Live! Coast to Coast
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Live! Coast to Coast | ||||
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Released | November 23, 1979 | |||
Recorded | 1978–1979 | |||
Genre | R&B, soul | |||
Length | 73:43 (2 Discs) | |||
Label | Philadelphia International | |||
Producer | Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Cohen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead | |||
Teddy Pendergrass chronology | ||||
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Singles from Live! Coast to Coast | ||||
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Christgau's Record Guide | C[2] |
Live! Coast to Coast is the first live album and fourth overall album by R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass. It was recorded in Philadelphia in 1978 and Los Angeles in 1979.[3] It did rather well on the Billboard album charts, reaching #33 Pop and #5 R&B.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff; except where indicated
Disc 1
- "Life Is a Song Worth Singing" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed)
- "Only You"
- Medley: "If You Don't Know Me by Now/The Love I Lost/Bad Luck/Wake Up Everybody" (Victor Carstarphen, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead)
- "When Somebody Loves You Back"
- "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose"
Disc 2
- "L.A. Rap"
- "Come Go with Me"
- "Close the Door"
- "Turn Off the Lights"
- "Do Me"
- Live Interview with Mimi Brown of WDAS-FM, Philadelphia
- "It's You I Love"
- Live Interview
- "Shout and Scream"
- Live Interview Concludes
Personnel
- Teddy Pendergrass - vocals
- Bobby Eli, Robert "Wawa" Le Grand - guitar
- Jimmy Williams, Norman Smith, Philip McClelland - bass
- Jerry Cohen, Leon Ware - keyboards
- Alfie Pollitt - piano
- Lenny Pakula - organ
- Cecil Du Valle - organ, clavinet, synthesizer
- James Carter, Keith Benson, Quinton Joseph - drums
- Gregory L. Moore, David Cruse - percussion
- Sam Reed - saxophone, flute
- Arthur T. Pugh, Jr., Louis Opalesky Jr., Sylvester Bryant - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Joseph A. Kohanski, Jr. - trombone
- John Petrella, Peter M. Kucirko - cello
- Emma Kummrow, Florence Rosensweig, Grace S. Babogh, Richard E. Jones, Roger J. Harrington, Thomas Di Sarlo - violin
- Sharon Ray, Susan M. Leon - viola
- Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette, Benton, Harriet Tharp, Melva Story, Sherry Williams - backing vocals
- Karat Faye - Engineer @ Record Plant L.A.
Charts
Chart (1979) | Peak [4] |
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U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 33 |
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 5 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
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US R&B [4] | ||
1979 | "Shout and Scream" | 21 |
1980 | "It's You I Love" | 44 |
References
- ^ Hamilton, Andrew. Live! Coast to Coast review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ CD Universe.com
- ^ a b "US Charts > Teddy Pendergrass". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
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