Joe Cocker Live
1990 live album by Joe Cocker
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Joe Cocker Live is a live album by Joe Cocker, released in 1990. It was recorded live 5 October 1989 at Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts with the exception of the last two tracks which were recorded in the studio. The album was re-released in 2011 under the title Joe Cocker's Greatest Hits Live.
ReleasedMay 1990
Recorded5 October 1989
Venue
- Memorial Auditorium (Lowell, Massachusetts)
Studio
- A&M Studios and The Grey Room (Hollywood, California)
Sound Design (Santa Barbara, California)
Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, New York)
The Hit Factory (New York City, New York)
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| Released | May 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 5 October 1989 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 72:51 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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Track listing
- "Feelin' Alright" (Dave Mason) – 4:43
- "Shelter Me" (Nick Di Stefano) – 4:26
- "Hitchcock Railway" (Donald Lewis Dunn, Tony McCashen) – 3:58
- "Up Where We Belong" (Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings) – 4:35
- "Guilty" (Randy Newman) – 2:40
- "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (Randy Newman) – 4:20
- "When the Night Comes" (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Diane Warren) – 4:52
- "Unchain My Heart" (Robert W. "Bobby" Sharp Jr.) – 5:50
- "With a Little Help from My Friends" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 9:13
- "You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 4:23
- "The Letter" (Wayne Carson Thompson) – 4:31
- "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" (Paul McCartney) – 2:30
- "High Time We Went" (Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton) – 7:58
- "What Are You Doing With a Fool Like Me" (Diane Warren) – 4:51 – Studio bonus track
- "Living in the Promiseland" (David Lynn Jones) – 3:55 – Studio bonus track
Personnel
The band
- Joe Cocker – lead vocals
- Jeff Levine – keyboards
- Chris Stainton – keyboards
- Deric Dyer – keyboards, percussion, tenor saxophone (including solos), horn arrangements
- Phil Grande – lead guitar
- Keith Mack – rhythm guitar, guitar solo on "The Letter"
- T.M. Stevens – bass, backing vocals
- Steve Holley – drums
- Crystal Taliefero – percussion, backing vocals
- Doreen Chanter – backing vocals
- Maxine Green – backing vocals, duet on "Up Where We Belong"
The Memphis Horns (Tracks 6, 8, 9 & 11-13)
- Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
- Gary Buho Gazaway – trombone, trumpet
- Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet, trumpet solo on "The Letter"
Studio Tracks (14 & 15):
- Joe Cocker – vocals
- Earl Slick – guitars
- Kenny Richards – drums
- Bashiri Johnson – percussion
- Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
- Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals
- Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
Production
Live recordings
- Michael Lang – producer
- LeMobile – audio recording unit
- Guy Charbonneau – engineer
- David Gallo – assistant engineer
- David Roberts – assistant engineer
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
- Mark Harder – assistant mix engineer
- Maicajah Ryan – assistant mix engineer
Studio recordings
- Michael Barbiero – producer, engineer, mixing
- Steve Thompson – producer, mixing
- Ed Goodreau – assistant engineer
- Chris Lord-Alge – additional engineer
Album credits
- Howie Weinberg – album mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
- Jeffrey Fey – art direction
- Tommy Steele – art direction
- Peter Nomura – design
- Herb Ritts – photography
- Henry Diltz – concert photography
- Better Music – management
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[17] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| Austria (IFPI Austria)[18] | Platinum | 50,000* |
| France (SNEP)[19] | Gold | 100,000* |
| Germany (BVMI)[20] | Platinum | 500,000^ |
| Netherlands (NVPI)[21] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[22] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
| Spain (Promusicae)[23] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[24] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
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