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| Released | Feb. 1972[1] | |||
| Recorded | August 24–30, 1971 at The Troubadour in Hollywood 7 October 1971 The Bitter End in New York | |||
| Genre | Deep soul | |||
| Length | 52:39 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Arif Mardin (side one) Jerry Wexler & Arif Mardin (side two) | |||
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Live is a 1972 live album by American soul artist Donny Hathaway. It was recorded at two concerts: side one at The Troubadour in Hollywood, and side two at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, Manhattan based on the guidance of Jerry Wexler.[2]
The album features some traditional soul anthems, such as Marvin Gaye's 1971 hit "What's Going On", but also Carole King's pop standard "You've Got a Friend".
There are two notable solos on the album, one on the track "The Ghetto" by Hathaway on electric piano and another by Willie Weeks on bass on "Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)", taken from the performances recorded at The Troubadour and at The Bitter End accordingly.
Hathaway's daughter Lalah would record her own live album in 2015 in which she also did "Little Ghetto Boy".
- ^ "Vinyl Album - Donny Hathaway - Live - Atco - USA". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- ^ "Everything Is Everything". wax-poetics. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
Jerry Wexler proposed that Hathaway do a live recording for his third Atlantic release. Two clubs, the Troubadour in Hollywood, California, and the Bitter End in New York City, were chosen as the recording venues.