Live & in Concert
Appearance
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Released | 1974 | |||
Genre | Soul music | |||
Length | 39:39 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Dunhill | |||
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Live & in Concertis a 1974live albumby Americansoul musicvocal groupFour Tops,released byDunhill Records.
Reception
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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
[edit]Live & in Concertpeaked at 92 on theBillboard200and reached 29 on the R&B charts.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Pop". Reviews.Billboard.Vol. 86, no. 41. October 12, 1974. p. 50.ISSN0006-2510.
- ^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
[edit]- Live & in ConcertatDiscogs(list of releases)
- Live & in ConcertatMusicBrainz(list of releases)