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Rare Earth in Concert

Rare Earth in Concert
Live album by
ReleasedDecember 1971
RecordedLive at Jacksonville, Jacksonville Coliseum, Miami Florida Marine Stadium, Ithaca, New York Cornell University. and at The Pharmacy. Side four, track 2 recorded at Motown Studios.
Length73:43
LabelRare Earth
Rare Earth chronology
One World
(1971)
Rare Earth in Concert
(1971)
Willie Remembers
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Rare Earth in Concert is a live album by rock band Rare Earth, which was released as a double-LP in 1971. It contains a 23:33 version of their signature hit "Get Ready", as well as a new studio song: "Nice To Be With You". It was issued a RIAA gold record award.

Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "I Just Want to Celebrate" (Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris)– 4:40
  2. "Hey, Big Brother" (Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris)– 7:26
  3. "Born to Wander" (Tom Baird)– 4:24

Side two

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  1. "Get Ready" (William "Smokey" Robinson)– 23:33
  • The unedited performance ran close to an hour

Side three

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  1. "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles)– 6:31
  2. "Thoughts" (Gilbert Bridges, Peter Hoorelbeke, Edward Guzman, John Persh, Mark Olson, Raymond Monette)— 10:53

Side four

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  1. "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (Cornelius Grant, Edward Holland Jr., Norman Whitfield)— 14:09
  2. "Nice to Be with You" (Mark Olson, Raymond Monette, Peter Hoorelbeke)— 2:15

Charts

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Chart (1972) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 29
United States (Billboard 200) 26

Personnel

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Rare Earth
  • Gil Bridges – woodwinds, backing vocals, percussion, flute
  • Ray Monette – guitars, backing vocals
  • Mark Olson – keyboards, backing vocals
  • John Persh – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Pete Rivera – drums, lead vocals, percussion
  • Ed Guzman – conga, percussion

Credits

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  • Recording engineers: Cal Harris, Nate Jennings, John Lewis, Ken Sands, Bob Olhsson, Orson Lewis, Criteria Recording Company
  • Technical engineers: Don Boehrat, Gurdev Sandhu, Michael Grace, Don Fostie
  • Mastering engineer: Russ Terrana
  • Graphic Supervision: Tom Schlesinger
  • Art direction: Curtis McNair
  • Rare Earth photos: Joel Brodsky
  • Personal manager: Ron Strasner
  • Special thanks to: Harry Balk, Ralph Terrana
  • Recorded live at Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL.; Marine Stadium, Miami, FL.; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and At The Pharmacy
  • "Nice to Be with You" recorded at Motown Studios

References

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  1. ^ Eder, Bruce (2011). "Rare Earth in Concert - Rare Earth | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 2346. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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