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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | April 23 & 28; May 2, 1978 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Label | Atlantic (original) Rhino (reissue, CD) | |||
| Producer | Tim Hauser and Janis Siegel | |||
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The Manhattan Transfer Live was recorded by The Manhattan Transfer live at Manchester on April 23, 1978; Bristol on April 28, 1978; and the Hammersmith Odeon Theatre, London, on May 2, 1978. The album was produced by Tim Hauser and Janis Siegel. This was the final album made with Laurel Massé (due to a car accident in early 1979 and her decision to leave the group).
It was not originally issued in the U.S. in 1978 but in 1979 it was released as an Audiophile LP. A short-lived Japanese CD was released on October 10, 1987. It was finally officially issued on CD in the U.S. by Wounded Bird Records in 2005.
In the live performances there was a "15 minute Intermission" at the end of side one, between "Speak Up Mambo (Cuentame)" (CD track 8) and "In the Dark" (CD track 9).