Harry Belafonte "Belafonte At Carnegie Hall" RCA LSO 6006 2xLP g/f US 1st 1959
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Harry Belafonte "Belafonte At Carnegie Hall: The Complete Concert" RCA Victor LSO 6006 US 1st press 2 x Vinyl, LPs, housed in printed company inner sleeves, in a gate-fold sleeve and released in 1959.
Both LPs appear to have been lightly played and are in lovely condition. They played through beautifully on my elderly stereo - no hop, stick or jump. They are housed in their original, printed company inner sleeves, which both show minimal signs of wear - no rips or writing. Similarly, the gate-fold sleeve is in great shape, again, with minimal signs of wear and no rips or writing. The spine is intact and legible. Matrix/Run Out Side 1 : K2 PY2689-6S 1 A2 Matrix/Run Out Side 2 : K2 PY2690-5S 1 B2 Matrix/Run Out Side 3 : K2 PY2691-6S 1 A4 Matrix/Run Out Side 4 : K2 PY2692-1S 1 C2
"Belafonte at Carnegie Hall2 is a live double album by Harry Belafonte issued by RCA Victor. It is the first of two Belafonte Carnegie Hall albums, and was recorded on April 19 and April 20, 1959. The concerts were benefits for The New Lincoln School and Wiltwyck School, respectively. The album stayed on the charts for over three years and was nominated for Album of the Year Awards at the 1959 Grammy Award.
The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that the album captured "a spectacular live performance."
AllMusic Review by Cary Ginell "The granddaddy of all live albums, this double-LP set captured the excitement of a Harry Belafonte concert at the height of his popularity. Sampled from two consecutive performances of identical material, Belafonte at Carnegie Hall was an anomaly at a time when only comedy albums were recorded outside of the studio environment. It wasn't the first live album ever made, but it was certainly the first to be a major financial and artistic success. It stayed on the best-selling album charts for over three years and remained in print until RCA discontinued pressing LPs. From the opening trumpet fanfare and brief orchestral overture to the epic 12-minute version of "Matilda" (which set a standard for audience participation), the album never lets up. It is exciting, poignant, thrilling, intimate, and at times, spontaneously hilarious. Belafonte's mastery in front of an audience was never better displayed than here, a mastery that resulted in him becoming one of the most popular concert draws in history. Producer Bob Bollard and orchestra leader Bob Corman deftly integrated the 47-piece orchestra into the performance but knew when to lie back to let Belafonte sing, accompanied by a small combo of two guitars, bass, and percussion. The concert is divided in three sections: "Moods of the American Negro," "In the Caribbean," and "Around the World." All the hits are here: "Day O," "Jamaica Farewell," "Mama Look a Boo Boo," and others, plus calypso, folk songs, chain gang songs, spirituals, and songs from other lands, representing a veritable best-of package of his first decade with RCA Victor. For sheer scope and genius of performance, this is the quintessential Belafonte package".
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