Author: Neil Diamond
Binding: Audio CD
Format: Cutout
Details: Track Listing 1. America 2. Adon Olom 3. You Baby 4. Love on the Rocks 5. Amazed and Confused 6. On the Robert E. Lee 7. Summerlove 8. Hello Again 9. Acapulco 10. Hey Louise 11. Songs of Life 12. Jerusalem 13. Kol Nidre / My Name Is Yussel (Theme) 14. America (ReprisE Neil Diamond Band: Neil Diamond, Linda Press (vocals); Tom Hensley (conductor, piano, keyboards); Alan Lindgren (conductor, piano, synthesizer); Richard Bennett (acoustic & electric guitars); Doug Rhone (guitar, background vocals); Reinie Press (bass); Dennis St. John (drums); King Errisson, Vince Charles (percussion). Additional personnel: Leonard Rosenman (conductor); Assa Drori, Sid Sharp, Jimmy Getzoff (concertmaster); Marilyn O'Brien, H.L. Voelker, Oren Waters, Luther Waters, Donny Gerard, Timothy Allan Bullara, Jeremy C. Lipton, Boyd H. Schlaefer, Mark H. Stevens, James Gregory Wilburn, Dale D. Morich, Yoav Steven Paskowitz, David Teisher (background vocals); The London Symphony Orchestra, The National Philharmonic Orchestra. Originally released on Capitol (46026). Neil Diamond's revisiting of the 1927 Al Jolson classic THE JAZZ SINGER (the first film to feature synchronized sound) keeps to the story of the original film; a young Jewish man turns his back on his heritage in an attempt to make it big in show business. Naturally, Diamond penned the music for his version of THE JAZZ SINGER himself, and the soundtrack was a phenomenal commercial success. Three of the songs here should be instantly familiar to anyone who drew a breath in the early '80s: the tender ballad "Hello Again," the haunting, swirling "Love On the Rocks," and the swelling patriotism of "America."