Live! Coast to Coast

Live! Coast to Coast
Live album by Teddy Pendergrass
Released November 23, 1979
Recorded 1978–1979
Genre R&B, soul
Length 73:43 (2 Discs)
Label Philadelphia International
Producer Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Cohen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead
Teddy Pendergrass chronology
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Singles from Live! Coast to Coast
  1. "Shout and Scream / Close the Door (Live Version)"
    Released: November 21, 1979
  2. "It's You I Love / Where Did All the Lovin' Go"
    Released: February 12, 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauC[2]

Live! Coast to Coast is the first live album and fourth overall album by R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass. It was recorded in Philadelphia in 1978 and Los Angeles in 1979.[3] It did rather well on the Billboard album charts, reaching #33 Pop and #5 R&B.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff; except where indicated

Disc 1

  1. "Life Is a Song Worth Singing" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed)
  2. "Only You"
  3. Medley: "If You Don't Know Me by Now/The Love I Lost/Bad Luck/Wake Up Everybody" (Victor Carstarphen, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead)
  4. "When Somebody Loves You Back"
  5. "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose"

Disc 2

  1. "L.A. Rap"
  2. "Come Go with Me"
  3. "Close the Door"
  4. "Turn Off the Lights"
  5. "Do Me"
  6. Live Interview with Mimi Brown of WDAS-FM, Philadelphia
  7. "It's You I Love"
  8. Live Interview
  9. "Shout and Scream"
  10. Live Interview Concludes

Personnel

  • Teddy Pendergrass - vocals
  • Bobby Eli, Robert "Wawa" Le Grand - guitar
  • Jimmy Williams, Norman Smith, Philip McClelland - bass
  • Jerry Cohen, Leon Ware - keyboards
  • Alfie Pollitt - piano
  • Lenny Pakula - organ
  • Cecil Du Valle - organ, clavinet, synthesizer
  • James Carter, Keith Benson, Quinton Joseph - drums
  • Gregory L. Moore, David Cruse - percussion
  • Sam Reed - saxophone, flute
  • Arthur T. Pugh, Jr., Louis Opalesky Jr., Sylvester Bryant - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Joseph A. Kohanski, Jr. - trombone
  • John Petrella, Peter M. Kucirko - cello
  • Emma Kummrow, Florence Rosensweig, Grace S. Babogh, Richard E. Jones, Roger J. Harrington, Thomas Di Sarlo - violin
  • Sharon Ray, Susan M. Leon - viola
  • Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette, Benton, Harriet Tharp, Melva Story, Sherry Williams - backing vocals
  • Karat Faye - Engineer @ Record Plant L.A.

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
[4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 33
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 5

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US
R&B
[4]
1979 "Shout and Scream" 21
1980 "It's You I Love" 44

References

  1. ↑ Hamilton, Andrew. Live! Coast to Coast review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Live! Coast to Coast review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  3. ↑ CD Universe.com
  4. 1 2 "US Charts > Teddy Pendergrass". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-04-04.


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