Live at the London Palladium

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.
Live at the London Palladium
Los Angeles, California)
GenreSoul, funk, disco
Length78:35
LabelTamla
T7-352R2
ProducerMarvin Gaye
Art Stewart
Marvin Gaye chronology
I Want You
(1976) 		Live at the London Palladium
(1977) 		Here, My Dear
(1978)

Live at the London Palladium is a

production of the record was handled entirely by Gaye, except for the studio portion, "Got to Give It Up", which was managed by Art Stewart.[3]

Live at the London Palladium received a surprising and significant amount of critical recognition for a live album following its initial release. Critical reviews of the album were positive compared to the mild receptiveness Gaye's previous studio album

digital remastering, Live at the London Palladium was reissued on August 24, 1999, by Motown on compact disc.[4]

Background

In October 1976, Marvin Gaye had begun recuperating from personal issues.

drug addiction to help cope with stage fright. By 1976, Gaye, while still a popular artist in America - his "I Want You" single hit the American top twenty - he was slowly starting a steep climb down as disco began to dominate popular music, but while American fans were moving on to other sounds, the British audience was still very appreciative of Gaye's fame and music, as Gaye would take advantage of this and perform a series of shows in Britain.[5]

Live at the London Palladium was recorded during several live shows performed by Gaye in England's capital city, London. The performances won rave reviews by the British press in London, the first of which took place on October 3, 1976, and continued throughout the rest of that month.[5]

Music

Though he wasn't over his stage fright and often mumbled words on stage, when performing and singing, Gaye, then 37, still could dazzle an audience with his charm, wit and show-stopping talent as was heard on the album.[5]

Featuring a variety of songs from newer material encompassing from Gaye's 1976 album,

What's Going On period in 1970–1971, his legendary duets and a trio of songs from his Let's Get It On album, Gaye performed for the British audience. Highlights include the performances of "Come Get to This", "Let's Get It On" (on which Gaye moaned during a break of the song to the delight of several female fans who were heard squealing, as heard on the album) and "Distant Lover
".

Live at the London Palladium's three epic medleys, which all exceeded nine minutes, featured Gaye's intimate interactions with the audience and reflections on his songs.

Allmusic reviewer later wrote of Gaye's performance, "you can feel the sultry passion in his voice as his singing drifts close to moaning and his ad libbing approaches tasteful, amorous aural lovemaking", and continued to write in a review of Live at the London Palladium that the "between-song moments" when Gaye addressed the audience revealed "just how shaken Gaye is at this troubled point in his career. Listen carefully and you can sense the struggling instability that would erupt cathartically a year later with Here, My Dear."[1]

After the concert was over following Gaye saying "Thank you!" over and over almost in sing-song medley as the band opened and closed with the intro to "

A-side
.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media
(8.3/10)[7]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[8]

"Got to Give It Up", which became a #1 hit on the

Pop Albums chart.[9]
Critical recognition of the album was also favorable and continued following the album's reissue on compact disc.

In late 1977, Live at the London Palladium remained in the top 10 for thirteen weeks and went on to sell two million copies becoming one of the top ten best-selling albums of that year in America.[9] The album was Gaye's last official live release until a July 1980 show at the Montreux Jazz Festival was released as a CD in 2003 though live bootleg copies of Gaye's 1979 Japan tour and 1983 North American tour have been released in small labels over the years.

Track listing

Original LP

Original 1977 US

vinyl LP double album.[10]

Side one

  1. "Intro Theme" (
    Ross, Ware
    )     – 2:32
  2. "All the Way Round" (Ross, Ware) – 5:15
  3. "Since I Had You" (Gaye, Ware) – 4:15
  4. "Come Get to This" (Gaye) – 2:02
  5. "Let's Get It On" (Gaye, Townsend) – 6:40

Side two

  1. "Trouble Man" (Gaye) – 6:17
  2. Medley I – 8:40:
  3. Medley II – 9:40:

