''Renée Live'' is the second
live album by Australian musician
Renée Geyer
Renée Rebecca Geyer (born 11 September 1953) is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with " It's a Man's Man's Wor ...
. The album was recorded in December 1982 and released in April 1983 by
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival M ...
. The album peaked at number 80 on the
Kent Music Report
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.
Track listing
;Vinyl/ cassette (L 37975)
Side one
# "Intro"
(excerpt From "Be Yourself") (
Cameo
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Music
* ...
) - 1.08
# "Look What You've Done" (
Leo Nocentelli
Leo Nocentelli (born June 15, 1946) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member and lead guitarist of the funk band The Meters. He wrote the original versions of several funk classics such as "Cissy Strut" and "Hey P ...
) - 4.06
# "Baby I've Been Missing You" (
Chuck Jackson
Chuck Jackson (born July 22, 1937) is an American R&B singer who was one of the first artists to record material by Burt Bacharach and Hal David successfully. He has performed with moderate success since 1961. His hits include "I Don't Want to ...
,
Marvin Yancy
Marvin Jerome Yancy (May 31, 1950 – March 22, 1985) was an American gospel musician, pastor and Grammy-winning record producer, and former pastor of Fountain of Life Baptist Church. He started his music career, in 1971, with The Independents, ...
) - 4.01
# "I Got News For You" (
Jonathan Zwartz
Jonathan Peter Zwartz is a New Zealand-born Australian jazz musician. In the 2018 ARIA Music Awards, he won the Best Jazz Album category for his third album, ''Animarum'', released in 2018.
Early life
Zwartz was born in New Zealand. Career ...
, Jane Lindsay) - 4.55
# "
Say I Love You" (
Eddy Grant
Edmond Montague Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known for his genre-blending sound; his music has blended elements of pop, British rock, soul, funk, reggae, electronic music, Af ...
) - 5.09
Side Two
# "
Goin' Back
"Goin' Back" (also recorded and released as "Going Back") is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King in 1966. It describes the loss of innocence that comes with adulthood, along with an attempt, on the part of the singer, to recapture th ...
"
(with Glenn Shorrock
Glenn Barrie Shorrock (born 30 June 1944) is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of rock bands the Twilights, Axiom, Little River Band and post LRB spin-off trio Birtles Shorrock Goble, as well as being a so ...
) (
Carole King
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,
Gerry Goffin
Gerald Goffin (February 11, 1939 – June 19, 2014) was an American lyricist. Collaborating initially with his first wife, Carole King, he co-wrote many international pop hits of the early and mid-1960s, including the US No.1 hits " Will You L ...
) - 3.54
# "You Don't Know What You Mean To Me"
(with Venetta Fields
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) (
Eddie Floyd
Edward Lee Floyd (born June 25, 1937) is an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s, including the No. 1 R&B hit song " Knock on Wood".
Biography
Floyd was born in ...
,
Steve Cropper
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) - 3.05
# "
Since I Fell for You
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A version by Annie Laurie with Paul Gayten and His Trio in 1947 led to ...
" (
Buddy Johnson
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) - 7.04
# "
I Can Feel the Fire
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" (
Ron Wood Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald.
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*Ron Douglas, the protagonist in '' Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe ...
) - 4.55
Renée Geyer Band
* Renée Geyer - vocals
*
Venetta Fields
Venetta Lee Fields (born 1941) is an American-born singer, musical theater actress and vocal coach. She was a backing vocalist for American and British rock and pop acts of the 1960s and 1970s, including Ike & Tina Turner, Pink Floyd, Humble Pie, ...
- vocals
* Stuart Fraser - guitars
* Mal Logan - keyboards
* Chris Haig - bass guitar
* Steve Hopes - drums
* Geoff Oakes - saxophone, percussion
* Russell Smith - trumpet, flugle, percussion
* Sunil De Silva - percussion
* Trevor White - backing vocals
* Peter Chambers - backing vocals
Charts
References
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Renée Geyer albums
Rock albums by Australian artists
1983 live albums
Live albums by Australian artists
Mushroom Records live albums