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''Mad Dogs & Englishmen'' is a live album by Joe Cocker, released in 1970. The album's title is drawn from the 1931 Noël Coward song of the same name. Only four songs of the 16 on the original album were drawn from his first two studio albums. Besides the contributions of bandmate and musical director Leon Russell, it draws equally from rock (the Rolling Stones, Traffic, Bob Dylan, the Beatles) and soul (Ray Charles, Sam and Dave, Otis Redding). Accompanying Cocker is a choir, a three-piece horn section and several drummers. The single, "The Letter"/"Space Captain", recorded during rehearsals was released to coincide with the tour. The album yielded the single "Cry Me a River"/"Give Peace a Chance." In 2005, ''Mad Dogs & Englishmen'' was released as a two-disc deluxe edition set through Universal Records to commemorate the album's 35th anniversary.〔(Universal Music Enterprises )〕 In 2006, ''Mad Dogs & Englishmen'' was released as a six-disc box set under the title ''The Complete Fillmore East Concerts'' by Hip-O Select. Both early and late shows from March 27 and 28, 1970, were released in their entirety. ==Background== According to the liner notes, Cocker needed to put together a band quickly for a U.S. tour that his management had organized. He was only informed on 12 March 1970 about the tour which would start on 20 March. Russell recruited the musicians, many from his prior association with Delaney and Bonnie (Rita Coolidge, Carl Radle, Jim Price, Jim Horn, Jim Keltner and Jim Gordon). Chris Stainton was held over from Cocker's Grease Band and Cocker's producer Denny Cordell was part of the backing vocalists.〔http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/Mad_Dogs_and_Englishmen.html〕 A decision was also made to film the tour resulting in the theatrically-released concert film of the same name. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mad Dogs & Englishmen (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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