Live at Yankee Stadium is a 1969 live album by The Isley Brothers, released on their own T-Neck label. While the Isleys appear in this live album, it is actually a live showcase by the group to conjoin artists that signed to their T-Neck label and Buddah Records-associated acts including Judy White, the girl group Sweet Cherries, the gospel group The Edwin Hawkins Singers and the family soul group the Five Stairsteps. All the guest artists except for the Edwin Hawkins Singers sang songs that were written and produced for them by the Isleys. The Isleys performed their then-current hits "It's Your Thing", "I Turned You On" and the 1959 classic, "Shout", bringing in audience members alongside them as they ended the performance.
| Live at Yankee Stadium | ||||
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| Released | October 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Venue | Yankee Stadium, New York City | |||
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| Label | T-Neck Records | |||
| Producer | The Isley Brothers | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
The album peaked at No. 34 on the Billboard Soul LPs chart in December 1969.[2] It was remastered and expanded for inclusion in the 2015 released CD box set The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters, 1959-1983. The expanded CD only features additional performances by The Brooklyn Bridge, there are no additional Isley Brothers tracks.
Live at Yankee Stadium was independently filmed and was funded by the Isley Brothers. It was released in theaters as It's Your Thing in August 1970.[3]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Performed by | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Know Who You Been Socking It To" | The Isley Brothers | |
| 2. | "I Turned You On" | The Isley Brothers | |
| 3. | "It's Your Thing" | The Isley Brothers | |
| 4. | "Shout" | The Isley Brothers |
| No. | Title | Performed by | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jesus Lover of My Soul" | The Edwin Hawkins Singers | |
| 2. | "Joy, Joy" | The Edwin Hawkins Singers | |
| 3. | "Oh Happy Day" | The Edwin Hawkins Singers |
| No. | Title | Performed by | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "People Get Ready" | The Brooklyn Bridge | |
| 2. | "Talkin' About My Baby" | The Brooklyn Bridge | |
| 3. | "It's All Right" | The Brooklyn Bridge |
| No. | Title | Performed by | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't Change Your Love" | Five Stairsteps | |
| 2. | "Somebody's Been Messin'" | Judy White | |
| 3. | "Love Is What You Make It" | Sweet Cherries |
Notes
editThe version of "It's Your Thing" heard here appears on the Isley Brothers' career-spanning 1999 boxed set It's Your Thing: The Story of the Isley Brothers, the liner notes to which say the concert took place on June 21, 1969.
References
edit- ^ Hamilton, Andrew. "The Isley Brothers: Live at Yankee Stadium > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ "Best Selling Soul LPs" (PDF). Billboard. December 20, 1969. p. 44.
- ^ "Isley Bros. Show Lists Film Dates" (PDF). Billboard. August 15, 1970. p. 30.