JIMMY WEBB – MANCHESTER 2015

JIMMY WEBB
Manchester 2015 [no label, 2CD]
Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK; April 9, 2015. Fairly to very good audience recording.

Dave Simpson, theguardian.com:

The evening rollercoasters between classics and elaborate yarns. There’s the one about how a radio station stopped playing the Fifth Dimenson hit Up, Up and Away, thinking it was about drugs, not balloons. Webb’s father marched on the building clutching “a .45 and a Bible”. When demonstrating songs for the “notoriously finicky” Art Garfunkel – who became a lifelong friend – Webb was asked for “something more yellow” and handed over All I Know. Tales of Herculean drinking sessions with the actor Richard Harris abound – before Webb delivers a stunning rendition of their orchestral epic MacArthur Park.

There’s a moving moment when Webb talks about Campbell’s struggle with Alzheimer’s – and how, recently, when the fading country star accidentally sang Wichita Lineman twice, the audience shouted, “Again.” After Webb’s own beautiful rendition of the song, a punter shouts, “Again!” The stories come so thick and fast that Webb only manages seven songs in 90 minutes. But what wonderful songs they are.

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Thanks to yousef for sharing the show at Dime.

Back cover picture by Imeh Akpanudosen, posted at theguardian.com – Thanks!

Lineup:
DPA 4022 > Naiant Tinybox > Sony M10

Disc 1
Track 101. Highwayman 5:47
Track 102. chat 3:49
Track 103. Galveston 5:14
Track 104. chat 7:56
Track 105. By The Time I Get To Phoenix 4:25
Track 106. chat 5:45
Track 107. Up, Up And Away 4:05
Track 108. chat 20:56
58 mins

Disc 2
Track 201. All I Know 4:31
Track 202. chat 3:28
Track 203. The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress 4:44
Track 204. chat 2:58
Track 205. Worst That Could Happen 7:11
Track 206. chat 4:37
Track 207. MacArthur Park 12:42
Track 208. chat 7:03
Track 209. Wichita Lineman 6:12
54 mins

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