Randy Newman Live

Live album by Randy Newman

Released

June 1971

Recorded

September 17–19, 1970

Genre

Rock

Length

28:34

Randy Newman chronology

12 Songs
(1970)

Randy Newman Live
(1971)

Sail Away
(1972)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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Robert Christgau	(B) link

Randy Newman Live is a live album by American singer Randy Newman. It is one of only two official live recordings he has released (the other was 2011's Live in London.) The album was recorded over three evenings between September 17 and 19, 1970 at the Bitter End, New York.

Originally intended as a radio promo recording to gain publicity, it is just over 28 minutes in length. The material is mostly taken from his debut album and 12 Songs plus a couple of rarities ("Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong" and "Tickle Me") and two songs from the as then unreleased Sail Away album ("Last Night I Had a Dream" and "Lonely at the Top").

"I'll Be Home" is a song that was also recorded (most notably) by Harry Nilsson (Nilsson Sings Newman, 1970), Barbra Streisand (Stoney End), Cass Elliott (Cass Elliot), The New Seekers (Beautiful People album), Anne Murray (Danny's Song), Tim Hardin and Mina (Mina, in Italian). Newman released a studio version on Little Criminals in 1977.

Track listing

All songs written by Randy Newman.

"Mama Told Me Not to Come" – 1:46
"Tickle Me" – 1:53
"I'll Be Home" – 2:40
"So Long Dad" – 1:41
"Livin' Without You" – 2:16
"Last Night I Had a Dream" – 1:43
"I Think It's Going to Rain Today" – 2:32
"Lover's Prayer" – 1:52
"Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong" – 1:16
"Yellow Man" – 2:05
"Old Kentucky Home" – 1:33
"Cowboy" – 2:13
"Davy the Fat Boy" – 2:48
"Lonely at the Top" – 2:16

Personnel

Randy Newman - piano, vocals
Lenny Waronker - producer

Randy Newman

Main albums	Randy Newman (1968) 12 Songs (1970) Randy Newman Live (1971) Sail Away (1972) Good Old Boys (1974) Little Criminals (1977) Born Again (1979) Trouble in Paradise (1983) Land of Dreams (1988) Bad Love (1999) The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 (2003) Harps and Angels (2008)

Compilations	Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman (1987) Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman (1998)

Musicals	Randy Newman's Faust (1995)

Films scored	Cold Turkey (1971) Ragtime (1981) The Natural (1984) Parenthood (1989) Awakenings (1990) Avalon (1990) The Paper (1994) Maverick (1994) Toy Story (1995) James and the Giant Peach (1996) Michael (1996) Cats Don't Dance (1997) A Bug's Life (1998) Pleasantville (1998) Toy Story 2 (1999) Meet the Parents (2000) Monsters, Inc. (2001) Seabiscuit (2003) Monk (TV) (2002–2009) Meet the Fockers (2004) Cars (2006) Leatherheads (2008) The Princess and the Frog (2009) Toy Story 3 (2010) Monsters University (2013)

Film soundtrack albums	Meet the Parents (2000) Cars (2006)

Songs	"Mama Told Me Not to Come" "Sail Away" "He Gives Us All His Love" "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" "Political Science" "You Can Leave Your Hat On" "Louisiana 1927" "Rednecks" "Short People" "I Love L.A." "You've Got a Friend in Me" "When She Loved Me" "We Belong Together"

Related	Discography Brill Building Nilsson Sings Newman Raising the Bar

Family	Alfred Newman David Newman Emil Newman Joey Newman Lionel Newman Thomas Newman

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