TAS RCA LSO 6006 HARRY BELAFONTE LIVE CARNEGIE HALL 2lp 1959 MIRACLE VG++ TO NM

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TAS RCA LSO 6006 HARRY BELAFONTE LIVE CARNEGIE HALL 2lp 1959 MIRACLE VG++ TO NM

Gatefold Cover is VG++  W / THE RCA INNER SLEEVES & THE MIRACLE SURFACE STICKER & SMALL ARCHIVAL TAPE ON THE BOTTOM SEAM

Records are VG++ TO NM – VERY LIGHT WEAR

Stampers 13S, 9S,15S, 15S WHITE DOG STEREO 1959

HARRY BELAFONTE AT CARNEGIE HALL- Recorded live at Carnegie Hall on April 19 and 20, 1959

From the TAS Superlist and a Grammy Award winner as best pop album in 1959. One of the best ten pop albums ever.

1. -Introduction/Darlin' Cora (Brooks) 2. -Sylvie (Campbell/Leadbelly) 3.-Cotton Fields (Carter) 4. -John Henry (Campbell) 5.-The Marching Saints (Carter) 6.-The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) 7. -Jamaica Farewell (Lord Burgess) 8. -Mama Look a Boo Boo (Lord Melody) 9.-Come Back Liza (Attaway/Burgie) - 10. - Man Smart (Woman Smarter) (Span) 11. -Hava Nagila (Traditional) 12.-Danny Boy (Weatherly/Weatherly) 13.-Cucurrucucú Paloma (Mendez) 14.-Shenandoah (Traditional) 15. -Matilda (Belafonte/Thomas/Thomas)

The granddaddy of all live albums, this double-LP set captures 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 has 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 lay 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.

TAS LISTED FOR ITS SONIC EXCELLENCE AND ITS EXCEPTIONALLY NATURAL SOUND

DURING THIS TIME PERIOD FROM 1958-1963 RCA MADE SOME OF THE BEST QUALITY STEREO RECORDINGS KNOWN AS THE SHADED DOGS OR IN THIS CASE A WHITE DOG- CONSIDERED THE GOLD STANDARD FOR SOUND DEPTH AND CLARITY.