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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = An Evening With John Denver
| name = An Evening with John Denver
| Type = live
| type = Live
| Artist = [[John Denver]]
| artist = [[John Denver]]
| cover = An Evening with John Denver album cover.jpg
| Cover =
| Released = February 1975
| alt =
| Recorded = August-September 1974
| released = January 29, 1975
| Genre =
| recorded = August 26–September 1, 1974
| venue = [[Universal Amphitheatre]]<br /><small>([[Los Angeles]], [[California]])</small>
| Length =
| Label = [[RCA Records]]
| studio =
| Producer = [[Milton Okun]]
| genre = [[Contemporary folk music|Folk]]
| length = 1:24:37
| Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gpfpxq8aldje link]
| label = [[RCA Victor]]
| Last album = ''[[Back Home Again (album)|Back Home Again]]''<br /> (1974)
| producer = [[Milton Okun]]
| This album = <b>''An Evening with John Denver'' <br /> (1975)
| prev_title = [[Back Home Again (John Denver album)|Back Home Again]]
| Next album = ''[[Windsong]]''<br /> (1975)
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = [[Windsong]]
| next_year = 1975
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Back Home Again
| type = Live
| single1 = [[Thank God I'm a Country Boy]]
| single1date = March 1975
}}
}}
}}
'''''An Evening With John Denver''''' is a [[live album]] of music performed by [[United States|American]] [[singer-songwriter]] [[John Denver]]. It was recorded at the [[Universal Amphitheatre]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] in August and September 1974. He is backed by an orchestra conducted by Lee Holdridge.
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r629203|pure_url=no}}</ref>
}}

'''''An Evening with John Denver''''' is the first [[live album]] by American singer and songwriter [[John Denver]]. It was recorded at the [[Universal Amphitheatre]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], in August and September 1974. He was backed by an orchestra conducted by [[Lee Holdridge]]. Denver's manager, [[Milton Okun]], was the album's music producer.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All tracks composed by John Denver; except where indicated
All tracks written by John Denver, except where noted.
{{Tracklist
====Side one====
| headline = Side one
# "The Music Is You" - 1:02
| title1 = The Music Is You
# "Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)" - 3:40
| writer1 =
# "[[Mother Nature's Son]]" ([[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]]) - 4:37
| length1 = 1:02
# "Summer" (Denver, [[James Taylor]], Dick Kniss) - 3:02
# "Today" (Randy Sparks) - 4:40
# "Saturday Night In [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo Ohio]]" (Randy Sparks) - 4:08


| title2 = Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)
====Side two====
| writer2 =
# "Matthew" - 3:42
| length2 = 3:40
# "Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)" - 3:13
# "Sweet Surrender" - 5:02
# "Grandma’s Feather Bed" (Jim Connor) - 2:37
# "[[Annie's Song]]" - 3:32
# "The Eagle And The Hawk" (Denver, Mike Taylor) - 2:22


| title3 = [[Mother Nature's Son]]
====Side three====
| writer3 = [[Lennon–McCartney]]
# "My Sweet Lady" - 4:55
| length3 = 4:37
# "Annie’s Other Song" - 3:05
# "Boy from the Country" (Michael Martin Murphey) - 5:00
# "Rhymes and Reasons" - 3:17
# "Forest Lawn" ([[Tom Paxton]]) - 2:58


| title4 = Summer
====Side four====
| writer4 = {{hlist|Denver|[[Mike Taylor (guitarist)|Mike Taylor]]|Dick Kniss}}
# "Pickin’ the Sun Down" ([[John Sommers]], [[Steve Weisberg]]) - 2:17
| length4 = 3:02
# "Thank God I’m a Country Boy" (John Sommers) - 3:40

# "[[Take Me Home, Country Roads]]" (Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert) - 3:17
| title5 = [[Today (The New Christy Minstrels song)|Today]]
# "Poems, Prayers and Promises" - 4:40
| writer5 = [[Randy Sparks]]
# "[[Rocky Mountain High]]" (Denver, Mike Taylor) - 5:04
| length5 = 4:40
# "This Old Guitar" - 4:47

| title6 = Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio
| writer6 = Sparks
| length6 = 4:08
| total_length = 21:09
}}

{{Tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Matthew
| writer1 =
| length1 = 3:42

| title2 = Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)
| writer2 =
| length2 = 3:13

| title3 = Sweet Surrender
| writer3 =
| length3 = 5:02

| title4 = Grandma’s Feather Bed
| writer4 = Jim Connor
| length4 = 2:37

| title5 = [[Annie's Song]]
| writer5 =
| length5 = 3:32

| title6 = The Eagle and the Hawk
| writer6 = {{hlist|Denver|Taylor}}
| length6 = 2:22
| total_length = 20:28
}}

