Harry Belafonte At the Greek Theatre (2 LP)

High-Quality Pure Analogue 180g Vinyl Double LP!
On a late summer evening in 1963, a show took place at Los Angeles' open-air Greek Theatre, which had fans flocking to the Hollywood mountains. Those who were not lucky to get a ticket climbed to the surrounding trees to see the Calypso man from a distance at least. Others were waiting, recording equipment at the ready, namely the sound engineers from RCA, and in the following year the eagerly anticipated album was released. Some of the songs, such a the giddy-paced "Zombie Jamboree," "Look Over Yonder" and the delightfully schmaltzy "Try to Remember," had only been released as studio recordings. The majority of the other numbers were brand-new and were now heard for the very first time in the exciting live atmosphere, something that comes over authentically in this release.
The show, which rolled over the open-air stage of the Greek Theater night after night in the late summer of 1963, attracted fans as if on a pilgrimage to the mountains of Hollywood. Many who could not get hold of a map climbed the surrounding trees to be able to admire the Calypso man at least from a distance.
Also on the lookout and with sound equipment at the ready were the people of the company RCA, which released the eagerly awaited album the following year. Some of the songs like the wriggling "Zombie Jamboree", "Look Over Yonder" and the wonderfully dripping Schmonzette "Try To Remember" were previously only available as studio versions. Most of the other numbers were brand new and sounded for the first time in a sparkling live atmosphere, which is authentically reproduced on this record.
Here a laugh as a receipt for a casual saying, there a rumble of boards, then again concentrated silence of a spellbound listening audience - something like this only happens on stage.
For Belafonte connoisseurs, these recordings are regarded as the crowning glory of the artistically highly productive phase of the years 1959 to 1963. Of the many good albums, this is one of the best.

Features:

• 180g High-Quality Vinyl
• Double LP
• Pure Analogue

Musicians:

• Harry Belafonte (voc)
• Howard Roberts (cond)
• William Eaton (clavietta)
• Ernest Calabria, Jay Berliner (g)
• John Cartwright (b)
• Percy Brice (dr)
• Ralph MacDonald (perc)
• Choir and orchestra

Selections:

Side A
1. Look Over Yonder - Be My Woman, Gal
2. Glory Manger
3. Shake That Little Foot
4. Windin' Road
5. Hoedown Blues
Side B
1. Try To Remember
2. Why 'N' Why
3. Contemporary Dance
4. In My Father's House
Side C
1. Hayoshevet Baganim
2. Cruel War
3. Pig
4. Sailor Man
5. Merry Minuet
6. Boot Dance
Side D
1. Zombie Jamboree