Live & in Concert

Live & in Concert
Live & in Concert
Live albumby Four Tops
Released	1974
Genre	Soul music
Length	39:39
Language	English
Label	Dunhill
Producer	Steve Barri; Dennis Lambert; Brian Potter;
Four Topschronology

Live & in Concertis a 1974live albumby Americansoul music vocal group Four Tops,released byDunhill Records.

Reception

A review inBillboardrecommends this album to retailers as a "super set" with "stunning live performances".^[1]Editors atAllMusic Guidescored this release 2.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Andrew Hamilton praising the "crack sound system" for the recording and opining that several of the live versions rival their studio recordings in quality.^[2]

Track listing

Intro and countdown – 0:36
"Are You Man Enough" (Dennis LambertandBrian Potter) – 3:10
"Love Ain't Easy to Come By" – 3:17
Medley: "Love Music" (Lambert and Potter) / "Reach Out I'll Be There"(Lamont Dozier,Brian Holland,andEddie Holland) / "Standing in the Shadows of Love"(Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 5:23
"Midnight Flower" (Reginald Dozier and McKinley Jackson) – 3:40
"Baby I Need Your Lovin'"(Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 4:36
"Keeper of the Castle" (Lambert and Potter) – 2:34
"I Am Your Man" (Nickolas AshfordandValerie Simpson) – 9:39
"Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" (Lambert and Potter) – 3:08
"One Chain Don't Make No Prison" (Lambert and Potter) – 3:09
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)"(Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 3:07

Personnel

Four Tops

Renaldo Benson– bass vocals
Abdul Fakir– first tenor vocals
Lawrence Payton– second tenor vocals, keyboards
Levi Stubbs– lead baritone vocals

Additional personnel

Gil Askey–conducting
Steve Barri–production
Ben Benay – guitar
George Bohanon– horn
Julius Brooks – horn
Tim Bryant – design
Cliff Carter– keyboards
Marion Childers – horn
Reggie Dozier – assistant engineering
Gene Estes– percussion,vibraphone
King Errisson – percussion,congas
Wilton Felder– bass guitar, introduction
Ed Greene– drums
Phil Kaye –engineering
Dennis Lambert– production
Jim Lockert – assistant engineering
Charles Loper – horn
Roger Nichols – assistant engineering
Michael Omartian– keyboards
Dean Parks– guitar
Brian Potter– production
Jerome Richardson– horn
Herman Riley– horn
Bobby Shaw –art direction
Sahib Shihab– horn
Ron Slenzak– photography
Maurice Spears – horn
Ernie Watts– horn
Snooky Young– horn

Chart performance

Live & in Concertpeaked at 92 on theBillboard200and reached 29 on the R&B charts.^[3]

References

^"Pop". Reviews.Billboard.Vol. 86, no. 41. October 12, 1974. p. 50.ISSN 0006-2510.
^Hamilton, Andrew."The Four Tops – Live and In Concert".AllMusic Guide.RetrievedMay 9,2023.
^"US Albums".AllMusic Guide.Archived fromthe originalon November 30, 2012.RetrievedJune 23,2016.

External links

Live & in ConcertatDiscogs(list of releases)
Live & in ConcertatMusicBrainz(list of releases)

[bb19741012-1] "Pop". Reviews.Billboard.Vol. 86, no. 41. October 12, 1974. p. 50.ISSN 0006-2510.

[amg-2] Hamilton, Andrew."The Four Tops – Live and In Concert".AllMusic Guide.RetrievedMay 9,2023.

[amgchart-3] "US Albums".AllMusic Guide.Archived fromthe originalon November 30, 2012.RetrievedJune 23,2016.

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v t e Four Tops
Ronnie McNeir Lawrence "Roquel" Payton, Jr. Alexander Morris Michael Brock Harold Bonhart Levi Stubbs Renaldo "Obie" Benson Lawrence Payton Theo Peoples Abdul "Duke" Fakir
Studio albums	Four Tops Four Tops Second Album On Top On Broadway Reach Out Yesterday's Dreams Four Tops Now! Soul Spin Still Waters Run Deep Changing Times Keeper of the Castle Main Street People Meeting of the Minds Night Lights Harmony Catfish The Show Must Go On At the Top Tonight! One More Mountain Back Where I Belong Magic Indestructible Christmas Here with You
Albums with The Supremes	The Magnificent 7 The Return of the Magnificent Seven Dynamite
Compilations and live albums	Four Tops Live! The Four Tops Greatest Hits Live & in Concert The Ultimate Collection
Singles	"Baby I Need Your Loving" "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" "Ask the Lonely" "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" "It's the Same Old Song" "Something About You" "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" "Reach Out I'll Be There" "Standing in the Shadows of Love" "Bernadette" "7 Rooms of Gloom" "Walk Away Renée" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Yesterday's Dreams" "I'm in a Different World" "It's All in the Game" "Still Water (Love)" "A Simple Game" "Keeper of the Castle" "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" "When She Was My Girl" "Loco in Acapulco"
Related topics	Discography The Andantes Holland–Dozier–Holland The Supremes