LifeLines Live

by Peter, Paul and Mary

Overview

Peter, Paul & Mary's 1995 album LifeLines Live was a kind of "duet" album that found them sharing microphones with such mentors as the surviving Weavers, such contemporaries as Judy Collins, and such descendants as John Gorka, performing a set of old favorites and a few new songs. In January 1996, the trio staged a TV concert at Sony Studios in New York where they reassembled some of the original guest stars with a few substitutions. The result was one of the more impressive video performances of the year. LifeLines Live is a soundtrack album to the TV special, and if it's less interesting than the broadcast version, that's only because there is a certain redundancy: One already has access to the original album, which is largely replicated in a concert setting. Eleven of the earlier album's 15 tracks are here again, albeit with different personnel in some cases. Ramblin' Jack Elliott's place in "Deportee" has been taken by the equally pleasing Tom Paxton; Christian singer Susan Werner accompanies Noel Paul Stookey on his inspirational song "For the Love of It All" instead of Emmylou Harris; Odetta duets with Mary Travers on "House of the Rising Sun" instead of B.B. King; Buddy Mondlock joins the trio on his composition "The Kid"; and "The Great Mandala" no longer features Carly and Lucy Simon (though Richie Havens remains), while Travers essays "Home Is Where the Heart Is" without the help of Holly Near. Along with Havens, Dave Van Ronk, Ronnie Gilbert, Fred Hellerman, and John Sebastian are back from the first recording. The songs new to the live disc include favorites such as "Stewball" and "The Times They Are A-Changin'," though Stookey introduces a new novelty tune, the crowd-pleasing "Virtual Party," which is as current as the Internet. Throughout, the trio is typically warm and fervent, and the audience is enthusiastic, but as an album within the group's catalog, the recording is more a marketing tie-in than an essential addition. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	08/06/1996
Label:	Warner Bros.
UPC:	0093624629825

Tracks

1. Babylon/Oh, Sinner Man
2. Wanderin'/Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
3. 75 Septembers
4. Deportee
5. The Times They Are A-Changin'
6. Old Enough (Ode to an Aging Rocker)
7. Home Is Where the Heart Is
8. Great Mandala (The Wheel of Life)
9. Stewball
10. For the Love of It All
11. Virtual Party ([e-mail])
12. House of the Rising Sun
13. Freedom Medley: Set on Freedom/Oh Freedom/This Train/Twelve Gates ...
14. The Kid
15. Sweet Survivor
16. River of Jordan

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Peter, Paul and Mary   Primary Artist
Ronnie Gilbert   Guest Artist,Vocals
Dave Van Ronk   Guest Artist,Vocals
Odetta   Guest Artist
Susan Werner   Guest Artist
Richie Havens   Guest Artist,Vocals
Tom Paxton   Guest Artist,Vocals
John Sebastian   Guest Artist,Vocals,Harmonica
Dick Kniss   Bass
Robert DeCormier   Director
Lucy Simon   Vocals
Dominic Cortese   Accordion
Noel Paul Stookey   Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
B.B. King   Guitar,Vocals
Bashiri Johnson   Percussion
Carly Simon   Vocals
Doug Katsaros   Director,Keyboards
Emmylou Harris   Vocals
Dean Parks   Guitar
Pete Seeger   Banjo,Vocals
Peter Yarrow   Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Paul Prestopino   Banjo,Dobro,Guitar,Mandolin
Mary Travers   Vocals
Ramblin' Jack Elliott   Vocals
Sue Evans   Percussion
Milton Okun   Director
Holly Near   Vocals
David Finck   Bass
Tony Beard   Drums
Fred Hellerman   Vocals

Technical Credits

Robert DeCormier   Composer
Brian Vibberts   Remixing
Traditional   Composer
Noel Paul Stookey   Composer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Cheryl Wheeler   Composer
Terry Robertson   Design
Robert Yellin   Composer
Elena Mezzetti   Composer
Doug Katsaros   Assistant Music Director
Robert Corwin   Photography
David Horn   Executive Producer
B.T. Whitehill   Title Design
Ken Fritz   Executive Producer
Dave Tkachuk   Composer
Elizabeth B. Stookey,   Composer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
John Herald   Composer
John Patterson   Remixing
John McClure   Engineer
Sally Fingerett   Composer
Peter, Paul and Mary   Composer
Peter Yarrow   Composer,Compilation Producer
Phil Ramone   Producer,Audio Production
Jimmy Cox   Composer
Martin Hoffman   Composer
Mary Travers   Composer
Ralph Rinzler   Composer
Milton Okun   Composer
Butch Jones   Editing,Digital Editing
George Marino   Mastering
Danny Kadar   Remixing
Woody Guthrie   Composer
Albert B. Grossman   Composer,Producer
Buddy Mondlock   Composer
Bob Yellin   Composer
Barry Mann   Composer
John Court   Producer