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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Introduction
2. Bird On a Wire
3. Intro To So Long, Marianne
4. So Long, Marianne
5. Intro: "Let's Renew Ourselves Now..."
6. You Know Who I Am
7. Intro To Poems
8. Lady Midnight
9. They Locked Up a Man (Poem)/a Person Who Eats Meat/Intro
10. One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
11. Stranger Song, The
12. Tonight Will Be Fine
13. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
14. Diamonds In the Mine
15. Suzanne
16. Sing Another Song, Boys
17. Partisan, The
18. Famous Blue Raincoat
19. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
DISC 2:
1. Diamonds In the Mine
2. Famous Blue Raincoat
3. It's a Large Nation
4. Bird On a Wire
5. One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
6. Stranger Song, The
7. Tonight Will Be Fine
8. They've Surrounded the Island
9. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
10. Sing Another Song, Boys
11. Judy Collins Introduces Suzanne
12. Suzanne
13. Joan Baez On the Isle of Wight
14. Partisan, The
15. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
16. So Long, Marianne
17. Partisan, The
18. Famous Blue Raincoat
19. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
| Details | | Producer: | Steve Berkowitz | | Distributor: | Sony Music Entertainment | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Leonard Cohen (acoustic guitar); Ron Cornelius (guitar); Charlie Daniels (fiddle, electric bass); Donna Washburn, Corlynn Hanney (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Chris Shaw.
Liner Note Author: Steve Berkowitz.
Recording information: The East Afton Farm, Isle Of Wight Festival (08/31/1970).
Photographer: Jim Marshall.
On August 31, 1970, Leonard Cohen was scheduled to play the third Isle of Wight Festival. Under chaotic conditions, an unkempt Cohen took the stage without hesitation at 2 a.m in a safari jacket and jeans over his pajamas, along with the Army -- producer Bob Johnson on organ, piano, and guitar; Elkin "Bubba" Fowler on bass and banjo; fiddler Charlie Daniels; guitarist Ron Cornelius; and vocalists Corlynn Hanney, Susan Mussmano, and Donna Washburn. It's all here on CD and DVD from Legacy. Cohen played songs from his first two albums, debuted a few, recited poems, and told stories. The CD captures the entire performance in nearly pristine sound. The hits (of the time) are here, the banter is here, and the entire performance by the band is so special it will leave the listener utterly satisfied. Whether it's "So Long Marianne," the poem "They Locked Up a Man," the stellar reading of "The Partisan," or the chilling version of "Famous Blue Raincoat," this is top-notch Cohen. The DVD is imperfect but is still essential viewing artistically and historically.
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