Randy Newman Live

1971 live album by Randy Newman

Randy Newman Live

Live album by

Randy Newman

Released| June 20, 1971
Recorded| September 17–19, 1970
Venue| The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, New York City
Genre| Rock
Length| 28:34
Label| Reprise
Producer| Lenny Waronker, Russ Titelman
Randy Newman chronology
| 12 Songs
(1970)  | Randy Newman Live
(1971)  | Sail Away
(1972)

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Back cover

Backside of album often used as primary album art

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Christgau's Record Guide| B[2]

Randy Newman Live is a live album by American singer Randy Newman. It is one of only two official live recordings he has released (the other was 2011's Live in London.) The album was recorded over three evenings between September 17 and 19, 1970 at the Bitter End, New York.

Originally intended as a radio promo recording to gain publicity, it is just over 28 minutes in length. The material is mostly taken from his debut album and 12 Songs plus a couple of rarities ("Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong" and "Tickle Me") and two songs from the as then unreleased Sail Away album ("Last Night I Had a Dream" and "Lonely at the Top").

"I'll Be Home" is a song that was also recorded (most notably) by Harry Nilsson (Nilsson Sings Newman, 1970), Barbra Streisand (Stoney End), Cass Elliott (Cass Elliot), The New Seekers (Beautiful People album), Anne Murray (Danny's Song), Tim Hardin and Mina (Mina, in Italian). Newman released a studio version on Little Criminals in 1977.

## Track listing

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All songs written by Randy Newman

Side One

1. "Mama Told Me Not to Come" – 1:46
2. "Tickle Me" – 1:53
3. "I'll Be Home" – 2:40
4. "So Long Dad" – 1:41
5. "Livin' Without You" – 2:16
6. "Last Night I Had a Dream" – 1:43
7. "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" – 2:32

Side Two

1. "Lover's Prayer" – 1:52
2. "Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong" – 1:16
3. "Yellow Man" – 2:05
4. "Old Kentucky Home" – 1:33
5. "Cowboy" – 2:13
6. "Davy the Fat Boy" – 2:48
7. "Lonely at the Top" – 2:16

## Personnel

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* Randy Newman - piano, vocals
* Lenny Waronker - producer
* Russ Titelman - producer

## References

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1. ^ AllMusic
2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: N". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 - via robertchristgau.com.

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Randy Newman

Studio albums|

* Randy Newman
* 12 Songs
* Sail Away
* Good Old Boys
* Little Criminals
* Born Again
* Trouble in Paradise
* Land of Dreams
* Bad Love
* Harps and Angels
* Dark Matter

Live albums|

* Randy Newman Live

Compilations|

* Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman
* Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman
* The Best of Randy Newman
* The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
* The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2

Musicals|

* Randy Newman's Faust

Soundtracks|

* Avalon
* Toy Story
* James and the Giant Peach
* A Bug's Life
* Toy Story 2
* Meet the Parents
* Monsters, Inc.
* Cars
* The Princess and the Frog
* Toy Story 3
* Monsters University
* Cars 3
* Toy Story 4
* Marriage Story

Songs|

* "Mama Told Me Not to Come"
* "I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
* "Sail Away"
* "He Gives Us All His Love"
* "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear"
* "Political Science"
* "You Can Leave Your Hat On"
* "Louisiana 1927"
* "Rednecks"
* "Short People"
* "I Love L.A."
* "You've Got a Friend in Me"
* "When She Loved Me"
* "If I Didn't Have You"
* "It's a Jungle Out There"
* "Our Town"
* "When We're Human"
* "Friends on the Other Side"
* "Down in New Orleans"
* "Almost There"
* "We Belong Together"
* "The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy"

Related|

* Discography
* Accolades
* Nilsson Sings Newman
* Alfred Newman
* David Newman
* Emil Newman
* Joey Newman
* Lionel Newman
* Thomas Newman

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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