Live [Remastered]

Live [Remastered]

by Donny Hathaway
Live [Remastered]

Live [Remastered]

by Donny Hathaway

CD(Remastered)

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Overview

Donny Hathaway's 1972 Live album is one of the most glorious of his career, an uncomplicated, energetic set with a heavy focus on audience response as well as the potent jazz chops of his group. The results of shows recorded at the Troubadour in Hollywood and the Bitter End in New York, the record begins with Hathaway's version of the instant soul classic "What's Going On," Marvin Gaye's original not even a year old when Hathaway recorded this version. His own classic "The Ghetto" follows in short order, but stretches out past ten minutes with revelatory solos from Hathaway on electric piano. "Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)" is another epic (14-minute) jam, with plenty of room for solos and some of the most sizzling bass work ever heard on record by Willie Weeks. Any new Donny Hathaway record worth its salt also has to include a radical cover, and Live obliges nicely with his deft, loping version of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy." The audience is as much a participant as the band here, immediately taking over with staccato handclaps to introduce "The Ghetto" and basically taking over the chorus on "You've Got a Friend." They also contribute some of the most frenzied screaming heard in response to any Chicago soul singer of the time (excepting only Jackie Wilson and Gene Chandler, of course). Hardly the obligatory live workout of most early-'70s concert LPs, Live solidified Hathaway's importance at the forefront of soul music. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date: 04/30/2013
Label: Wea Japan
UPC: 4943674137473
Rank: 48765

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Donny Hathaway   Primary Artist,Organ,Piano,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Piano (Electric)
Cornell Dupree   Guitar
Earl DeRouen   Congas,Percussion
Mike Howard   Guitar,Guitar
John Littlejohn   Guitar,Vocals
Phil Upchurch   Bass,Guitar
Fred White   Drums
Willie Weeks   Bass,Guitar (Bass)

Technical Credits

Earl DeRouen   Composer
Carole King   Composer
Eddy Howard   Composer
Donny Hathaway   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Phil Upchurch   Composer
Marvin Gaye   Composer
Jerry Wexler   Producer
Ray Thompson   Engineer
Ric Powell   Composer
Renaldo Benson   Composer
Al Cleveland   Composer
Arif Mardin   Producer
Richard Evans   Composer
Leroy Hutson   Composer
Tom Fly   Engineer
Charles Howard   Composer
Glenn Watts   Composer
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