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Live (Donny Hathaway album)

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Released
  
1972 (1972)

Artist
  
Donny Hathaway

Label
  
Atco Records

Length
  
52:39

Release date
  
1972

Producer
  
Arif Mardin

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Recorded
  
August 24–30, 1971 at The Troubadour in Hollywood & October 1971 The Bitter End in New York

Live (1972)
  
Extension of a Man (1973)

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues

Similar
  
Donny Hathaway albums, Soul music albums

Live is a 1972 live album (see 1972 in music) by American soul artist Donny Hathaway. It was recorded at two concerts: side one at The Troubadour in Hollywood, and side two at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.

Contents

The album features some traditional soul anthems, such as Marvin Gaye's 1971 hit "What's Going On", but also Carole King's pop standard "You've Got a Friend".

There are two notable solos on the album, one on the track "The Ghetto" by Hathaway on electric piano and another by Willie Weeks on bass on the track "Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)", taken from the performances recorded at The Troubadour and at The Bitter End accordingly.

Side one

  1. "What's Goin' On" (Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye) – 5:18
  2. "The Ghetto" (Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson) – 12:08
  3. "Hey Girl" (Earl DeRouen) – 4:03
  4. "You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) – 4:34

Side two

  1. "Little Ghetto Boy" (Earl Derouen, Edward Howard) – 4:29
  2. "We're Still Friends" (Hathaway, Glenn Watts) – 5:12
  3. "Jealous Guy" (John Lennon) – 3:08
  4. "Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)" (Richard Evans, Philip Upchurch, Ric Powell) – 13:47

Personnel

  • Donny Hathaway – vocals, electric piano, piano, organ, arrangements
  • Phil Upchurch – lead guitar on side one
  • Cornell Dupree – lead guitar, backing vocals on side two
  • Mike Howard – guitar, backing vocals
  • Willie Weeks – bass, backing vocals
  • Fred White – drums, backing vocals
  • Earl DeRouen – conga drums, backing vocals
    • Technical
  • Ray Thompson – recording engineer on side one
  • Tom Flye – recording engineer on side two
  • Arif Mardin - mixing
  • Jim Cummins - front cover photography

    • Later Samples

  • "Little Ghetto Boy"
  • "Little Ghetto Boys" by Wu-Tang Clan from the album Wu-Tang Forever
  • "Lil Ghetto Boy" by Dr. Dre from the album The Chronic
  • "Lil Ghetto Boy" Cover by The Roots and John Legend from the album Wake Up!

    • Songs

    1What's Goin' On5:18
    2The Ghetto12:12
    3Hey Girl4:03

    References

    Live (Donny Hathaway album) Wikipedia
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