Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972) US 1st Pressing - 2 LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Neil Diamond – Hot August Night
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz | 2000mb & 600mb
Label: MCA Records/MCA 2-8000 | Released: 1972 | Genre: Country-Pop
A1a Prologue 2:58
A1b Crunchy Granola Suite 4:08
A2a Done Too Soon 3:03
A2b Dialogue 1:16
A3 Solitary Man 3:03
A4 Cherry Cherry 4:36
A5 Sweet Caroline 3:49
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B1 Porcupine Pie 1:46
B2 You’re So Sweet 2:05
B3 Red Red Wine 3:34
B4 Soggy Pretzels 2:49
B5 And The Grass Won’t Pay No Mind 4:25
B6 Shilo 3:17
B7 Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon 2:36
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C1 Play Me 4:22
C2 Canta Libre 4:53
C3 Morningside 5:17
C4 Song Sung Blue 4:36
C5 Cracklin’ Rosie 2:38
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D1 Holly Holy 5:23
D2 I Am . . . I Said 4:33
D3a Walk Off 1:13
D3b Soolaimon–Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show 8:14
D3c Encore 1:17
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc.
Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville
Recorded At – The Greek Theatre
Credits
Art Direction – George Osaki
Bass – Reinie Press
Conductor – Lee Holdridge
Drums – Dennis St. John
Engineer – Armin Steiner
Guitar – Danny Nicholson, Neil Diamond, Richard Bennett
Guitar, Vibraphone – Emory Gordy, Jr.
Keyboards – Alan Lindgren
Liner Notes – Karen Shearer
Mastered By [Half-speed] – Stan Ricker
Other [In-studio Sound] – Stan Miller
Other [Lighting, Stage Direction] – Joe Gannon
Other [Wardrobe] – Bill Whitten
Percussion – Jefferson Kewley
Photography By – Ed Careff*, Tom Bert
Producer – Tom Catalano
Strings – Alice Ober, Baldassare Ferlazzo, David Turner, Donald Bagley*, Giacinto Nardulli, Haim Shtrum, Henry Ferber, Hyman Goodman, Jay Rosen, Jerome Kessler, Jess Bourgeois, Jesse Ehrlich, John DeVoogdt*, Linn Subotnick, Marilyn Baker, Myron Sandler, Nathan Gershman, Paulo Alencar, Philip Candreva, Philip Goldberg, Ralph Schaeffer, Raymond Kelley*, Richard Kaufman, Robert Lipsett, Ronald Folsom, Salvatore Crimi, Samuel Boghossian, Shari Zippert, Sidney Sharp, Sven Reher, Tibor Zelig, Timothy Barr*, Walter Rower, Walter Wiemeyer, Wilbert Nuttycombe, William Henderson (2)
Notes
Recorded in concert at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles on August 24, 1972.
Includes four pages of photos inside gatefold.
Differs from other release with same cat # in that labels are a picture of Neil Diamond with lights around him on stage.
“Walk Off” is listed as track on label, but not on sleeve.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): MCA 2-8000-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): MCA 2-8000-B
Matrix / Runout (Side C Label): MCA 2-8000-C
Matrix / Runout (Side D Label): MCA 2-8000-D
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched [Variant 1]): MG-MCA-1-W7
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched [Variant 1]): MG-MCA-2-W7
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout etched [Variant 1]): MG-MCA-3-W7
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout etched [Variant 1]): MG-MCA-4-W-7
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched [Variant 2]): MCA 8000 SIDE1-MCA1-W2- 2
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched [Variant 2]): MG-MCA-2-W7 3
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout etched [Variant 2]): MG-MCA-2-W7 2
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout etched [Variant 2]): MG-MCA-4-W7 1
Matrix / Runout (Side A to D runout stamped [Variant 2]): 回-G-回
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz | 2000mb & 600mb
Label: MCA Records/MCA 2-8000 | Released: 1972 | Genre: Country-Pop
A1a Prologue 2:58
A1b Crunchy Granola Suite 4:08
A2a Done Too Soon 3:03
A2b Dialogue 1:16
A3 Solitary Man 3:03
A4 Cherry Cherry 4:36
A5 Sweet Caroline 3:49
-
B1 Porcupine Pie 1:46
B2 You’re So Sweet 2:05
B3 Red Red Wine 3:34
B4 Soggy Pretzels 2:49
B5 And The Grass Won’t Pay No Mind 4:25
B6 Shilo 3:17
B7 Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon 2:36
-
C1 Play Me 4:22
C2 Canta Libre 4:53
C3 Morningside 5:17
C4 Song Sung Blue 4:36
C5 Cracklin’ Rosie 2:38
-
D1 Holly Holy 5:23
D2 I Am . . . I Said 4:33
D3a Walk Off 1:13
D3b Soolaimon–Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show 8:14
D3c Encore 1:17
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc.
Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville
Recorded At – The Greek Theatre
Credits
Art Direction – George Osaki
Bass – Reinie Press
Conductor – Lee Holdridge
Drums – Dennis St. John
Engineer – Armin Steiner
Guitar – Danny Nicholson, Neil Diamond, Richard Bennett
Guitar, Vibraphone – Emory Gordy, Jr.
Keyboards – Alan Lindgren
Liner Notes – Karen Shearer
Mastered By [Half-speed] – Stan Ricker
Other [In-studio Sound] – Stan Miller
Other [Lighting, Stage Direction] – Joe Gannon
Other [Wardrobe] – Bill Whitten
Percussion – Jefferson Kewley
Photography By – Ed Careff*, Tom Bert
Producer – Tom Catalano
Strings – Alice Ober, Baldassare Ferlazzo, David Turner, Donald Bagley*, Giacinto Nardulli, Haim Shtrum, Henry Ferber, Hyman Goodman, Jay Rosen, Jerome Kessler, Jess Bourgeois, Jesse Ehrlich, John DeVoogdt*, Linn Subotnick, Marilyn Baker, Myron Sandler, Nathan Gershman, Paulo Alencar, Philip Candreva, Philip Goldberg, Ralph Schaeffer, Raymond Kelley*, Richard Kaufman, Robert Lipsett, Ronald Folsom, Salvatore Crimi, Samuel Boghossian, Shari Zippert, Sidney Sharp, Sven Reher, Tibor Zelig, Timothy Barr*, Walter Rower, Walter Wiemeyer, Wilbert Nuttycombe, William Henderson (2)
Notes
Recorded in concert at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles on August 24, 1972.
Includes four pages of photos inside gatefold.
Differs from other release with same cat # in that labels are a picture of Neil Diamond with lights around him on stage.
“Walk Off” is listed as track on label, but not on sleeve.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): MCA 2-8000-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): MCA 2-8000-B
Matrix / Runout (Side C Label): MCA 2-8000-C
Matrix / Runout (Side D Label): MCA 2-8000-D
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched [Variant 1]): MG-MCA-1-W7
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched [Variant 1]): MG-MCA-2-W7
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout etched [Variant 1]): MG-MCA-3-W7
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout etched [Variant 1]): MG-MCA-4-W-7
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched [Variant 2]): MCA 8000 SIDE1-MCA1-W2- 2
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched [Variant 2]): MG-MCA-2-W7 3
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout etched [Variant 2]): MG-MCA-2-W7 2
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout etched [Variant 2]): MG-MCA-4-W7 1
Matrix / Runout (Side A to D runout stamped [Variant 2]): 回-G-回
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972) US 1st Pressing - 2 LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972) US 1st Pressing - 2 LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972) US 1st Pressing - 2 LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
This Rip: 2017
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Vinyl Condition: EX+
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This is the ultimate Neil Diamond record. Not necessarily the best — he’s at his most appealing crafting in the studio — but certainly the ultimate, capturing all the kitsch and glitz of Neil Diamond, the showman. And that also means that it’s not just loaded with flair, but with filler, songs like “Porcupine Pie,” “Soggy Pretzels,” and “And the Grass Won’t Pay No Mind” — attempts to write grand, sweeping epics that collapse under their own weight. Still, that’s part of the charm of Diamond and while it can sound unbearable on studio albums, it makes some sense here, surrounded by his pomp and circumstance. That spectacle is the great thing about the record, since it inflates not just his great songs, it gives the weaker moments character. At 20-plus tracks in its original release and various reissues over the years, this does wind up being a little much, but it nevertheless is the one record for casual Neil fans (after the hits collections), since it shows Diamond the icon in full glory.Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com
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