SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES LIVE – REACH UP AND TOUCH THE SKY – CD 1990

SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES – LIVE 1980

REACH UP AND TOUCH THE SKY

CD EDITADO EN 1981 (Reedición 1990)

Mercury UPC 042282628527

Detailed item info

Album Features
UPC: 042282628527
Artist: Southside Johnny
Format: CD
Release Year: 1990
Record Label: Mercury
Genre: Oldies, Rock ‘N’ Roll

Track Listing
1. I’m So Anxious
2. Talk to Me
3. All I Want Is Everything
4. Hearts of Stone
5. Trapped Again
6. Why Is Love Such a Sacrifice
7. Restless Heart
8. Vertigo
9. I Don’t Want to Go Home
10. Fever, The
11. Sam Cooke Medley – (Only Sixteen/(What a) Wonderful World/You Send Me)
12. Bring It on Home
13. Having a Party (Part 1)
14. Back in the U.S.A.
15. Medley – (Having a Party (Part 2)/Roll Out the Barrel)

Details
Playing Time: 68 min.
Contributing Artists: Patti Scialfa
Producer: Stephan Galfas, Johnny Lyon, Kenney Robb, Steven Galfas
Distributor: Universal Distribution
Recording Type: Live
Recording Mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Southside Johnny (vocals, harmonica); Billy Rush, Joel Gramolini (guitar, background vocals); Joey Stann (tenor & baritone saxophones), Ed Manion (tenor saxophone); Mike Spengler, Rick Gazda (trumpet); Richard «La Bamba» Rosenberg (trombone, background vocals); Kevin Kavanaugh (keyboards, background vocals); Gene Boccia (bass), Steve «Bam Bam» Becker (drums, vocals), Lisa Lowell, Patty Scialfa, Soozie Kirschner (background vocals).Recorded on the 1980 tour.2 LPs on 1 CD with 1 track deleted.Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Southside Johnny (vocals, harmonica); Joel Gramolini, Billy Rush (vocals, guitar); Richard «LaBamba» Rosenberg (vocals, trombone); Kevin Kavanaugh (vocals, keyboards); Steve «Bam Bam» Becker (vocals, drums); Joey Stann (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Edward Manion (tenor saxophone); Rick Gazda, Michael Spengler (trumpet); Gene Boccia (bass guitar).Personnel: Richie Rosenberg (vocals, trombone); Steve Becker (vocals, drums).Additional personnel: Soozie Kirschner, Patti Scialfa, Lisa Lowell (vocals).Recording information: Blossom’s Music Center, Cuyhoga Falls, OH (06/1980-07/1980); Capital Center, Largo, MD (06/1980-07/1980); Pine Knob, Clar Chlainne Mhuiris (06/1980-07/1980); Stanley Theater, Pittsburg, PA (06/1980-07/1980).Although Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes were a bar band to the bone, they didn’t issue a domestically available live album until 1981’s LIVE: REACH UP AND TOUCH THE SKY (the often bootlegged LIVE AT THE BOTTOM LINE was a promo release from ’76). Bands often issue live albums to buy time between studio releases, but while REACH UP AND TOUCH THE SKY was intended as one of these, (between 1980’s LOVE IS A SACRIFICE and 1983’s TRASH IT UP), it remains one of the band’s best releases.Perfectly capturing the energy and excitement of an Asbury Jukes show, this is a consistently fine listen from beginning to end. Individual standouts include «Hearts of Stone,» «The Fever,» «Why Is Love Such a Sacrifice,» and a killer Sam Cooke medley.