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Label: RCA
Release Date: 1999-03-23
List Price: $11.98
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(Live)
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Amazing!!! Just amazing! (4 stars)
Recorded in 1977, "Live at Sidney Opera House" is an amazing John Denver's live. Denver was "really high": in 1977 made some changes in his music (with "i want to live") and he also added Burton, Hardin and Blaine to his crew. The result, in november, was this memorable concert.
Acoustic and insturmental arrangements are simply unique (better than "an evening with JD") and perfect female voices "support" all the songs. Yes, maybe only 15 songs are a little bit few and maybe some hits are missing (where are "I'd rather be a cowboy" or "Matthew"?)... But you still have JD' sketches with the audience and a lot of good music in amazing versions...! A quite-rare MUST HAVE!
TOP: Rocky Mountain High and Calypso (incredible arrangements!!!)
FLOP: Take Me Home, Country Roads (not a great version) |  | | | Jack (5 stars)
This truly is John Denver at his very best. I wish he could have lived longer because he had so many gifts to share with the whole world !! | | | | If only it was the whole show ... (4 stars)
I agree with virtually everything the other reviewers of this CD have said, but I'd like to add the following: It is a CRIME that RCA did not see fit to release the entire show from "Live at the Sydney Opera House" on CD!!! That's the only reason this CD does not receive five stars from me.
When this concert was originally issued on LP many years ago, it contained only 12 songs. And when it was originally issued on CD, it was an import in the U.S. and still contained only 12 songs. But when that CD version apparently sold fairly well, RCA decided to reissue it domestically in the U.S. and add a few more tracks. So they added "Today," "Calypso" and "Me and My Uncle," as one of the other reviewers stated, plus Denver's introductions of his band. That gave it a total of 16 tracks.
But given the fact that Denver never played under two hours on any of the occasions I saw him in concert, I feel certain that even with the additional songs, only about half the show is on this disc. So why didn't RCA put out the whole thing on a two-disc set when they reissued it? Who knows?
SO HOW ABOUT IT RCA? COULD YOU PLEASE ISSUE A DELUXE EDITION OF "LIVE AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE?" As one of the other reviewers stated, with the accoustics at the SOH, this might have been a once-in-a-lifetime show.
Several years ago, RCA put out a deluxe edition of "Waylon Live" by Waylon Jennings. It was a single, incomplete disc when it came out on CD the first time, then it was reissued as a double-disc set, which is AWESOME. SO PLEASE RCA, DO THE SAME FOR JD at the SOH!!!!
I was fortunate enough to obtain a video copy of an outdoor concert Denver performed in Sydney later in the same 1977-78 Australian tour. Naturally he has the same great band and orchestra. The picture quality is not that great, given the digital age we live in, but it is nice to have.
Apparently that show was later broadcast on TV in the Land Down Under. The show is more than two hours long and Denver performed many of his hits and album cuts from that period that aren't available on the other live albums/CDs mentioned by my fellow reviewers.
For those who are interested, the songs Denver performed at the outdoor show that aren't on SOH are: Welcome to My Morning, Spirit, Come and Let Me Look in Your Eyes*, Baby You Look Good to Me Tonight, Druthers, I'd Rather Be A Cowboy, How Can I Leave You Again*, Singing Skies and Dancing Waters*, Love Is Everywhere*, Bluegrass (I don't know the title)*, Thirsty Boots*, Follow Me, Deal With the Ladies/When I'm 64 (medley), To the Wild Country*, and Sunshine on my Shoulders. Live versions of the songs marked with asterisks have never, to the best of my knowledge, been officially released on CD.
If you're counting, that's 15 additional songs (16 if the medley is counted as two). Wouldn't it be great to hear all those wonderful songs from a venue like the SOH?
It also would sure be nice if that Aussie outdoor show could be dug out of the vaults and issued on DVD with the sound and picture cleaned up for the digital age!!!
SO HOW ABOUT IT RCA AND DENVER HEIRS?????
But until that happens, this CD is well worth having.
| | | | John Denver in Concert (5 stars)
This is an excellent concert. This shows his humor and his excellent musical talent. It even contains his flaws when his voice cracks occasionally which just shows that no one can always be perfect. This is a must for all John Denver fans. He always shows his best when he's in concert. I've been to many of his concerts and they are the most memorable and most fun concerts I've ever been to. It's just fabulous! | | | | A Great Live Album (5 stars)
I really enjoy this album, I really do. Live albums make you feel like you are there and they can be very personal, unlike a studio album. It is too bad that the record execs have not seen fit to release more albums of John Denver performing live.
Right from the beginning intro with John saying, "relax and ease back in your seats" you know that John is pleased to have the audience with him.
All of the tracks here are well performed and arranged. Looking For Space, a favorite of mine, is slowed down and caressed by John's voice and the band. The entire album is filled with favorites of JD fans.
Listen to the consumer Mr/Ms Record Exec, give us more albums like this of John Denver live in concert. | | | |
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