Leon Russell - Live in Japan 1973 / Live in Houston 1971 (CD)

Details: This release features a double helping of Leon Russell in concert in the seventies - half of it extremely rare and half previously unreleased. Leon Russell's profile has recently been raised as he was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and he enjoyed equal billing with Elton John on the pair's 2010 album "The Union". Elton and Leon subsequently performed live together to great acclaim. The first nine tracks were recorded at Tokyo's Budokan Hall in November 1973. These were previously released on a Japanese-only LP and have never before been released on CD. The other seven tracks were recorded at a concert in Houston in April 1971 and have never been released before in any form.

Tracklist:

1. Heaven
2. Over the Rainbow / God Put a Rainbow
3. Queen of the Roller Derby
4. Roll Away the Stone
5. Tight Rope
6. Sweet Emily
7. Alcatraz
8. You Don't Have to Go
9. A Song for You/Of Thee I Sing/Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
10. Alcatraz
11. Stranger in a Strange Land
12. Superstar
13. Roll Over Beethoven
14. Blues Power / Shoot Out on the Plantation / As the Years Go By / the Woman I
15. Jumpin' Jack Flash
16. Of Thee I Sing / Yes I Am