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Greatest Hits Live (Carly Simon album)

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Released
  
August 2, 1988

Artist
  
Carly Simon

Label
  
Arista Records

Length
  
45:04

Release date
  
2 August 1988

Genre
  
Rock music

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Recorded
  
June 9, 1987 live at Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard

Producer
  
Tom "T-Bone" Wolk & Carly Simon

Greatest Hits Live (1988)
  
Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album) (1989)

Similar
  
Carly Simon albums, Rock music albums

Greatest Hits Live is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's 15th album, second greatest-hits album and first live album, released in 1988. It is Simon's only live album to date.

Contents

All the songs are live versions recorded on 35MM film from a 1987 HBO special shot on Martha's Vineyard called Carly Simon: Live from Martha's Vineyard, which was released in 1987 on VHS and in 2004 on DVD.

Release and reception

The album version runs in a different track order than the video version, and three tracks from the video version are removed- "Give Me All Night", "You Have To Hurt", and "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of". The song "The Right Thing to Do", is included on the album, but didn't make it into the final televised cut of the concert. It would later be included on the DVD release as a bonus performance. Greatest Hits Live has been released on Vinyl, Cassette tape, and Compact disc. The album sold very well upon release, going Gold immediately. In 1996, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA, for sales of over 1,000,000 copies in the United States alone.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Carly Simon; except where indicated

  1. "Nobody Does It Better" (Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch) – 3:43
  2. "You're So Vain" – 4:44
  3. "It Happens Every Day" – 2:38
  4. "Anticipation" – 3:17
  5. "The Right Thing to Do" – 2:48
  6. "Do The Walls Come Down" (Simon, Paul Samwell-Smith) – 4:05
  7. "You Belong To Me" (Simon, Michael McDonald) – 3:35
  8. "Two Hot Girls (On A Hot Summer Night)" – 5:12
  9. "All I Want Is You" (Andy Goldmark, Simon) – 3:55
  10. "Coming Around Again/Itsy Bitsy Spider" – 7:01
  11. "Never Been Gone" (Simon, Jacob Brackman) – 3:38

Credits

  • Jacob Brackman - Composer
  • Michael Brecker - EWI, Saxophone
  • Dave Brubaker - Design
  • Kvitka Cisyk - Vocals (Background)
  • Phil Gitomer - Remote Recording
  • Andy Goldmark - Composer
  • Bob Gothard - Photography
  • Gary "Gizmo" Grim - Stage Technician
  • Lani Groves - Vocals (Background)
  • Marvin Hamlisch - Composer
  • Peter Hefter - Audio Engineer
  • James Hellman - Stage Technician
  • David Hewitt - Remote Recording Engineer Record Plant Black Truck
  • Robbie Kilgore - Percussion, Synthesizer
  • Robbie Kondor - Piano, Synthesizer
  • Fritz Lange - Remote Recording
  • Tim Leitner - Audio Engineer
  • Chris Lord-Alge - Mixing
  • Rick Marotta - Drums, Drums (Electric), Percussion
  • J.B. Mattioti - Remote Recording
  • Hugh McCracken - Guitar
  • Michael McDonald - Composer
  • Mel Papaterpos - Stage Technician,
  • Jimmy Ryan - Guitar, Vocals (Background)
  • Carole Bayer Sager - Composer
  • Paul Samwell-Smith - Composer
  • Mike Scott - Engineer
  • Frank Simms - Vocals (Background)
  • Carly Simon - Composer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals
  • Alexandra Taylor - Vocals (Background)
  • Ben Taylor - Vocals (Background)
  • Isaac Taylor - Vocals (Background)
  • Sally Taylor - Vocals (Background)
  • T-Bone Wolk - Accordion, Bass, Piano, Producer, Arranger, Director
  • Aquinnah Witham - Vocals (Background)
  • Elizabeth Witham - Vocals, Vocals (Background)

    • Charts

    Album - Billboard (North America)

    Album - International

    Songs

    1Nobody Does It Better3:45
    2You're So Vain4:45
    3It Happens Everyday2:38

    References

    Greatest Hits Live (Carly Simon album) Wikipedia
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