Oil Well Bootlegs - RSC CD: Joe Cocker - Shut Out The Light OIL WELL label

Joe Cocker - Shut Out The Light
Oil Well RSC CD 026

1 With A Little Help From My Friends 9:51
2 Song For You 5:46
3 Allright,Whatcha Gonna Do 4:36
4 Guilty 3:20
5 Put Out The Light 2:56
6 Feelin' Alright 4:04
7 A Whiter Shade Of Pale 5:41
8 You Are So Beautiful 4:02
9 I Heard It Through The Grapevine 4:25
10 The Letter 4:30

Note:
All songs by Joe Cocker unless noted
~~Live in Oklahoma City, November 14 1972~~

Tracks 1-5 recorded live at Tower Theater (Philadelphia, PA), May 1 1976
Tracks 6-10 recorded live at Chance Theater in Poughkeepsie, NY, August 1, 1982

1982 Lineup:
Joe Cocker - vocals;
Cliff Goodwin - guitar;
Maxine Greene - vocals;
Howie Hersh - bass;
Linda Lawrance - vocals;
Larry Marshall - keyboards;
Tom Nicholson - piano, vocals;
BJ Wilson - drums

1976 Lineup:
Joe Cocker - vocals;
Gordon Edwards - bass;
Steve Gadd - drums;
Eric Gale - guitar;
Cornell Dupree - guitar;
Richard Tee - keyboards

This album is a digital clone of: Live U.S.A. - Imtrat ‎– IM 900.043 (1991).
This Oil Well version has a fine cover, fine quality. Fold-out insert shows details of other CDs in the series. This concert has been released unofficially as "Historic Chance Club" on Midnight Dreamer label (MD-202) Limited to 200 copies only. Due to its rarity and good quality, this disc is recommended. On the front cover Joe Cocker performing live during a concert.
For years incorrect information circulated about the real origin of these recordings. We can say that this bootleg actually consists of the union of two different concerts from 1976 and 1982 both in FM/Soundboard quality.

The Tower Theater (Philadelphia, PA), May 1 1976
Kicking off with a high energy, piano-driven instrumental jam, Joe Cocker and his backing band brings down the house at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia back in '76. This show, recorded originally for broadcast on the King Biscuit Flower Hour, is a nearly hour and a half long set of Cocker favorites and tracks off his most recent album, Stingray.

Stingray was an attempt by Cocker to mix reggae music with his signature bluesy rock sound, and the songs included here from that new album include "I Broke Down," "Catfish," "The Jealous Kind," and "A Song For You," among others. The Cocker songs that made him a household name and an institution on FM rock stations are, of course, those classic covers, a remake of Billy Preston's "You Are So Beautiful" and the Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends."

Cocker is known across the globe for his raspy vocals which translate exceptionally well with the brand of soul he chooses to sing. Born in Sheffield, Cocker got his start with an English pub band, and an appearance at Woodstock with his cover "A Little Help From My Friends" followed by a subsequent sting with Leon Russell's Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour in 1970.

At the time of this show, he was on his way back into the rock 'n' roll world after a critical and commercial decline due to problems with alcohol. However, it was with the release of his gorgeous 1975 cover "You Are So Beautiful" that brought Cocker back to the attention of the masses. Cocker again found his way back into mainstream success with the duet "Up Where We Belong" that was featured in the movie An Officer and a Gentlemen.

After nearly 40 years on the rock circuit, Joe Cocker continues to be involved with music, most recently releasing Hymn for My Soul in 2007, which includes covers by Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, and George Harrison.

The Chance Theater in Poughkeepsie, NY, August 1, 1982
oe Cocker had come a long way from being a bar singer in Sheffield, England when he made this recording for the King Biscuit Flower Hour at the historic Chance club in the New York suburb of Poughkeepsie, NY, in 1982. It had been 13 years since Cocker performed at Woodstock and became a worldwide sensation with his thrilling performance that later appeared in the filmed documentary of the event, and Cocker had released several hits since then.

Although he has written some of his own material, Joe Cocker prefers to offer his own interpretations of the best songs he can find. This show is no exception with a strong variety of hits and legendary songs that had spanned his entire career. He opened the show with "Look What You've Done," the newest single at that time from his LP Sheffield Steel. Dave Mason, who wrote his landmark hit "Feelin' Alright" originally for Traffic, has likely seen more publishing royalties from the Cocker version, featured here. Cocker also does a solid read of Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade Of Pale." The fact that he has original Procol Harum drummer BJ Wilson in his band didn't hurt this riveting rendition. On Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" and Bobby Charles' "The Jealous Kind," he changes the arrangement enough to make them sound brand new.

Cocker is a great interpreter of Dylan's material and his cover of "Watching The River Flow" is no exception. Cocker wraps up the set with his well established arrangement of The Beatles classic "With A Little Help From My Friends," a tender read of Billy Preston's "You Are So Beautiful," a thrilling version of the Marvin Gaye's classic, "I Heard It Through The Grapevine," and he gives new life to the '60s pop tune, "The Letter," which had been a hit for the Box Tops in 1966.
https://www.cv.org/joe-cocker/chance-august-01-1982.html

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