Neil Diamond - Stages: Performances 1970-2002 [Box]

Artist:

Diamond, Neil

UPC:

827969054024

See Also:

Frank Sinatra - Duets II

Description:

Includes a DVD disc.
Personnel includes: Neil Diamond (vocals, guitar); Eddie Rubin, Randy Sterling, Carol Hunter, Mark Kapner, Dennis St. John, Alan Lindgren, Richard Bennett, Emory Gordy Jr., Reinie Press, Danny Nicholson, Jeffrey Kewley, Jesse Diamond, Doug Rhone, Julia Waters, Ron Tutt, Oren Waters, Art Velasco, Ralf Rickert, Larry Klimas, Don Markese.
Compilation producers: Neil Diamond, Sam Cole.
Recorded between 1970-2002. Includes liner notes by Laurie Viera Rigler.
Few singers are as connected with sing-alongs as the New York City born and raised Neil Diamond. From rousing renditions at pubs to interpretations at karaoke clubs, his songs are vigorously sung from sea to shining sea. The incomparable Mr. Diamond`s songs are made to be sung lustily, feverishly, with reckless abandon, and as one would predict, Neil himself sings them that way, making his live shows, concert events in the full-bodied, Tom Jones sense of the word. His shows are the ultimate in fan friendly entertainment, interspersed with wandering tales and sudden, direct connections with the crowd. This distinctly Diamond behavior was even the subject of a Saturday Night Live sketch that played in part off his stage digressions and in part off the passion in his songs, songs which sometimes wear arcane, wonderfully obtuse, and even pleadingly earnest lyrics on their sleeve.
The box set STAGES gathers all the live Diamond any fan might desire in five audio discs and a DVD. The performances span his formative years in the early 1970s, when he channeled raw yet sweet Stax-style soul, through his ballads of the `80s and his famous Christmas caroling to two concerts from 2002. All of these performances capture the flavor, the passion, the sound bites, and the sweat of a Neil Diamond concert experience.

Track Listing:

DISC 1: A NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS 12/27/02:

1. Overture
2. America
3. Mission of Love, A
4. Hello Again
5. Kentucky Woman
6. Boat That I Row
7. Cherry, Cherry
8. Red, Red Wine
9. I`m a Believer
10. Play Me
11. Love on the Rocks
12. Soolaimon
13. If You Know What I Mean
14. Beautiful Noise
15. Girl, You`ll Be a Woman Soon
16. I Haven`t Played This Song in Years
17. You Are the Best Part of Me
18. Forever in Blue Jeans

DISC 2: A NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS 12/27/03:

1. Starflight
2. Captain Sunshine
3. Holly Holy
4. Sweet Caroline
5. Sweet Caroline - (reprise)
6. You Don`t Bring Me Flowers
7. Yes I Will / Lady Magdelene
8. Shilo
9. He Ain`t Heavy... He`s My Brother
10. I Am...I Said
11. Cracklin` Rosie
12. Brother Love`s Traveling Salvation Show
13. America - (walk off)

DISC 3: MANY STAGES:

1. Lordy
2. Brooklyn Roads
3. Home Is a Wounded Heart
4. Last Picasso, The
5. Last Thing on My Mind, The
6. You Got Me
7. God Only Knows
8. Lay Lady Lay
9. Glory Road
10. Rocket Man
11. Say Maybe
12. Once in a While
13. Rainy Day Song
14. Guitar Heaven
15. Songs of Life
16. Fire on the Tracks
17. Brooklyn on a Saturday Night
18. Primitive
19. Story of My Life, The

DISC 4: MANY STAGES:

1. This Time
2. American Popular Song, The
3. Teach Me Tonight
4. Dedicated to the One I Love
5. Spanish Harlem
6. Beatles Medley:: Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End
7. Sweet L. A. Days
8. Fortune of the Night
9. Mountains of Love
10. If There Were No Dreams
11. All I Really Need Is You
12. Yesterday`s Songs
13. Can Anybody Hear Me
14. Talking Optimist Blues
15. Everybody
16. Marry Me
17. In My Lifetime
18. I Got the Feelin` (Oh No, No)
19. Longfellow Serenade
20. Unchained Melody
21. I Believe in Happy Endings

DISC 5: LIVE CHRISTMAS:

1. Oh Holy Night
2. Silent Night
3. White Christmas
4. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
5. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
6. Little Drummer Boy
7. Morning Has Broken
8. You Make It Feel Like Christmas
9. Christmas Song, The
10. Winter Wonderland
11. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
12. We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Album Information

Release Date:

09/30/2003

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Singer/Songwriter

Label:

Legacy

Catalog Number:

90540

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

5

Studio/Live:

Live

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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