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ROTTERDAM 1979
by RANDY NEWMAN
Compact Disc
GSF050
Label: GOOD SHIP FUNKE
SUPERB LATE 1970s FM BROADCAST RECORDING FROM THE BORN-AGAIN TOUR
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Randy Newman’s sixth album, Born Again, was released in August of 1979 to less favourable reviews than its five predecessors, and
lower sales in the US too.
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However, while the new record took on a relatively different style to those that came before, it was still full of excellent songs, many of
which stood as equals to the generally considered Newman classics, notably so in the case of ‘Half A Man’ and ‘The Story Of A Rock and
Roll Band’.
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When Newman performed in Rotterdam, Holland shortly after the album’s release however, out of a total of 26 songs performed, only four
were from Born Again, the remainder coming from his previous records.
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The show however featured a quite superb performance from the great man, and over the course of eighty or so minutes he gave an
extraordinary walk through the Randy Newman songbook, which the audience were clearly in raptures over.
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Recorded for live FM Radio Broadcast this previously unreleased concert is finally now available for fans everywhere to own for the first
time, on this new CD.
1. Birmingham 3:27 2. Linda 2:30
3. Sigmund Freud’s Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America 2:59
4. Cowboy 2:37 5. He Gives Us All His Love 2:17 6. It’s Money That I Love 2:50
7. Yellow Man 2:20 8. In Germany Before The War 3:34
9. Short People 2:24 10. Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear 2:11
11. Guilty 3:00 12. The Story Of A Rock & Roll Band 2:50
13. I Think It’s Going To Rain Today 3:50
14. Sail Away 3:07 15. Kingfish 2:52 16. Louisiana 1927 3:33
17. The Girls In My Life (Part 1) 2:51 18. Rednecks 3:43
19. Rider In The Rain 2:52 20. Lonely At The Top 2:53
21. God’s Song That’s Why I Love Mankind 3:18
22. Mr Sheep 3:26 23. Political Science 2:08 24. Marie 3:26
25. Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father 3:45
26. Davy The Fat Boy 3:45
