An Evening with John Denver

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An Evening with John Denver
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Live album by
ReleasedJanuary 29, 1975
RecordedAugust 26–September 1, 1974
Venue Universal Amphitheatre
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre Folk
Length1:24:37
Label RCA Victor
Producer Milton Okun
John Denver chronology
Back Home Again
(1974)
An Evening with John Denver
(1975)
Windsong
(1975)
Singles from Back Home Again
  1. "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"
    Released: March 1975
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by John Denver, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Music Is You" 1:02
2."Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)" 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"Sparks4:08
Total length:21:09
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Matthew" 3:42
2."Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)" 3:13
3."Sweet Surrender" 5:02
4."Grandma’s Feather Bed"Jim Connor2:37
5."Annie's Song" 3:32
6."The Eagle and the Hawk"
  • Denver
  • Taylor
2:22
Total length:20:28
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Sweet Lady" 4:55
2."Annie's Other Song" 3:05
3."Boy from the Country"5:00
4."Rhymes & Reasons" 3:17
5."Forest Lawn" Tom Paxton 2:58
Total length:19:15
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pickin’ the Sun Down"
  • John Sommers
  • Steve Weisberg
2:17
2."Thank God I’m a Country Boy"Sommers3:40
3."Take Me Home, Country Roads"3:17
4."Poems, Prayers and Promises" 4:40
5."Rocky Mountain High"
  • Denver
  • Taylor
5:04
6."This Old Guitar" 4:47
Total length:23:45

Personnel

Musicians

Orchestra

Production

Design

Charts

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