Three Dog Night was formed in 1968. It consisted of three lead vocalists, Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells, with each of them taking lead sometimes but also sometimes the three of them singing together. From 1968 to 1974, they went from success to success, having a string of many hit songs. But by 1975, the usual personality clashes and drug programs of successful bands began to show. Their 1975 album "Coming Down Your Way" sold way less than previous albums. It only spawned one Top Forty hit in the U.S., "Til the World Ends," which would be their last hit. Hutton missed many recording sessions due to drug use. He was kicked out of the band at the end of 1975. Negron also was arrested for drug possession. But the band didn't have much longer to go anyway, breaking up in mid-1976 (though inevitably later getting back together for reunion tours).
Given all that, this is a pretty good time for a concert recording. Although they were faltering in some ways, they still put on a good, energetic concert, and they were able to select from all of their hits. Besides, Negron only took part in early 1980s reunions, and most of the backing band drifted away and were replaced. So this is pretty much the end of the line for the full original band.
There was a minor problem with the song "One." There was some overdubbing of fans talking about the band at the start of the song. I got rid of that in the usual way, with the help of the UVR5 audio editing program. That's why that one song has "[Edit]" in its title. But also, if one looks at the YouTube video of this concert, that first song could have been recorded somewhere else. I don't know about that, but I included it anyway.
This album is 49 minutes long.
01 One [Edit] (Three Dog Night)
02 Family of Man (Three Dog Night)
03 talk (Three Dog Night)
04 Shambala (Three Dog Night)
05 Old Fashioned Love Song (Three Dog Night)
06 Til the World Ends (Three Dog Night)
07 Try a Little Tenderness (Three Dog Night)
08 Pieces of April (Three Dog Night)
09 Eli's Coming (Three Dog Night)
10 talk (Three Dog Night)
11 Celebrate (Three Dog Night)
12 The Show Must Go On (Three Dog Night)
13 Joy to the World (Three Dog Night)
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The cover image is a screenshot taken from this exact concert. It was rather low-res, so I used the Krea AI program to improve it.
Yeah, this is pretty much nothing but hits, recorded at the last point where the group was more or less intact. Perfect.
ReplyDeleteI saw Negron at a multi-artist oldies show and saw the other two lead singers at a state fair, but never all three together.
Thank you Paul! I remember watching this!
ReplyDeleteI have a DVD audio rip from another boot site, but there was no specific date other than it being 1975. In that version, between Try a Little Tenderness and Pieces of April, there is something called 'Pianola Rag.' Do you have any idea what that is, and if it was actually originally performed on this date? Thanks so much for the TDN, there was definitely too few live recordings for such a great band!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Paul, for this last gasp of TDN, as well as the 1972 BBC show. It really is too bad that these 2 shows and the 1968 "Live at the Forum" official release are the only qualiry live recordings of TDN in their prime.
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