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Live at the Philharmonic (1992)

Where the lyrics of Live at the Philharmonic take you, and where it was really made.

The concert was recorded at Philharmonic Hall in New York in December 1972, but the live album did not come out until 1992, twenty years later.

Key places

Recorded live at Philharmonic Hall, New York (1972)

Recording site David Geffen Hall — The concert was recorded live at this hall on 2 December 1972. The place record lists the venue as David Geffen Hall. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Live at the Philharmonic: live album by Kris Kristofferson
• Recorded live at Philharmonic Hall, New York City, on 2 December 1972
• Released in 1992 on Monument Records
• The concert followed the release of Jesus Was a Capricorn
• Digital mixing and mastering credit: Don Meehan

Background

• The set mixed several songs from Jesus Was a Capricorn with new pieces
• Well-known hits performed included "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" and "Me and Bobby McGee"
• Guest Willie Nelson was a little-known personality in country music at the time
• Guest Rita Coolidge later became Kristofferson's wife
• Guest Larry Gatlin's career was in its starting phases

Recording

• Recorded live at the Philharmonic hall in New York City, December 2, 1972
• Digitally mastered analog recording
• Personnel: Stephen Bruton on lead guitar, Terry Paul on bass, Donnie Fritts on keyboards, Mike Utley on organ, Sammy Creason on drums
• Kristofferson played rhythm guitar and sang

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• American musician, songwriter and actor, born June 22, 1936 in Brownsville, Texas; died September 28, 2024 in Hana, Hawaii, aged 88.
• A pioneer of the 1970s outlaw country movement, moving away from the polished Nashville sound toward a rawer, introspective style.
• Signed to Monument Records in 1969 after one single for Epic Records; recorded ten albums for Monument.
• Songs such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night" became hits for other artists.
• "Why Me" and "Highwayman" reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1973 and 1985.
• Member of the supergroup the Highwaymen (with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash) from 1985 to 1995.
• Acting career in films including A Star Is Born (1976, Golden Globe for Best Actor), Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), Heaven's Gate (1980) and the Blade trilogy.
• Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004; received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014; three Grammy wins from 13 nominations.
• Announced retirement from performing in January 2021; final performance at the Hollywood Bowl on April 29, 2023.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released in 1992 on Monument Records
• Disc copyright credit: Sony Music Entertainment, 1992
• The concert dates from 2 December 1972, so the release came about twenty years after the performance
• The track listing has 23 entries, from John Prine's "Late John Garfield Blues" to Tom Ghent's "Whiskey, Whiskey"
• Covers of other writers include Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee", Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away" / "Night Life", Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Scotty Wiseman's "Mountain Dew", and Larry Gatlin's "Help Me"
• Kristofferson wrote most of the songs he performed, including "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" and "Me and Bobby McGee"
• Credit for the digital mix and master goes to Don Meehan
• The concert and its guests show the singer's stage work in the early 1970s
• Guest performers were Willie Nelson, Rita Coolidge, and Larry Gatlin

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Trivia

• The set list mixed new songs with hits such as "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" and "Me and Bobby McGee".
• The disc has only 23 tracks, because track 15 is "Funny How Time Slips Away" / "Night Life", which the cover lists as tracks 15 and 16.
• Willie Nelson, a little-known country figure at that time, appeared as a guest at this concert.
• Rita Coolidge, who performed as a guest, later became Kristofferson's wife.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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