{{Tracklist
| headline = Side three
| title1 = My Sweet Lady
| writer1 =
| length1 = 4:55

| title2 = Annie's Other Song
| writer2 =
| length2 = 3:05

| title3 = Boy from the Country
| writer3 = {{hlist|[[Michael Martin Murphey]]|[[Boomer Castleman|Owens Castleman]]}}
| length3 = 5:00

| title4 = Rhymes & Reasons
| writer4 =
| length4 = 3:17

| title5 = Forest Lawn
| writer5 = [[Tom Paxton]]
| length5 = 2:58
| total_length = 19:15
}}

{{Tracklist
| headline = Side four
| title1 = Pickin’ the Sun Down
| writer1 = {{hlist|John Sommers|Steve Weisberg}}
| length1 = 2:17

| title2 = [[Thank God I’m a Country Boy]]
| writer2 = Sommers
| length2 = 3:40

| title3 = [[Take Me Home, Country Roads]]
| writer3 = {{hlist|Denver|[[Bill Danoff]]|[[Taffy Nivert]]}}
| length3 = 3:17

| title4 = Poems, Prayers and Promises
| writer4 =
| length4 = 4:40

| title5 = [[Rocky Mountain High]]
| writer5 = {{hlist|Denver|Taylor}}
| length5 = 5:04

| title6 = This Old Guitar
| writer6 =
| length6 = 4:47
| total_length = 23:45
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
John Denver - guitar, vocals
*[[Steve Weisberg]] - electric guitar, steel pedal, dobro
*Dick Kniss - bass
*[[John Sommers]] - rhythm guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin
*[[Herb Lovelle]] - drums
*[[Hal Blaine]] - percussion
*[[Owen Castleman]] - vocals on "Boy from the Country"


'''Musicians'''
*THE ORCHESTRA: Murray Adler, Samuel Boghossian, Denyse Buffum, Gene Cipriano, Buddy Collette, Vincent DeRosa, David Duke, Jesse Ehrlich, Ron Folsom, Allan Harshman, Richard Kaufman, Raymond Kelley, Milton Kestenbaum, William Kurasch, Joy Lyle, Richard Maximoff, Peter Mercurio, Wilbert Nuttycombe, Jay Rosen, Ralph Schaeffer, David Schwartz, Sidney Sharp, Harry Shlutz, Mari Tsumura, David Turner, Tibor Zelig
*John Denver — vocals, 6- and 12-string guitar
*Dick Kniss — bass
*[[Herb Lovelle]] — drums
*Steve Weisberg — lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar
*John Sommers — rhythm guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin
*[[Hal Blaine]] — percussion


Orchestra conducted by [[Lee Holdridge]]
'''Orchestra'''
{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}
*[[Lee Holdridge]] — conductor
*Allan Harshman
*Assa Drori
*William Collette
*David Duke
*David Schwartz
*David Turner
*Denyse Buffum
*Gene Cipriano
*Harry Shlutz
*Jay Rosen
*Jerome Kessler
*Jesse Ehrlich
*Joy Lyle
*Mari Tsumura
*Milton Kestenbaum
*Murray Adler
*Peter Mercurio
*Ralph Schaeffer
*Raymond Kelley
*Richard Kaufman
*Richard Maximoff
*Ronald Folsom
*Samuel Boghossian
*Sidney Sharp
*Tibor Zelig
*Vincent DeRosa
*Wilbert Nuttycombe
*William Kurasch
{{Div col end}}

'''Production'''
{{Div col|colwidth=35em}}
*Kris O'Connor — concert director
*Milton Okun — producer
*Kris O'Connor — assistant producer
*Jerry Weintraub — personal management
*Wally Heider Recording — recording
*Ken Johnson — set designer
*Penrod, Inc. — set construction
*Stanal Sound — sound designer
*Sundance Lighting — lighting designer
*Jim Moody — lighting director
*Ernie Zeilinger — engineer
*Artie Torgersen — assistant engineer
*Richard Simpson — mastering engineer
*Mickey Crofford — recording engineer
*Lowell Norman — film coordinator
{{Div col end}}

'''Design'''
{{Div col|colwidth=35em}}
*Nick Sangiamo — cover photography
*Mike Kirkland — inner spread photography
*Anthony Loew — liner photography
*Sam Emerson — liner photography
*Lowell Norman — liner photography
*Mike Kirkland — liner photography
*Nick Sangiamo — liner photography
*Acy Lehman — art director
*Mike Kirkland — poster artwork
{{Div col end}}

