NEIL DIAMOND - Hot August Night

Item Description

2 x Vinyl, , Gatefold
LP Album Stereo

Recorded in concert at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles Thursday, August 24, 1972.
Tracklist information is taken directly from the labels, for variations on the album cover see below under 'Back of Sleeve’

Cover information:
Gatefold sleeve made of semi-gloss thin card.
Front of sleeve, at top, under artist and title, 'Recorded In Concert At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles'
Bottom right corner, catalogue # MCA 2-8000

Inside Gatefold, on both sides, colour photo of the artist (on right) and audience.
Inside left of the gatefold sleeve:
Brief liner notes and under the separation line; general credits, 'Neil Diamond's Band' credits and 'Strings' credits.

Back of sleeve:
Top right hand corner, catalogue #, MCA 2-8000.
Down right hand side, five 'critical acclaim' quotes.
Along the bottom, tracklist for the four sides, tracks are not numbered. Underneath, under the MCA RECORDS logo, 'MCA Records, Inc., 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California and 445 Park Avenue, New York, New York, U.S.A. ©MCA Records, Inc. 1972℗1972 MCA Records, Inc.'
Side One of the tracklist shows 6 distinct tracks, 'Prologue' and 'Crunchy Granola' are shown separately, on the record they appear as track 1 with 'Crunchy Granola' shown as 'Crunchy Granola Suite'
Side One track 2 is shown only as, 'Done Too Soon' on the record it is shown as 'Done Too Soon/Dialogue'
Side Four of the tracklist shows 4 tracks. 'Soolaimon/Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show' and '(Encore)' appear on the record with 'Walk Off' (not on sleeve) as track 3. '(Encore)' on the record is shown as 'Encore'

Label information:
Black labels.
Top of labels, 'Manufactured by Pye Record Manufacturing Division, Auckland, New Zealand'
℗1972 MCA Records, Inc.'
Bottom of labels, 'Licensed By MCA Records Inc. Universal City California U.S.A. © 1973, MCA Records, Inc.'
Side One shows only 5 tracks, not 6 as on back of sleeve. Track 1 is shown as, 'Prologue/Crunchy Granola Suite (2.58/4.08)'
Side One, track 2 is shown as, 'Done Too Soon/Dialogue (3.03/1.16)'
Side Four, track 3 is shown as, 'Walk Off (1.13) Soolaimon/Brother Love's (8.14) Travelling Salvation Show/Encore (1.17)'
Sides A, B, C show Writer Credit as '(All Neil Diamond)'. Side D only tracks 1 and 2 are credited individually to Neil Diamond. No credits for track 3.
Note that for purposes of clarity on the above Tracklist the durations of Side One, track 1, (2.58 and 4.08) have been added together and shown as 7.06. Similarly the durations of Side One, track 2, (3.03 and 1.16) have been added together and shown as 4.19 and Side Four, track 3, (1.13, 8.14 and 1.17) have been added together and shown as 10.44

Publishing information:
(All Castle)