the DVD companion following on June 24. The 10-song set is aural proof of Hallyday’s tremendous appeal and a solid reason why he is to be thought of as the French equivalent to the above-named pioneers.
Born Jean Philippe Smet on June 15, 1943 in Paris, he was an immediate sensation when his 1959 Hello Johnny debut had him rocking out in French (he would go on to have 18 platinum albums). Although he first came to the attention of stateside television audiences when he performed with Connie Francis on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1962, he never really took off in America. Yet his concerts abroad became major events and he seemed to get stronger onstage as the years rolled by. His peak came with the 2000 100% Johnny concert (the French Woodstock) with a live audience at The Eiffel Tower estimated at 500,000 and another 9.5 million watching on live television.
Track Listing
1) Mon Petit Loup
2) Laura
3) Que Je T’aime
4) Je Te Promets
5) Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
6) L’Envie
7) Le Bon Temps Du Rock’n’Roll
8) Gabrielle
9) Toute La Musique Que J’aime
10) Quelque Chose De Tennessee
*****
On ne se lance pas dans la présentation d’un tel document sans un minimum de précautions, un petit résumé des épisodes précédents…D’autant que l’heure est grave: l’Idole n’a-t-elle pas annoncé qu’elle entamerait en mai 2009, sous la bannière “M’arrêter là”, une ultime tournée, qui durera un an, jusqu’en 2010 donc, c’est-à-dire 50 ans exactement après ses débuts?
Mais au lieu de nous lamenter, remontons plutôt au 6 juillet 1988, lorsque Johnny prit d’assaut la scène du Casino de Montreux. Un concert quasi intimiste (taille de la salle oblige) dans la lignée de son spectacle au Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, quelques mois plus tôt. On se souvient que du 15 septembre au 4 octobre 1987, dans une mise en scène préparée par Michel Berger, Johnny s’était “donné” à Bercy: un spectacle en noir et blanc, nettement plus humain que le show dantesque du Zénith de Paris, à la charnière 1984-85, avec le fameux poing géant et ganté de cuir, imaginé par Hilton McConnico, qui déposait la star sur scène dans une débauche de lumières hallucinante pour l’époque…
C’est là qu’il faut faire une pause et replonger dans la chronologie des événements. On a
coutume de dire qu’on doit la renaissance de Johnny à Michel Berger et à l’album “Rock ‘n’Roll Attitude” paru en juin 1985, qu’il avait entièrement écrit, avec à la clé l’énorme tube Quelque chose de Tennessee. Personnellement, je penche plutôt pour la date du 10 mars 1984, lorsque fut diffusée dans le cadre des Enfants du Rock l’émission spéciale Johnny à Nashville réalisée par Don Kent et produite / présentée par Antoine de Caunes. On y voyait Johnny revenir à ses racines, au pays où est né le rock ‘n’ roll; on y voyait Johnny chanter avec Carl Perkins, Tony Joe White, Emmylou Harris, les Stray Cats…
Fin octobre de la même année, au Zénith de Paris récemment inauguré, Johnny s’était lancé dans une aventure démente: des concerts programmés trois mois durant, jusqu’au 2 février 1985. Une production mégalo, à sa démesure; les décors à eux seuls avaient coûté 30 millions de francs (4,6 millions d’euros). L’hiver 1985 était particulièrement rigoureux; la sale n’était pas pleine tous les soirs. Mais Johnny se donnait à fond, comme toujours: trop, sans doute – le 8 janvier, il s’écroule sur scène et termine à l’hosto, aux urgences! Pas terrible, pour le jeune père qu’il était à nouveau, depuis la naissance de Laura, âgée à l’époque de 18 mois à peine…
La stratégie de la reconquête dont parlent Jean-Francois Brieu et Éric Didi dans leur livre Johnny en concert passe par une remise à plat de sa carrière. Nathalie Baye, sa compagne, avec qui il joue dans Détective de Jean-Luc Godard (présenté au Festival de Cannes en mai 1985, Johnny jouait le rôle de Jim Fox Warner, ce qui ne manque pas de sel…), y est pour beaucoup. Ainsi, bien sûr, que l’album que lui écrit et produit Michel Berger, qui fait oublier certains disques erratiques du début de la décennie. Ce disque, qui paraît en juin 1985, est un pur triomphe; il réconcile l’Idole avec des fans qui s’étaient éloignés; mais c’est surtout le sang neuf d’une nouvelle génération qui le découvre et relance sa carrière. Le phénomène se répète dix-huit mois plus tard, à la parution de “Gang”, un album concocté cette fois par Jean-Jacques Goldman: dix titres, dix classiques, dont les hits Je te promets et Laura. Deux titres dont on retrouve des versions live sur ce “Montreux 1988”, avec une mention spéciale aux fans helvètes, qui chantent magnifiquement Je te promets!
La première de Johnny à Bercy a lieu le 15 septembre 1987. C’est l’événement de la rentrée. Dans Le Monde, Claude Fléouter est enthousiaste: Pour sa nouvelle célébration chantée, Johnny a fait appel à Jacques Rouveyrollis pour le traitement des lumières et à Michel Berger pour la mise en scène. Et ensemble ils ont, de manière exemplaire, réussi la combinaison du raffinement esthétique, de la technique habile et intelligente et de la dimension grand public. La vaste sale de l’Est parisien est archi-comble; au total, ce sont plus de 215,000 personnes qui l’applaudissent à Bercy jusqu’au 4 octobre. Johnny part ensuite en tournée: en janvier-fevrier d’abord, puis en juillet.
