''Live in Japan'' is an live album by singer and songwriter

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. The album was recorded two live tour sessions. The first record section is a 1973 tour show at

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on November 8, 1973. The second recorded section is from a 1971 tour show in Sam Houston Coliseum. While the album had some of Leon's new hits, like "Tight Rope" and "A Song for You," the album did not chart in the top 200. His early live album ''

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'' peaked at #9 on the U.S. charts. The album was first released as a vinyl LP by Shelter Records. ''Live in Japan'' was re-released on CD by Omnivore Recordings in 2011 and again in 2013 with bonus tracks. The album was by produced by Leon Russell, Nobuya Itoh, Peter Nicholls and Denny Cordell. The new CD releases were after Leon recordings earned six gold records. He received two

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from seven nominations. In 2011, he was inducted into both the

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and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. One of his biggest early fans,

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, said Russell was a "mentor" and an "inspiration". They recorded their album ''

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'' in 2010, which earned them a Grammy nomination.

Track listing

All songs performed by Leon Russell. All tracks composed by Leon Russell except as noted below. *Tracks 1-9 Recorded live in Japan. *Tracks 10-16 Recorded live in Houston, 1971 # Heaven (

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) - 4:56 # Over the Rainbow / God Put a Rainbow (

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/ E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - 5:39 # Queen of the Roller Derby - 1:49 # Roll Away the Stone (Greg Dempsey) - 4:03 # Tight Rope - 2:58 #Sweet Emily - 3:23 # Alcatraz - 4:04 # You Don't Have to Go ( Jimmy Reed) - 2:34 #

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, Of Thee I Sing,

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(

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) - 7:10 # Alcatraz - 4:49 # Stranger in a Strange Land ( Don Preston) - 4:51 #

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(With Bonnie Bramlett) - 3:54 # Roll Over Beethoven ( Chuck Berry) - 3:52 # Blues Power / Shoot Out on the Plantation / As the Years Go Passing By / The Woman I Love (

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/ Joe Josea / B.B. King / Deadric Malone) - 11:08 # Jumpin' Jack Flash ( Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) - 4:54 # Of Thee I Sing, Yes I Am - 9:35

Personnel

*Leon Russell Composer, Piano, Primary Artist, Quotation Author, Vocals *Delrose Allen Vocals (Background) *Greg Allen Art Direction, Design *Audrey Bilger Project Assistant *Chuck Blackwell Drums *Ambrose Campbell Congas *Carolyn Cook Vocals (Background) *Joey Cooper Guitar, Vocals (Background) *Carl Radle Bass *Nettie Davenport Vocals (Background) *Charlene Foster Vocals (Background) *Wayne Perkins Guitar, Vocals (Background) *John Gallie Organ *Rev. Patrick Henderson Piano, Vocals *Nobuya Itoh Producer *Peter Nicholls Producer *Denny Cordell Producer *Takashi Kitazawa Director *Lee Lodyga Project Assistant *Gavin Lurssen Mastering *Nikki Nieves Project Assistant *Masao Ohgiya Design *Patrick Henderson Composer, Liner Notes *Cory Hillis Project Assistant * Cheryl Pawelski Reissue Producer *Jan Persson Photography *Don Preston Composer *Bradford Rosenberger Project Assistant *Steve Todoroff Liner Notes *Steven Casper Project Assistant *Rueben Cohen Mastering *Harvey Drivian Project Assistant *Lyn Fey Editorial *Jun Miyajima Photography *Suenori Fukui Engineer, Remixing

References

External links

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Leon Russell discographyLeon Russell lyricsLeon Russell RecordsLeon Russell
NAMM Oral History Program Interview (2012) {{Leon Russell 1975 live albums Leon Russell albums Shelter Records albums Albums produced by Leon Russell