Cities of the Heart

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Cities of the Heart is a Jack Bruce double CD release of sections of two live performances given on November 2nd and 3rd 1993 in Cologne, Germany, to celebrate Bruce's 50th birthday. They were recorded for the WDR "Rockpalast" TV show and a DVD of the shows, entitled Rockpalast: The 50th Birthday Concerts, was released by MIG Music in 2014.^[1]

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Can You Follow?" (Pete Brown, Jack Bruce) – 1:56

   Jack Bruce – vocals, piano

2. "Running Through Our Hands" (Brown, Bruce, Janet Godfrey) – 4:13

   Jack Bruce – vocals, piano

   Gary Husband – keyboards

3. "Over the Cliff" (Bruce, Jerry Goldsmith) – 3:46

   Jack Bruce – bass

   Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone

   Ginger Baker – drums

4. "Statues" (Bruce) – 7:37

   Jack Bruce – bass

   Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone

   Ginger Baker – drums

5. "First Time I Met the Blues" (Eurreal Montgomery) – 4:47

   Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

   Clem Clempson – guitar

   Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone

   Ginger Baker – drums

6. "Smiles & Grins" (Bruce, Brown) – 9:48

   Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, piano

   Clem Clempson – guitar

   Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone

   Art Themen – saxophone

   Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ

   Malcolm Bruce – synthesizer

   Gary Husband – drums

7. "Bird Alone" (Bruce, Brown) – 9:56

   Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

   Clem Clempson – guitar

   Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ, piano

   Gary Husband – drums

8. "Neighbor, Neighbor"(Alton, J.Valler) – 5:32

   Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

   Clem Clempson – guitar

   Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone

   Art Themen – saxophone

   Henry Lowther – trumpet

   John Mumford – trombone

   Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ

   Simon Phillips – drums

9. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (William Bell, Booker T. Jones) – 6:17

   Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

   Clem Clempson – guitar

   Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone

   Art Themen – saxophone

   Henry Lowther – trumpet

   John Mumford – trombone

   Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ

   Jonas Bruce – piano

   Simon Phillips – drums

Disc two

1. "Ships in the Night" (Brown, Bruce) – 5:20

   Jack Bruce – vocals

   Maggy Reilly – vocals

   Clem Clempson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar

   Malcolm Bruce – acoustic guitar

   Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ

   Gary Husband – piano

   François Garny – bass

   Simon Phillips – drums

2. "Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune" (Brown, Bruce) – 4:19

   Jack Bruce – vocals, piano

   Clem Clempson – guitar

   Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone

   Art Themen – saxophone

   Henry Lowther – trumpet

   John Mumford – trombone

   François Garny – bass

   Simon Phillips – drums

3. "Theme for an Imaginary Western song review" (Brown, Bruce) – 6:00

   Jack Bruce – vocals, piano

   Clem Clempson – guitar

   Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ

   François Garny – bass

   Simon Phillips – drums

4. "Golden Days" (Bruce) – 5:38

   Jack Bruce – vocals, piano

   Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals

   Clem Clempson – guitar

   Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ

   François Garny – bass

   Simon Phillips – drums

5. "Life on Earth" (Bruce) – 5:21

   Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

   Gary Moore – guitar

   Simon Phillips – drums

6. "N.S.U." (Bruce) – 6:29

   Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

   Gary Moore – guitar

   Ginger Baker – drums

7. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson) – 6:52

   Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

   Gary Moore – guitar

   Ginger Baker – drums

8. "Politician" (Brown, Bruce) – 5:39

   Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

   Pete Brown – vocals

   Gary Moore – guitar

   Ginger Baker – drums

9. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 9:13

   Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

   Gary Moore – guitar

   Ginger Baker – drums

10. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Brown, Bruce, Eric Clapton) – 8:07

    Jack Bruce – vocals, piano

    Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals

    Clem Clempson – guitar

    Malcolm Bruce – acoustic guitar

    Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone

    Art Themen – saxophone

    Henry Lowther – trumpet

    John Mumford – trombone

    Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ

    Jonas Bruce – synthesizer

    François Garny – bass

    Ginger Baker – drums

    Simon Phillips – drums

    Pete Brown – percussion

Personnel

Musicians

• Pete Brown – vocals, percussion
• Jack Bruce – bass, piano, vocals
• Jonas Bruce – piano
• Malcolm Bruce – keyboards
• Dave "Clem" Clempson – guitar
• Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals
• François Garny – bass
• Gary Husband – drums
• Henry Lowther – trumpet
• John Mumford – trombone
• Maggie Reilly – vocals
• Art Themen – saxophone
• Ginger Baker – drums
• Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
• Gary Moore – guitar
• Simon Phillips – drums
• Bernie Worrell – piano

Production

• Cedric Beatly – recording
• David Calvin – recording
• Norbert Gutzman – assistant engineer
• Harald Glaser – live recording submixes
• Walter Quintus – mixing
• Ulf von Kanitz – art direction
• Guido Harari – b/w and colour photos
• Nanna Botsch – colour photos
• Ralph Weber – photo of the Bruce family
• Malcom Bruce – transcriptions
• Klaus Schruff – computer music notation

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