Tonight: In Person

Artist: The Limeliters
Label: RCA
Category: Music

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Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 078635227222
EAN: 0078635227222
ASIN: B000002W37

Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Tracks:

There's A Meetin' Here Tonight
Molly Malone
The Monks Of St. Bernard (Les Moines De Saint Bernardin)
Seven Daffodils
Hey Li Lee Li Lee
Headin' For the Hills
The Far Side Of The Hill
Rumania, Rumania
(From 'At The Drop Of A Hat ') Madeira, M'Dear
Proshchai

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Customer Reviews:

Gotta join the crowd.......2006-01-19

OK, As much as I hate joining the crew of "my parents introduced me..." well, my parent's introduced me to the Limelighters, for years I grew up appreciating, not only great song writing and music, but quick wit and humor.

Anyone who grew up on these guys and the Trio, MUST see Mighty Wind BTW, Anywho, This is one of my favorite albums, has been since I was so young I don't want to talk about it... From "There's a Meetin' Here Tonight" to "Have Some Maderia (A family fav.) these are songs we should raise OUR kids on. at least that way, they'll grow up with a sense of humor. (Amazing moment in my life... early teens, folk music festival in FL at a local concert hall. My little sis and me in our late teens, screaming out all the words (surrounded by then bemused 40-50 somethings, never mind that I'm mid-30's myself now...as Limelighters and K. Trio preform. The best truly).
Anyway, if you remember them and love them, revisit them again.

A Trip Down Memory Lane.......2005-09-03

I ran across this CD and just had to have it. It's as fun now as it was when it came out! My friends and I used to get together every weekend and sing along to folk music. I remember singing Hey, Li Lee Li Lee to this LP. What fun! "Madeira, M'Dear" still embarrasses me makes me laugh me after all these years. This album is great and a lot of fun.

You'll wear out the CD..........2005-03-05

Like many of the other reviewers of the Limeliters, I was introduced to the trio through my father, through this album. Thirty years after I first heard it and twenty after I last heard it, I picked up the CD last week, and sang along with it the first time through. The songs stay with you, thanks to soaring harmonies and ferocious energy. The humor retains its bite more than forty years after its recording. Most impressively, the Limeliters didn't patronize its audience. Most of the humor on the record is sophisticated, and much of it is unspoken. For example, "The Monks of St. Bernard is sung entirely in French," yet the trio get across wickedly the salacious nature of the song. You don't need to like folk music to adore this record. If you appreciate musical virtuosity and peerless showmanship, you'll wear out the CD.

MEMORABLE.......2002-09-06

As a child, I grew up listening to the Limelighters as my parents had seen their nightclub acts and purchased all their albums. Their songs, which are ballads from across many lands, consist of hilariously funny audience group participation as well as tender songs of love. The Kingston Trio was a fantastic group, but in my mind never held a candle to the genius of the The Limelighters. Lou Gottlieb's quick witted ad-libbing was genius in itself and Alex Hassiliev was the quiet baritone. But Glenn Yarbrough, my favorite, has a clear splendid voice that when accompanied by his beautiful whistling brought forth great tenderness to his ballads of lost loves. This album consists of some of their most memorable songs. My son, also, grew up listening to this tremendous group and now three generations of our family have loved the Limelighters!

SENSATIONAL!.......2001-12-04

In the early 60's, my Dad hated Folk groups. UNTIL the day Ed Sullivan introduced these guys. And almost overnight, he started BUYING their records. That really says something to me! The Limeliters became a big part of my early years, and I'm sure Lou Gottlieb had a huge influence on the way I think. It's probably hard for today's music listeners to comprehend, but before The Beatles, this singing group was possibly the MOST exciting thing on the American music scene! And to put them in their proper historical context: when they appeared on the same bill during the 70's, The Kingston Trio was the WARM-UP act!

TONIGHT:IN PERSON was their 1st Live album, and their 1st with RCA. There's so much I love here-- great melodies, amazing singing, sharp intelligence & humor. While I ran across this one comparatively "late" (1970!) it's been a favorite of mine for over 30 years now. So many highlights: "There's A Meetin' Here Tonight" (rousing), "Molly Malone" (romantic & tragic), "The Monks Of St. Bernard" (dramatic & hilarious at once), "Hey Li Lee Li Lee" (Lou's "audience-participation" song), "Headin' For The Hills" (one of my favorite historical ballads, about the American Revolution), "Rumania Rumania" (perhaps the most exciting-- and funniest-- on the album) "Have Some Madeira M'Dear" (would this be out of place on Monty Python?) and "Proschai" (the multi-lingual "farewell" song).

The strongest statement I can make about this-- is I feel TONIGHT: IN PERSON is one of the greatest live folk albums EVER recorded. And it's NOT even their BEST one!! (Also check out their Elektra debut, THE LIMELITERS, recently reissued in its entirety on CD by Collector's Choice Music!)

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