| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/warner Bros. | | UPC: 00093624682424 | | Release Date: 11/18/1997 | | Buy.com Sku: 60143641 | | Item#: MDXHSX | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. I Am A Child - Neil Young ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid) - Tom Petty ~ Various Artists | | | 3. All That You Have Is Your Soul - Tracy Chapman ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Sense Of Purpose - The Pretenders/Duke String Quartet ~ Various Artists | | | 5. It's All In Your Mind - Beck ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Road's My Middle Name, The - Bonnie Raitt ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Yes It Is - Don Henley ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Friend Of The Devil - Ministry ~ Various Artists | | | 9. America - Simon & Garfunkel ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Heroes - David Bowie ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Nothingman - Pearl Jam ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Battle Of Evermore - The Lovemongers ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Believe - Nils Lofgren ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Alison - Elvis Costello ~ Various Artists | | | 15. People Have The Power - Patti Smith ~ Various Artists | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Also available on 2 LPs through ADA. | | THE BRIDGE SCHOOL ALBUM collects live performances from the annual Bridge School Benefits sponsored by Neil and Pegi Young recorded between 1986 and 1996. The Bridge School specializes in teaching communication skill to non-oral youngsters and each concert's proceeds benefit this unique and highly successful school for disabled children. | | Engineers include: John Hausmann. | | Recorded at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, California between 1986 and 1996; Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California in 1988. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology. | | Personnel: Neil Young (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Chrissie Hynde, David Bowie, Eddie Vedder, Al Jourgensen, Paul Simon, Ann Wilson , Tom Petty, Tracy Chapman, Beck, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt (vocals, guitar); Nancy Wilson (vocals, mandolin); Nils Lofgren (vocals, piano); Don Henley, Patti Smith, Art Garfunkel (vocals); Danny Kortchmar, Barry Kooda, J.D. Souther, Lenny Kaye, Reeves Gabrels (guitar, background vocals); Adam Seymour, Mike McCready, Oliver Ray, Stone Gossard, Mike Scaccia (guitar); Richard Koster (violin); John Metcalfe (viola); Ivan McCready (cello); Craig Doerge, Brendan O'Brien (keyboards); Rich Vazquez, Jack Irons, Jay Dee Daugherty, Steve Gadd , Martin Chambers (drums); Mark Smith (percussion); Gail Ann Dorsey, Johnny Lee Schell, Kai Winding, Timothy B. Schmit, Tony Shanahan (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: John Hanlon; Rob Jacobs; Brendan O'Brien. | | Recording information: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA; Shoreline Ampithearter, Mountain View, CA. | | Director: Elliot Roberts. | | Photographer: Frank Pedrick. | | Neil Young and his wife Pegi established the Bridge School -- an organization designed to help develop communication for children who have severe speech and physical disabilities -- in the mid-'80s and every year, they held a fund-raising acoustic concert for the foundation. These concerts became famous for the richness and diversity of artists, so it's a little surprising that it took nearly ten years for a live charity album to emerge from these shows. The Bridge School Concerts, Vol. 1 does not disappoint those who have eagerly awaited the release of this record. Culled from concerts over the Bridge's history, the album is filled with remarkable performances, from Young's opening "I Am a Child" to Patti Smith's closing "People Have the Power." Between those two tracks are 13 cuts from both classic rockers (Tom Petty, Bonnie Raitt, Simon & Garfunkel, Don Henley, David Bowie, the Pretenders) and young guns (Beck, Ministry, Pearl Jam, Tracy Chapman), as well as those who fall in between (Elvis Costello, Lovemongers, Nils Lofgren). Not everything is first-rate, but moments like Beck's "It's All in Your Mind," Pearl Jam's "Nothing Man," Chapman's "All That You Have Is Your Soul," Petty's "Shadow of a Doubt," Bowie's "Heroes," a reunited Simon & Garfunkel's "America," Costello's "Alison" and Ministry's surprising cover of the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil" make the endeavor a cut above the average charity album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | THE BRIDGE SCHOOL CONCERTS collects live performances from charity concerts organized by Neil Young to benefit The Bridge School, which assists children with severe speech and physical impairments in learning to communicate. Recorded over a 10-year span (1986-1996), the album features a wide and impressive assortment of superstars performing their hits for the cause. The instrumental arrangements are as varied as the roster, from Beck's solo "It's All In Your Mind" to The Pretenders' full string section treatment of "Sense Of Purpose." | | Young himself gives a solid, touching rendition of "I Am A Child," showing up elsewhere to perform "Alison" with Elvis Costello and "Believe" with Nils Lofgren. Solo performances include Tom Petty's "Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid)" and Tracy Chapman's "All That You Have Is Your Soul." Quite a few covers show up, and each is an inspired choice: Nancy and Ann Wilson earnestly belt out "The Battle Of Evermore," while Don Henley and friends sing The Beatles' "Yes It Is," but it is Ministry's unsettlingly straightforward acoustic take of "Friend Of The Devil" which provides the album's most uncharacteristic moment. |
Producer: John Hanlon; John Nowland |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/18/1997 | | Original Release Date : 1997 | | Catalog ID : 46824 | | Label : Reprise | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 62m : 3s | | Studio/Live : Live | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00093624682424 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (11/21/97, p.137)
- "...a notch above the charity-CD pack, primarily because of surprises like Ministry's reverant, tie-dyed cover of the Grateful Dead' `Friend Of The Devil.'" - Rating: B |
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