
Hot August Night is a Rock album by Neil Diamond, originally released in 1972. On Gatefold: 238 pressings tracked, owned by 18 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Soft Rock
- warm
- triumphant
- theatrical
About
Hot August Night is a 1972 live double album by Neil Diamond. It is a recording of a Diamond concert on Thursday August 24, 1972, one of ten sold out concerts that Diamond performed that month at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. AllMusic Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewin calls Hot August Night “the ultimate Neil Diamond record … (which) shows Diamond the icon in full glory.” Music critic Lester Bangs called Hot August Night a "fine presentation of the entire spectrum" of Diamond's work and praised its music as "great, pretentious, goofy pop" with a melodramatic, "hymn-like feeling" The album .
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Tracklist
- 1Prologue (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)3:07
- 2Crunchy Granola Suite (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)4:26
- 3Done Too Soon (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)3:21
- 4Dialogue (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)1:23
- 5Solitary Man (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)3:14
- 6Cherry Cherry (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)4:42
- 7Sweet Caroline (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)4:06
- 8Porcupine Pie (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)1:51
- 9You're So Sweet (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)2:18
- 10Red Red Wine (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)4:19
- 11Soggy Pretzels (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)2:57
- 12Gitchy Goomy (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)3:48
- 13And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)4:23
- 14I Think It's Going To Rain Today (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)4:12
- 15Shilo (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)3:29
- 16Modern Day Version of Love (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)3:31
- 17Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)2:48
- 18Walk On Water (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)3:06
- 19Kentucky Woman (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)1:51
- 20Stones (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)3:43
- 21Musician Intros (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)7:25
- 2.1Play Me (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)4:46
- 2.2Canta Libre (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)5:27
- 2.3Morningside (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)5:35
- 2.4Song Sung Blue (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)4:53
- 2.5Cracklin' Rosie (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)2:45
- 2.6Holly Holy (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)6:18
- 2.7I Am...I Said (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)6:09
- 2.8Soolaimon / Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show (Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972)9:36
Credits
Performers
- Reinie PressBASS
- Lee HoldridgeCONDUCTOR
- Dennis St. JohnDRUMS
- Danny NicholsonGUITAR
- Neil DiamondGUITAR VOCALS SOLO VOCAL
- Richard BennettGUITAR
- Emory Gordy, Jr.GUITAR VIBRAPHONE KEYBOARDS
- Alan LindgrenKEYBOARDS
- Jefferson KewleyPERCUSSION
- Alice OberSTRINGS CELLO
- Baldassare FerlazzoSTRINGS VIOLIN
- David TurnerSTRINGS VIOLIN
- Don BagleySTRINGS DOUBLE BASS
- Giacinto NardulliSTRINGS VIOLONCELLO
- Haim ShtrumSTRINGS VIOLIN
- Henry FerberSTRINGS VIOLIN
- Hyman GoodmanSTRINGS VIOLIN
- Jay RosenSTRINGS VIOLIN
18 collectors on Gatefold own this · 238 pressings tracked on Gatefold
