Michael Franks with Crossfire Live

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Michael Franks with Crossfire Live
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Live album by
Released
  • 1980 (1980) on vinyl
  • 2003 (2003) on CD
RecordedSeptember 25–29, 1980 (1980-09-25 1980-09-29)
Genre Jazz
Length42:03
Label Warner Music Australia
Producer Michael Franks
Michael Franks chronology
One Bad Habit
(1980)
Michael Franks with Crossfire Live
(1980)
Objects of Desire
(1982)

Michael Franks with Crossfire Live is a live jazz vocal album by Michael Franks featuring the Australian band Crossfire. [1] It was recorded over a series of three concerts in Australia and New Zealand in September 1980; [2] at the Capitol Theater in Sydney on the 25th, St James Tavern in Sydney on the 27th and The Town Hall in Auckland on the 29th.

Contents

The album was officially released in Australia and New Zealand in 1980 [3] with Warner Music Australia, now Warner Music Australasia. It was re-released on CD in 2003 [4] but is now out of production as a single album.

In 2012, a replica version of the album was included in the box set The Dream 1973-2011 . [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Franks. "Don't Be Blue" co-written by John Guerin. "Chain Reaction" co-written by Joe Sample..

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Be Blue" (from Sleeping Gypsy , 1977 (1977))3:48
2."When The Cookie Jar is Empty" (from Burchfield Nines , 1978 (1978))6:34
3."The Lady Wants to Know" (from Sleeping Gypsy , 1977 (1977))6:06
4."B'wana He No Home" (from Sleeping Gypsy , 1977 (1977))4:55
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Chain Reaction" (from Sleeping Gypsy , 1977 (1977))4:29
2."Antonio's Song" (from Sleeping Gypsy , 1977 (1977))4:43
3."Monkey See—Monkey Do" (from The Art of Tea , 1976 (1976))6:22
4."Popsicle Toes" (from The Art of Tea , 1976 (1976))5:06

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)92 [6]

Personnel

Performers with Crossfire

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