Go Live from Paris

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Go Live from Paris
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Live album by
Go
Released1976
Recorded12 June 1976
Venue Palais des Sports, Paris, France
Genre Rock, jazz fusion [1]
Length63:49
Label Island
Producer Stomu Yamashta
Go chronology
Go
(1976)
Go Live from Paris
(1976)
Go Too
(1977)
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Go Live from Paris is the second album by Go, recorded live in Paris at the Palais des Sports on 12 June 1976.

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed by Stomu Yamash'ta with lyrics by Michael Quartermain, except "Winner Loser" – lyrics by Steve Winwood.

  1. "Space Song" – 2:30
  2. "Carnival" – 1:12
  3. "Wind Spin" – 9:30
  4. "Ghost Machine" – 3:45
  5. "Surf Spin" – 2:20
  6. "Time is Here" – 9:20
  7. "Winner Loser" – 5:10
  8. "Solitude" – 2:00
  9. "Nature" – 4:25
  10. "Air Voice" – 1:19
  11. "Crossing The Line" – 7:50
  12. "Man of Leo" – 15:30
  13. "Stellar" – 1:25
  14. "Space Requiem" – 3:25

Personnel

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References

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