Live in America (Neil Diamond album)
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''Live in America'' is a two-disc live album by Neil Diamond released by Columbia Records in the summer of 1994. It reached number 93 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. As with his previous live albums '' Hot August Night'' and '' Hot August Night II'' Diamond performed his old hits with his version of his 1968 song "Red Red Wine" rendered in a
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Reception

In his review of the album music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine states that Diamond "gives one hell of a show".


Track listing


Personnel

*Neil Diamond - vocals, acoustic guitar *Doug Rhone, Hadley Hockensmith - guitar *Jesse Diamond - acoustic guitar *Reinie Press - bass *Alan Lindgren, Tom Hensley - keyboards *
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- drums *Vince Charles - percussion *King Errisson - congas *Don Markese - saxophone, flute, clarinet *Larry Klimas - saxophone, flute *Ralf Rickert - trumpet, flugelhorn *Arturo Velasco - trombone *Craig Copeland, Josef Powell, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters, Raven Kane - singers *Linda Press - backing vocals


References

{{Authority control Neil Diamond live albums 1994 live albums Columbia Records live albums