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Shout! Factory

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Released
  
May 15, 2012 (2012-05-15)

Recorded
  
July 21 and 22, 1983 at Central Park (on the Great Lawn) in New York, United States

Live in Central Park(2012)
  
Diana Ross feat. The Supremes Paris 1968 Broadcast Archives(2013)

Similar
  
Double Platinum, Out of Darkness, Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany, TAMI Show

Live in Central Park is a DVD by Diana Ross released in 2012.

Contents

Background

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On July 21, 1983 Diana Ross's concert in Central Park (on the Great Lawn) attended by 800,000 fans, was cut short by a large storm. It ranks as one of the largest attended Central Park concerts, bested only by Garth Brooks, a couple of decades later.

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The concert was attended by an atypical Diana Ross audience. Since her early days as lead singer of The Supremes, Diana appealed to a very mainstream, very Anglo audience. However, her audience at both concerts was heavily black and Hispanic. Ross seemed to intuitively expected a different type of audience as the production values included Afro-centric themes. Ross' concerts were usually high priced tickets. This was an opportunity to appeal to a wider demographic. Musically, the arrangements leaned more soulful.

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There was a downside because the rained out first day experienced rowdiness at the end. That said, Diana delivered a great performance.(The next day, July 22, 1983 she played again, but this time with only 400,000 fans in attendance. That was arguably over 1 million fans.


These two concerts were part of the Up Front Tour to promote Ross's 1983 album.

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TV Land awarded Most Memorable Television Performance in 2006, ABC Network chose it as one of the Top 20 Television Performances and VH1's 100 Greatest Moments on TV!

Track listing

Filmed on July 22, 1983 at Central Park

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  1. "I'm Coming Out"
  2. "Home"
  3. "Family"
  4. "It's My House"
  5. "Let's Go Up"
  6. "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
  7. "Supremes Medley: "Reflections"/"Baby Love"/"Stop! In The Name Of Love"/"Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart"
  8. "God Bless The Child"
  9. "Mirror, Mirror"
  10. "Maniac"
  11. "You Can't Hurry Love"
  12. "Upside Down"
  13. "So Close"
  14. "Why Do Fools Fall In Love"
  15. "Ribbon In The Sky"
  16. "Beat It"
  17. "Muscles"
  18. "Endless Love"
  19. "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"
  20. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
  21. "All For One"

Bonus tracks

Filmed on July 21, 1983 (under the rain concert) at Central Park

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  1. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
  2. "Home"
  3. "Family"
  4. "It's My House"
  5. "Let's Go Up"
  6. "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"
  7. "Supremes Medley: "Baby Love"/"Stop! In The Name Of Love"/"Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart"
  8. "Endless Love"
  9. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

Notes

  • This DVD includes a commentary from film director Steve Binder.
  • The DVD does not includes Pieces of Ice, one of the songs that Diana played on July 22, 1983 because she used playback so she could dance.

    • References

    Diana Ross Live in Central Park Wikipedia
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