An Evening with John Denver

An Evening with John Denver
An Evening with John Denver
Live album by John Denver
Released	January 29, 1975
Recorded	August 26–September 1, 1974
Venue	Universal Amphitheatre; (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Folk
Length	1:24:37
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Milton Okun
John Denver chronology
Singles from Back Home Again
	"Thank God I'm a Country Boy"; Released: March 1975;

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Allmusic	^[1]

An Evening with John Denver is the first live album by American singer and songwriter John Denver. It was recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California, in August and September 1974. He was backed by an orchestra conducted by Lee Holdridge. Denver's manager, Milton Okun, was the album's music producer.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Denver, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Music Is You"		1:02
2.	"Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)"		3:40
3.	"Mother Nature's Son"	Lennon–McCartney	4:37
4.	"Summer"	Denver Mike Taylor Dick Kniss	3:02
5.	"Today"	Randy Sparks	4:40
6.	"Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio"	Sparks	4:08
Total length:			21:09

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Matthew"		3:42
2.	"Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)"		3:13
3.	"Sweet Surrender"		5:02
4.	"Grandma’s Feather Bed"	Jim Connor	2:37
5.	"Annie's Song"		3:32
6.	"The Eagle and the Hawk"	Denver Taylor	2:22
Total length:			20:28

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Sweet Lady"		4:55
2.	"Annie's Other Song"		3:05
3.	"Boy from the Country"	Michael Martin Murphey Owens Castleman	5:00
4.	"Rhymes & Reasons"		3:17
5.	"Forest Lawn"	Tom Paxton	2:58
Total length:			19:15

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pickin’ the Sun Down"	John Sommers Steve Weisberg	2:17
2.	"Thank God I’m a Country Boy"	Sommers	3:40
3.	"Take Me Home, Country Roads"	Denver Bill Danoff Taffy Nivert	3:17
4.	"Poems, Prayers and Promises"		4:40
5.	"Rocky Mountain High"	Denver Taylor	5:04
6.	"This Old Guitar"		4:47
Total length:			23:45

Musicians

Orchestra

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)^[2]	4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[3]	20
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[4]	1
UK Albums (OCC)^[5]	31
US Billboard 200^[6]	2
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[7]	1
Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[8]	35

Chart (1975)	Position
Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)^[9]	9
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[10]	6
US Billboard 200^[11]	7
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[12]	7
Chart (1976)	Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[13]	28