An Evening with John Denver | ||||
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Released | February 1975 | |||
Recorded | August 26—September 1, 1974 | |||
Venue | Universal Amphitheatre (Los Angeles, California) | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 1:24:37 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Producer | Milton Okun | |||
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Singles from Back Home Again | ||||
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An Evening with John Denver is the first live album by American singer and songwriter John Denver. It was recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California in August and September 1974. He was backed by an orchestra conducted by Lee Holdridge. Denver's manager, Milton Okun, was the album's music producer.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Music Is You" | John Denver | 1:02 |
2. | "Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)" | Denver | 3:40 |
3. | "Mother Nature's Son" | Lennon–McCartney | 4:37 |
4. | "Summer" |
| 3:02 |
5. | "Today" | Randy Sparks | 4:40 |
6. | "Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio" | Randy Sparks | 4:08 |
Total length: | 21:09 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Matthew" | Denver | 3:42 |
2. | "Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)" | Denver | 3:13 |
3. | "Sweet Surrender" | Denver | 5:02 |
4. | "Grandma’s Feather Bed" | Jim Connor | 2:37 |
5. | "Annie's Song" | Denver | 3:32 |
6. | "The Eagle and the Hawk" |
| 2:22 |
Total length: | 20:28 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "My Sweet Lady" | Denver | 4:55 |
2. | "Annie's Other Song" | Denver | 3:05 |
3. | "Boy from the Country" | 5:00 | |
4. | "Rhymes & Reasons" | Denver | 3:17 |
5. | "Forest Lawn" | Tom Paxton | 2:58 |
Total length: | 19:15 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Pickin’ the Sun Down" |
| 2:17 |
2. | "Thank God I’m a Country Boy" | John Sommers | 3:40 |
3. | "Take Me Home, Country Roads" |
| 3:17 |
4. | "Poems, Prayers and Promises" | Denver | 4:40 |
5. | "Rocky Mountain High" |
| 5:04 |
6. | "This Old Guitar" | Denver | 4:47 |
Total length: | 23:45 |
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