RECORD, gatefold LP, Neil Diamond, 'Hot August Night', live double album

H2016.157.1-3

Double Album Cover folding out like a book. Front of Cover 'NEIL DIAMOND' written in white block letters across the top 'HOT AUGUST NIGHT' written next to this. 'RECORDED IN CONCERT AT THE GREEK THEATRE, LOS ANGELES' MCA logo bottom right hand corner. Cover is image of Neil Diamond performing at the Greek Theatre. Neil is wearing denim jeans with a red white and blue stripe down the outer seam. He is wearing a denim shirt with red piping and decorative tassles on the breast pockets. He is wearing a leather belt with metal decorative features and has long loose shoulder length hair.

Back cover - Image of Neil Diamond taken from the crowd. He is backlit from the lights on the stage with a guitar around his neck and his fingers up in a peace sign. The rigging from the stage is visible as well as another guitarist in the background. MCA logo at the top left hand corner. Justified to the right are reviews of the concert. '"ELECTRIC.../his audience falls like plums at his feet"/ -TONE/ Daily Variety/ "More of a triumph, in every/ measurable way, than his stunning/ show last summer at the Greek.../ Most of all, Diamond gave of himself."/ - ROBERT HILBURN/ Los Angeles Times/ "...he moved the audience/ through many moods from joy to sorrow..."/ - SUE CAMERON/ The Hollywood Reporter/ "I enjoyed the outstanding theatrical/ experience of my life, due to the unsurpassed/ and almost hypnotic talents of Neil Diamond."/ - JAMES A. DOOLITTLE/ General Director, Greek Theatre Association/ "The lean, sensual performer was A TRIUMPH."/ - MICHAEL CARMACK/ Los Angeles Herald-Examiner' Song list appears at the bottom 'Side One/ Prologue/ Crunchy Granola/ Done Too soon/ Solitary Man/ Cherry Cherry/ Sweet Caroline' 'Side Two/ Porcupine Pie/ You're So Sweet/ Red Red Wine/ Soggy Pretzels/ And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind/ Shilo/ Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon' 'Side Three/ Play Me/ Canta/ Libre/ Morningside/ Song Sung Blue/ Cracklin' Rosie/ Side Four/ Holly Holy/ I Am...I Said/ Soolaimon/ Brother Love's/ Travelling Salvation Show/ (Encore)' Printed at the bottom of the back cover 'PRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURERS OF ASTOR RADIOS, RADIOGRAMS AND TELEVISION'.

Inside Cover - Large image of Neil Diamond strumming guitar with crowd pictured in the background. Print on the left hand side 'Thursday, August 24, 1972. A hot, sultry summer night, in/ California they call it earthquake weather, with the air hanging/ heavy over the open, glistening shell of the Greek Theatre/ over 4500 people comfortable on the broad seats, over the/ countless others, the "tree people" clamboring up the/ mountain and into the surrounding trees, casting eerie shadows/ against the walls, anything to have a glimpse of the stage and/ of the man who will fill it. Hot August night, and many of the/ people had been there on Tuesday and Wednesday and will/ be there again on Friday and the nights after that because,/ after all, Neil Diamond has come back to the Gree/ Then, softly, the music begins, the lights dim. Slowly, the heavy/ fire doors roll back; the music rises, the stage is a smoky,/ opalescent jewel in the darkness. But one light shines brighter/ than the others,/ a white pool in the brilliance, and, for an/ instant, sound hangs suspended, only the air breathing./ Then he's there, the crowd exploding, Neil Diamond as casual/ as if it's the most natural thing in the world, those 5,000 people/ demanding his soul. And, for the next 107 minutes, he gives it/ to them, a spontaneous, exhausting display of energy and/ sensuality. and the people are right there with him, screaming/ and cheering and applauding and beseeching, knowing all the/ words to all the songs but hearing them as for the first time,/ because that's what Neil Diamond gives them, singing as/ though he, too, were just discovering the heart and soul of the/ music, every number unique and exhilarating./ Too soon, almost before the moment is realized, it's over./ The encore, the ovations, the bows - Neil Diamond has gone,/ in joy and triumph. And as the people begin to leave, reluctant,/ unwilling to relinquish the intimacy and the sensation, the silence again settles on the Greek, heavy and still until the next/ evening, when once again Neil Diamond will shatter/ the hot August night.' Production details listed underneath the above text 'PRODUCED BY/ TOM CATALANO/ Conducted by Lee Holdridge/ Engineered by Armin Steiner for Sound Labs, Inc. Lighting and Stage Direction by Joe Gannon/ Wardrobe Designed by Bill Whitten/ In-Theatre Sound by Stan Miller for Stanal Sound/ Photography by Ed Careff and Tom Bert (Peggy Jo Studios)/ Art Direction by George Osaki/ Liner Notes by Karen Shearer/ Special Thanks to James Doolittle, Director of The/ Greek Theatre Association' ' NEIL DIAMOND'S/ BAND/ Dennis St. John, drums/ Richard Bennett, guitar/ Emory Gordy, Jr., guitar & vibes/ Jefferson Kewley, percussion/ Alan Lindgre, keyboard/ Danny Nicholson, guitar/ Reine Press, bass/ Neil Diamond, guitar'/ 'STRINGS/ Hyman Goodman/ Jay Rosen/ John deVoogdt/ Paulo Alencas/ Ronal Folsom/ William Henderson/ Haim Shtrum/ Ralph Schaeffer/ David Turner/ Tibor Zelig/ Samuel Boghossian/ Myron Sandler/ Sven Reher/ Linn Subotnick/ Marilyn Baker/ Philip Goldberg/ Jess Ehrlich/ Nathan Gershman/ Alice Ober/ Jerome Kessler/ Walter Rower/ Raymond Kelley/ Donald Bagley/ Jess Bougeouis/ Timothy Barr/ Philip Candreva/ Sidney Sharp/ Robert Lipsett/ Giacinto Nardulli/ Salvatore Crimi/ Henry Ferber/ Baldassare Ferlazzo/ Wilbert Nuttycombe/ Shari Zippert/ Walter Wiemeyer/ Richard Kaufman'

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History Department

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History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H2016.157.1-3
Accession Date: 22 Jul 2016
Acquisition Year: 2016

Material

Cardboard/Paper1 - Part 1
Plastic/Synthetic/Polymer2 - Part 2
Plastic/Synthetic/Polymer3 - Part 3

Measurement

circumference63cm
width305mm
length305mm
height7mm
width308mm
width308mm

 


 

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