''Cities of the Heart'' is a
Jack Bruce double CD release of sections of two live performances given on 2 and 3 November
1993 in Cologne, Germany, to celebrate Bruce's 50th birthday. They were recorded for the
WDR "
Rockpalast
''Rockpalast'' (''Rock Palace'') is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). ''Rockpalast'' started in 1974 and continues to this day. Hundreds of rock, heavy metal and jazz ...
" TV show and a DVD of the shows, entitled ''Rockpalast: The 50th Birthday Concerts'', was released by MIG Music in 2014.
Track listing
Disc one
# "Can You Follow?"
(Pete Brown
Peter Ronald Brown (born 25 December 1940) is an English performance poet, lyricist, and singer best known for his collaborations with Cream and Jack Bruce.Colin Larkin, ''Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music'', (Muze UK Ltd, 1997), , p. 80 Bro ...
, Jack Bruce) – 1:56
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Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
# "Running Through Our Hands"
(Brown, Bruce, Janet Godfrey
Janet Godfrey is a British songwriter, known for being the first wife and occasional writing partner of bassist Jack Bruce.
Early career
Godfrey was the secretary of the fan club for the Graham Bond Organisation, a band that had started in 1963, ...
) – 4:13
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Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
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Gary Husband – keyboards
# "Over the Cliff"
(Bruce, Jerry Goldsmith
Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929July 21, 2004) was an American composer and conductor known for his work in film and television scoring. He composed scores for five films in the ''Star Trek'' franchise and three in the Rambo (franchise) ...
) – 3:46
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Jack Bruce – bass
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Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
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Ginger Baker – drums
# "Statues"
(Bruce) – 7:37
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Jack Bruce – bass
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Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
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Ginger Baker – drums
# "First Time I Met the Blues"
( Eurreal Montgomery) – 4:47
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Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
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Clem Clempson – guitar
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Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
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Ginger Baker – drums
# "Smiles & Grins"
(Bruce, Brown) – 9:48
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Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, piano
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Clem Clempson – guitar
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Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
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Art Themen – saxophone
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Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
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Malcolm Bruce – synthesizer
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Gary Husband – drums
# "Bird Alone"
(Bruce, Brown) – 9:56
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Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
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Clem Clempson – guitar
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Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ, piano
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Gary Husband – drums
# "Neighbor, Neighbor"
(Alton, J.Valler) – 5:32
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Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
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Clem Clempson – guitar
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Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
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Art Themen – saxophone
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Henry Lowther – trumpet
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John Mumford – trombone
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Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
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Simon Phillips – drums
# "Born Under a Bad Sign"
(William Bell, Booker T. Jones) – 6:17
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Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
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Clem Clempson – guitar
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Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
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Art Themen – saxophone
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Henry Lowther – trumpet
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John Mumford – trombone
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Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
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Jonas Bruce – piano
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Simon Phillips – drums
Disc two
# "Ships in the Night"
(Brown, Bruce) – 5:20
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Jack Bruce – vocals
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Maggy Reilly – vocals
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Clem Clempson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
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Malcolm Bruce – acoustic guitar
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Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
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Gary Husband – piano
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François Garny – bass
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Simon Phillips – drums
# "Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune"
(Brown, Bruce) – 4:19
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Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
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Clem Clempson – guitar
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Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
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Art Themen – saxophone
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Henry Lowther – trumpet
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John Mumford – trombone
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François Garny – bass
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Simon Phillips – drums
# "Theme for an Imaginary Western"
(Brown, Bruce) – 6:00
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Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
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Clem Clempson – guitar
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Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
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François Garny – bass
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Simon Phillips – drums
# "Golden Days"
(Bruce) – 5:38
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Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
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Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals
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Clem Clempson – guitar
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Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
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François Garny – bass
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Simon Phillips – drums
# "Life on Earth"
(Bruce) – 5:21
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Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
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Gary Moore – guitar
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Simon Phillips – drums
# "N.S.U."
(Bruce) – 6:29
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Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
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Gary Moore – guitar
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Ginger Baker – drums
# "Sitting on Top of the World"
(Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson) – 6:52
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Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
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Gary Moore – guitar
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Ginger Baker – drums
# "Politician"
(Brown, Bruce) – 5:39
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Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
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Pete Brown – vocals
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Gary Moore – guitar
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Ginger Baker – drums
# "Spoonful"
(Willie Dixon
William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...
) – 9:13
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Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
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Gary Moore – guitar
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Ginger Baker – drums
# "Sunshine of Your Love"
(Brown, Bruce, Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list of ...
) – 8:07
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Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
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Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals
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Clem Clempson – guitar
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Malcolm Bruce – acoustic guitar
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Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
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Art Themen – saxophone
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Henry Lowther – trumpet
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John Mumford – trombone
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Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
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Jonas Bruce – synthesizer
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François Garny – bass
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Ginger Baker – drums
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Simon Phillips – drums
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Pete Brown – percussion
Personnel
;Musicians
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Pete Brown
Peter Ronald Brown (born 25 December 1940) is an English performance poet, lyricist, and singer best known for his collaborations with Cream and Jack Bruce.Colin Larkin, ''Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music'', (Muze UK Ltd, 1997), , p. 80 Bro ...
– vocals, percussion
* Jack Bruce – bass, piano, vocals
* Jonas Bruce – piano
* Malcolm Bruce – keyboards
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Dave "Clem" Clempson – guitar
* Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals
* François Garny – bass
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Gary Husband
Gary Husband (born 14 June 1960) is an English jazz and rock drummer, pianist, keyboard player and bandleader. He is also a composer, arranger and producer.
Husband is a member of John McLaughlin's group The 4th Dimension, he also regularly pe ...
– drums, keyboards, piano
*
Henry Lowther – trumpet
* John Mumford – trombone
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Maggie Reilly – vocals
*
Art Themen
Arthur Edward George Themen (born 26 November 1939) is a British jazz saxophonist and formerly orthopaedic surgeon. Critic John Fordham has described him as "an appealing presence on the British jazz circuit for over 40 years.... Originally a D ...
– saxophone
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Ginger Baker – drums
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Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
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Gary Moore
Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 19526 February 2011) was a Northern Irish musician. Over the course of his career he played in various groups and performed a range of music including blues, blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal, and jazz ...
– guitar
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Simon Phillips – drums
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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
References
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1994 live albums
Jack Bruce albums
albums produced by Jack Bruce