Live at Last is the first live album by American singer Bette Midler , released in 1977 under the label Atlantic Records . The album was recorded at the Cleveland Concert Hall in February 1977 during a concert as part of the The Depression Tour. Due to the popularity of the performances, the television shooting of the concert, which later appeared on the video titled “The Bette Midler Show” ( English The Bette Midler Show ), also took place on this day; the shooting was commissioned by the HBO channel.
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| Date of issue | June 1977 | ||||||
| Recorded by | 1977, Cleveland Music Hall, Cleveland , Ohio , USA | ||||||
| Genre | Vocal music | ||||||
| Duration | 87:18 | ||||||
| Producer | Lew hon | ||||||
| A country |  USA | ||||||
| Language of songs | English | ||||||
| Label | Atlantic | ||||||
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About the album
In addition to live versions of songs, the album contains two new songs recorded in the studio, “You're Moving Out Today” and “Bang, You're Dead”. The first was released as a single and reached the forty-second line of the Billboard Hot 100 and the eleventh of Adult Contemporary ; The second song was included in the album instead of the planned “I Sold My Heart To The Junkman”, as the authors Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson put out an ultimatum: either the song will be included in this album, or they give it to another artist. Also present on the album are comic monologues of Bette Midler, in particular, her famous scene about Sophie Tucker was performed.
The record reached forty-ninth place on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Song List
Act i
- A1.Backstage - 0:18
- The hospital
- A2a Friends
- A2b "Oh My My" - 2:28
- A3 "Bang Your Dead" - 3:15
- A2b "Oh My My" - 2:28
- A4 "Birds" - 4:39
- A5 Comic Relief - 2:38
- A6 " In The Mood " - 2:09
- A7 "Hurry On Down" - 2:07
- B1 Shiver Me Timbers - 4:00
- The vicki eydie show
- B2a "Around The World" - 0:23
- B2b "Istanbul" - 0:55
- B2c "Fiesta In Rio" - 1:52
- B2d "South Seas Scene" / "Hawaiian War Chant - 5:13
- B2e "Lullabye Of Broadway" - 2:00
- B2b "Istanbul" - 0:55
- The hospital
Intermission
- B3 "You're Moving Out Today" - 2:56
Act ii
- C1 "Delta Dawn" - 5:54
- C2 "Long John Blues" - 2:36
- C3 Those Wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes - 2:38
- The story of nanette
- C4a Nanette - 0:54
- C4b.1 " Alabama Song "
- C4b.2 "Drinking Again" - 4:25
- C4c “Mr. Rockefeller - 4:00
- D1a "Ready To Begin Again"
- D1b "Do You Wanna Dance" - 3:23
- C4b.1 " Alabama Song "
- D2 Fried Eggs - 2:37
- D3 "Hello In There" - 3:16
- C2 "Long John Blues" - 2:36
Finale - (9:49)
- D4a "Up The Ladder To The Roof" - 2:45
- D4b "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" - 3:04
- D4c Friends - 2:21
- D4b "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" - 3:04
Record Members
- Bette Midler - lead vocals
- The Staggering Harlettes Ensemble (Sharon Redd, Ola Hedwig, Charlotte Crosley) - backing vocals
- Orchestra "Betsy and the Blowboys"
- Don York - general director , keyboards
- Lou Volp - Guitar
- Myles Krasner - pipe
- Richard Trifan - keyboards
- Francisco Centeno - bass guitar
- Ira Buddy Williams - Percussion
- Joseph Mero - Percussion
- Yaroslav Yakubovich - wind
- Elizabeth Kane - Harp
Charts
| Charts (1976) | Peak position |
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| Australia ( Kent Music Report ) [3] | 39 |
| USA ( Billboard 200 ) [4] | 49 |
Notes
- ↑ Live at Last (Bette Midler album ) on AllMusic website
- ↑ Robert Christgau review
- ↑ Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . - Australian Chart Book, St Ives, NSW, 1993. - ISBN 0-646-11917-6 .
- Ette Bette Midler - Chart History Billboard 200 for Bette Midler. Checked 29 December 2017.
Links
- The Bette Midler Show (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database
- Show Live at Last (1976) on YouTube