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Neil Diamond
Hot August Night
(MCA, 1972)
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Neil Diamond prepares his fans in his first exchange: “This is special. We’re going to do things that you’re not going to forget for a while.” And they know it. They can feel it. You can hear it on this record. This is Neil Diamond the almost-shy troubadour; next came the over-indulgence of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and the transformation of ND concerts into flamboyant hits-by-numbers events. All you need to know about Hot August Night is on the cover. Raw emotion expressed in mime. Kitted out in his denim uniform, Diamond exudes cool. It’s the moment the working man becomes royalty, still giving his audience his all in a way that he never could again.
It’s a concert full of surprises. The long orchestral build-up of Prologue. The exhilarating riff that powers Crunchy Granola Suite. Slowing Red, Red Wine and Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon down to a near standstill, he makes them completely new, and even throws in a mini-set of pseudo-redneck drinking songs before immersing himself deeply in a set of personal meditations, powerful and intense in their raw beauty: Morningside; Canta Libre; Holly Holy. It’s Neil Diamond stripped bare for all to see: I Am… I Said sung by a man still clinging to his past in NYC, but ready to embrace the kingdom that is now his in LA. A transfiguration was afoot, and the powerhouse encore of Soolaimon into Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show has the fans singing hallelujah. For they had seen the light. They had touched the hem of his garment. And then he was gone.
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Yep, one of the greatest openings to a live album ever !!
Just put it on & crank it if you don't believe me !
Hard to believe the guy on the front cover is the same guy that
for the last 20years, has had stadiums full of middle-aged mums clapping along to " Forever In Blue Jeans " !!
Posted by Steve Morsch at 12:58 PM GMT 19/12/2008 Report Abuse
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Classic live album.Neil has been paying tribute to 'Hot August Night' on his current tour with a three song set with the same
arrangements (Crunchy Granola,Done too Soon and Cherry Cherry).
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As 2-LP live albums with gatefold sleeves go, this is a killer. The opener of orchestra into the guitar riff of 'Crunchy Granola Suite' - it's done to perfection. Neil knew how to bring the house down. Still does, I'm sure ...
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The Hot August Nights of 1972 were the landmark performances of Neil Diamond's career. No concerts before or since have better defined or matched the intensity of this man's songwriting and performance skills better than what is captured here on this August 24th show.
The opening track, Prologue, is perhaps the most unique and classical intro. for any pop/rock concert. If you are a first time listener to this album, you can imagine being in the audience, talking with whomever you are with, and then ever so slowly, you find yourself competing with the orchestra until the strains of the violins increase to such intensity that you literally stop in mid-sentence. And for the rest of your life, you have no idea what it was you were talking about- you just recall that for the next few hours, you experienced Neil Diamond- live.
If you have never owned it, the MCA expanded edition release of 2000 is the version to buy- the sound quality is top-notch above all previous releases, including the now out-of-print Mobile Fidelity edition.
Chris Pickett
Boston, MA USA
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