==Charts==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1975)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=87}}</ref>
| 4
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|20|artist=John Denver|album=An Evening with John Denver|rowheader=true|access-date=November 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=John Denver|album=An Evening with John Denver|rowheader=true|access-date=November 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|31|date=19750329|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=John Denver|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 17, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=John Denver|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 17, 2021}}
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1992)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|35|artist=John Denver|album=An Evening with John Denver|rowheader=true|access-date=November 3, 2021}}
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (1975)
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=427}}</ref>
| 9
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1975-12-31 |title=Top Selling Albums of 1975 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart |publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]] |access-date=November 3, 2021 }}</ref>
| 6
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1975/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1975|work=Billboard|accessdate=April 17, 2021}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1975/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1975|work=Billboard|accessdate=April 17, 2021}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! Chart (1976)
! Position
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1976-12-31 |title=Top Selling Albums of 1976 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart |publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]] |access-date=November 8, 2021 }}</ref>
| 28
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{John Denver}}
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Latest revision as of 02:51, 20 November 2024

An Evening with John Denver
Live album by
John Denver
ReleasedJanuary 29, 1975
RecordedAugust 26–September 1, 1974
VenueUniversal Amphitheatre
(Los Angeles, California)
GenreFolk
Length1:24:37
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerMilton Okun
John Denver chronology
Back Home Again
(1974) 		An Evening with John Denver
(1975) 		Windsong
(1975)
Singles from Back Home Again
  1. "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"
    Released: March 1975
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

An Evening with John Denver is the first live album by American singer and songwriter John Denver. It was recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California, in August and September 1974. He was backed by an orchestra conducted by Lee Holdridge. Denver's manager, Milton Okun, was the album's music producer.

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks written by John Denver, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Music Is You" 1:02
2."Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)" 3:40
3."Mother Nature's Son"Lennon–McCartney4:37
4."Summer"
3:02
5."Today"Randy Sparks4:40
6."Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio"Sparks4:08
Total length:21:09
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Matthew" 3:42
2."Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)" 3:13
3."Sweet Surrender" 5:02
4."Grandma’s Feather Bed"Jim Connor2:37
5."Annie's Song" 3:32
6."The Eagle and the Hawk"
  • Denver
  • Taylor
2:22
Total length:20:28
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Sweet Lady" 4:55
2."Annie's Other Song" 3:05
3."Boy from the Country"
5:00
4."Rhymes & Reasons" 3:17
5."Forest Lawn"Tom Paxton2:58
Total length:19:15
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pickin’ the Sun Down"
  • John Sommers
  • Steve Weisberg
2:17
2."Thank God I’m a Country Boy"Sommers3:40
3."Take Me Home, Country Roads"
3:17
4."Poems, Prayers and Promises" 4:40
5."Rocky Mountain High"
  • Denver
  • Taylor
5:04
6."This Old Guitar" 4:47
Total length:23:45

Personnel

[edit]

Musicians

  • John Denver — vocals, 6- and 12-string guitar
  • Dick Kniss — bass
  • Herb Lovelle — drums
  • Steve Weisberg — lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar
  • John Sommers — rhythm guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin
  • Hal Blaine — percussion

Orchestra

  • Lee Holdridge — conductor
  • Allan Harshman
  • Assa Drori
  • William Collette
  • David Duke
  • David Schwartz
  • David Turner
  • Denyse Buffum
  • Gene Cipriano
  • Harry Shlutz
  • Jay Rosen
  • Jerome Kessler
  • Jesse Ehrlich
  • Joy Lyle
  • Mari Tsumura
  • Milton Kestenbaum
  • Murray Adler
  • Peter Mercurio
  • Ralph Schaeffer
  • Raymond Kelley
  • Richard Kaufman
  • Richard Maximoff
  • Ronald Folsom
  • Samuel Boghossian
  • Sidney Sharp
  • Tibor Zelig
  • Vincent DeRosa
  • Wilbert Nuttycombe
  • William Kurasch

Production

  • Kris O'Connor — concert director
  • Milton Okun — producer
  • Kris O'Connor — assistant producer
  • Jerry Weintraub — personal management
  • Wally Heider Recording — recording
  • Ken Johnson — set designer
  • Penrod, Inc. — set construction
  • Stanal Sound — sound designer
  • Sundance Lighting — lighting designer
  • Jim Moody — lighting director
  • Ernie Zeilinger — engineer
  • Artie Torgersen — assistant engineer
  • Richard Simpson — mastering engineer
  • Mickey Crofford — recording engineer
  • Lowell Norman — film coordinator

Design

  • Nick Sangiamo — cover photography
  • Mike Kirkland — inner spread photography
  • Anthony Loew — liner photography
  • Sam Emerson — liner photography
  • Lowell Norman — liner photography
  • Mike Kirkland — liner photography
  • Nick Sangiamo — liner photography
  • Acy Lehman — art director
  • Mike Kirkland — poster artwork

Charts

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ An Evening with John Denver at AllMusic
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 87. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – John Denver – An Evening with John Denver" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "Charts.nz – John Denver – An Evening with John Denver". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  5. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  6. ^ "John Denver Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  7. ^ "John Denver Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  8. ^ "Australiancharts.com – John Denver – An Evening with John Denver". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  9. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 427. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  10. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1975 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  11. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1975". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  12. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1975". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  13. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1976 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved November 8, 2021.


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