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Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 '2009/1970

Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
ArtistLeonard Cohen Related artists
Album name Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
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Date 2009/1970
GenrePop
Play time 01:17:22
Format / Bitrate Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
Media CD
Size 181.8 MB / 391,15 MB
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Tracks list

Tracklist:

[3:06] 01. Introduction (Live at Isle of Wight Festival, UK)
[4:15] 02. Bird on a Wire (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[0:16] 03. Intro to So Long, Marianne (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[7:07] 04. So Long, Marianne (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[0:51] 05. Intro: Lets renew ourselves now... (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival,
UK)
[3:58] 06. You Know Who I Am (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[0:29] 07. Intro to Poems (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[3:38] 08. Lady Midnight (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[2:00] 09. They Locked Up a Man (Poem) / A Person Who Eats Meat / Intro (Live at
Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[4:54] 10. One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[6:37] 11. The Stranger Song (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[6:17] 12. Tonight Will Be Fine (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[3:35] 13. Hey, Thats No Way to Say Goodbye (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[5:22] 14. Diamonds in the Mine (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[4:19] 15. Suzanne (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[6:12] 16. Sing Another Song, Boys (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[4:47] 17. The Partisan (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[5:20] 18. Famous Blue Raincoat (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
[4:19] 19. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
Total length: 01:17:13
Main artist: Leonard Cohen
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Columbia / Legacy
Genre: Blues/Country/Folk, Folk
Originally recorded 1970.
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment.

On August 31, 1970, Leonard Cohen was scheduled to play the third Isle of Wight
Festival. The conditions were not optimal. While 100,000 or so tickets had been
sold, there were nearly 600,000 in attendance. Fans overran the island to see
and hear the Who, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, and many others over five days.
Given the gatecrashers, things got ugly and violent. Some acts were booed from
the stage while others were pelted with projectiles; fires were set -- even the
stage got torched during Hendrixs performance. Murray Lerner, the award-winning
documentary filmmaker who had been commissioned to capture it all, packed up his
gear. Thank goodness he stayed. Leonard Cohen was 35 and had two albums under
his belt with a third on the way. He was scheduled to play after Hendrix, right
in the middle of the chaos. Organizers tried to find a replacement piano for the
one that had been burned -- he was asleep in his trailer when he was awakened at
1 a.m. 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. Cohen opened with a story about a man at a circus
asking people to light a match so they could see one another; he requested that
from the rowdy crowd. Some granted it early, many more later. Lerner
instinctually reset a camera just before his performance and got most of Cohens
show, the vibe of which transformed the festivals last day. Its all here on CD
and DVD from Legacy. Cohen played songs from his first two albums, debuted a
few, recited poems, and told stories. He offered personal confessions about
being in a cheap hotel, trying to pick up a blonde woman in a Nazi poster while
coming down from a speed run; he talked of friends who committed suicide because
they had no one to talk to; and shared effortlessly, politely, and honestly
without artifice or showmanship. In other words, the qualities he has become
known for throughout his career. 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 its 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 thats all right; it
is still essential viewing artistically and historically. What Lerner captures
is utterly magical, and not to be missed. His sense of timing is impeccable, his
taste unassailable. Since he hastily reset his gear, there is one camera instead
of three, but it hardly matters. He captures the essence of what happened, he
understood instinctually what was going on on-stage and with the crowd, and he
portrays that throughout the gig. The concert is interspersed with brief
interviews with eyewitnesses Judy Collins and Joan Baez, but their input is
unnecessary and self-serving. Kris Kristoffersons first-person commentary,
however, is wonderful, because it is journalistic and simple, without nostalgic
interpretation. Cohen is not present as a commentator, which is unfortunate, but
this is only a small complaint, really. This is one CD/DVD package that is so
complementary, its pieces are inseparable.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo


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