| Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | June 24–25, 1976 | |||
| Genre | Vocal | |||
| Label | K-Tel Records (NE-951) | |||
| Producer | Ken Barnes | |||
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Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium is a 1976 vinyl 2-LP live recording of the show put on by Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Kathryn Crosby and Ted Rogers at the London Palladium from June 21 to July 4, 1976.[1] Musical support was provided by the Pete Moore Big Band and the Joe Bushkin Quartet. The Crosby children (Harry, Mary and Nathaniel) also took part.[2]
The performances on June 25 and 26 were recorded by Ken Barnes and issued as a double album by K-Tel International under licence from United Artists Records. [3]
The album entered the UK charts in November 1977 and peaked at No. 9.[4]
Most of the songs from the album were issued on CD for the first time in 1997 by EMI Records on a CD called “Bing Crosby 50th Anniversary Concert at the London Palladium” (catalogue No. 7243 8 57547 2 2). Omissions were the Crosby Family “Round” and tracks 15-17, 33-34 and 36. An additional track – “Great Day” – was included and it is suspected that this came from the recording session for the At My Time of Life album.
The 3-CD set called “Bing Crosby – The Complete United Artists Sessions” issued by EMI Records (7243 59808 2 4) in 1997[5] included tracks 15-16, 33-34 and 36 but not track 17 and the Crosby Family “Round” neither of which have ever been issued in digital form.
- ^ "BING magazine". BING magazine. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ^ "Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ^ Reynolds, Fred. The Crosby Collection 1926-1977 (Part Five: 1961-1977 ed.). John Joyce. p. 197.
- ^ British Hit Singles & Albums (2005 ed.). Guinness World Records. p. 126. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- ^ "Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved August 8, 2015.