Rare Earth in Concert

Rare Earth in Concert
Rare Earth in Concert
Live album by Rare Earth
Released	December 1971
Recorded	Live at Jacksonville, Jacksonville Coliseum, Miami Florida Marine Stadium, Ithaca, New York Cornell University. and at The Pharmacy. Side four, track 2 recorded at Motown Studios.
Length	73:43
Label	Rare Earth
Rare Earth chronology

Rare Earth in Concert is a live album by rock band Rare Earth, which was released as a double-LP in 1971. It contains a 23:33 version of their signature hit "Get Ready", as well as a new studio song: "Nice To Be With You". It was issued a RIAA gold record award.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Track listing

Side one

"I Just Want to Celebrate" (Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris)– 4:40
"Hey, Big Brother" (Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris)– 7:26
"Born to Wander" (Tom Baird)– 4:24

Side two

"Get Ready" (William "Smokey" Robinson)– 23:33

The unedited performance ran close to an hour

Side three

"What'd I Say" (Ray Charles)– 6:31
"Thoughts" (Gilbert Bridges, Peter Hoorelbeke, Edward Guzman, John Persh, Mark Olson, Raymond Monette)— 10:53

Side four

"(I Know) I'm Losing You" (Cornelius Grant, Edward Holland Jr., Norman Whitfield)— 14:09
"Nice to Be with You" (Mark Olson, Raymond Monette, Peter Hoorelbeke)— 2:15

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	29
United States (Billboard 200)	26

Personnel

Rare Earth

Gil Bridges – woodwinds, backing vocals, percussion, flute
Ray Monette – guitars, backing vocals
Mark Olson – keyboards, backing vocals
John Persh – bass guitar, backing vocals
Pete Rivera – drums, lead vocals, percussion
Ed Guzman – conga, percussion

Credits

Recording engineers: Cal Harris, Nate Jennings, John Lewis, Ken Sands, Bob Olhsson, Orson Lewis, Criteria Recording Company
Technical engineers: Don Boehrat, Gurdev Sandhu, Michael Grace, Don Fostie
Mastering engineer: Russ Terrana
Graphic Supervision: Tom Schlesinger
Art direction: Curtis McNair
Rare Earth photos: Joel Brodsky
Personal manager: Ron Strasner
Special thanks to: Harry Balk, Ralph Terrana
Recorded live at Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL.; Marine Stadium, Miami, FL.; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and At The Pharmacy
"Nice to Be with You" recorded at Motown Studios

References

^ Eder, Bruce (2011). "Rare Earth in Concert - Rare Earth | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 2346. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

[1] Eder, Bruce (2011). "Rare Earth in Concert - Rare Earth | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.

[aus-2] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 2346. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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