Dirty Dancing Live In Concert [Soundtrack, Live]

Merry Clayton, Eric Carmen, Bill Medley, Dirty Dancing (Related Recordings), The Contours | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: April 4, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack, Live
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002WD0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,436 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Yes

2. Overload

3. Steamroller Blues

4. Make Me Lose Control

5. Almost Paradise

6. Hungry Eyes

7. Get Ready

8. Higher and Higher

9. Cry to Me

10. Do You Love Me

11. Let the Good Times Roll

12. Sea Cruise

13. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, November 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Dirty Dancing Live In Concert (Audio CD)

Recorded Live at The Greek Theatre, this album is a hidden jewel. Merry Clayton (who sang backup on the Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter) is a dynamic singer and performer. The songs 'Overload' and "Steamroller Blues' are real, from the heart, rockers. Also included in this album is the song 'Cry to me', from the scene in the cabin when the two main characters first make love in the movie. All music is played by "The Contours", the original Dirty Dancin' band. Eric Carmen's 3 best songs ever, 'Make Me Lose Control', 'Almost Paradise', and 'Hungry Eyes' have that extra "live" excitement to them. This is a great album and a hidden jewel!!! Enjoy!!!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Carmen Shines, September 10, 2001

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Betsey (Lima, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirty Dancing Live In Concert (Audio CD)

The Dirty Dancing Live in Concert CD delivers an exciting mix of pop and rock selections from the film of the same name. Singer-songwriter Eric Carmen is excellent in his presentation of Hungry Eyes, Make Me Lose Control and Almost Paradise. His live performance is stunning and his voice is top-notch. The other performers, including Merry Clayton and Bill Medley also do a fine job.

3.0 out of 5 stars The much anticipated reunion where only half of the expected crowd bothered to show up, August 12, 2009

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Glen Zimmerman "RealMenDriveFords" (Lindenwold, New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirty Dancing Live In Concert (Audio CD)

Without question, Dirty Dancing was a hugely popular movie when it came out, and now stands as one of the greatest 80s movies ever made, and that has as much to do with its brilliant soundtrack as with anything else, so when this live set was recorded in 1988, many people were understandably excited. It's not bad, however Bill Medley and Merry Clayton are mostly left to carry it by themselves. Jennifer Warnes and the Ronettes are missing, Eric Carmen does a highly inferior cover of the great Mike Reno/Ann Wilson duet "Almost Paradise," and much of the female singing other than Clayton's is left to a bunch of nameless backup singers known simply as "The Dirty Dancers." As everyone probably knows, the songs themselves are among some of the most unforgettable ever recorded, but without some of the people who made them famous, the spirit and overall feelgoodness of 1987 just isn't here the way some people would like it to be.