![]() ![]() The item is a wonderful thing to behold, housed in a sturdy gate-fold packaging, it shows an image of Neil Diamond silhouetted against the spotlight, looking out at the audience, the image is surrounded by heavy font lettering stating what is contained in the box. The collection presents 83 of Diamond’s live performances, 82 of which have never been issued, and 42 of which are songs Neil had never issued as live versions. It catalogues Diamond’s live career from its earliest beginnings right up to the date of issue. This is the definitive “Live” Neil Diamond collection, spread over six discs. For this hugely devoted fan, the ride has been an exhilarating, enjoyable, and a most memorable one. Neil Diamond’s “Live” career needs no embellishment, where he has given his fans some of the most memorable concert experiences by any artist, Neil Diamond can reflect and look back on the years of continued success with immense joy and satisfaction. The noughties had proved to be a most fruitful period in Neil Diamond’s career, where the superstar singer continued to tour endlessly, alas, Neil’s “Live” career would come to an end during his highly acclaimed 50th Anniversary World Tour, where he was diagnosed as suffering from Parkinson’s disease, Neil cancelled the rest of the tour, much to the immense disappointment of himself, and his fans in New Zealand and Australia where he was due to finish the tour. During this period Diamond was invited to appear as the legendary artist at Glastonbury, performing on the iconic pyramid stage. The two albums produced by Diamond and Rubin, ‘12 Songs’, and ‘Home Before Dark’ proved to be two of the finest of his career, where both went platinum, and the latter went to number one on the album charts both sides of the Atlantic. ![]() ![]() During the mid-decade he was approached by music producer extraordinaire, Rick Rubin, a man who admitted he had admired Diamond’s work, and wanted to help Neil rediscover the spark that made him the most prolific songwriter in the world. songwriting, and turned out his most original album for over twenty years, ‘Three Chord Opera,’ it was well received, to that end Diamond hit the road to promote the album, but to also continue the love affair he and his fans shared whenever he toured. In fact, it had improved immensely, particularly as Neil appeared to be the go to guy for movie directors who wanted a piece of music for their film, ‘Pulp Fiction’, ‘Bridges Of Madison County’, a film centred around his work and career, ‘Evil Woman’/’Saving Silverman’, and a fabulous animated movie, ‘Shrek. Neil Diamond had done it, he had come through a most difficult decade, the nineties, virtually unscathed professionally, and so he could look ahead with renewed optimism, free of the insecurities of the past, his status had never waned. ![]()
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