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Joe Cocker Live

Joe Cocker Live is a live album by Joe Cocker, released in 1990. It was recorded live 5 October 1989 at Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts with the exception of the last two tracks which were recorded in the studio. The album was re-released in 2011 under the title Joe Cocker's Greatest Hits Live.

Track listing

  1. "Feelin' Alright" (Dave Mason) – 4:43
  2. "Shelter Me" (Nick Di Stefano) – 4:26
  3. "Hitchcock Railway" (Donald Lewis Dunn, Tony McCashen) – 3:58
  4. "Up Where We Belong" (Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings) – 4:35
  5. "Guilty" (Randy Newman) – 2:40
  6. "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (Randy Newman) – 4:20
  7. "When the Night Comes" (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Diane Warren) – 4:52
  8. "Unchain My Heart" (Robert W. "Bobby" Sharp Jr.) – 5:50
  9. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 9:13
  10. "You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 4:23
  11. "The Letter" (Wayne Carson Thompson) – 4:31
  12. "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" (Paul McCartney) – 2:30
  13. "High Time We Went" (Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton) – 7:58
  14. "What Are You Doing With a Fool Like Me" (Diane Warren) – 4:51 – Studio bonus track
  15. "Living in the Promiseland" (David Lynn Jones) – 3:55 – Studio bonus track

Personnel

The band

  • Joe Cocker – lead vocals
  • Jeff Levine – keyboards
  • Chris Stainton – keyboards
  • Deric Dyer – keyboards, percussion, tenor saxophone (including solos), horn arrangements
  • Phil Grande – lead guitar
  • Keith Mack – rhythm guitar, guitar solo on "The Letter"
  • T.M. Stevens – bass, backing vocals
  • Steve Holley – drums
  • Crystal Taliefero – percussion, backing vocals
  • Doreen Chanter – backing vocals
  • Maxine Green – backing vocals, duet on "Up Where We Belong"

The Memphis Horns (Tracks 6, 8, 9 & 11-13)

  • Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
  • Gary Buho Gazaway – trombone, trumpet
  • Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet, trumpet solo on "The Letter"

Studio Tracks (14 & 15):

Production

Live recordings

  • Michael Lang – producer
  • LeMobile – audio recording unit
  • Guy Charbonneau – engineer
  • David Gallo – assistant engineer
  • David Roberts – assistant engineer
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Mark Harder – assistant mix engineer
  • Maicajah Ryan – assistant mix engineer

Studio recordings

  • Michael Barbiero – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Steve Thompson – producer, mixing
  • Ed Goodreau – assistant engineer
  • Chris Lord-Alge – additional engineer

Album credits

  • Howie Weinberg – album mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
  • Jeffrey Fey – art direction
  • Tommy Steele – art direction
  • Peter Nomura – design
  • Herb Ritts – photography
  • Henry Diltz – concert photography
  • Better Music – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References