Belafonte Concert in Japan

Live album by Harry Belafonte

Released

1974

Recorded

March 18, 1974 at Nakano Sun Plazza Hall, Tokyo

Genre

Pop

Label

RCA

Harry Belafonte chronology

Play Me
(1973)

Belafonte Concert in Japan
(1974)

Turn the World Around
(1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Belafonte Concert in Japan is a live album by Harry Belafonte, released in 1974.^[2] It is the only album with Belafonte that has been released in Quadrophonic version CD-4 system. It was his final release for RCA Records concluding a 21-year association.

Track listing

"Roll on Buddy" (Traditional) – 2:56
"Old Time Feeling" (Guy Clark) – 5:43
"John Henry" (Traditional) – 3:57
"We Had It All " (Guy Clark) – 3:52
"Empty Chairs" (Don McLean) – 5:32
"Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 6:01
"Marching To the Fair" (Morris Goldberg, Shunmugan Pillay) – 5:26
"Erene" (Georges Petsilas) – 3:56
"Carnival Medley: – 16:00
1. "Don't Stop the Carnival"
2. "Jean and Dinah" (Mighty Sparrow, Slinger Francisco)
3. "Mama Looka Boo Boo" (Fitzroy Alexander)
4. "Jump in the Line" (Stephen Somvel)
5. "Marianne" (William Eaton)
6. "Sly Mongoose"
7. "Zombie Jamboree"
8. "Man Piaba" (Harry Belafonte, Jack K. Rollins)
"Jamaica Farewell" (Lord Burgess) – 4:25
"Sakura" (Traditional, Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman) – 3:42
"Day-O (Banana Boat Song)" (William Attaway, Harry Belafonte) – 2:40
"Matilda" – 5:22
Don't Stop The Carnival" -5:03

Personnel

Harry Belafonte – vocals
Sivuca – piano, accordion, guitar, organ
Mervin Bronson – bass
Scott Kuney – guitar, koto, bouzouki
William Fontaine – guitar
Michael Tobas – drums
Angel Allende – percussion
Falumi Prince – vocals, percussion
Diane Greene – background vocals
Barbara Young – background vocals
Patricia Rosalia – background vocals
Arthur Williams – background vocals
Clark Salonis – background vocals
Michael Sabbarese – background vocals

Production notes:

John Cartwright – musical director, conductor
Hideo Komuro – recording director
Eiji Uchinuma – engineer, mixing

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Allmusic entry for Belafonte Concert in Japan Retrieved November 2009.

External links

Harry Belafonte

Discography

Studio albums	Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites (1954) Belafonte (1956) Calypso (1956) An Evening with Belafonte (1957) Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) To Wish You a Merry Christmas (1958) Belafonte Sings the Blues (1958) Love Is a Gentle Thing (1959) My Lord What a Mornin' (1959) Swing Dat Hammer (1960) Jump Up Calypso (1961) Midnight Special (1962) The Many Moods of Belafonte (1962) Streets I Have Walked (1963) Ballads, Blues and Boasters (1964) In My Quiet Room (1966) Calypso in Brass (1966) Belafonte on Campus (1967) Belafonte Sings of Love (1968) Homeward Bound (1970) Belafonte by Request (1970) The Warm Touch (1971) Calypso Carnival (1971) Play Me (1973) Turn the World Around (1977) Loving You Is Where I Belong (1981) Paradise in Gazankulu (1988)

Live albums	Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (1959) Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (1960) Belafonte at The Greek Theatre (1964) En Gränslös Kväll På Operan (1966) Belafonte...Live! (1972) Belafonte Concert in Japan (1974) Belafonte '89 (1989) An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends (1997)

Compilations	Very Best of Harry Belafonte (2001) The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (2001) The Essential Harry Belafonte (2005)

Collaborations	Porgy and Bess (1959) An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (1965) An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri (1966) Harry & Lena: For the Love of Life (1970) "We Are the World" (1985)

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