Reunion: Live At Madison Square Garden 1972 [Live]

Belmonts, DION | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1972
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Rhino Records
• ASIN: B0000032CN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,531 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Wonder Why

2. A Teenager in Love

3. The Wanderer

4. No One Knows

5. Ruby Baby

6. Drip Drop

7. That's My Desire

8. Where or When

9. Runaround Sue

10. Little Diane

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just a live album!!!, March 22, 2001

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Dr.D.Treharne (Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reunion: Live At Madison Square Garden 1972 (Audio CD)

Quite apart from the performance, this must be rated alongside some of the classic "live" albums of all time.There are three main ingredients, the crowd who are so clearly up for enjoying themselves, and of course know all the tunes off by heart. Then there's the recording engineer/producer who hasn't attempted to edit out the "liveness' of the occasion.The group sound is terrific. There are false starts, with Dion shouting "let me start this one" at one point, with all the performers coming in at wrong times. All this adds to the atmosphere. Finally, of course, there's Dion and the Belmonts who gave everything. It must have been electrifying to have been there.The real bonus of the CD of course is that unlike the vinyl version it doesn't end on one side in the middle of a song, and you don't have to turn it over! By any standards this is a great album, and if you've never heard it,,, go get!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Add A Little Doo Wop To Your Day, April 27, 2005

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Balcony Bunny (Where am I? . . . I'm Right Here!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reunion: Live At Madison Square Garden 1972 (Audio CD)

I first played "Dion & The Belmonts Live" as a college radio disc jockey in 1972. It blew me away then. Nothing's changed in 30+ years. If I was marooned on an island with ten CDs - this would be one of them.

It's a recording of one of those magic nights when artist and audience become one. On "That's My Desire" and "Where Or When" the group is nothing short of breathtaking, with the Madison Square Garden crowd hanging on Dion's every note.

The Belmonts are supported by a savvy R&B band featuring none other than the great Billy Vera.

At a time when underground radio was belching forth megawatt bands like Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and Bloodrock - the '50s vocal group sound of Dion DiMucci and his Belmont Avenue buddies would seem blatantly out of place on a disc jockey's turntable. And yet, for myself, and many other DJs - there was something almost revolutionary about playing this album.

It was an attitude of, "You hippies think you've heard it all? Well, dig THIS!" Strangely enough - they did.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dion said "yes", the Belmonts said "yes" & I'm glad they did, June 10, 1999

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This review is from: Reunion: Live At Madison Square Garden 1972 (Audio CD)

Best of the best Dion & the Belmonts CD, and I have most of them.

Love "That's My Desire" & "Where or When" back to back!