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Love Again: Greatest and Latest (1996)

Where the lyrics of Love Again: Greatest and Latest take you, and where it was really made.

The title A Celebration of Life carries the singer's lifespan, 1943–1997, even though the album itself was made in 1996.

Key places

Recorded in Nashville, September 1996 (1996)

Recording site Nashville — The album was recorded in September 1996 at 16th Ave. Sound in Nashville, Tennessee. The map point is set at the city center, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Love Again is the 25th studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver
• Released in 1996 on CMC Records
• Also known as The Unplugged Collection
• A Celebration of Life (1943–1997) is an alternative edition with twelve of the sixteen tracks, in a different sequence
• The album contains new renditions of many of Denver's most popular songs

Background

• The alternative title A Celebration of Life gives Denver's lifespan as 1943–1997
• The collection revisits his best-known songs in fresh versions rather than presenting original recordings
• The album is listed under the title Love Again and under the alternative title The Unplugged Collection

Recording

• Recorded in September 1996 at 16th Ave. Sound in Nashville, Tennessee
• The Discogs notes file the session under the heading "The last recordings"
• Engineer Roger Nichols, with assistant engineers Adam Hatley and Jason Levine
• Steve Matty handled the backline, and Anthony Kogak assisted on the mix
• Mixed at Recording Arts
• Made in the U.S.A.

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

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. on December 31, 1943, in Roswell, New Mexico; took the name John Denver on the advice of Randy Sparks, founder of the New Christy Minstrels.
• Attended Texas Tech University and sang in the folk group "The Alpine Trio" before dropping out in 1963 and moving to Los Angeles.
• Joined The Chad Mitchell Trio in 1965, replacing Chad Mitchell; the trio later became "Denver, Boise, and Johnson".

Members

• Solo artist; worked closely with producer Milt Okun early on and later with manager Jerry Weintraub.
• Collaborated with friends Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert, who later formed the Starland Vocal Band.

Career

• Left the trio in 1969 for a solo career; first album Rhymes & Reasons on RCA Records.
• "Leaving on a Jet Plane" became a number one hit for Peter, Paul and Mary.
• Breakthrough with Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971) and "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which reached number 2 on the Billboard charts.
• Reached number 1 with "Sunshine on My Shoulders", "Annie's Song", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and "I'm Sorry" in 1974–1975.
• Named Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year in 1975.
• Starred in the 1977 film Oh, God! with George Burns.
• Co-founded The Hunger Project and worked for environmental causes through the Windstar Foundation.
• Died in a plane crash off Pacific Grove, California, on October 12, 1997.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The album was released in 1996 on CMC Records, and the Discogs record copyright line reads ℗ 1996 and © 1997
• The main edition, Love Again and The Unplugged Collection, has sixteen tracks
• The tracks include Annie's Song, Perhaps Love, Dreamland Express, Rocky Mountain High, and Take Me Home, Country Roads
• The same release carries Sunshine on My Shoulders, Thank God I'm a Country Boy, and Christmas for Cowboys
• The album closes with the title track Love Again
• The edition titled A Celebration of Life (1943–1997) keeps twelve of those tracks in a different order
• It begins with Whispering Jesse and closes with Back Home Again
• The source gives no critic reviews for this album

Records

• Main edition: sixteen tracks
• A Celebration of Life (1943–1997): twelve tracks in an altered sequence
• The Discogs release page records the pressing as made in the U.S.A.
• The session credits name a single engineer and two assistant engineers
• The album was recorded in one studio session in September 1996

Sources: www.discogs.com

Trivia

• Discogs notes give the session the heading "The last recordings"
• The alternative title lists Denver's lifespan as 1943–1997
• The A Celebration of Life edition opens with Whispering Jesse, not Annie's Song
• The Discogs credits list Recording Arts as the mixing studio
• The Love Again edition runs sixteen tracks, while the Celebration edition runs twelve

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

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