Sad news, story here: Neil Diamond Diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, Announces Retirement Matt Clark Sanford, MI
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I was an early fan of his original Hot August Night album. It's one of the best-sounding "live" albums ever, in my opinion, with far-better-than-the-studio-versions of songs like "Holly Holy," "Cherry Cherry," "Solitary Man," "Crunchy Granola Suite" and the aforementioned "Soolaimon," which was one of the encores and is a really great performance of the song.
This is one of the few live albums I can even listen to anymore. Definitely a keeper. I'm not sure how I feel about the anniversary "expanded" edition since we've all become so used to the original sequencing, but on the other hand it's nice to have most if not all of the complete gig. (Kind of like how The Who's Live at Leeds was expanded to two discs.)I was an early fan of his original Hot August Night album. It's one of the best-sounding "live" albums ever, in my opinion, with far-better-than-the-studio-versions of songs like "Holly Holy," "Cherry Cherry," "Solitary Man," "Crunchy Granola Suite" and the aforementioned "Soolaimon," which was one of the encores and is a really great performance of the song.
I'm not sure how I feel about the anniversary "expanded" edition since we've all become so used to the original sequencing
Yes, it goes both ways. I'm notorious for skipping through a longer album to get to my favorites. But I can also appreciate the effort to provide us the complete concert (if that, indeed, is what the anniversary edition offers). At least we have the choice! Heck, back in the 70s, everyone I knew would always play the first few tracks on Side 1 (Prologue/Crunchy Granola Suite/Done Too Soon) and then bail on the rest of the album.I agree. I have the longest version which has five songs not on the original album, plus band intros. To me the only one of the bonus songs is "Kentucky Woman." The rest fall into the category where if you were at the show, you'd be fine with them, but on a live album they tend to drag the proceedings out.