Live At The Continental And The Esplanade
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Live At The Continental And The Esplanade is a live album
by Paul Kelly
and was originally released in 1996.
It was released on Mushroom Records
in Australia
, and recorded at the (now defunct) Continental in Prahran
and the Esplanade Hotel
in St Kilda
, both in Melbourne
. It was originally a low-key mail order
only release, but was later released as an album proper.
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
by Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly (musician)
Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...
and was originally released in 1996.
It was released on Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and recorded at the (now defunct) Continental in Prahran
Prahran, Victoria
Prahran , also known colloquially as "Pran", is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Prahran had a population of 10,651. It is a part of Melbourne with...
and the Esplanade Hotel
Esplanade Hotel
The Esplanade Hotel, built 1878, is an iconic public house in St Kilda, a beachside suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It is situated on St Kilda Beach, at 11 Upper Esplanade, overlooking Port Phillip Bay on a rise opposite the St Kilda Pier, and is a significant landmark of St Kilda...
in St Kilda
St Kilda, Victoria
St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...
, both in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. It was originally a low-key mail order
Mail order
Mail order is a term which describes the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote method such as through a telephone call or web site. Then, the products are delivered to the customer...
only release, but was later released as an album proper.
Track listing
- "When I First Met Your Ma" - 4:35
- "Maralinga" - 4:06
- "God's Hotel" - 4:52
- "Everybody Wants To Touch Me" - 3:47
- "Somebody's Forgetting Somebody (Somebody's Letting Somebody Down)" - 4:43
- "Just Like Animals" - 4:41
- "To Her DoorTo Her Door"To Her Door" was the first single released by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls ahead of their second album, Under the Sun...
" - 3:41 - "Pouring Petrol On A Burning Man" - 3:39
- "Dumb Things" - 6:19
- "Cities Of Texas" - 5:06
- "She's Rare" - 5:47
- "Darling It HurtsDarling It Hurts"Darling It Hurts" was the second single by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls released in September 1986 from their debut double album, Gossip. The song, written by Kelly with lead guitarist, Steve Connolly, reached No. 25 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart...
" - 3:39 - "Careless" - 3:56
- "Summer Rain" - 3:03
Personnel
- Bruce Haymes - Keyboards, Harmony Vocals
- Randy Jacobs - Guitar (Electric), Harmony Vocals
- Paul Kelly - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Harmonica, Guitar (Electric), Vocals
- Graham LeeGraham Lee (Australian musician)Graham Lee is an Australian rock musician and record producer, best known as the steel guitar player of the 1980s band The Triffids, where he was nicknamed 'Evil Graham Lee'....
- Pedal Steel, Harmony Vocals, Slide Guitar - Peter Luscombe - Drums
- Ray Pereira - DjembeDjembeA djembe also known as jembe, jenbe, djbobimbe, jymbe, yembe, or jimbay, or sanbanyi in Susu; is a skin-covered drum meant played with bare hands....
- Don Bartley - Mastering
- Jacqueline Mitelman - Photography
- Simon Polinski - Engineer
- Michael Wickow - Assistant Engineer