Entre-temps, un album live a bien sûr été tiré de cette série de concerts à Bercy, également réalisé par Berger; le programme favorise nettement les deux derniers albums par rapport au prodigieux catalogue de tubes à la disposition de l’artiste, qui se contente d’injecter quelques chansons d’avant Berger-Goldman. Ce sont celles qu’on retrouve ici: Mon p’tit loup, Que je t’aime (qui venait de sortir en single et redevenait tube de l’été une dizaine d’années après sa première parution!), Gabrielle et La Musique que j’aime. En tournée, dans la foulée de Bercy, Johnny se permet des variantes. Comme ce Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On de Jerry Lee Lewis, en version brute de décoffrage, qu’il glisse après Je te promets et qui met en joie ses complices fidèles (dont Norbert “Nono” Krief à la guitare et Érick Bamy aux choeurs), ainsi que le public de Montreux, une ville où, dit-il, il n’avait plus chanté depuis 1964, soit 24 ans plus tôt!
Mais Johnny n’oublie pas pour autant le challenge lancé par Michel Berger: retrouver la simplicité et l’émotion; c’est flagrant à l’écoute de Quelque chose de Tennessee, la chanson avec laquelle, cette année-là, il concluait ses shows. Un titre tendre, atypique, certes merveilleux – mais carrément inattendu en tout cas à cet endroit-là du spectacle! Au lieu de terminer sur un feu d’artifice de fureur et de décibels, Johnny avait relevé le défi. Et c’est ainsi qu’il prenait congé de son public, avec une grâce qui n’appartient qu’à lui…
- Gilles Verlant
*****
Eagle Rock Entertainment develops, acquires and produces music programming for a wide range of notable and high profile artists, which the company distributes on a worldwide basis. Eagle Rock Entertainment, Eagle Vision and Eagle Eye Media are wholly owned divisions of Eagle Rock Group, LTD.
For more information, please visit: www.eaglerockent.com
Neil Diamond “The ‘Thank You Australia’ DVD coming out
May 1, 2008
Neil Diamond “The ‘Thank You Australia’
Concert Live 1976”
~On DVD July 1~
New York, NY (April 30, 2008)—On July 1, Eagle Rock Entertainment proudly releases the historic, concert event The Thank You Australia Concert Live 1976 DVD [EV30256-9] from the legendary and inimitable songwriter and performer Neil Diamond. Performing to a record-breaking crowd at Sydney’s Sports Ground and telecast live to the largest viewer audience in Australian history, Neil Diamond’s explosive performance in March of 1976 electrified and mesmerized an entire nation for one amazing night with nearly three hours of phenomenal showmanship and entertainment.
With a stunning set packed with hit singles and classic musical gems this special release DVD captures the magic of this unforgettable concert from a cultural icon and is truly a must have collectible for any music fan. More than thirty years after this remarkable event, Neil Diamond continues to captivate audiences with enduring hits and sold out stadium performances worldwide. Neil Diamond’s highly anticipated new studio album, “Home Before Dark”, is due in stores May 6th, and he will be kicking off a live concert tour in the US later this summer. Neil Diamond’s legions of fans are in for a great 2008.
Neil Diamond is an American legend. He is one of the finest, most prolific and successful songwriters of the last forty years as well as being a multi-platinum selling recording artist and one of the most dynamic and consummate live performers of his generation. Everybody knows a Neil Diamond song! His songs have been covered by everyone from Cliff Richard to Elvis; UB40, Urge Overkill, Smashmouth and Frank Sinatra. This concert from the Sydney Sports Stadium was the final show of his Australian New Zealand tour in 1976, an event which marked his comeback to the live stage after a creatively fruitful four year sabbatical from live performance that resulted in the creation of the ground-breaking, Grammy winning album; “Jonathon Livingston Seagull” and the autobiographical album produced by Robbie Robertson of The Band; “Beautiful Noise”. Just ten years after Solitary Man rocketed into the charts and introduced us to the musical magic of Neil Diamond; the 1976 tour is still one of the most memorable in Australian history and in The Thank You Australia Concert Live 1976 Neil Diamond delivers the enthralling performance of a consummate showman.
Tracklisting
1) Missa
2)Soolaimon
3) Play Me
4) Solitary Man
5) Cherry Cherry
6) Sweet Caroline
7) The Last Picasso
Longfellow Serenade
9) Song Sung Blue
10) Cracklin’ Rosie
11) Holly Holy
12) I Am…I Said
13) Anthem
14) Be
15) Dear Father
16) Skybird
17) Lonely Looking Sky
18) Anthem (reprise)
19) Be (reprise)
20) Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show
21) I’ve Been This Way Before
The Thank You Australia Concert Live 1976 is presented with a host of bonus features including priceless moments of entertainment history: Neil Diamond’s first ever full length Television interview – an intimate 50 minutes filmed during the March ’76 tour; Sponsors’ commercials performed live on stage by Neil Diamond himself; David Frost’s original TV feature building up to the concert for Channel 9 and a Photo Gallery of previously unreleased images. The telecast of the concert – hosted to thank Australia for their incredible support of the tour - was watched by hundreds of thousands of people via 37 affiliate stations nationwide and broke viewing records. Clocking in at nearly three hours of top quality entertainment The Thank You Australia Concert Live 1976 release is a testament to one of music’s most original, successful and enduring stars. The ultimate fan’s collector’s item, essential viewing.
For more information about Neil Diamond go to www.neildiamond.com
