''Live in New York'' is a live album from

Joe Cocker John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements. Most of his best known singles were recordings of son ...

, recorded in New York's

Central Park Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West Side, Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the List of New York City parks, fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban par ...

on July 12th, 1980 to an audience of 20,000 people. Originally the album was released in Australia and Japan only (in Japan as ''Spirit of Live Concert''). It was reissued on CD in Australia by Mushroom Records in 1999.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals * Mitch Chakour -music director, piano, guitar, background vocals * Cliff Goodwin – guitar * Howie Hersh – bass guitar *

B. J. Wilson Barrie James Wilson (18 March 1947 – 8 October 1990) was an English rock drummer. He was best known as a member of Procol Harum for the majority of their original career from 1967 to 1977. Career Early career Wilson was born in Edmonton, Mi ...

– drums * Bob Leinbach – keyboards * Maxine Green – background vocals * Ann Lang – background vocals * Beth Anderson – background vocals

Production notes

* Executive producer: Michael Lang * Producer: Robert Deitsch * Engineering crew: George Thomas Musgrave, James P. McGuire, Gene Maxwell, Frank D'Ella

References

{{Joe Cocker 1980 live albums Joe Cocker live albums Albums recorded at Central Park Liberation Records albums Mushroom Records live albums