An Evening with John Denver
1975 live album by John Denver From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An Evening with John Denver is the first live album by American singer and songwriter John Denver. It was recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California, in August and September 1974. He was backed by an orchestra conducted by Lee Holdridge. Denver's manager, Milton Okun, was the album's music producer.
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| Released | January 29, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | August 26–September 1, 1974 | |||
| Venue | Universal Amphitheatre (Los Angeles, California) | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 1:24:37 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Milton Okun | |||
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| Singles from Back Home Again | ||||
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Track listing
Summarize
Perspective
All tracks written by John Denver, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Music Is You" | 1:02 | |
| 2. | "Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)" | 3:40 | |
| 3. | "Mother Nature's Son" | Lennon–McCartney | 4:37 |
| 4. | "Summer" |
| 3:02 |
| 5. | "Today" | Randy Sparks | 4:40 |
| 6. | "Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio" | Sparks | 4:08 |
| Total length: | 21:09 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Matthew" | 3:42 | |
| 2. | "Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)" | 3:13 | |
| 3. | "Sweet Surrender" | 5:02 | |
| 4. | "Grandma’s Feather Bed" | Jim Connor | 2:37 |
| 5. | "Annie's Song" | 3:32 | |
| 6. | "The Eagle and the Hawk" |
| 2:22 |
| Total length: | 20:28 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "My Sweet Lady" | 4:55 | |
| 2. | "Annie's Other Song" | 3:05 | |
| 3. | "Boy from the Country" | 5:00 | |
| 4. | "Rhymes & Reasons" | 3:17 | |
| 5. | "Forest Lawn" | Tom Paxton | 2:58 |
| Total length: | 19:15 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Pickin’ the Sun Down" |
| 2:17 |
| 2. | "Thank God I’m a Country Boy" | Sommers | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Take Me Home, Country Roads" |
| 3:17 |
| 4. | "Poems, Prayers and Promises" | 4:40 | |
| 5. | "Rocky Mountain High" |
| 5:04 |
| 6. | "This Old Guitar" | 4:47 | |
| Total length: | 23:45 | ||
Personnel
Musicians
- John Denver — vocals, 6- and 12-string guitar
- Dick Kniss — bass
- Herb Lovelle — drums
- Steve Weisberg — lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar
- John Sommers — rhythm guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin
- Hal Blaine — percussion
Orchestra
- Lee Holdridge — conductor
- Kris O'Connor — concert director
- Murray Adler
- Samuel Boghossian
- Denyse Buffum
- Gene Cipriano
- Buddy Collette
- Vincent DeRosa
- Assa Drori
- David Duke
- Jesse Ehrlich
- Ronald Folsom
- Allan Harshman
- Richard Kaufman
- Raymond Kelley
- Jerome Kessler
- Milton Kestenbaum
- William Kurasch
- Joy Lyle
- Richard Maximoff
- Peter Mercurio
- Wilbert Nuttycombe
- Jay Rosen
- Ralph Schaeffer
- Sidney Sharp
- Harry Shlutz
- David Schwartz
- Mari Tsumura
- David Turner
- Tibor Zelig
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
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