''Live at Radio City'' is a
live album
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and video by
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds or Dave and Tim is a musical act composed of Dave Matthews, member of Dave Matthews Band, and Tim Reynolds, member of TR3 and Dave Matthews Band.
History
Matthews and Reynolds met in Charlottesville, Virginia, ...
recorded at
Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and Theater (structure), theater at 1260 Sixth Avenue (Manhattan), Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Nicknamed "The Showplac ...
on April 22, 2007. This was the first release by Matthews and Reynolds since ''
Live at Luther College
''Live at Luther College'' is a live album by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds recorded at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Recorded on February 6, 1996, and released nearly three years later, it was the first concert recording by the pair to be m ...
'', released in 1999.
Release
The concert was released as both a two-disc album on
CD and a two-disc video on
DVD
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. A
Blu-ray Disc
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version of the video was scheduled to be released two weeks after the CD and DVD release date, on August 28, 2007, but was postponed until September 4, 2007. The DVD release features various bonus features, such as a behind-the-scenes documentary, a
5.1 audio mix, and a photo gallery. The DVD was directed by Sam Erickson of 44 Pictures and
Fenton Williams Fenton Williams is a production designer and video director. He has worked with Dave Matthews Band since 1991. He began as their road manager and has served as Dave Matthews Band's lighting designer and video director for the last 20 years. of
Filament Productions
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.
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The album debuted at number three on the U.S.
''Billboard'' 200, selling about 70,000 copies in its first week; it also debuted at number one on the Top Rock Albums, Top Alternative Albums and Top Internet Albums charts.
[Katie Hasty]
"'High School Musical 2' Blasts In At No. 1"
Billboard.com, August 22, 2007.
Songs
The tracks were recorded at a live
acoustic rock
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concert at
Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and Theater (structure), theater at 1260 Sixth Avenue (Manhattan), Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Nicknamed "The Showplac ...
in
New York City
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on April 22, 2007. The 26-song set features 12 songs from
Dave Matthews Band
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albums and six songs from Dave Matthews' ''
Some Devil
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'' album. The other songs in the set include various unreleased and
cover songs
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. Matthews and Reynolds played the entire set together, with the exception of two solos by Reynolds—"Betrayal" and "You Are My Sanity"—and one solo performance by Matthews—"Some Devil." This is the first time Matthews has played piano at a show, and he also plays a small piece of
The Beatles' "
Blackbird" before "Out of My Hands".
Track listing
All songs by
David J. Matthews unless otherwise noted.
Disc one
#"
Bartender
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" – 8:30
#"When the World Ends" (Matthews,
Ballard) – 4:13
#"Stay or Leave" – 4:09
#"Save Me" – 4:41
#"
Crush" – 7:54
#"
So Damn Lucky" (Matthews,
Harris
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Scotland
* Harris, Outer Hebrides (sometimes called the Isle o ...
) – 6:51
#"
Gravedigger
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" – 4:19
#"The Maker" (
Lanois) – 5:17
#"Old Dirt Hill (Bring That Beat Back)" (Matthews,
Batson) – 5:49
#"
Eh Hee
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" – 5:00
#"Betrayal" (Reynolds) – 5:31
#"Out of My Hands" (Matthews, Batson) – 5:23
#"Still Water" (Lanois) – 2:21
#"
Don't Drink the Water" – 6:09
Disc two
#"Oh" – 5:09
#"Corn Bread" (Matthews, Batson) – 4:36
#"
Crash into Me
"Crash into Me" is a song by American rock group Dave Matthews Band. It was released in December 1996 as the third single from their second album, ''Crash''. It reached number 7 on the US ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart in March 1997. The s ...
" – 6:05
#"
Down by the River" (
Young
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) – 5:45
#"You Are My Sanity" (Reynolds) – 5:58
#"Sister" – 3:44
#"
Lie in Our Graves
"Lie in Our Graves" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, featured on the 1996 album ''Crash''.
Official live releases
This is a partial list of albums which have featured "Lie in Our Graves" as a live track.
*''Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95''
**Summ ...
" – 8:53
#"Some Devil" – 5:11
#"
Grace Is Gone
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" – 4:12
#"
Dancing Nancies" – 9:03
#"
#41" – 5:48
#"
Two Step" – 6:29
References
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Dave Matthews live albums
2007 live albums
RCA Records live albums
Collaborative albums
Albums recorded at Radio City Music Hall
Tim Reynolds live albums