Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (Leonard Cohen album)

Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 is a combo CD/DVD live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.^[1] Released in October 2009, it is his nineteenth album. The album was recorded in 1970 at the Isle of Wight.^[2]

Overview

Cohen performed at the third annual Isle of Wight Festival early morning August 31, 1970 in front of an estimated crowd of at least 600,000. After Jimi Hendrix' set, he faced a fiery and frenzied audience. Cohen quickly took control of the situation and calmed the crowd. Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, Judy Collins and others stood on the sidestage in awe as Cohen performed.

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Murray Lerner, whose footage of the 1970 festival did not begin to see release until 1995, was able to capture Cohen’s performance. Columbia Records staff A&R producer Teo Macero supervised Cohen’s live recording.

Track listing

The Songs (audio CD and 2LP)

1. Introduction
2. Bird on the 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. The Stranger Song
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. The Partisan
18. Famous Blue Raincoat
19. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy

The Songs (DVD and BluRay)

1. Intro: Diamonds In The Mine
2. Famous Blue Raincoat
3. “It’s A Large Nation”
4. Bird On The Wire
5. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
6. The Stranger Song
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. The Partisan
15. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
16. Credits: So Long, Marianne
17. Bonus Interviews: Bob Johnston, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson.

Musicians

• Bob Johnson - organ, piano, guitar
• Elkin "Bubba" Fowler - banjo, bass
• Charlie Daniels - fiddle
• Ron Cornelius - guitar
• Corlynn Hanney - vocals
• Susan Mussmano - vocals
• Donna Washburn - vocals ^[3]

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