The Best Concerts of Your Life

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Annotation

Compilation CD released in 1995 by the radio station 5fm in South Africa. This was celebrating all the concerts that had recently been performed in post-apartheid South Africa.

Annotation last modified on 2023-12-21 03:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Beds Are Burning
artist & repertoire support:
S. Ralbovsky
assistant engineer:
Kathy Naunton (editor)
engineer:
Guy Gray
producer:
Warne Livesey and Midnight Oil (Australian rock band)
bass:
Peter Gifford
cello:
John Ockwell (Cello Artist)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Rob Hirst
French horn:
Jeremy Smith (Horns)
guitar:
Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey
keyboard:
Warne Livesey and Jim Moginie
trombone:
Glad Reed
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Midnight Oil (Australian rock band) (in 1987)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Midnight Oil Ents Pty Ltd (in 1987) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited (not for release label use! AU subsidiary of SBME 2004–2009) (in 1987)
recorded at:
Alberts Studios (Australian studio, Neutral Bay location, 1985-2016) in Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
part of:
VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 95)
recording of:
Beds Are Burning
writer:
Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Sprint Music Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil4.54:17
2Alive and Kicking
producer:
Bob Clearmountain and Jimmy Iovine
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1985)
recording of:
Alive and Kicking
writer:
Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr (of Simple Minds) and Michael MacNeil
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Publishing Ltd. and Simple Minds Ltd
Simple Minds3.54:45
3Personal Jesus
producer:
Depeche Mode and Flood (British producer Mark Ellis)
mixer:
François Kevorkian
lead vocals:
Dave Gahan
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 13), Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 369)
recording of:
Personal Jesus
lyricist and composer:
Martin L. Gore
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
Depeche Mode4.254:54
4World Where You Live
producer:
Mitchell Froom
recording of:
World Where You Live
written in:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Santa Monica, California, United States
lyricist and composer:
Neil Finn
Crowded House33:05
5Ordinary World
producer:
Duran Duran (English rock band) and John Jones (producer)
arranger:
Duran Duran (English rock band)
recording of:
Ordinary World
lyricist:
Warren Cuccurullo, John Nigel Taylor (UK bassist for Duran Duran), Simon Le Bon (singer for Duran Duran) and Nick Rhodes
composer:
Warren Cuccurullo, Simon Le Bon (singer for Duran Duran), Nick Rhodes and John Taylor (UK bassist for Duran Duran)
publisher:
KMR Music Royalties II SCSp, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Kobalt Music Services America Inc., American Skintrade Music Inc (from 1993 to present), EMI April Music Inc. (from 1993 to present) and Private Parts Musicall (from 1993 to present)
Duran Duran4.655:40
6Beggar on a Beach of Gold
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1995)
recorded at:
The Farm (of Genesis fame) in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
writer:
B.A. Robertson and Mike Rutherford
Mike + the Mechanics4.54:34
7In the Air Tonight
assistant engineer:
Nick Launay and Karen Segal (engineer)
engineer:
Hugh Padgham
assistant producer:
Hugh Padgham
producer:
Phil Collins (of Genesis) and Hugh Padgham
bass guitar:
John Giblin (in 1980)
guitar:
Daryl Stuermer (in 1980)
Rhodes piano, drum machine, drums (drum set), synthesizer and vocoder and lead vocals:
Phil Collins (of Genesis) (in 1980)
violin:
Sharokav (in 1980)
arranger:
Phil Collins (of Genesis)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1981) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1981)
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 35) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 291)
recording of:
In the Air Tonight (in 1980)
lyricist and composer:
Phil Collins (of Genesis)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., Hit & Run Music (Publishers) Limited, Imagem Music, Philip Collins Ltd., Effectsound Ltd. (publisher) (in 1980, in 1981), Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd (in 1980) and Pun Music, Inc. (in 1981)
part of:
Risky Business (film soundtrack)
Phil Collins4.355:29
8I Want to Know What Love Is
additional engineer:
Josh Abbey, Larry Alexander (producer/engineer), Jason Corsaro (U.S. music engineer, and record producer), Joe Ferla and Howie Lindeman
assistant engineer:
Bobby Cohen (engineer), Tim Crich and Scott "Abada" Mabuchi
engineer:
Frank Filipetti
producer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) and Alex Sadkin
additional keyboard:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)
bass guitar:
Rick Wills
drums (drum set):
Dennis Elliott
electric guitar:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
additional vocals:
Jennifer Holliday
background vocals:
Donnie Harper, Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) and Rick Wills
choir vocals:
The New Jersey Mass Choir
lead vocals:
Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1984), Warner Music International (trademark of Warner Music International the company) (in 1984), WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1984) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2009)