Side three

  1. Medley III (Performed by Gaye & Florence Lyles) – 12:01
  2. "Distant Lover" (G. Fuqua, Gaye, Greene) – 5:20
  3. "Closing Theme / I Want You" (Ross, Ware) – 3:00

Side four

  1. "Got to Give It Up" (Gaye) – 11:53

CD reissue

1999 compact disc reissue.[1]

  1. "Intro Theme" – 2:34
  2. "All the Way Round" – 3:50
  3. "Since I Had You" – 4:59
  4. "Come Get to This" – 2:24
  5. "Let's Get It On" – 6:21
  6. "Trouble Man" – 5:39
  7. "Medley I: Ain't That Peculiar/You're a Wonderful One/Stubborn Kind of Fellow/Pride & Joy/Little Darling (I Need You)/I Heard It Through the Grapevine/Hitch Hike/You/Too Busy Thinking About My Baby/How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" – 8:49
  8. "Medley II: Inner City Blues/God Is Love/What's Going On/Save the Children" – 9:49
  9. "Medley III: You're All I Need to Get By/Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing/Your Precious Love/It Takes Two/Ain't No Mountain High Enough" – 10:27
  10. "Thanks" – 1:05
  11. "Distant Lover" – 6:31
  12. "Closing Theme: I Want You" – 3:47
  13. "Got to Give It Up" – 11:52

Charts

Album

Weekly charts

Chart (1977) Peak

positions

U.S. Billboard Pop Albums[11] 3
U.S. Billboard Top Soul Albums[12] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Peak

positions

U.S. Billboard Pop Albums[13] 45
U.S. Billboard Top Soul Albums[14] 5

Singles

Year Title US

[15]

US

R&B

[16]

US

Dance

[17]

AUS

[18]

CAN

[19]

NED

[20]

UK

[21]

1977 "Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1" 1 1 1 89 3 24 7

Personnel

  • Odell Brown - synthesizer
  • Elmira Amos - percussion
  • Jack Ashford - tambourine
  • Frankie Beverly - spoons and milk bottle
  • Gerald "Get Down" Brown - bass guitar
  • Walter Cox - vocals
  • Terry Evans - guitar
  • Bobby Gant - vocals
  • Frankie Gaye - background vocals
  • Marvin Gaye - vocals, keyboards, RMI bass synthesizer, juice bottle, producer (tracks: A1 to C3)
  • David Ly - saxophone
  • Florence Lyles - duet vocalist
  • Gwanda Hambrick - vocals
  • Fernando Harkness - saxophone
  • Jan Hunter - background vocals
  • Hiro Ito – photography
  • Johnny McGhee - guitar
  • Nolan Andrew Smith - trumpet
  • Michael Stanton - electric piano
  • Art Stewart – producer (tracks: D1)
  • Melvin Webb - conga
  • Bugsy Wilcox - drums
  • Richard D. Young – photography

See also

  • List of number-one R&B albums of 1977 (U.S.)

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Live at the London Palladium - Marvin Gaye - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Marvin Gaye - Live At The London Palladium". Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Marvin Gaye - Live At The London Palladium". Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Tower.com - Live at the London Palladium (CD)". Tower.com. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Weinger (1999), pp. 2-5.
  6. ISBN 089919026X
    . Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  7. ^ "Marvin Gaye: Live at the London Palladium: Pitchfork Review". 17 June 2002. Archived from the original on 17 June 2002. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  9. ^ a b c Weinger (1999), pp. 6-9.
  10. ^ "Marvin Gaye - Live At The London Palladium". Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Marvin Gaye". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  12. ^ "Marvin Gaye". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  13. ^ "Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  14. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Year-End". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  15. ^ "Marvin Gaye". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  16. ^ "Marvin Gaye". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  17. ^ "Marvin Gaye". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  18. ^ "australian-charts.com - Discography Marvin Gaye". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  19. ^ Canada, Library and Archives (2013-07-17). "Item". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  20. ^ "Discografie Marvin Gaye - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  21. ^ "Marvin Gaye | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

References

  • Harry Weinger (1999). Live at the London Palladium (CD reissue) album liner notes. UMG Recordings, Inc.
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