Cities of the Heart
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Cities of the Heart is a Jack Bruce double CD release of sections of two live performances given on November 2nd and 3rd 1993 in Cologne, Germany, to celebrate Bruce's 50th birthday. They were recorded for the WDR "Rockpalast" TV show and a DVD of the shows, entitled Rockpalast: The 50th Birthday Concerts, was released by MIG Music in 2014.[1]
Track listing
Disc one
- "Can You Follow?" (Pete Brown, Jack Bruce) – 1:56
- Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
- "Running Through Our Hands" (Brown, Bruce, Janet Godfrey) – 4:13
- Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
- Gary Husband – keyboards
- "Over the Cliff" (Bruce, Jerry Goldsmith) – 3:46
- Jack Bruce – bass
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
- Ginger Baker – drums
- "Statues" (Bruce) – 7:37
- Jack Bruce – bass
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
- Ginger Baker – drums
- "First Time I Met the Blues" (Eurreal Montgomery) – 4:47
- Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
- Clem Clempson – guitar
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
- Ginger Baker – drums
- "Smiles & Grins" (Bruce, Brown) – 9:48
- Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, piano
- Clem Clempson – guitar
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
- Art Themen – saxophone
- Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
- Malcolm Bruce – synthesizer
- Gary Husband – drums
- "Bird Alone" (Bruce, Brown) – 9:56
- Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
- Clem Clempson – guitar
- Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ, piano
- Gary Husband – drums
- "Neighbor, Neighbor"(Alton, J.Valler) – 5:32
- Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
- Clem Clempson – guitar
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
- Art Themen – saxophone
- Henry Lowther – trumpet
- John Mumford – trombone
- Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
- Simon Phillips – drums
- "Born Under a Bad Sign" (William Bell, Booker T. Jones) – 6:17
- Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
- Clem Clempson – guitar
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
- Art Themen – saxophone
- Henry Lowther – trumpet
- John Mumford – trombone
- Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
- Jonas Bruce – piano
- Simon Phillips – drums
Disc two
- "Ships in the Night" (Brown, Bruce) – 5:20
- Jack Bruce – vocals
- Maggy Reilly – vocals
- Clem Clempson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Malcolm Bruce – acoustic guitar
- Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
- Gary Husband – piano
- François Garny – bass
- Simon Phillips – drums
- "Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune" (Brown, Bruce) – 4:19
- Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
- Clem Clempson – guitar
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
- Art Themen – saxophone
- Henry Lowther – trumpet
- John Mumford – trombone
- François Garny – bass
- Simon Phillips – drums
- "Theme for an Imaginary Western song review" (Brown, Bruce) – 6:00
- Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
- Clem Clempson – guitar
- Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
- François Garny – bass
- Simon Phillips – drums
- "Golden Days" (Bruce) – 5:38
- Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
- Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals
- Clem Clempson – guitar
- Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
- François Garny – bass
- Simon Phillips – drums
- "Life on Earth" (Bruce) – 5:21
- Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
- Gary Moore – guitar
- Simon Phillips – drums
- "N.S.U." (Bruce) – 6:29
- Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
- Gary Moore – guitar
- Ginger Baker – drums
- "Sitting on Top of the World" (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson) – 6:52
- Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
- Gary Moore – guitar
- Ginger Baker – drums
- "Politician" (Brown, Bruce) – 5:39
- Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
- Pete Brown – vocals
- Gary Moore – guitar
- Ginger Baker – drums
- "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 9:13
- Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
- Gary Moore – guitar
- Ginger Baker – drums
- "Sunshine of Your Love" (Brown, Bruce, Eric Clapton) – 8:07
- Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
- Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals
- Clem Clempson – guitar
- Malcolm Bruce – acoustic guitar
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
- Art Themen – saxophone
- Henry Lowther – trumpet
- John Mumford – trombone
- Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
- Jonas Bruce – synthesizer
- François Garny – bass
- Ginger Baker – drums
- Simon Phillips – drums
- Pete Brown – percussion
Personnel
- Musicians
- Pete Brown – vocals, percussion
- Jack Bruce – bass, piano, vocals
- Jonas Bruce – piano
- Malcolm Bruce – keyboards
- Dave "Clem" Clempson – guitar
- Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals
- François Garny – bass
- Gary Husband – drums
- Henry Lowther – trumpet
- John Mumford – trombone
- Maggie Reilly – vocals
- Art Themen – saxophone
- Ginger Baker – drums
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
- Gary Moore – guitar
- Simon Phillips – drums
- Bernie Worrell – piano
- Production
- Cedric Beatly – recording
- David Calvin – recording
- Norbert Gutzman – assistant engineer
- Harald Glaser – live recording submixes
- Walter Quintus – mixing
- Ulf von Kanitz – art direction
- Guido Harari – b/w and colour photos
- Nanna Botsch – colour photos
- Ralph Weber – photo of the Bruce family
- Malcom Bruce – transcriptions
- Klaus Schruff – computer music notation
References
- ^ a b Astarita, Glenn. "Cities of the Heart - Jack Bruce | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
live in Cologne, Germany.