additionally recorded at:
Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recorded at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 65), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 205) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 476)
recording of:
I Want to Know What Love Is
lyricist and composer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
publisher:
Evansongs Ltd. (publisher), Somerset Songs Publishing Inc., Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Fujipacific Music inc. (until 2014-12-31) and Fujipacific Music, Inc. (from 2015-01-01 to present)
Foreigner45:03
9Summer in the City
producer:
Roger Davies (producer) and Chris Lord‐Alge
bass:
Bob Feit
electronic organ and synthesizer:
C.J. Vanston
guitar:
Tim Pierce (US session guitarist)
membranophone:
Jack Bruno (drummer)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
saxophone:
Don Sheldon (clarinetist, flutist, alto saxophonist and jazz vocalist)
trombone:
Alen Iles
trumpet:
Rick Baptist and Wayne Bergeron
Wurlitzer electric piano:
Chris Stainton (keyboard player, session musician and songwriter)
background vocals:
Carmen Twillie, Julia Waters and Maxine Waters
horn arranger and strings arranger:
C.J. Vanston
cover recording of:
Summer in the City
writer:
Steve Boone, John Sebastian and Mark Sebastian
publisher:
Alley Music Corp., Beechwood Music Corp., BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation), Bug Music (music publishing), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Gallo Music Publishing, Mark Sebastian Music, Robbins Music Corp., Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., Trio Music (publisher) and Trio Music Co., Inc.
Joe Cocker4.43:51
10Dressed for Success
engineer:
Anders Herrlin and Alar Suurna
producer:
Clarence Öfwerman
mixer:
Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle (Swedish singer and guitarist), Clarence Öfwerman and Alar Suurna
bass guitar:
Anders Herrlin (from 1988-06 until 1988-08)
classical guitar:
Erik Borelius (from 1988-06 until 1988-08)
drums (drum set):
Pelle Alsing (from 1988-06 until 1988-08)
guitar:
Jonas Isacsson (from 1988-06 until 1988-08)
keyboard:
Clarence Öfwerman (from 1988-06 until 1988-08)
saxophone:
Erik Häusler (from 1988-06 until 1988-08)
slide guitar:
Janne Oldaeus (from 1988-06 until 1988-08)
background vocals:
Marie Fredriksson (from 1988-06 until 1988-08), Per Gessle (Swedish singer and guitarist) (from 1988-06 until 1988-08) and Clarence Öfwerman (from 1988-06 until 1988-08)
lead vocals:
Marie Fredriksson (from 1988-06 until 1988-08) and Per Gessle (Swedish singer and guitarist) (from 1988-06 until 1988-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Music Sweden AB (not for release label use! SE subsidiary of EMI) and EMI Svenska AB (not for release label use!) (in 1988, in 1989)
recorded at:
EMI Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (from 1988-06 until 1988-08)
mixed at:
EMI Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
recording of:
Dressed for Success (from 1988-06 until 1988-08)
lyricist and composer:
Per Gessle (Swedish singer and guitarist)
publisher:
Jimmy Fun Music
Roxette2.54:11
11Just a Step From Heaven
recording of:
Just a Step From Heaven
writer:
Wayne Cohen and Sheppard Solomon
Eternal34:17
12Look Who’s Talking
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Ariola München GmbH (until 1994, in 1994) and Cheiron (in 1994)
recording of:
Look Who’s Talking
writer:
Kofi Bentsi-Enchill (Multiinstrumentalist), Nwapa, Denniz PoP and Ebenezer Thompson
publisher:
Cheiron Songs and dr. songs
Dr. Alban53:13
13Rock My Heart
producer:
Dee Dee Halligan and Junior Torello
mixer:
Gary Jones (British recording engineer)
arranger:
Dee Dee Halligan and Alex Trime
recording of:
Rock My Heart
lyricist:
Junior Torello
composer:
Dee Dee Halligan
publisher:
A La Carte Music GmbH
Haddaway34:17
14I’m Too Sexy
programming and producer:
Tommy D.
engineer:
Graham Bonnett (Sound Engineer)
bass guitar:
Phil Spalding
guitar:
Robert Manzoli
lead vocals:
Richard Fairbrass
arranger:
Tommy D.
recorded at:
Red Bus Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Joe's Garage (Bristol) in Bristol, England, United Kingdom and Red Bus Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 475)
recording of:
I’m Too Sexy
writer:
Fred Fairbrass, Richard Fairbrass and Robert Manzoli
publisher:
Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd
Right Said Fred4.052:51
15Sailing on the Seven Seas
engineer:
Jeremy Allom
producer:
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1991)
recording of:
Sailing on the Seven Seas
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Kershaw (OMD drummer) and Andy McCluskey
publisher:
Raw Unltd. Ltd. (publisher) (in 1991) and Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. (in 1991)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark33:44
16Shapes and Sizes
recording of:
Shapes and Sizes
lyricist and composer:
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading3:14
17Devil Woman
producer:
Bruce Welch (English guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer)
vocals:
Cliff Richard
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1976, in 2001)
cover recording of:
Devil Woman
writer:
Terry Britten and Kristine Sparkle (UK singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Cliff Richard53:32