''Live on the Double Planet'' is a live recording by guitarist
Michael Hedges released on the
Windham Hill
Windham Hill Records was an independent record label that specialized in instrumental acoustic music. It was founded by guitarist William Ackerman and Anne Robinson (née McGilvray) in 1976 and was popular in the 1980s and 1990s.
The label was ...
label.
Reception
Music critic Jason Anderson, writing for
Allmusic
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, wrote of the album "Throughout this wide-ranging effort, Hedges' incredible right hand keeps perfect time in its role as sole accompaniment for the musician's vocal work and simultaneous soloing... Too passionate to simply file under new age, Hedges displays all his originality and fiery musicianship on this first-rate live offering."
Track listing
All compositions by Michael Hedges except as noted.
# "
All Along the Watchtower" (
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 ...
) – 2:59
# "Because It's There" – 3:13
# "Silent Anticipations" – 3:01
# "Ready or Not" – 3:52
# "
A Love Bizarre" (
Prince
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,
Sheila E.
Sheila Cecilia Escovedo (born December 12, 1957) better known under the stage name Sheila E., is an American percussionist and singer. She began her career in the mid-1970s as a percussionist and singer for The George Duke Band. After leaving t ...
) – 4:30
# "Breakfast in the Field" – 2:17
# "Rikki's Shuffle" – 3:09
# "Woman of the World" – 4:28
# "The Double Planet" – 3:23
# "The Funky Avocado" – 3:20
# "
Come Together" (
John Lennon
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,
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
) – 5:10
# "Two Days Old" – 4:34
"The Funky Avocado" features a brief interpolation of
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty, rhythmically d ...
' "
Miss You". Hedges alludes to this in the introduction of the song, by telling the audience that it will feature a brief "disco" section.
Personnel
*Michael Hedges – guitar, vocals
*
Michael Manring – fretless bass guitar on 7.
Production notes
*Produced by Michael Hedges
*Engineered by Harry Andronis, David Bianco, Hilleary Burgess
*Mastered by Bernie Grundman
References
Michael Hedges albums
1987 live albums
Windham Hill Records live albums
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