Rock Bands & Pop Stars
Joe Cocker Pictures
Artist:
Joe Cocker
Origin:
United Kingdom, Sheffield - YorkshireUnited Kingdom
Born date:
May 20, 1944
Death date:
December 22, 2014
Joe Cocker Album: «Joe Cocker: Cry Me a River»
Joe Cocker Album: «Joe Cocker: Cry Me a River» (Front side)
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  • Title:Joe Cocker: Cry Me a River
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Eagle Vision continues our new program of releases from the archives of the German WDR TV series Rockpalast with this classic concert from Joe Cocker. The show was filmed at the Metropol in Berlin on October 31st 1980 with Cocker in fine voice on a strong set with many of his most famous tracks including "Delta Lady", "Cry Me A River", "The Letter", "You Are So Beautiful" and his definitive take on the Lennon & McCartney classic "With A Little Help From My Friends". Also included are some rarer tracks including his versions of "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" and "I Heard It Through The Grapevine".

TRACK LISTING 1. Cry Me A River 2. Feelin' Alright 3. Put Out The Light 4. A Whiter Shade Of Pale 5. Delta Lady 6. Hitchcock Railway 7. Sweet Forgiveness 8. You Are So Beautiful 9. With A Little Help From My Friends 10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine 11. The Letter 12. High Time We Went

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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
- Why Was This Released?

The best advice I can give to any Joe Cocker fan, is to avoid any DVD releases that were recorded during the late 70's. This latest release Joe Cocker "Cry Me A River", captures Joe Cocker at a time when he was not exactly in the best of shape. He was still recovering from years of self abuse and it shows. He seems almost incoherent, and just going through the motions. He does not look happy and even his band which features Cliff Goodwin, and BJ Wilson, can't hide the fact that Joe wasn't even close to 100%. The three backround singers are just awful, and sound as though they would not have passed an American idol audition. I have a hard time believing Joe gave his blessing for this to be released. If you want vintage Joe Cocker, than buy "Mad Dogs & Englishmen", or the more up to date "Best of Live"[the best Cocker DVD concert available], or "Across From Midnight", which shows a completely recovered and energetic Cocker at the top of his game. Another fine DVD is the acoustic "In Concert". "Cry me A River", depicts the ledendary rocker when he is down and not very good, and worst of all, Eagle Vision Entertainment sees nothing wrong with releasing such a sad documented performance for the public and his fans to see. Anything for a quick buck! Shame on them....

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
- It's not THAT bad!

Watching/listening to this right now. The other review would have you believe there's not much to redeem this presentation, but Cocker is in fine form; his voice is spot-on and soulful throughout. If he seems a bit reserved in his physical presentation, he never was such a great dancer anyways (haha). As far as the backing singers, they're mixed a little "hot" sometimes, but they sing GREAT! (See "Whiter Shade of Pale"). The guitar does get a little lost here and there, but the band is solid and tasteful- mostly. To my tastes, you can have the piano player- very vanilla (needs to learn some funky gospel voicings), though he *is* saddled with the twinky Yamaha CP-70 electric grand.

All in all, well worth the incredibly low price ($1.98 new at this writing) to even a casual fan.