''Hot August Night II'' is a

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Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adul ...

. This is a follow-up to his 1972 double album ''

Hot August Night ''Hot August Night'' is a 1972 live double album by Neil Diamond. The album is a recording of a Diamond concert on August 24, 1972, one of ten sold-out concerts that Diamond performed that month at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. This also mar ...

'', which is also a live album. This album is

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by the

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Critical reception

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writes, "Running through his biggest hits, Diamond turns in a flashy, showy performance."

Track listing

Musicians

The Neil Diamond Band * Richard BennettAcoustic & Electric Guitar *Alan LindgrenSynthesizer & Piano *King ErrissonPercussion *Reinie PressBass *Tom HensleyPiano & Keyboards *Doug RhoneAcoustic & Electric Guitar *Vince CharlesPercussion * Ron TuttDrums *Background VocalsDoug Rhone
Linda Press
Ron Tutt Additional Strings *ConcertmasterAssa Drori *ConductorAlan Lindgren *ViolinAssa Drori, Bill Hybell, Bob Sanov, Clayton Haslop, Donald Palmer, Meg Zivahi, Reg Hill, Shari Zippert *ViolaLenny Sachs, Margo MacLaine *CelloTony Cooke, Ray Kelley *BassMickey Nadel

Production

*Producer –

Val Garay Val Garay (born May 9, 1942, in San Francisco, California, United States) is an American recording engineer and record producer who has worked with Kim Carnes, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Neil Diamond, and others. Garay also co-founded Los An ...

*Mastered by Stephen Marcussen *Recording Engineers – Allen Sides, Val Garay *Arranged by Alan Lindgren *Art Direction and Design – David Kirschner *Additional Design – Jan Weinberg, Beverly Lazor-Bahr *Mixed by Val Garay *Assistant Engineers – Bob Levy, Bob Loftus *Photography by Harrison Funk *Album Production Coordinator – Sam Cole *Production Assistants – Ned Brown, Barry Cardinael, Larry Williams, Alison Zanetos

Concert production staff

*Concert Production ProducerPatrick Stansfield *Tour ManagerJerry Murphey *Stage Manager & Technical DirectorDoug Pope *Lighting DirectorMarilyn Lowey Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Neil Diamond live albums Albums produced by Val Garay 1987 live albums Columbia Records live albums Sequel albums