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Leon Live is a live album by singer and songwriter Leon Russell recorded on August 28, 1972, at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California. It was Russell's first live album and was originally released as a three-LP set in a tri-fold cover on Russell's Shelter Records label. The album was mixed at Ardent Studios and distributed by Capitol ...
He released the compilation album Best of Leon Russell: A Song for You. [134] In 1988 and 1989 Edgar Winter and Russell went on a tour of the United States and Canada. Winter is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. In 2002 the DVD Edgar Winter – Live on Stage, Featuring Leon Russell was released. [135] [136] [137]
"A Song for You", written by Russell for this album, is a slow, pained plea for forgiveness and understanding from an estranged lover. The tune is one of Russell's best-known compositions. It has been performed and recorded by over 200 artists, spanning many musical genres. Elton John has called the song an American classic. [4] [5]
Mad Dogs & Englishmen is a live album by Joe Cocker, released in 1970. The album's title is drawn from the 1931 Noël Coward song of the same name and Leon Russell's "Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen". Only four songs of the 16 on the original album were drawn from his first two studio albums.
The album peaked at No. 25 on the US Billboard 200 chart, No. 3 on US country albums chart, No. 28 on the Canada albums chart, No. 1 on the Canada country albums chart and No. 11 on the New Zealand albums chart. The album has gold certification for sales of over 500,000 albums in the US and Canada . [4] It was re-released on CD in 1989, 2008 ...
Rock N Roll Animal was Lou Reed’s first live album as a solo artist, but four of the LP’s five tracks were Velvet Underground songs, with only “Lady Day” representing the three solo albums ...
Live at Gilley's is a live album by singer and songwriter Leon Russell. The album was recorded on September 17, 1981, at Gilley's Club in Pasadena, Texas. The recording was first released on April 25, 2000. The second release was in 2019 by Leon Russell Records with Varèse Sarabande. [1] [2] [3]
The 1970s was an era that produced some of the greatest live albums in history. In the previous decade, artists and producers took great pains to make studio albums sound as spotless and pristine ...