''Leon Live'' is a live album by singer and songwriter

Leon Russell Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock and ...

recorded on August 28, 1972, at the

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. It was Russell's first live album and was originally released as a three-LP set in a tri-fold cover on Russell's

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label. The album was mixed at

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and distributed by

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. The album peaked at No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart and received a

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for sales of over 500,000 albums. ''Leon Live'' was re-released on CD by

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in 1996. The album has

for sales of over 500,000 albums in the US and Canada In November 1972, ''

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'' cited Russell as a top concert draw and reported the 1972 tour gross at almost $3 million.Discography of Leon Russell
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Track listing

All songs performed by Leon Russell. All tracks composed by Leon Russell except where indicated. Side 1 # "Mighty Quinn Medley:

I'll Take You There "I'll Take You There" is a song written by Al Bell (using his real name Alvertis Isbell), and originally performed by soul music, soul/gospel music, gospel family band the Staple Singers. The Staple Singers version, produced by Bell, was release ...

/Idol with the Golden Head/I Serve a Living Savior/ Mighty Quinn" (

Al Bell Al Bell (born Alvertis Isbell; March 15, 1940) is an American record producer, songwriter, and record executive. He is best known as having been an executive and co-owner of Stax Records, based in Memphis, Tennessee, during the latter half of the ...

/ Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller/Betty Watson/

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

) - 11:44 # "Shoot Out on the Plantation" - 4:52 # "Dixie Lullaby" (Leon Russell,

Chris Stainton Christopher Robert "Chris" Stainton (born 22 March 1944) is an English session musician, keyboard player, bassist and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s. In addition to his collaboration with Cocker, Stai ...

) - 3:10 Side 2 # "Queen of the Roller Derby" - 1:53 # "Roll Away the Stone" (Greg Dempsey, Leon Russell) - 3:56 # "It's Been a Long Time Baby" (

John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often ...

Jules Taub The Bihari brothers, Lester, Jules, Saul and Joe, were American businessmen of Hungarian Jewish origins. They were the founders of Modern Records in Los Angeles and its subsidiaries, such as Meteor Records, based in Memphis. The Bihari brothers wer ...

) - 3:24 # "Great Day" (Traditional) - 3:04 # "Alcatraz" - 4:23 Side 3 # "Crystal Closet Queen" - 6:33 # "Prince of Peace' (Greg Dempsey, Leon Russell) - 4:27 # "Sweet Emily" - 3:09 # "Stranger in a Strange Land" (

Don Preston Donald Ward Preston (born September 21, 1932) is an American jazz and rock keyboardist. He is known for working with Frank Zappa from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s. Biography Preston was born into a family of musicians in Detroit and began st ...

, Leon Russell) - 5:01 Side 4 # "Out in the Woods" - 9:13 # "Some Day" (Traditional) - 3:21 # "Sweeping Through the City" (

Shirley Caesar Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams (born October 13, 1938), known professionally as Shirley Caesar, is an American gospel singer whose career has spanned seven decades. She has won 11 Grammys in addition to Dove Awards and Stellar Awards; Caesar is kno ...

) - 2:32 Side 5 # " Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash/ Young Blood" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller,

Doc Pomus Jerome Solon Felder (June 27, 1925 – March 14, 1991), known professionally as Doc Pomus, was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall ...

) - 16:15 Side 6 # "Of Thee I Sing/Yes I Am: Medley" (Don Preston, Leon Russell) - 10:25 # "

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" - 3:57 # "

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his ''Bringing It All Back Home'' album, released on March 22, 1965, by Columbia Records. The song was recorded on January 15, 1965, with Dylan's acoustic ...

" (Bob Dylan) - 6:44

Charts

Personnel

*Leon Russell - bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals *Chuck Blackwell - drums *

Ambrose Campbell Ambrose Campbell (19 August 1919 – 22 June 2006) was a Nigerian musician and bandleader. He is credited with forming Britain's first ever black band, the West African Rhythm Brothers, in the 1940s, and was also acknowledged by Fela Kuti as "t ...

- congas, drums, percussion *Joey Cooper - guitar, vocals, backing vocals *Nawasa Crowder - backing vocals * John Gallie - keyboards, organ * Rev. Patrick Henderson - arranger, keyboards, percussion, piano, vocals, backing vocals *Phyllis Lindsey - vocals *

- guitar, vocals, backing vocals *

Carl Radle Carl Dean Radle (June 18, 1942 – May 30, 1980) was an American bassist who toured and recorded with many of the most influential recording artists of the late 1960s and 1970s. He was posthumously inducted to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in ...

- bass * *John LeMay - Mixing * John Fry - Mixing *Ellis Widner - Liner Notes *

Ed Caraeff Ed Caraeff (born April 18, 1950) is an American photographer, illustrator and graphic designer, who has worked largely in the music industry. He has art directed, photographed and designed more than 400 record album covers from 1967 to 1981 for ...

- Photography *

Tom Cartwright Thomas William Cartwright (22 July 1935 – 30 April 2007) was an English cricketer. Playing largely for Somerset and Warwickshire, he took over 1,600 wickets as a medium-pace bowler, though he began his career as a top-order batsman, and was ...

- Reissue Producer * Jason Arnold - Mastering *

Denny Cordell Dennis Cordell-Lavarack (1 August 1943 – 18 February 1995), known as Denny Cordell, was an English record producer. He is notable for his mid-1960s and early 1970s productions of hit singles for The Moody Blues, Leon Russell, The Move, Procol ...

- Producer

References

External links

Leon Live, live at the Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California on August 28th, 1972.
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Leon Russell discographyLeon Russell lyricsLeon Russell RecordsLeon Russell
NAMM Oral History Program Interview (2012) {{Leon Russell 1973 live albums Leon Russell albums Shelter Records albums Albums produced by Leon Russell