''In Concert: Merchants of Cool'' is a

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and DVD by English

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band

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. It was recorded principally at The Paramount Theater, Denver, Colorado and The Grove of Anaheim, Anaheim, California, in January 2002. It features hits from both Bad Company and precursor band

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as well as two new studio tracks, "Joe Fabulous" and "Saving Grace". It is their only album not to feature guitarist

Mick Ralphs Michael Geoffrey Ralphs (born 31 March 1944, Herefordshire) is an English musician, vocalist and songwriter, who was a founding member of rock bands Mott the Hoople and Bad Company. Career Ralphs began his career as a teenager, playing with b ...

; longtime session guitarist Dave “Bucket” Colwell, who had previously appeared on the '' Here Comes Trouble'' album, plays in Mick’s place. Additionally,

Jaz Lochrie Jaz Lochrie (born 18 April 1970) is a Scottish bass guitarist born in Paisley, Scotland, UK. Career Lochrie has played variously in his career live or recording with Pete Townshend, Bad Company, Slash, Paul Rodgers, Roger Daltrey, Joe Satriani, ...

plays bass instead of

Boz Burrell Raymond "Boz" Burrell (1 August 1946 – 21 September 2006) was an English musician. Originally a vocalist and guitarist, Burrell is best known for his singing with King Crimson (1971–1972) and bass playing in Bad Company (1973–1982, 1998� ...

. The band covers two songs from

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, " Ticket to Ride" and "

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", as well as one from Paul Rodgers' and Simon Kirke's former band

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Track listing

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Burnin' Sky ''Burnin' Sky'' is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Bad Company. It was released on 3 March 1977. ''Burnin' Sky'' was recorded in France at Château d'Hérouville in July and August 1976 with future The Rolling Stones engineer ...

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) – 5:35 # " Can't Get Enough" (

) – 3:47 # " Feel Like Makin' Love" (Ralphs, Rodgers) – 5:26 # "Rock Steady" (Rodgers) – 3:49 # " Movin' On" (Ralphs) – 3:10 # "Deal with the Preacher" (Ralphs, Rodgers) – 4:34 # "

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" (Ralphs) – 6:33 # "

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/ Ticket to Ride /

" (Rodgers, John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 6:29 # "

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, Rodgers) – 6:28 # "

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Simon Kirke Simon Frederick St George Kirke (born 28 July 1949) is an English rock drummer best known as a member of Free and Bad Company. He has been the only continuous member of Bad Company since their inception. Life and career Kirke was born in L ...

, Rodgers) – 5:42 # "Silver, Blue and Gold" (Rodgers) – 5:02 # " Shooting Star" (Rodgers) – 6:42 # "Joe Fabulous" (Rodgers) – 3:39 (new studio track) # "Saving Grace" (Rodgers,

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) – 4:07 (new studio recording of a Paul Rodgers solo song from

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)

Personnel

– vocals, arranger, guitar, piano *

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– guitar, background vocals *

– bass, background vocals *

– drums, percussion, background vocals *Recorded by Chris Mickle, Bud Martin & Justin Peacock.

Video formats

* 1.78:1

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Audio formats

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5.1

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(English) *

2.0 Stereo (English) * Running Time: 140 Minutes * Release Year: 2002 *

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Rating: Not Rated

Charts

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(United States) Singles – Billboard (United States)

References

{{Authority control Bad Company albums 2002 live albums Sanctuary Records live albums Live video albums 2002 video albums Sanctuary Records video albums