''Michael Franks with Crossfire Live'' is a live
jazz vocal
The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound production i ...
album by
Michael Franks featuring the Australian band Crossfire. It was recorded over a series of three
concerts in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
and
New Zealand in September
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
; at the
Capitol Theater in
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
on the 25th, St James Tavern in Sydney on the 27th and The Town Hall in
Auckland on the 29th.
The album was officially released in Australia and New Zealand in 1980 with Warner Music Australia, now
Warner Music Australasia.
It was re-released on CD in 2003
but is now out of production as a single album.
In 2012, a replica version of the album was included in the box set ''
The Dream 1973-2011''.
Track listing
Charts
Personnel
Performers with Crossfire
*
Michael Franks - vocals
*Ian Bloxsom - percussion, mallets
*Jim Kelly - guitar
*Michael J. Kenny - acoustic piano, electric piano
*Phil Scorgie - bass
*Steve Hopes - drums
*Tony Buchanan - saxophone, flute
Support
*Recording and mixing – Martin Benge
References
Bibliography
*
{{Authority control
Michael Franks (musician) albums
Crossfire (band) albums
1980 live albums
Warner Music Group live albums